minimal techno
Jonas Kopp – Beyond The Hypnosis [TRESOR273LP]
In the eight years since his emergence as a promising 19 year old producer, Argentinean Jonas Kopp has amassed a solid discography with a veritable clutch of 12″ material for the likes of Curle, Ilian Tape, CLR, Krill, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Tresor. Sensing the time is right to try his hand at the album format, Kopp’s chance comes via the later Berlin techno behemoth with Beyond The Hypnosis a weighty 12 track endeavour. This vinyl edition features only eight of those tracks spread across the two slabs but still gives a keen display of Kopp’s talent for crafting finely sculpted techno.
Staffan Linzatti – Invite’s Choice Podcast 212
Robert Hood – Moveable Parts Chapter 1 [MPM024]
If one variation of confused blips and synths gurgles underpinned by a rock solid 909 beat by Robert Hood isn’t enough than indulge yourself in two. For this first chapter of the Moveable Parts EP series, Hood’s work here will please those after some more Monobox action as both “Untitled 1” and “Untitled 4” are discombobulated versions of each other. If you’re after a mutant version of the latter for the packed dancefloor however, Hood’s got you covered with “Untitled Sketch”.
Modern Heads – Chapter II [OUTIS006]
After a few years away from the scene Modern Heads aka Dino Sabatini & Gianluca Meloni are back with a new 12” on Outis Music, called “Chapter II”. The second chapter of an adventure that began in 2001 in a basement in Rome.
Tadeo – Ran EP [AI003]
Another Intelligence, is a label with new tools for creative dj´s and Techno artists. After contact, the integration of new goals and thoughts is unstoppable. “Cyclical” represents the possibilities of the minimum, the essence is in the little things. “The whisperer” is the idea that approaches the minds in a sudden way, that come to settle “Establecimiento” and provides a state of reflection based on logical thinking “Logic Process”. The Techno of the future is in our living present.
Robert Hood – Protein Valve EP [MPM023]
M Plant’s 20 Year anniversary celebrations are set to end on a high with a triple CD compilation featuring a wealth of new, remastered and unreleased material alongside some classics from the Robert Hood canon. Before then, the latest in an ongoing series of celebratory 12″ releases sees Hood look to the classic Protein Valve, which was the first 12″ issued on M Plant back in 1994. The title track has already been subject to some edits as part of this M Plant 20 series, but it’s nice to see three tracks from that original 12″ reissued here as a reminder how Hood’s pioneering minimal approach first took shape.
Jeff Mills – Emerging Crystal Universe [AX065]
Axis Records present the 8th chapter of Jeff Mills Sleeper Wakes series. After the previous release of the exotic expedition to The Jungle Planet, his continuing science fiction story makes a significant turn to a Parallel Universe.
VA – Four Cuts On Loving [RSI005]
More cuts from Ressort Imprint, ready to be inflicted. Bleeping, acidic Techno tracks by Lee Holman, Session Restore, Stevie P and MRS.
Stanislav Tolkachev – Right Angle EP [SEMANTICA065]
Staffan Linzatti Live PA @ CLFT (Lyon) 18.07.2014
Takaaki Itoh / Adriana Lopez – Grey Report 04 [GR004V]
Spanish techno outpost Grey Report welcomes Takaaki Itoh to join the fold and share some vinyl space with the Adriana Lopez. Itoh’s tracks adorn the A side, dealing in appropriately monochromatic workouts that keep the synths icy and cold and the rhythms ever snaking forwards, dodging the pitfall of becoming sluggish while laying down an appropriate amount of weight at the same time. Lopez meanwhile has a touch more colour going on with “Between Thoughts” and “Metodo” while adhering to the demands of cyclical techno.
Sterac aka Steve Rachmad @ Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 03.08.2014
Oscar Mulero @ Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 02.08.2014
P.E.A.R.L. – The Fall Of Because [FEX002]
This is the second reference of Falling Ethics, Berlin based label owned by P.E.A.R.L. This delivery is composed by two original tracks and remixes by the leader of techno in Spain, Oscar Mulero, and by The Transhumans, the Spanish duo based in Berlin.
Monobox aka Robert Hood – Film / Rectangle [MPM022]
As part of M-Plant’s 20th Anniversary, it’s the perfect time for Robert Hood to re-visit one of his other decisive monikers, Monobox. The deep and melodious tones of ‘Film’ are beautifully offset by the tougher machine groove of ‘Rectangle’, with both tracks conveying the hypnotic minimalist approach of Hood’s otherworldly Monobox sound.
SDX – Reference 05 [REF005]
Robert Hood – Protein Valve (Re-Plants) [MPM021]
The Floorplan project show-cased Robert Hood’s love of gospel-tinged house, but as this, his latest release demonstrates, he remains a techno artist through and through. The Protein Valve record originally appeared on M Plant 20 years ago and like Hood’s Internal Empire and Minimal Nation releases, became a blueprint for minimal techno. On the “Re-Plant” and “Edit 1” versions, nagging, insistent percussion and an eerie organ sound create a sense of drama. However, the old approach proves to be the most effective and the second edit remains closer to the original sound, with jittery hats, unsettling organ riffs and the wind whooshing past in the background.
Jeroen Search – Figure SPC T [FIGSPCT6]
One of the true masters of modern minimalism, and one of the central artists on Figure SPC, Dutch artist Jeroen Search is back. Over three exciting and urgent new tracks Search hones in his skills in programming and arrangement to create yet more exciting and unique club tools. A refined and trippy journey into the cleaner, more funky end of the Techno spectrum, ‘Magnus’ works an airy, bleep-era riff atop snappy, tight drums and frenetic hat and ride elevations. Constantly lifting the energy, dropping it off with subtle tension, and bringing it back again, its a masterful example of the producer’s talents.Drifitng into more edgy zones, the darker and more sinister ‘Renaissance’ welcomes back Jeroen’s jacking house influences, as this groovy 90s-vibed jam takes off. A rough and totally out-there synth riff emerges from the forward pushing percussion to take centre stage, creating a moment of wild abandon!’Formalized’ completes the EP with a more abstract trip into dark dance. Classic techno bleeps and pizzicato synth patterns revolve and hypnotize in this reduced and frankly killer slice of paranoid genius.
Sterac – Klockworks 12 [KW012]
Dutch techno legend Steve Rachmad, aka STERAC, joins the Klockworks ranks with an outstanding four-track EP. Funky minimal techno like he did a long time ago on Robert Hood’s M-Plant in an updated version.
