Makam / Roch Dadier – Lost Archives – Part II [AERA007.2]

The second EP in their new “Lost Archives” series stands out in it’s clear dancefloor direction and it’s recognizable oldschool feel. On the A side Makam brings in a typical oldschool techno track which resemblances a mixture between old Jeff Mills material and Robert hood’s Floorplan output. The title of the B track simply points out it’s purpose. Roch and Pacou were resident DJ’s at Tresor, when they recorded this track for Roch Dadier’s Label Portrait in 2002. However, short afterwards it was recorded, Roch stopped his label, so this gem never saw the light of day. Pacou and Roch Dadier show us that tribalistic techno is still actual these days with this rhythmic piece of music.

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Makam / Roch Dadier – Lost Archives – Part II [AERA007.2]

Asma – Zwartjes [MRECLTDGS003]

The third of M_Rec Ltd’s vinyl only Grey Series comes from Asma, a new collaboration between Ascion and M_Rec boss Max_M. Supposedly inspired by Dutch experimental filmmaker Frans Zwartjes’ 1968 short film of the same name, “Birds” offers some expectedly atmospheric techno; opening with tribal, rolling, warehouse-sized drums and foggy strings in the background, the track soon gives way to a heady concoction of bristling static and plucked textures played over a sonic void. Sandwell District alumnus Silent Servant’s remix is a stark contrast, pairing some vintage chord stabs, snare rolls and drum machine percussion to create a basement ready house jam laced with spectral atmospherics that is possibly one of the more club-ready tracks he has produced to date.

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Asma – Zwartjes [MRECLTDGS003]

Mike Dehnert – Placide EP [FW029]

Mike Dehnert with a new 4 tracker, including a massive live version of Drehimpuls. The rest is slightly lighter with Eigenzeit as serious contender for winning the election of favorite tracks on this EP. A proper peak time techno monster. However b2 track Isolant is another one of Mike’s seductive grooving techno tracks in the known Dehnert style.

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Mike Dehnert – Placide EP [FW029]

Objekt / Cosmin TRG – Shuttered / Auste [BLPGRN002]

‘The Green Series’ is the continuing art and music project from Bleep.com, GiveUpArt, and photographer Shaun Bloodworth. The project will be a series of tracks exploring techno music released on limited 12″ with deluxe art prints as well as on digital formats. The second 12″ release in the series is called “BLPGRN002”. The double A-side single features the pairing of Objekt and Cosmin TRG and brings you raw techno.

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Objekt / Cosmin TRG – Shuttered / Auste [BLPGRN002]

Cassegrain – Tiamat [PRG030]

Prologue with a double pack delivering 6 tracks of deep trippy dark techno. German duo Cassegrain take the name for their latest release Tiamat from the Babylonian chaos monster. If anything, though, this six-track EP is the embodiment of their take on dub-techno after Hüseyin Evirgen and Alex Tsiridis have buffered out the edges of a heretofore scabrous discography — chaos has very little to do with it.

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Cassegrain – Tiamat [PRG030]

Bleak – Origins Of Chaos [97DSR]

Origins Of Chaos

Sweden’s Bleak is fast becoming an essential part of his country’s techno new school. Through releases on Deeply Rooted House, Sudden Drop and Traut he has emerged as a producer of funky, loopy techno a la countrymen Skudge. Here he debuts on Delsin with a fierce two tracker, Origins of Chaos. The first track ‘Sixteen Crude’ is a cantering techno cut with searing, warbling synths racing along above lazier, underlapping kicks. It’s a nice contrast that gives the acidic track plenty of depth, before the flipside, ‘Subject Target’ deals in more convoluted, whip-snap lines that thrash about like cables in a storm. Industrial yet human, it’s timeless techno that wraps you up in its midst and never lets you go.

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Bleak – Origins Of Chaos [97DSR]

Zenker Brothers – Lion In Mars [TRESOR259]

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After years of playing and working together side by side, in 2011 Dario and Marco Zenker emerged in official collaboration as Zenker Brothers with ”Berg 10 EP”. Now, they are back with their first release for Tresor, brandishing a matured sound and level of sensitivity yet displayed by either before. ‘Lion In Mars’ is like a fresh breeze billowing through the Tresor vaults. Honing in on signatures from the archive and repackaging them in modern sentiment.

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Zenker Brothers – Lion In Mars [TRESOR259]

Omar-S – Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself [AOS7000CD]

Alex Smith aka Omar-S with his new album on FXHE. The fourteen tracks on this disc demonstrate Smith’s studio prowess and his dynamic range as a producer – from uplifting house to raw techno beats and acid.

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Omar-S – Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself [AOS7000CD]

The Exaltics – The Rise and Fall [CREC013]

The Exaltics return to Creme with this mondo otherworldly rip roaring robotronic assassination squad that exposes Judge Dredd as the cartoon character he actually is and tear him to shreds while they’re at it.

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The Exaltics – The Rise and Fall [CREC013]

VA – World Electronix Volume 2 [CE012LTD]

Cultivated Electronics returns with the next instalment of the World Electronix series. This EP focuses on 4 moody acid lead electro tracks perfect for dark basements and warehouses. First up CE is proud to welcome The Exaltics to label with a hard piercing track not for the feint hearted. Next up CE label head Sync 24 delivers a signature style hypnotic groove for dance floor. The flip side see’s Sync 24 and Abstract Forms label head Deixis team up for there second release. This time tuning in an acidic kick drum heavy roller. Finally the EP is rounded off by CRC aka Michael Deikmann who is no stranger to CE as one half of electro duo Morphology.

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VA – World Electronix Volume 2 [CE012LTD]

Maarten van der Vleuten – Internaut EP [SHIP019]

Maarten van der Vleuten, one of the godfathers of Dutch Techno and a true electronic music pioneer, on Shipwrec serves up his own recipe for Electro in the form of the ‘Internaut EP’. The title piece takes the rhythmic mould of the 808 but shifts the floorboards with industrial soundscapes and UK Techno sidesteps framing. A morphing and melting piece of otherworldly Electronics, over ten minutes of shifting synthsizer sands. “Holographic Inserts” lands with terse clips and pulsing basslines before a rumbling analogue chord breaks the surface. Warbling bulwarks of space meet clinical lines in an immense track of expansive proportions. An epic of atmospheric, sinister and sharp sounds; a style pushing the boundaries of Electro.

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Maarten van der Vleuten – Internaut EP [SHIP019]