Rinder & Lewis – Lust, The Alan Parsons Project – Mammagamma (instrumental) and an 120 BPM rhythm track.
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VA – Junta Especial [EES020]
Especial celebrates the upcoming release of it’s 2nd compilation mix CD to highlight the recent music of the label , with another Sampler 12” of unreleased tracks, remixes and versions for the heads, collectors and discerning.
NAD – Join The Fookin Party / Hold On Castro [DB008]
Bastedos returns hosting two disco objects lovingly versioned by Nad. One side features the vocal talents of a mystery man with low riding balls imploring those gathered to hear him to ‘join his party’…if you look at his backside, so to speak, you will head off down to sunny rainbow filled Castro for a happy sing along and dancing tune versioned from vaults of Moby Dick.
Cottam – Breaking Through The Pain Barrier [VER106]
Paul Cottam was diagnosed with Encephalomyelitis disseminata, or multiple sclerosis, just as his first records were released in 2009. The symptoms can come and go, one day you can feel OK and the next day a relapse can floor you. The last 2 or 3 years the relapses have become more frequent and aggressive. Both these tracks were written in the depths of a relapse; constant severe pain, couldn’t walk or even stand for long enough to play some records. He was housebound, and cabin fever was setting in. So he sat at his computer and let the way he felt influence the music. The A side ‘Breaking through the pain barrier’ is the soundtrack to a late night chemist run, with a deep brooding bass and a tension that builds like your mind working against the disease. The B side ‘Encephalomyelitis disseminata’ has warm bass and a lively percussion groove twinned with a killer acid line and mournful strings. These tracks helped Paul through the worst of times, kept his mind off the pain and focused on something, and thankfully something positive came out of it.
Trenton Chase – Digital Tsunami 092
Raw M.T. – Richard’s Revenge [LT018]
Raw M.T. on Lobster Theremin label with three thundering granite slabs of techno and house. The spirit of US house genres raises it’s head once again, fuelled by a raw, scorched-earth production aesthetic coming from the deepest lair of the Italian producer.
The Analog Roland Orchestra – Roden Crater Vision [ORN038]
A collection of tracks, skits and moods for James Turrell´s visionary Roden Crater project by The Analog Roland Orchestra.
Simon Weiss – Tele-Vision [VD023]
Tom Trago’s Voyage Direct label returns to action with a brand new 12” from Amsterdam scene stalwart Simon Weiss. The gloriously positive ‘Tele-Vision’, and it’s cyber-house fusion of darting synthesizer arpeggios, Detroit-influenced percussion, and thrusting acid bass – that heads up Weiss’ first EP for Voyage Direct. Dutch veteran and longtime friend of the family Dexter turns in a stunning remix, putting a well-placed boot up the backside of Tele-Vision.
Antoni Maiovvi / TX Connect – Horn Wax 10 [HW010]
XI – Mania 028 [MANIA028]
MANIA 28 presents the second batch of sessions by XI dating from 2009. A-side’s soft mellow clunks & clanks of acid stretches warm and long with toms gently fighting the kick for space. Flip it for B1’s call-and-respons Acid lines embedded on 808 rhythms, pads and incomming Balearic hitting-horns (as if The Royal Army Corps back dropped a sunrise on a Mallorca after party). B2 goes deeper, more alluring and utterly filtered. Classic elements, impeccable atmosphere.
Khotin – Baikal Acid [1080V006]
Having first made an impression via a couple of chugging disco reworks on Common Edit, Khotin has spent the last couple of years delving deeper into the world of analogue-rich deep house, ambient and electronica. Here he continues this trend, returning to 1080p for the first time in two years. Naturally, it’s a woozy, dreamy and occasionally intergalactic affair, with the Canadian producer doffing a cap to early ’90s IDM (“Recycle (Drift Mix)”), acid-flecked dreaminess (“Human Voice”), and undulating, Mood Hut-ish deepness (“Recycle (5AM Reflection Mix)”). Best of all, though, is “Baikal Acid”, which somehow manages to draw all these strands together on one picturesque, clattering gem.
Hieroglyphic Being – Dekmantel Podcast 052
Daniele Cosmo – Phormix Podcast #33
VA – Made With Black Energy EP [CHIWAX009LTD]
Timothy J. Fairplay – My Etherealrealness [CHAR007]
Pinkman follows on his blooming imprint Charlois with another addition from label favourite Timothy J Fairplay. ‘My Etherealrealness’ kicks things off with tape saturated drums propelling interweaving sequences and nostalgic lead lines before ‘Phantom Trap’ sets springing kicks bounding under tense and sweeping melodies. Pressure builds behind a wall of coiling synth lines before ‘Flying Saucer Review’ lays a reverberated thud under playful percussive flashes and more adroit synthesis. Fluttering textures and gentle tape purrs persist throughout as the tracks dismantlement gives way eerily flickering tones that cap off another prime addition to the Charlois catalogue and another solid 12″ from artist going from strength to strength. Limited to 300 copies, with silkscreened sleeves.
Diffuse Arc / Arcanoid – E.P. Constant Pulse [CAUW004]
The fourth release from Caustica Waveform, features three tracks written and produced by Diffuse Arc and one produced by Arcanoid.
Khidja – The Ransom Note Mix
Intergalactic Gary @ Club Von Westen, BAR (Rotterdam) 05.12.2015
Rezzett – EP 2 [TTT040]
London duo Rezzett make it three for Will Bankhead’s Trilogy tapes with this exquisitely packaged. As with their previous output the pair focus in on hazy outsider house texture –all tape hiss, distorted kicks and detuned keys- but what sets them apart is an unheimlich reading of the ‘ardkore dream captured not by drug-addled nostalgia but an exciting future, the thrill of possibility; this is rave music for 2016.
Coni – Imaginarium Essai EP [TTT041]
You could never accuse Parisian artist Coni of releasing too much music; to date, the ClekClekBoom-affiliated artist has released just three EPs in four years. Clearly, these releases have impressed The Trilogy Tapes founder Will Bankhead, as he’s snapped-up a four-track EP from the talented French producer. It’s the A-side that sparkles the most immediately, beginning with the curious looped sound effects, slashed jazz chords, swinging rhythms and bubbling electronic hits of “Into The Silly World”. Arguably even better is “Zex Plongeon”. While not as thrillingly unusual as its’ predecessor, it feels more obviously tailored to club play. It’s creepy, deep, drowsy and tense, with slowly pulsing chords and ghostly textures stretching out over a tidy techno groove.
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