techno
Johannes Volk – Interstellar Visions [EXP001]
The first release on this new label, Exploration Records, is coming from the German techno master, Johannes Volk.
Function – Variance 1-3 [SWD013B]
Function aka Dave Sumner returns with the new version and supreme techno affair that is ‘Variance’. Moody in the extreme, this release finally comes with the kicking and slightly acidic B-side it always deserved without sinking into the predictable mire of dub techno.
WK7 – The Avalanche [PH202]
STL – Flying Objects [SOMETHING015]
Detroit beat down & Chicago oldschool house inspired house cuts. Eight tracks and four locked grooves of raw and diverse House music from the inimitable STL. Constantly changing the game, he nods to KMS style rave with the nasty synth licks of ‘Dark Energy’, while ‘Like This’ nods to earliest Chicago House with wickedly ’80s sounding stabs followed by two minutes of rave-starting air raid sirens. Getting trickier, ‘Don’t Follow Me’ is a pure and deadly piece of drum programing magic.
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Franklin De Costa – Fragile EP [CURLE031]
Franklin De Costa goes straight Deep House with a contemporary twist for Curle. Leading off ‘Fragile’ fixes hazy, almost half-heard piano keys with padded bass and heavily smoked late night ambiance, while ‘Circular Beings’ rubs up an electro-edged boompty Houser with deeply jazzed touches. On the flip ‘Ush Ush’ sit in a Nu-Euro-Deep groove and ‘Soulbound’ sets its sights on the deeper side of modern Chicago.
Brooks Mosher – Mass Transit EP [DOLLY05]
Brooks Mosher delivering the heat on Steffi’s label Dolly. Four outstanding funky deep house cuts in the best motor city / Panoramabar tradition.
Vinalog – Relative 004 [RELATIVE004]
Livejam sublabel with 4 fierce driving rhythm tracks over old schoolish samples. Darker 90’s detroit raw and funky house tracks recorded Live.
VA – MUSIC FROM THE BASEMENT PART 2 [TRAUT008]
Jonas Kopp and his Argentinean label present Music From The Basement Part II. Franco Cinelli, Dimi Angelis & Jeroen Search and Regen are in charge to keep the sonant humidity in this various artists compilation.
Abstract Souls – Abstract Souls EP [DPRESS039]
Claudio Mate & Roberto Bosco together are “Abstract Souls” a new project set up to develop their deepest sound . “Abstract Souls EP” is their first release under their new moniker and contains 4 deep techno tracks. Solid techno grooves infused with dark dubby atmospherics and cosmic influenced rhythms.
Mark Broom & James Ruskin – Erotic Misery [BP031]
James Ruskin and Mark Broom follow up their previous and serious selling outing (BP029 No Time Soon) with a stonking slab of the dark techno stuff. ‘Erotic Misery’ ploughs a heavy 10 minute groove of dry humping bass throbs with a payload of acrid synthline dissonance while ‘The Future That Was’ hankers for classic dark techno memes with a dirty, pipe-rolled bass sound and Millsian ambient drones. ‘Black Lines’ is far slinkier, kinked with swinging drum patterns and stealthy synth arrangements.
Hipodrome Podcast 008 – Alexander D’niel
The year 2010 was a good year, we started to do the podcast series and some events also, bringing artist like Mick Wills and Traxx and revealing mysterious cats like Das Komitee and Transilmania. Mostly we championed the Chicago sound in our podcast series, there was also some techno on the side and Italo in the middle.
Now we present the last podcast of 2010, a session from Alexander D’niel, a young artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. This podcast is an one hour length incursion in the berghain-esque sound.
Happy holidays and happy listening.
Sandwell District – Feed-Forward [SD2X1201]
International techno collective and record label Sandwell District release their debut studio album. Feed-Forward, features previously unreleased techno cuts by the three central Sandwell artists – Dave Sumner as Function, Karl O’Connor as Regis and Juan Mendez as Silent Servant, with additional input from Female. A trademark, highly effective array of big industrial beats, off-kilter riffs and icy strings can be expected.
Marcelus – EP1 [DRH032]
Expertly crafted DJ tools from a new French producer, the serious debut ‘EP1’ by Marcelus. The A-side confidently straddles that boundary between deepest Techno and House music with the pulsing, hypnotic propulsion of ‘Perception’ and ‘Friction’. The B-side goes more House wise with the sublime square bass churn of ‘Utopia’ and the squashed aquatic Dub House of ‘Phenomena’.
Tim Wolff – The Straight Story [WOLF019]
A deep, flowing piece of music with loads of dynamics, climaxes and atmosphere from the Dutchman Tim Wolff. Some well crafted techno tracks full of beautiful strings and fragile melodies. Steve Rachmad and Estroe on remix duty.
Marcel Dettmann – Kontra Mokira Mixes [KM017]
Marcel Dettmann is next on Kontra-Musik Records, with parts, samples and inspiration from Swedish experimental dub/drone act Mokira (Type, Raster Noton & Mille Plateaux), Dettmann delivers two brand new tracks for the label.
Norman Nodge – MDR 7 [MDR007]
Langenberg – Planitz Proposals [MILD008]
Langenberg on Mild Pitch with his second solo EP showcasing his ability to create soundscapes with slow burning house atmospherics.
Jolka – Five [SECT06R]
Sect receives the awe-inspiring accolade of remixes of Jolka’s magnificent ‘Five’ from two of the most trustworthy guardians of the craft, Surgeon & Silent Servant.
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