Tuskegee Music welcomes a standout dance music innovator with a new EP from Chicago great Jamal Moss.
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VA – GMI Jam Venice [GFTDCVLTR002]
Gifted Culture collective is ready to unleash the second jam session of the announced trilogy. GMI Jam Venice comes from the filth and the mug of the abandoned ex-industrial area in the outskirts of Venice. There, Autre and Two Thou invade Hawaiian Chips’ top-notch studio, where all together ride 70’s synthesizer rarities and try to domesticate the monstrous Yamaha CS 80. This jam, inspired by the post-industrial Venetian scenario, dives between the dreams of archetypal electronic music and reminiscences of psychedelic progressive bands, giving birth to two long journeys ready to gently carry the dance floor into the outer space.
Dean Grenier – Immortal [OMD018]
Diving into FM Synthesis, Dean Grenier brings his sophomore release to Omnidisc. Delivering a 3 track EP intended for mental gymnastics at 3 different periods of the night.
Warren Raww – Raps To Get In [ANTA001]
Warren Raww from Australia return on the newly born Andarta label. They raise the bar with five stunning underground dance tracks. A strong combination of clever drum programming and musicality.
Knight Action – R-Trax [LDR077]
Two absolutely legendary pieces of early Chicago house music finally reissued for 2018. Mike Macharello and Duane Thamm JR’s Knight Action project was responsible for this colossal 1985 landmark release that saw a heady fusion of Euro influenced and Italo Disco sounds meet in the windy city and in turn create history.
Clifford White – Lifestream [ERC064]
The spiritual and uplifting music of Clifford White is highlighted with two of his most sought after songs, taken from his 1989 album ‘The Lifespring’, and presented here in a special extended 12″ for the first time.
Lucas Croon – Lucas Croon EP [AIWO006]
Lucas Croon half of Bar and also known for his work with Dusseldorf projects like Stabil Elite and our uncle Themes For Great Cities delivers a four track EP full of downtempo synth and rhythm excursions.
ESA – Mos Mos EP [ENDLESSFLIGHT87]
Gerd – The Prophetess [AUS133]
Gerd returns to AUS with The Prophetess EP, a four tracker that showcases a producer capable of soundtracking peak-time moments anywhere and everywhere. The A side leans towards breaky drums and punchy melodies whilst the flip includes two acid bombs.
SCB – Fish Tubes [CAI004]
For the fourth instalment of SCB remix EPs from Hotflush, Mor Elian and Hammer step up for their own interpretations of tracks from Caibu. Fever AM label co-founder and hybrid club producer Mor Elian provides a spaced out take on ‘Fish Bowl’ full of angular drums and woozy synths. For his take on ‘Test Tubes’, Hammer formulates a steady groover for the after hours.
Frak – Berga Magic EP [HYPE074]
The heavy industrial crunch and rubbery synths of FRAK’s trademark sounds come to Hypercolour with the four track ‘Berga Magic’. The EP comes brimming with raw analogue explorations and delightfully incongruous noise.
Baltra – Can’t Explain It [OPWHT001]
Baltra returns to Of Paradise with his ‘Can’t Explain It’ EP, a kaleidoscopic and dazzling journey through the heart and soul of raw and hazy house music.
Betonkust & Palmbomen II @ Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 2018
VA – SPC 139 [SPC139]
For over 18 years, Spectral Sound, the dance music imprint of Ghostly International, has thrived at the forefront of techno and house. Now, Spectral brings the past alongside the present with its latest release, a compilation that offers a vibrant cross-section of the current moment in underground dance music. Despite the wide-ranging selections on Spectral 139, a throughline of classic style and infectious energy emerges from the up-and-coming and established artists alike. Rising talents such as Minimal Violence, Russell E.L. Butler, and Earth Trax x Newborn Jr. bring unique perspectives to their hardware-centric productions.
Thought Camera – Astral Pilot [OE007]
One Electronica brings us more rough sounds from Northern Ireland. The seventh release from the label sees the debut of Thought Camera, a young producer from Carrickfergus, on the northern shores of Belfast Lough.
The EP is as diverse as it gets, with four tracks ranging from acid and techno to synth wave. It feels like Thougth Camera recorded his thoughts and projected a mental image of a post apocalyptic rave.
Dietroiter – Digital Tsunami 155
Takeshi Kouzuki – FMBass / Eternal [ALV002]
The second release of the label Alley Version, features the return of Takeshi Kouzuki, with his combo of jackin’ house rythms with melancholic, deep and outer space melodies.
Photonz – Metanime EP [UTTU088]
Mystica Tribe – Love Is All Right [SOLAR10]
Solar Phenomena continues with a new one release from Mystica Tribe – the musical alias of Tokyo-based producer, Taka Noda. Here he draws on everything from dub, soul, bass music, rhythm and blues and will always freak you out with his unusual sounds. This excellently absorbing EP starts with Love Is All Right, a fusion of Asian percussion and reggae drums that is high tempo and funky. The bright steelpan sounds offset the razor sharp percussion and make for a sunny dub that will get any crowd going. The same fusion vibes continues but in more blissed out and slow motion fashion on ‘Lawn Track’, the beautiful cosmic psyche-out that is ‘Ash’ and supple space journey that is ‘Voyage’ with its intoxicating melodies and loose, tumbling percussion. This is unusual but essential music from an exclusive talent.
The Working Elite – Bumper Cars [BIS035]
The Working Elite are Berlin-based spark plugs Thomas “Saap” Sabrowsky, of Extra Producktion, Terre des Pommes, ex-marine soldier, seasoned cook and barkeeper; and Daniel ”D´Lonely Al” Nentwig, who moonlights as The Whitest Boy Alive, co-directs Extra Produktionen, plays keyboard and electric bass for various outfits, and engineers at Berlin’s Butterama Recording Center. Suffice it to say, the pair have named their collaborative project suitably. The Working Elite create recreational music for dancers to shimmer through the days and nights of balmy season.
The Hipodrome Of Music 