techno
Martyn – Ghost People [BFCD025]
Martyn takes a step back to reflect in his new release Ghost People out on Brainfeeder. The LP gives off a jigsaw effect, pulling apart genres of music while delicately piecing together a mass of influences from all over the musical spectrum. The album itself is a masterpiece; ram packed with deep nostalgic notes while being filled to the brim with crunching dance floor bangers!
Paul Mac – Stimulus Sessions Vol. 1
Esteban Adame – Determinacion EP [ICAN007]
New 12″ from Esteban Adame on Ican Productions label. The release includes 3 original tracks by Esteban and a remix by Santiago Salazar.
Tangula – Eye Of The Beholder [9DIAM]
Four new tracks from Tangula aka Arne Weinberg on Diametric Music. “The Gorbals (Endtime Mix)” and “Disaster strikes” are clearly for the dancefloor and have a driving force, whilst retaining emotional and deep facets. “Imbalance” is a dark brooding techno track that is reminiscent of early 90’s UK intelligent techno. “Jebisu” finishes off this release with functional percussive elements and deep Detroit techno inspired melodic synth work.
Hakim Murphy – Sampled Dreams EP [PBR023]
Plan B Recordings presents Hakim Murphy’s latest 4 track EP of Acid, Deep House and Ambient tunes that signifies samples from his inner music self. Listen to Murphy’s unconscious moments rising to the top of himself, straight from the underground for the underground.
Andy Stott – We Stay Together [LOVE072]
‘We Stay Together’ is a brand new doublepack from Andy Stott, a companion piece of sorts to the radical inversions of the ‘Passed Me By’ EP released earlier this year. These six tracks, produced in its wake, amp the pressure to throttling degrees. Entering the digital compression chamber of ‘Submission’ you become a willing participant, before the lights are cut and you’re forced to adjust to the humid atmosphere and bruising, muscle-contracting darkroom throb of ‘Posers’. Suitably initiated, the EP’s fearless centrepiece ‘Bad Wires’ plunges into full on mud-party mode, dropping the tempo while intensifying the kinaesthetic funk with slow, clusterf*cked syncopation until you’re drowning in synthesized oil and crushed-glass textures. Fully submerged by ‘We Stay Together (Part One)’ time becomes elasticated like worn VHS tape, calling to mind Jamal Moss and James Ferraro soundtracking a rave in a sodden, flooded sauna, before inescapably tumbling into the sheer black hole of ‘Cherry Eye’ and left to the slompy jack of ‘Cracked’.
Untold – Little Things Like That / Bachelor’s Delight [CBS010]
Untold bridging the gap between UK bass music and the more 4/4 spectrum of music on the new Clone Basement Series release.
Marcel Fengler – Sphinx EP [IMF001]
Marcel Fengler launches his own label – IMF (Index Marcel Fengler) with a rich, experimental and varied 3 track EP.
Abdulla Rashim – Asayita EP [ARR002]
The second release by Abdulla on his label. Uncompromising tracks that must be played out loud in a dark basement style setting with loads of smoke and strobo. Trippy deep gritty techno tracks.
Donor / Truss – Endo [TPT0486]
Transatlantic duo Donor / Truss return on Perc Trax, with a four tracks release. ‘Endo’ represents a new peak for the Donor / Truss sound with each individual section working as both a self-contained track and a quarter of the entire Endo experience. Together the 4 parts join together to make a complete piece of music, stretching across 23 minutes and 2 sides of vinyl.
Jeff Mills – Fantastic Voyage [AXCD044]
New double CD inspired by the motion picture “Fantastic Voyage” (1966) and artist Osamu Tezuka. The soundtrack was initially made for the cinemix event at Cite de la Musique in Paris in May 2011. Composed and produced by Jeff Mills.
Cio D’or – Magnetfluss Remixes [PRG023]
Prologue presents a remix package of Cio D´Or’s Magnetfluss EP, involving three of the hottest techno producers today: Silent Servant, Milton Bradley and Shifted.
Jeff Pietro – Still [BLX003]
Borrowed Language returns with their third installment by Jeff Pietro. While some influences are clearly detectable, this is not just cannon fodder; there’s enough attention to detail and panache on display here to distinguish Pietro’s take on Techno/Bass music from his peers. The results are polished, but not without sharp edges; brutal, but elegant, functional, but not faceless.
AnD – Non Compliant [INNER002]
Inner Surface Music presents their second release featuring three tracks by Manchester techno duo AnD.
VA – Analysis of a Nihilist Who Wants to Become Famous [ZLF00H]
Andrew Ingram – Expedition.Lunar Mix
RA.278 Mike Huckaby
Paul Bennett – Two [MODTWO]
Paul Bennett returns with his label paying hommage to the classics. Immaculately programmed Maydayesque drum machines, emotive & expansive pitch bent synths, thundering low frequencies and clanks galore. This is a supercharged rewiring of the Detroit blueprint in three startlingly well executed flavours.
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