Second Aiken 12” for Semantica. Four excellent subtle yet powerful & hypnotic techno cuts.
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Francois X – Suspended In A Stasis Field [DM3D008]
The long awaited debut EP of Francois X on DEMENT3D. Much like hundreds of techno records that we love, Francois subtly weaves a canvas of very personal links between sound treatments and life events, time decay and society, spatialization and science-fiction, rumble and voodoo tribe rituals, and delivers some very powerful moments of raw and gritty music.
Transformation – Sketch I [LIES-BLK005]
Deutsche trio killing it on a new LIES BLK. Sandro Stebnitz, Manito Rotschild, and Dieter Flegel met in the late-nineties in Oldenburg Germany while working on the loading dock of the Leifheit Housewares shipping division. Through their monotonous days of shrink wrapping ovens and loading palettes of stainless steel cookware onto tractor trailers, the trio would often relay tall tales to each other simply to pass the time. One such delusional fantasy was that the trio would one day ditch their warehouse jobs and start a band not unlike their mutual hero, Gary Numan. Their fantasy became somewhat of a reality when Dieter gained access to various pieces of musical equipment when his uncle Hans came upon a sudden and untimely death. Unphased by this tragic event, Dieter rallied up his small group and hit the garage, practicing and recording every evening in hopes of making it, just like Gary did. Here we have on record, the only document of their time in the makeshift studio, a 15 minute electronic jam simply titled “Sketch 1”.
Person of Interest – LIES 020.5 [LIES020.5]
Person of Interest, highly sought after and could be lurking in the shady corners under Brooklyn’s JMZ line. On his L.I.E.S. debut we get soupy remnants of what could be called garage house, pieces of high octane techno, and one slow burning grisled tooth number to close this three track EP out. A strong showing and undoubtedly one to keep your eyes on.
Mark Forshaw – Tools Of The Unexpected [MATH075]
For their latest trip into the analogue unknown, Jamal Moss’s Mathematics imprint has turned to John Heckle cohort and occasional Tabernacle type Mark Forshaw. The producer duly delivers an impressively varied and superbly imagined quartet of cuts, heavy on snappy analogue percussion, stargazing synths and icy, out-there atmospherics. There’s some deep but driving underwater techno in the shape of the claustrophobic “Sessions”, a clanking exercise in drum machine love (the intense but woozy “Tolls of the Unexpected”), a deeper, slower tempo trip into melodic analogue deep house territory (“Analog Kicks”), and a acid-flecked jack-track with distinct Detroit techno overtones (“Neptanus”).
VA – Underground Sounds Volume 2 [PBR037]
Underground Sounds Volume 2 from PLan B Recordings, featuring four tracks by DJ Spider, Phil Moffa, Daikini9 and Hakim Murphy.
Gesloten Cirkel – Submit X [M-X]
Returning to Viewlexx sub-label Murder Capital, Gesloten Cirkel is ready to serve up a full-length album, Submit X. Russian mystery man Gesloten Cirkel has caused quite a stir with his releases on this label as well as Moustache Techno Series and Berceuse Heroique – it is often weird, twisted music that fuses acid and techno and electro into brave new forms. This new album continues in that tradition across ten new cuts. Right from the off Gesloten Circkel spits out the jams – opener ‘Zombiemachine Acid’ is built on a corrugated bed of beats, has slapping percussion and a sharp acid line. After the same track without the acid line comes ‘Submit X’ with its into fractured, loopy sounds and layered up vocal snippets. For unsettling, dark and droning ambient check ‘Stakapella’, or the same sketch with a distant electro beat on ‘Stakan’. ‘Chatters’ is then a grimy post punk electronic track with whirring melodies, malfunctioning synths and plenty of dirt in its make-up and the latter part of the album touches on more paranoid electro, nagging and unsettling techno and whip-snapping acid tracks. Truly unique, esoteric and idiosyncratic, this album is as unpredictable as you would expect from someone like the enigmatic Gesloten Cirkel.
Conforce @ Six D.O.G.S. (Athens) 14.03.2014
Kabale und Liebe – Sammy Hoboken EP [SWS018]
As a precursor to Kabale Und Liebe’s debut album, Soweso Records releases the ‘Sammy Hoboken EP’ as a teaser of what’s to come. 2014 marks an important phase in Liron’s career as he prepares to unveil his debut album, ‘Realitivity’, which delves deeper into his musical persona and sees the Dutchman go back to basics. The ‘Sammy Hoboken EP’ features 3 cuts from the forthcoming album and with lengths running from 8 to 10 minutes, these tracks are designed to get you into the groove and keep you there. Opening with the deep, percussive workout of the title track which gradually builds its electronic melody, via the funked up techno of ‘The Hunter’ with it’s shuffling beat and dappled synths, to the final production, ‘Too Many Circuses, Not Enough Freaks’ which pounds straight in with its powerful bassline, before the claps take hold on this intense beast.
