9.12.09
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Pole Of InaccessibilityTwo of Kompakt's time served Pop Ambient contributors have just come up with new LP's. Beautiful they are.
Klimek's Movies Is Magic is the film score to a film that will never exist. While
Markus Guentner's Doppelgaenger tackles ambient drone in the most inspiring of ways. Both essential ambient pieces.
Increasing the intensity just a little, and adding a cheeky dose of dream pop we come to the new single from
Faux Pas. Otherworldly, captivating, gorgeous. You can get the single complete with remixes from
over here.
At 3mins 45 this becomes far and away the best
Guillame & The Coutu Dumonts track i've heard.
4.12.09
Don't Stop is an exciting new label recently started up in Germany. The first release is a sensational 12" featuring two totally contrasting yet equally brilliant tracks.
Johannes Volk sends us on a mesmeric journey with Heat Haze and Mirko Hecktor releases a funk laden house jam. Sure to be well received everywhere. 300 vinyls and digital.
Somehow missed this beauty from last summer. Directly from the Slovenian crime scene here come
Ichisan & Nakova with guns, bodies of evidence, badges and .... lot of funk! Anthemic nu-disco out on
Pizzico Records. Cracking!
This is an anonymous party track that has apparently been around for about 3 years before getting a white label release this summer. The a-side is a killer rework of a Fela Kuti track, not to be missed!
23.11.09
KZA makes up one half of Japanese electronic legends
Force Of Nature. His new
LP Dig & Edit on
Mule Musiq does exactly what it says on the tin, he provides some obscure disco, post-punk and other oddities and then glistens them with that lush electronica touch that you've come to love from
Force Of Nature. Super good, and if you really want to treat yourself there's a
fancy special edition pack over at Oki-Ni that includes a plethora of top notch goodies, limited to just 30 copies.
Soon to have a release on
Rekids is the highly rated eastern European deep house talent,
Nina Kraviz. On her First Time EP for
DJ Jus-Ed's
Underground Quality label, she drifts beautifully between minimal vocal house and some things much deeper and more disco. Nice.
If it's full on high energy disco you want, Late Nite Tuff Guy is your man.
Tuff Edits Vol 1 sees him tackle Jan Hammer through Kate Bush with one aim, to move the dancefloor.
To finish a couple old disco synth tracks.
18.11.09
New on
Manual Music is the incredibly strong
An Old Fellowship EP from young Dutch producer
Applescal. It mixes all aspects of everything I love about this style of techno. From heavy distorted progressive house to epic Jesse Somfay-ish soundscapes that burst into life from nowhere. Highly recommended for Border Community and
Ryan Davis fans. Also comes with remix from
Russian Linesman... such a great name!
Another formidable
EP just out is that of
Electric Rescue, who's fed us with a constant stream of releases this year, always guaranteed to be top tech-house. Supported by the likes of Brodinski.
I posted up a
Quince track earlier on in the year, following that up is Wires out on
Music Man. A real teaser that just builds and builds before breaking into a roaring bass monster. One of my recent favourites. For fans of label mate
Petar Dundov.
Slooow techno from
Technose Distrikt. Kind of like a warmer, more playable Colombia#1
Full on euphoria to finish.
16.11.09
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Andreas Banderas
I've really been getting into
Hunee's productions of late, the Berlin based Korean has been quick to impress and after only a trio of releases he is already earning a reputation as an emerging talent to watch. Took My Love is taken off the fantastic
Drumpoems Verse 2 compilation. And Hunee's latest release
Barrio Payment is out on
Quarion's vinyl only
Retreat label... which released this by
Session Victim just a while back. Get the vinyl
here.
Next up some relentlessly heavy techno from
Mike Dehnert, taken from his
Poutres EP which shows off some lighter dub techno along with this, the weighty WH2.
12.11.09
Following a few
recent live shows, it appears that the mysterious
Oni Ayhun is indeed as previously thought, the work of The Knife's Olof Dreijer. Out earlier in May this year
OAR 003 is nothing short of sensational.
