On a hot streak Danny Wolfers is knocking out Jewel after Jewel at the minute. Star Gazing is just as space-stradling as the title suggests, off-key, offworld discords colliding with breakbeats and detroitian atmospherics, intricate electronics, the burblings of a robot examining the earth of an alien world, before huge bass enters the party. Visions In My Mind is Legowelt’s take on the disco-tech vibe, Wayfaring Stranger completes the picture, a slamming acid jacker!
Excellent dreamy nineties Detroit/U.K. inspired techno/house tracks by Steve Murphy on Rawax.
ASC steps outside of his experimental D&B sound profile delivers two slabs of moody techno for Pushing Red. The opener “Proton ” is a driving number with some crunchy sub bass work underpinning some floaty synth work, while “Electron” an undulating, hypnotic tech-house cut, takes the foot off the gas slightly.
Andy Blake making his debut for JackOff. For this release he breaks away from his usual signature sound to create a truly unique and exciting EP. Raw analogue sounds recorded live Andy brings back the darker driving vibes of 90’s rave culture but with a twist.
Sharp, nasty and brilliant; like licking out the wrap. Avant-garde / post-tekno tracks from the beautiful mind of Unit Moebius Anonymous.
Milton Bradley’s Alien Rain project presents a master class in the kind of expertly sculpted acid techno that emerged in the mid 90s and here is the second release from the project.
The long overdue follow-up of Early Sounds 001! This time a solo project of the talented Massimo Di Lena, delivering four original and hard-rocking analogue house/techno hybrids.
Better late than never: Special X-mas edition from the L.I.E.S. camp, Delroy Edwards comes in hitting hard with this 2 track piece of vinyl
An exquisite collection of cuts by Orgue Electronique, Crystal Maze, ESHU and Ohrwert cover the ninth Field EP.
Echovolt notch up their 8th release with a fine offering by R-A-G and Crystal Maze member, G-String. G-String delivers two delicately rough dance music delights, effortlessly marrying tripped out emotive ambience to the essence of jack. The 12” is topped off with a wonderfully blurred out remix of ‘Ghoul’ by D’Marc Cantu!
Re-release of Armani’s classic ‘Arrow’ originally released on Dance Mania in 1997 with the hard-to-find ‘Poison Mind’ by Alvin Carr as a bonus track. Essential Chicago house/techno.
February 2013 sees the release of ‘Treat Me Right’, a new album from Trus’me. Its his first album in 3 years and to a certain extent marks a change in direction from the predecessors. Here’s what the man himself has to say as way of an introduction to the new album. “Since ‘In The Red’ I found myself traveling as far as Japan and South America and experiencing new scenes and people that has influenced my sound both in the studio and behind the decks. Traveling so much has forced me to change my way of making music, I would say now I have a more ‘anoligital’ approach to my production techniques. The final production stage will always remain an analogue process but the creative process has become more digital. You can’t take all those lovely synths and machines on the road with you. With ‘Working Nights’ I wanted to create a cohesive hour of music from start to finish, whereas ‘In The Red’ was a way to push myself and learn new engineering and production techniques, working with live musicians such as Amp Fiddler and Dam Funk. ‘Treat Me Right’ saw me move into the realm of synths, drum machines to create the sounds of the scene I had been submerged in over the last 4-5 years. Working on new music while on the road is hard, and fragmented sessions all came together once I was stationary in Manchester. I stayed away from the impulse of my love of sampling and musicianship and trapped myself in a room, so that the final outcome would be a true representation on the sound they call analogue.”
The latest transmission from Underground Quality HQ sees label boss Jus Ed at the helm on a swiftly delivered riposte to Dope Jams, having been included in the latest end of year diss list from the New York record store. That the Dum Jams 12” should arrive so soon after Dope Jams announced plans to close their store after seven years of selling records (and pissing people off) is ironic, but makes us wonder who really won here. There’s a certain degree of cultural novelty inherent in the lead “Detox mix” which is thankfully balanced out by the tougher B Side “Techno Fuck” version.
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