June Records presents Guilty Pleasure mini LP by DimDj. DimDJ is a recording artist from Thessaloniki, Greece and a veteran DJ in the Greek underground scene. He is also a member of the groups Anopolis and Audio Atlas. Live acid house recordings by this Greek producer with on the A side while on the B side the atmosphere is more cosmic.
These signature Lockertmatik sound sculptures defiber in their own space and time until their structure is most fragile only to collapse immediately in an uniform endeavor to push, abound in energy forward looking only. For these inexorable dark techno tracks stagnation is not an option.
After EPs on M>O>S Recordings and his own well formed Scenery label, Liverpool producer Stu Robinson aka ASOK now steps up with a solo release on M>O>S Deep. With an analogue sound full of nostalgia, emotion and subtle shades Chicago, he perfect fits on this most considered underground label.
MB’s debut for Bio Rhythm… ‘The Miracle Sign’ hit us by surprise… Title track is a beautiful and epic journey in techno soul quite rare to hear these days, reminding a bit of early nineties Detroit/UK techno and even some of the early Speedy J works, all with nowadays production skills. Stunning contemporary techno the classic way. Then from heaven to hell with ‘60606’, an evil distorted 606 drum track guaranteed to damage kids brains worldwide… But no time to think long anyway cause there’s ‘We Only Have’, an autistic out-of-the-box jack track providing a sneaky tool for the more adventurous dj. This will separate the gurners from the dancers. Top-notch showcase by the unstoppable man-machine that is Marco Bernardi..!
9300 Records returns with the first EP by Shin, a relatively unknown, Belgian producer duo. They gave birth to three solid tracks with low kicks and raw bass chords, synths that are highly 90’s trance influenced and some acid vibes on the B-Side. The cherry on top is a remix of ‘Mistress’ by none other than Legowelt.
Doge’s arch enemy Cate has infiltrated Doge HQ and has secretly pressed up his own dark, twisted, melancholic form of house music. Purring pads, breaded drum patterns and pitter-patter percussion lines that could break Doge’s rule of the meme world.
DMX Krew treat us to a wild concoction of tracks for the fourth installment of the now firing on all cylinders, Super Rhythm Trax label. The music here veers between grimy basement Acid trax, UK Bleep inspired future warehouse anthems and even an ultra cheeky ragga style rendition of Lil Louis’ classic ”Original Video Clash”.
Acid, no wave and experimental house producer Drvg Cvltvre with a four track EP on Pinkman Records. Up first, ‘My Houz’ is a swampy house track with heavy drums, whirring machines and white noise textures all adding up to an intense affair that sounds like little else. Then comes ‘Tyranny of the Gods’, a slow tempo but high impact track that builds and builds on a nerve lead synth line as frazzled bass props things up from below. Darkand weird, occult and rave, its another unique proposition. On the flip, ‘Sleepdealer’ is an unbalanced house track with taught, tight bass and is shot through with laser like synths. Serene and spaced out, it makes way for closer ‘Crack Spirit Guide’ which is a noisy, intense and brooding fusion of crisp percussion, big walls of synth and chattering drums that really have you on edge.
33-10-3402, also known as Serbian-born artist/producer Nenad Markovic, returns to the ESP Institute for the fourth and final release in his opium den and whorehouse inspired Mecanica series. ‘Slow Port’ is a cacophonous track, skillfully composed of an erratic barrage of percussive klinks and klanks as you might find in an automotive factory—pistons, gears, quips, cranks, but despite its industrial instrumentation, Nenad manages to extract a beautifully seductive quality from this beast. On Side B we’re faced with the slightly more musical ‘Plutonium Certainly’, an exercise in distortion which is punctuated by repetitive androgynous chanting, and finally we culminate and release simultaneously with ‘Elika’, an overtly ethereal blur somewhere between hope and melancholy.
Tv Out with some jacked up cuts defined with overdriven drum loops & rugged synth lines. Topped with a Greg Beato remix.
SP-X and Time To Express present part 2 of the Moving Through Mirrors series. Once more SP-X lays down the groove with two lean cuts of innovative, jackin’ techno.
Balans welcomes back Swedish-born Staffan Linzatti for his second release on the Dutch imprint with Dividing in Two, an energetic two-track EP keeping consistent with the labels vision of delivering classic techno rhythms. ‘Dizziness’ opens the EP with a hypnotizing yet airy signal that captivates upon overture. Combined with a rolling bass and quintessential claps it is sure to enchant any listener. On side B, ‘Clarity’ takes a whole new direction opening straight into a full-blown kick and high hats that persist throughout the track.
Midgar introduce a newcomer for the third release. A great debut for the maltese Cloned, delivering not less than 6 cuts with Sapphire 1990 E.P. The record, way more straightforward and groove centered than the previous Midgar outputs, opens with Sapphire 1990, track that sounds like very nostalgic memories from a timeless rave.
Powerfull trippin techno tracks by Max_M on his m_rec label. Opener “Exceeding Brightness” sets the tone, with nagging, intergalactic loop melodies riding a forthright, heavily compressed techno groove. He opts for a deeper approach on “Architectural Lie”, with woozy, near dreamy melodies, thumping kick drums and trippy top-end percussion creating a hypnotic, locked-in groove. Finally, he indulges his melodious side with “Scape Sequences”, where looped Marimba melodies tussle with hissing cymbals and stretched-out percussive builds.
Jorge Velez comes to Skudge White to drop a proper dose of relentless subterranean Techno. 4 tracks created with the adventurous dancefloor in mind. This is the sound of Velez at full command.
From a dark and depressing country in the northern hemisphere called Sweden, comes the duo Empfanger aka towLie & Sling. Here with another slab of demented mongo EBM. Creepy Asylum music.
The third release on Black Venison comes from Q3A, a moniker of the Hungarian producer Route 8.
The second episode of the Mystic Jungle saga, a mini-album emerged from the deepness on Early Sounds Collective. Once again Mystic Jungle, across the course of six tracks, serves up raw, machine made sounds that are beautifully weird and oddly dancey. From jacking house to blissful downbeat via cosmic acid and noodly, jazzed up lounge sounds, it makes for a charming ride.
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