techno
Casey Tucker – Knoe 2/4 [KNOE2/4]
For Those That Knoe are back with another wedge of dusted down delights from Casey Tucker, a hidden treasure of the mid 90s that nearly got away. Fortunately his effervescent machine soul jams have found a new lease of life with these reissues, and this fourth installment comes from a freshly unearthed box of DATs that pushes Tucker’s story even further. “Inner Strength” is a pumped up shot of dynamic techno in the classic sense of the word, mysterious but hopeful, tough but sensitive. “Terraform,” which previously aired on a long-deleted 12″ from the 90s, takes things skywards with an unabashedly positive tone to the dense layers of synths and box beats. “Waiting Game” rounds the EP out on a wistful, acid-drenched tip – let’s hope there’s more jams of this quality to come from the Tucker archives.
Betonkust & Palmbomen II – Center Parcs LP [DKMNTL058]
Recorded in an ageing holiday park during off-season, Center Parcs is the debut LP by Dutch artists Betonkust & Palmbomen II; a conceptual, musical-tristesse full of lo-fi harmony, and fanciful, psychedelic-coloured modulations, with an undercurrent of saturated, outsider-house beats, all recorded to tape. With a shared passion for experimental music, and gnarled Dutch electro, the duo have crafted an LP of esoteric-electronic-pop, reflective of the time the two spent holed-up in isolation, in the out-of-time Center Parcs setting.
Jordan Zawideh – Acid Series Vol. 3 [IT-40]
The Acid Series celebrates over 10 years of No Way Back, with music that directly references that experience. Jordan Zawideh’s music perfectly reflects his personal migration from Detroit to Chicago. It somehow combines the raw elegance of a Larry Heard demo (listen to the demos of ”A Path” or ”Acid Dreams” and cry) with Detroit Techno and an unconscious take on the sonic exploration of Drexciya, showcased in songs like ”Magellanic Cloud” and ”Trails of Sophia”. In Jordan’s sound, the raw power of the cassette era of Chicago House combines with a Detroit Acid Dream. Gay Marvine and BMG complete the package with two edits.
Gerd – Planet F.M.D.X. pt. 2 [ROYAL042]
Gerd fired up the legendary Yamaha DX100 synth and proves he’s still the master of machines from Planet FMDX. 4 housey techno tracks ranging from the beautiful melancholic to dancefloor stomper.
Identified Patient / Scarlit Port – Split EP [BT29DDQ03]
The new episode on the Discos del Quebranto series, now under the brokntoys mantle, presents 2 different angles of mutant electronics. On the A side, Dutch producer Identified Patient showcases his discombulated style, slow-motion burners stained in acid. On the flip, Nurse owner Scarlit Port makes his first appearance on vinyl with the deranged Marg , before going all in with Touch U Without Touchin Ur Skin.
Kontravoid – Undone [F//008]
One can imagine, listening to Kontravoid’s latest release, an alternate reality in which the cold-war played out to the background of drum machines and spectrographs, sinister audio technology manipulating a hidden frequency of the world’s unfoldings. Cameron Findlay returns to his masked alias for the first Kontravoid release since his debut self-titled album, years in the studio reap their rewards as the production on ‘Undone’ effortlessly cuts its way through hypnotic dance floor compositions.
Romansoff – SSS Podcast #352
Hieroglyphic Being – The Language of Strings [MATH105]
The 105th record on Mathematics, freeform electronic artist Hieroglyphic Being aka Jamal Moss offers a selection of audio memoirs (Cosmic Bebop & Experimental House). ”The Language of Strings” features sonic madness, frequency enlightenment, & Hedonistic modulation.
Reptant – Illusory [SALT008]
Reptant joins Salt Mines for their second record, Illusory. A tech-ed out step into the sewers of acid, break-beat & deep house.
The Boney Burger – B07 [B07]
Warning: There are Boney bits in this burger. Against the granary. reaction music. Acidification causes sourness.
Betonkust & Innershades – Forever In Boccaccio [COTF15]
Making their debut on Crimes Of The Future are Betonkust & Innershades with ‘Forever In Boccaccio’ their homage to the legendary Belgian nightclub & neon lit club scene which no longer really exists. Made in January 2017 under grey Belgian skies, while listening to a lot of New Beat, Acid & Trance.
Pattern Repeat – Pattern Repeat 09 [PATTERNREPEAT09]
Pattern Repeat ready the next release on their self-titled label with two solid cuts of techno. The project which was started back in 2009 by the two Danish producers, Dennis Bøg, better known as Resoe, and Kenneth Christiansen owner of Echocord Records. A crawling filtered synth opens ‘009A’, murky kick drums and syncopated high-hats join it, to create a long winding warehouse melody, these are then exchanged for the hazy sounds of white noise of ‘009B’ packed with cold eerie drones, that are met by charged hums that fizz away and bring the release to a close.
Interviews – Bitterfeld #03 [BIT03]
Bitterfeld teams up with Leipzig’s Interviews to brings you a club ready record full of electro/EDM belters plus a hands in the air kraut revival killer for the B2.
S S S S – Systematic Suspense [LXRC33]
LXRC33 is the second installment of the Unsung and Defeated series. Music comes from S S S S, another local act, based in Lucerne. Five industrial cinematic soundscapes, eerie noises building alarmed state of minds. From most subtle to crushing and pounding. A systematic suspense that transforms itself into a systematic destruction.
Konkurs – Object Of Subversion [A+WXXII]
R.B. / TBZ – Coozie / Mad Sick [R=A+7=2]
Cranky, dubbed-out electro fizz from Robert Bergman and TBZ, freshly percolated for the R=A 7” series. Dangerous voltage in the hot tub.
Fixmer – The God [A+WXXI]
Robert Bergman – Beyond House Podcast #13
VA – Mechatronica White 1 [MTRONW001]
Mechatronica launches their new White series, dedicated to limited edition white label records across synth, wave, EBM and italo with a VA release featuring Inhalt, Violet Poison, Sneaker and Daniel Holt. Mechatronica White 1 opens with Sneaker’s gloomy remix of German synth-pop band Opus Leopard, followed by the electrifying instrumental version of ‘Alles’ – a relentlessly progressing piece of body music from San Francisco trio, Inhalt. On the flip, Violet Poison summons a fat, trippy EBM-leaning groove, before Daniel Holt finishes off the record with anthemic synths and a ticket to the cosmos on ‘Floating Mansions’.
