Architectural on Semantica with a slightly dark yet comfortable & uplifting techno tracks that will bring a glimpse of light in techno dungeons worldwide. Excellent fusion of driving Berlin techno with chords-driven Detroit techno.
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Mary Velo – Nass EP [GYNOIDD063]
Jan Schmidhofer – Platten Filet 0312
Szare – Arcane Rhythm Structures Excavated and Remodeled By Hand [HG011]
Szare shows off his versatility here with a 3 track twelve that dips and dives between tribal percussion and stern experimental minimalist bleeps and beats. A fine release from the Horizontal Border label and a must have for those who have been collecting the series.
Eduardo De La Calle – Future Mobile Applications [CONNWAX001]
Function vs Jerome Sydenham – White Light (Remixes) [IRC1096]
One of Ibadan’s most popular releases of 2010, resurfaces with three stunning remixes from a trio of artist who’ve been been defending the free world of underground Techno: Planetary Assault Systems, Silent Servant and Xhin.
VA – Kontra Music Mixes [KMCD003]
A very special compilation of 11 tracks of selected Kontra-Musik remixes. Featuring artists like Scuba, Shed, Marcel Dettmann, Substance, Move D and Silent Servant to name but a few.
M>O>S – Lost Digits EP [DOLLY009]
Dolly’s first release in 2012 and immediately setting a high standard for the year to come! This time Aroy Dee under his M>O>S> disguise is delivering the deepness. Present as usual are his trademark vintage synths & drums, but this goes beyond the average retro Chicago stuff… skillfull on the machines while it’s very clear the music comes from deep within. Marcel Fengler on remix duty adds a little techno punch, which perfectly tops of this very fine release.
Midland – Placement EP [AUS1237]
Midland returns to Aus with ‘Placement EP’. Staying true to his roots, he delivers four tracks that contribute to the continuing conversation between techno, house, garage and beyond. With a strong focus on intricate detail, lush texture and glacial melody the EP is just as captivating on headphones as it is on the dance floor.
B-Tracks – Come Back [SUPPLY002]
Second ep of the B-tracks guys… cool 4 track ep with 4 versatile tracks ranging from a chord driven club house sound (Come Back) to a darker techno-ish approach (the Next Step & When The Time Comes) and a beautiful deeper athmospheric cut rooted in Detroit techno (Crisis).
Monolake – Ghosts LP [ML026V]
Two years after Monolake’s ‘Silence’ release, Robert Henke is back with a new Monolake album entitled ‘Ghosts’. Dark and colorful, with haunting and deep excursions into magic worlds of sound and grooves, held together by a fragmentary story as part of the artwork that indicates a continuation of themes present on ‘Silence’: Precisely crafted earthshaking beats, rough dirty noises, wide lush soundscapes and little sonic creatures inhabiting a fascinating planet in which a lot of things go badly wrong and nothing is taken for granted. Music that augments reality when listening to whilst commuting, music to get lost in when experienced loud in a club. There is nothing minimal in that music, it is bass heavy and full of detail. The 2x vinyl version (gatefold sleeve) includes 11 tracks plus a bonus CD with all tracks in digital format.
Pattern Repeat – Pattern Repeat 05 [PATTERNREPEAT005]
Pattern Repeat is back with 3 hypnotising & gritty straight forward Berlin techno tracks from the deep.
Cassegrain – Coptic EP [PRG025]
The second EP of Cassegrain on Prologue shows how extraordinary talented Alex and Hüseyin are and which wide range of electronic music both definitely cover. After their first release on Prologue the Coptic EP shows again the perfect range between experimental techno, proper sound research and deepest trails in electronic music.
Developer – Trade Beliefs [SEMANTICA039]
Developer from Los Angeles keeps on delivering his hypnotising yet energetic deep driving techno tracks, this time on the notorious Semantica records.
Vapauteen – Untitled [LIES008.5]
Three tracks of paranoid Industrial techno coming straight from the guts of New York City! All songs therein have been recorded live in one take, with no editing. Here is urgent and immediate music which claws at the eyes of society and reflects the fucked up world we live ineveryday.
Henning Baer – Drop Out EP [SG1252]
Henning Baer makes his debut on Sonic Groove imprint with an EP that sees abrasive industrial tones rub up menacingly against solid funk in a curious matching of audio devices. “Folsom” celebrates its graininess, but the beat remains an addictive and accessible one in the vein of the Live Jam collective. “The Spies” is more dangerous in its demeanour, as the stop-start groove does battle with decaying bleeps and kettle drum bass hits. “You Rhyth Me” on the flip ups the ante even more with a positively gruesome slow techno throwdown designed purely to terrify.
Serge @ Clone Basement Session, Fabric (London) 29.11.2011
Three Legged Race – Wrong Element EP [AD003]
Hallucinating, mechanical, and dark; spatial techno from THREE LEGGED RACE. The WRONG ELEMENT EP solidifies Robert Beatty’s recent mind bending live performances into proper physical form: a 12″ extended play record. The high voltage lines of slum MOOG and brick 808 define the all saturating sound seeping from the black lead earth of Lexington, Kentucky. The mastery of tension and release found throughout Beatty’s work with Hair Police and Burning Star Core is here crystalized into a rich and daunting psycho-physical techno fit for the club and the basement.
Pigon – Kamm Interpretations [LILA001]
Lirum Larum is a brand new joint of Pigon aka Efdemin and RNDM. Always riding the thin line between house and techno with a twist for the obscure they decided to have their own imprint from now on. The 1st release features a composition of their own in two mindblowing interpreations. Function and Tobias provide their interpretations of pigon’s track “Kamm” (originally released on beatstreet in 2008).
Developer / Eduardo De La Calle – Variations EP [MODULARZ006]
Modularz label head Developer & Analog Solutions producer Eduardo De La Calle collaborate on this rare release featuring raw deep techno and hypnotic driving rhythms on the new Ep Variations.
The Hipodrome Of Music 