30 May 2012
A heads up that on
Saturday 9th June i'll be down in London at The Horse & Groom playing some tracks at the behest of
Gohan and his atemporal Peur Bleue blog/clubnight. Alongside us will be
Alex McKeown and
Kolour. Expect some great music and plenty of drinking.
Onto a mini playlist. The inimitable, intense sounds of Blawan and Pariah as Karenn. Not much comes even close.
The appearance of James Welsh's deep melodies on Hypercolour's Losing Suki sublabel.
Mule Musiq poach another restrained German deep house producer in Oskar Offermann, the melody from about 3 mins is great.
Bosconi label is always on point. This track by The Clover is understated deep house at its finest.
Stumbled across this tech-house delight just recently. Cinematic.
Servi! Beautiful synth workout on a track that features on PermVac's essential Mandarinenträume compilation, showcasing obscure German electronic music prior to reunification.
17 May 2012
First up, some really sad news about the passing of Donna Summer. She inspired us all. Here are two rather special covers/remixes of her signature track I Feel Love. She was loved, she will be loved forever.
Moving forward we have the amazing Liasons by Kevin Reynolds, this is such an infectious track from him. There's plenty more in store from this Detroit master with releases due on Love What You Feel and L.I.E.S. Hot stuff
Stockholm's
Universal Rejection put out this blazing debut from Arab League a back in 2011 and have now followed it up with a
complete bomb by Disappearer. This is a label to keep an eye on for sure!
16 May 2012
Argentinian producer Leonel Castillo drops some heavy and unswerving beats on 1974 released by his Groovear label.
Break SL first blew me away with his track
Trombone on Philpot a few years back. He's been a busy guy since then, most recently dropping some utterly psychotic grooves on the ever imaginative, ever impressive
Uncanny Valley.
Anstam on 50 Weapons. A marriage of beauty and insanity. The First Sprout EP really demands everyone's attention....and once it's got it....it won't let go easily.
Another killer compilation on Stones Throw, The Minimal Waves Vol.2
13 May 2012
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Hannes Iversen
Will Azada and his Proper Trax label have both been doing their thing to lethal effect for a little while now. This belter is taken from Proper Trax Split Personalities II 12". Azada and Proper Trax latest release is out now in strictly limited numbers,
you can grab it here. How good does that b-side sound!!
Fourth Wave serves up another solid release this time from newcomer Felix Lenferink. Chirpy jams.
You can always rely on Belgium's Token records for some uncompromising and utterly engaging techno. Lethal!
4 May 2012
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lazingblazerThe mysterious
Ukkonen turns out a fantastic 12" on Uncharted Audio. Real icy techno explorations.
RDF - True! (
buy)
I spotted a video for this wonderful RDF track a while back, and now the release is out there. Four tracks of pure quality, limited to 300 copies on the
O*RS label.
Some serious blog love to dish out now.
NeoDetroit has turned me on to a lot of really great music since starting up last year, go check it. Above are just two killer tracks I first heard there, both essential listening.
I know I only posted a Pyrolator track the other week, but i'm in love. Further digging led me to this beauty of a bonus track that features on the
Ata Tak: Collection Box 1... so much good stuff on there.
28 April 2012
Essential listening. IDM nostalgia. Good deep house. Unexpected tempo changes.
20 April 2012
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Eric Timothy Carlson
A mini-playlist of recently reissued tracks from the 1970s and 80s. All very wonderful.
13 April 2012
For the weekend.
Lee Burton - Breath (
buy)
Lee Burton - You've Got Me (
buy)
Greek producer Lee Burton (
Lefteris Kalabakas) earlier this year released his new album
Busy Days For Fools on Athenian label
Klik Records. I was very much expecting a straightforward 'house' album that initially may excite but like so many others ultimately disappoints. How wrong I was, this is a wonderfully crafted concept album that is full of warmth. You certainly might detect something along the lines of a Circus Company release or even John Roberts, but you also get shades of sleazy blues reminiscent of Map Of Africa. Well worth a listen.
(
buy)
Out late last year was this peach by
Simon Weiss on Home Taping, straight up house music. So good.
Upping the pace a bit with
this from Johannes Volk and the debut on
Dontstop (there's only been 2 others since). I posted this a few years back, but it's still an absolute killer! Pure dancefloor heat.
9 April 2012
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Print Club LondonBack online! Now where were we... techno, electro, darkness and light.
15 March 2012
Released late last year on
WirrWarr some superb plodding techno by Locke & Matt Star.
5 March 2012
Just one of many highlights featured on
Versatile Records 15 Year compilation. Chateau Flight's Cosmic Race was released back in 2002 and as you look through
Versatile's long list of releases you will see how many memorable and legendary acts have featured on the label in those 15 years.
20 February 2012
Gritty four track techno EP from
Spanish producer Psyk on
Dustin Zahn's Enemy Records. It's the pitch that gets me in this track here, but all throughout the percussion and rugged atmosphere gives the release an appealing and authentic sound. One for fans of Skudge etc.
16 February 2012
Staggering work by
Architectural aka Reeko on this track that makes up part of
Semantica's 5 Year Compilation.
I know very little about this release, I grabbed it when it was released in 2010 and have had a love/hate relationship with both tracks ever since. Right now I am residing in the 'these are totally cool, banging tech-house tracks!' camp. A bit of a guilty pleasure me thinks.
10 December 2011
Out on Lux Rec at the beginning of the year was the crazy dRUMMAN EP which sees Jori Hulkkonen setting some serious vibes off. Massive, massive.
21 November 2011
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Common Chant via YessssssssJust one of the incongruous techno jams off
Reeko's super interesting Finding The New Matter LP out on his aptly named
Mental Disorder label.
27 October 2011
Exactly the right approach taken on this remix by Patrick Chardronnet. Proof that minimal techno can still hit the spot.
Anaalivaihe is a Finnish experimental side-project of
Imatran Voima's Perttu Hakkinen. The 7" release
Kolme Tutkielmaa Nälästä may feel like 'world-music' in places, but it really is something more, the b-side especially gives off the vibe of a producer with his finger firmly on the pulse.
I remember hearing this wonderfully sleazy tune an age ago on Datassette's Soundcloud, eventually it has been released as a theme tune for the
Super Space Rubbish video game. Genius.
Stunning deep house jam by
Elbee Bad. Released on the
ever reliable Yore Records.