Terrence Dixon / Michael Zucker – Fundamentals [AV001]
If you’re going to launch a label, it’s always wise to start with a bang. That’s exactly what newcomers Audio Visual have done here, recruiting Detroit veteran Terrence Dixon and Chez Damier cohort Michael Zucker (boss of Finale Recordings, no less) for a four-track trip into deep techno and intergalactic house. Dixon goes deep into the groove on the hissing, intoxicating deep techno roller “MTA”, before delivering a touch more melody on the retro-futurist gem “Over The Top”. Zucker, on the other hand, opts for a Jaydee-does-deep house feel to “Foundation (Part 1)”, before setting off towards the heavens with the deliciously deep, smooth “Reflections”.
Tadeo & Echologist – Non 012 [NON012]
Birth Of Frequency – Bad Tempered [CRF008]
Simon aka Birth of Frequency is back on board for his second EP on the label. With four tracks he shows us different aspects of his talent as techno maker. Windy City is a relentless acid loop, with straight and sharp rythm parts. The kind of track you can play for a very long time. Bad Tempered is a proper techno, hypnotic and powerful : perfect to maintain a tangible tension on the dancefloor. Huron will complete the destruction with a frantic and aggressive synth / hats duo. Newcomer, comes from the ground with a sticky and heavy atmosphere .
Deniro – Atavism [TAPE005]
Dutch producer Deniro – real name Reynior Hooft van Huysduynen – has long been part of the Tape Records family. Here he returns with two more cuts of straight-up dancefloor techno. “Altavism” is surprisingly spooky, layering tipsy electronics and ghostly loop melodies atop a surging techno groove. Deniro drops the tempo on “Throwback”, offering up a hazy trip into deep, woozy house territory.
Luger @ Hipodrome x Raw Tools, Bohemian Flow (Sibiu) 26.04.2014
Juzer – Horseplay [COR009]
Beau Wanzer and Dan Jugel are Juzel. Strong 90’s Techno heritage on this stone-cold killer E.P for Anthony Parasole’s The Corner.
Person Of Interest – Russian Torrent Versions 08 [CCCP008]
Version 8 is by unknown producer Persons of Interest. A side has blissful strings and edgy drum programming, on the flip quirky basement techno bizz
General Ludd – Hitit / Kickout [CDR12006]
Tom ‘Dam Mantle’ Marshallsay and Rich ‘Golden Teacher’ McMaster’s debut under the General Ludd alias, The Fit of Passion EP on Mister Saturday Night, was a delightfully sweaty concoction – a riotous trip into percussive, off-kilter house territory laden with dense percussion, obscure funk samples and addictive rhythms. Here, they pop up on local Glaswegian label Clan Destine with an altogether murkier proposition – two tracks of fuzzy, horror-tinged, darkroom oddness. There’s a wayward, tipsy late night feel to the dense beats, nightmarish noises and curious samples on “Hitit”, while “Kickit” – complete with obligatory MC5 sample (as bitten by the KLF all those years ago) – layers throbbing sub-bass and spooky noises over a sparse but intense rhythm. Both tracks are neither house nor techno, but something altogether more intriguing.
Acid Square Dance – Jam Tracks [FRAGILWHITE003]
Boston 168 – The Drill EP [OY007]
Boston 168 is a project born thanks to the ”infamous” duo formed by D-Vince and Sergio Pace, a new way inside Old and Young’s mind. Slow, dirty and rotten. A flow that comes direct from the analog machines. To complete the EP Old and Young is pleased to present Drvg Cvltvre, the man from Tilburg remixed one track with his style which ranges between doom disco / psychic house / slow, doomy, dark house and techno.
D’Marc Cantu – 1210a EP [OE005]
The explosive initiation of One Electronica’s “1210” series comes from Ann Harbours D’Marc Cantu. The series will consist of one twelve inch and one ten inch vinyl. The extensive palate of sounds available on this pack range from slower ambience influenced grooves, outright “jak”, industrial grit pursuing to intense, pace-ridden, electronic mayhem; as heard in “Microdots”.
