techno
MRSK – Twirl / Pinkman [SKUDGE-PT002]
Skudge releases the second and rugged release on Skudge Presents. MRSK does things in his own style, where stripped, waveish sounds builds onto each other.
Kirk Degiorgio – Divine Logic [RH037]
Kirk Degiorgio returns on Rush Hour with a new single, entitled ‘Divine Logic’. With ‘Divine Logic’ he keeps true to his own tradition by delivering a timeless piece of techno music. A string-laden track that evolves around an arpeggiated synth line. A classy joint that shows that the heritage of Detroit techno still lives on.
Ben Gibson – More Than Milk [MRECLTD010]
M_Rec Ltd presents the new release by Ben Gibson. Its quality is unmistakable and the sound just perfect: the art of the loop, with its ability to hypnotize you, rising with no way out. Here he drops three of his tracks, aligned with three of his mind trips, filled with drones. The remix of the track “Implex” is signed by Samuli Kemppi. His genius makes this version unique and special, a dynamic killer with irresistible rhythmic breaks.
Markus Suckut – SCKT 01 [SCKT0016]
Markus Suckuts new label SCKT is characterized best as reduced to the essential and well-textured. On the new label the producer will release only his own productions and thereby present the root of his own style. Designed for the endless flow, the sustained structure and the dreamy-spherical melodies of the releases contrast each other. The luscious substructure is complemented by merciless haunting basslines. This mixture distinguishes each track as flawless, modern Techno, whose steerful production is palpable in every second.
Pacific Blue – Industry (Remixes) [PCB001.1]
New mixes from the Pacific Blue / Avian camp. Rrose and Silent Servant pull no punches with these insistent takes on the brilliant original.
Surit & Samot – NX1 [NX101]
NX1 is a Surit and Samot project and a sub-label of the upcoming Nexe Records. Nexe means ”Nexus” in Catalan language, Nexe is a link with the music and the scene. Nexe gets involved with the techno and its origins, adding experiences, vision and evolution. Nexe is a union between music, visual and graphic arts. Nexe is the junction between those who sympathize doctrine and help to expand it. Nexe is above all, an independent electronic music label.
VA – 5 Years Compilation (Part Five) [SEMANTICA030.5]
Spanish label Semantica have been exploring the shadowy nether zones of techno for five years now, and this 12″ sees them reach number five of their 5 Years Compilation, featuring original contributions from some of the most important names in techno. The 12″ opens with “Public Beheading”, a collaboration between Karl O’Connor (aka Regis), Peter Sutton (aka Female) and Richard Harvey; as the name suggests, its ominous tones and cinematic atmospherics paint a grim picture. The bleak tone is carried through on AW/SS’s “Nonnative”, where a solitary kick breaks the through vinyl crackle, with only wintry drones for company. The B-Side meanwhile features Ostgut Ton’s finest, Marcel Dettmann, remixing Svereca’s “Obscur”. In keeping with the tone of the EP, the beats are shuffling and suggestive rather than heaving slabs of concrete, with particular attention paid to the creaking reverb hanging over the modulating sub bass. The record finishes with Yuji Kondo, Katsunori Sawa and Steven Porter’s “Moonlight Graham”, a shadowy warehouse jam whose myriad textures bubble beneath its rough surface. In short, four reasons why Semantica is one of the most interesting techno labels in the world.
VA – 5 Years Compilation (Part Four) [SEMANTICA030.4]
Part 4 of this special series, celebrating 5 years of Semantica Records. Tracks by Inigo Kenedy, Aiken, Silent Servant and Coushin.
The Third Man – Follow As Satellites [TABR008]
New release by The Third Man on Tabernacle Records. Often recognized for his harder-edged techno output, here the Third Man blends some of his warmer and more soulful tracks with some of his darkest.
VA – Bewildered [SUBD08]
Subsist Records delivers a cutting edge underground electronic/techno music compilation, showcasing a selection of tracks in all shapes and forms from talented electronic music producers across the globe.
Wincent Kunth – MDR 8 [MDR008]
New release on Marcel Dettmann Records, featuring some pulsating & percussive techno tracks with subtle atmosphere, by Wincent Kunth.
Myk Derill – Enclosure EP [KW0002]
The second release on Knotweed Records with three dark techno tracks by Myk Derill, influenced by the current sounds of the underground techno.
Gianluca Meloni – Anthemusa EP [OUTIS002]
The second release on Outis Music is a collaboration between label owner Dino Sabatini and his old friend Gianluca Meloni.
VA – Karat 45 EP [KARAT045]
Karat delivers vinyl extracts from his last CD compilation Katapult Festival. Abstract techno by Skudge, Portable and Phillippe Cam.
Shifted – Telic [OCS003]
The third release on Sigha’s ‘Our Circula Sound’ imprint drops in the shape of three outstanding tracks from Shifted, hypnotic and textural, leaning heavily on his influences outside electronic music.
Marcel Dettmann – Deluge / Duel [50WEAPONS016]
Marcel Dettman puts out some jacking analogue sounding techno tracks on 50 Weapons. This is a classic 90s techno influenced EP that shows that the purest sounds are at the core of each Dettmann tracks.
Milton Bradley – The Dark Of The Psychic Unknown [DNRESISTTHEBEAT007]
Outstanding, completely alienated and dark sounding Techno from Milton Bradley on his own label Don Not Resist The Beat.
Kowton & Tom Dicicco – Untitled EP [PSQ007]
Kowton and Tom Dicicco present a split EP on Project Squared. Tom Dicicco’s original is driven by a low-mid range thick stab and pounding kick drum, littered with intricate but not overbearing hi hat and snare work and some very atmospheric mid range. Kowton’s is subtle and sparse, low fidelity and plodding, with rattling percusion carrying the tune along. On the other side of the record, Kowton’s remix of Tom’s original is driven by an enormous bassline, with an off kilter dubby feel to the slow tempo and genre defying tune. Tom’s remix of Kowton rounds off the EP with a return to stab driven Techno, pulsating, dynamic and trance inducing.
Unbalance – Unbalance #3 [UNBALANCE003]
Russian producer Unbalance continues to present his own vision of the many differing strains of techno for the third in an ongoing series of hand stamped clear twelve inches. On the A Side, “Legacy” jitters with peak time intent, as granite like textures collide rhythmically with the insistent jagged syncopation, with Unbalance deftly judging when to adopt an increase in pressurised poise. In comparison “Euphoria” commences in the deepest recesses, with the saturated bass throb becoming ever more viscous as the track bumps along, craftily accruing intricate sonic details which lend the track a woozy hypnotic narcosis. The mood gets drawn ever further down on the final, sludgy sounding “Violet’s Night” where fractured textures battle it out with the rattling percussion amidst swarms of cricket like atmospherics.
