Tanstaafl Records, the new label from Caravan label boss October, presents its first release. John Osborn’s mighty Epoch 4 EP, featuring a remix by Appleblim. The labels focus is on pure grinding analogue house and techno, designed for all the best moments on the dance floor.
Falkplatz present the new EP from Roberto Bosco. For Falkplatz Roberto produced two tracks, that catch the ears of Housefanatics (Good Lover) as well as the hearts of the Technolunatics (Untitled). Remixes this time come from Panorama Bar resident Steffi, who gave the original a touch of Oldschool and sadness and from The Falkplatz Conspiracy (Oliver Deutschmann & Ed Davenport) who mixed a crafty acid influenced warehouse banger out of the original.
New project from the Avian camp. Super tough house drums collide with classic techno stabs and hats.
New release on Echocord featuring two powerfull dubby tracks by XDB and a remix by Sven Weisemann.
Prime dub techno from JS Zeiter. There’s no denying his affections for Basic Channel here, reverently prostrating himself at their altar with the pulsing kicks and wafting dub chords on the A-side. However, with the simple addition of shuffled snares on the flip, the formula results in a towering techno colossus, subtly modulated from start to finish for proper heavy effect.
Romanian producer Cosmin TRG release his debut artist album, Simulat, on Fifty Weapons. Made up of 12 new tracks, each has been exclusively produced for the album whilst CD-only track ‘Fizic’ is the lead single, as it was already released in June. There are tracks which will work both on and off the dancefloor, but it’s the way they’re threaded together and make for one cohesive and coherent statement overall that stands them apart. Taking appropriate detours into deeper pockets; areas of warm analogue ambiance and abstract alien sounds, there are traces of everything that has gotten Cosmin to this point so far, all re-visioned with an ever shifting focus. Once again confirming Cosmin to be a producer in constant experimental flux, Simulat speaks loudly of an essential talent.
From Germany comes Untitled Dubs, another somewhat enigmatic project, bringing a lot of warmth and subtally moody techno stuff.
More explorations of the murky depths of techno in its rawest form from the Analogue Solutions camp, with the 7 part of the series.
Horizontal Ground presents release no. 10, featuring some advanced electronic tracks from techno to drone, wave/punk electronica rooted tunes and a remix of Itmuts by Skirt.
The first release on the new Swedish label, Universal Rejection. The label is the collective effort of a closed circle of friends sharing the vision of a parallel universe trough raw, down to the core electronic dancemusic. With its corroded, live recorded sound and relentless machinedrum, “Le Coq” is a trip to the shadowy, not to say drunk side of dance music. The flip side “Hollywood Goblin” evokes the linear pulse of early body music, envelope-pushing electronic wizardry with a dark edge stripped down to a bare minimum.
Nightvision presents some fresh new remixes for the classic “Solid Session”. The remixers are Vince Watson, Legowelt and Orlando himself.
Basic Soul Unit, with his personal blend from Chicago house, Detroit Techno, UK post Detroit techno, delivers three warm techno tracks. Shed is on remix duties and he comes with a rough attitude, raw, deep and challenging.
“I A Syrian Tongue” is Karl O’Connor’s first solo EP as Regis in ten years. Across these three tracks, Regis showcases a sound that delivers the industrial intensity of his vintage Downwards work, the elegance and swing of his Sandwell District contributions, and a seemingly new ingredient: something powerfully, irreducibly Blackest Ever Black.
Echocord Color delivers a new EP by the duo Skudge. It also includes a deep and dubby powerful remix by Conforce.
New various artists EP on Stockholm Ltd, including music from Pfirter & Grindvik and The Rumours and the debut on the Swedish label for S100 and Tom Dicicco. Including reworks from Skudge and legendary Oliver Kapp.