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Discover steep, rugged canyons, painted rock minarets, desert vistas framed by blooming wildflowers, soaring raptors and singing canyon wrens on the wildest remaining rivers. Join this amazing journey composed of quiet floating as well as exciting whitewater rapids. Search for birds, including both the zone-tailed and gray hawk, elegant trogon, elf and whiskered screech owls, and eight species of hummingbird. Enjoy dazzling flower displays, and observe an astounding concentration of nesting raptors. Drink in spectacular canyon vistas. Watch elk, deer, bighorn sheep -- and ranchers at work -- in this rugged habitat. Enjoy the relaxed pace of a free-flowing river with few rapids, stunning scenery, interesting geology and rich natural history. Search for grizzly bear, wolf, awe-inspiring herds of migrating caribou, and arctic birds in full breeding plumage that travel thousands of miles to nest here. Through the foothills and across the coastal plain. Cruise the wild islands and coastlines. From Humboldt penguins to hundreds of macaws and parrots gathering daily at the world's largest-known clay lick in the Amazon, you will encounter a plethora of bird species each day. Witness seabirds, walrus, sea otter, Arctic fox and bear-and ceremoniously cross the Arctic Circle. Impressive landscapes-from pristine coves and beaches to expansive tundra and soaring mountains-serve as photogenic backdrops to this remarkable adventure."
Oni Ayhun - OAR 003-B (
buy)
And if you can't get enough of Oni Ayhun then you'll be pleased to know there's a remix of a
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Soccoras track due out in the next couple of days, you can preview it
here.
Couple more ethereal techno beauties at the darker and lighter ends of the spectrum.
5.11.09
If you're in London this weekend then feel free to join us at The Lock Tavern on Sunday for
Blogger's Delight where I shall be playing some tracks more suited to a late afternoon before it all kicks on with appearances from the hotly tipped
Chamboche and
Renaissance Man and residents
Casper C and
Skull Juice in what promises to be a proper good night of miscellanies du jour.
2.11.09
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But Does It FloatRalph Lundsten & The Andromeda All Stars with the title track off their 1978 LP. Jammy.
As usual, epic edits from
In Flagranti and their Codek Records. This is the b-side off
Volume 5 of Sounds Superb. Just so catchy.
One of my favourite edits of the year this. One to please techno and disco aficionados in equal measures. Lory D's edit of John Carpenter's track he composed for the pinnacle of overblown 1980s Hollywood action films... Escape From New York. Out on
Subdance Records.
25.10.09
Deep Detroit influenced techno from young German producer
Break SL, taken from his
City Wasteland album Trombone is a dark affair with it's droney intro offset with some wonderful string arpeggios and tribal twinkles.
Sure to be eclipsed over time by Perlon's next release,
Shackleton's Three EP's, Dutch producer
San Proper nonetheless shows us where it's at with his debut for the German label. House music at its primal finest!
21.10.09
It's well documented around here my love for
Ryan Davis' productions. This progressive tech house gem of his has just been featured on
Ivan Smagghe's compilation for
Live At Robert Johnson, following in the footsteps of Chloe and Prins Thomas... all essential of course. Sticking with the Live At Robert Johnson label is this taken from a 12" earlier on in the year by
Plein Soleil.
I think i've posted something by
Bernard Szajner previously and his work in the duo Proroky, this track is from his (Hypothetical) Prophets project, pure cold wave.
14.10.09
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Steven BurkeSome deep housey tracks. All exceedingly good.
12.10.09
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Sci-Fi-O-RamaSuper limited vinyl only release from earlier this year on the mysterious Geheimtipp label. Feels kinda cliche already using the whole nameless approach, but when the music is as good as this it really doesn't matter one bit. Amazing.
5.10.09
Music For Espionage is an essential 12" from
Dompteur Mooner, described as dark and sinister avantgarde electro - disco edits. I really am in love with this release. Le Coq Rouge features a sample as heard in Riley Reinhold & Steve Barnes' brilliant track Odyssey and then Sister James is a really dark, droning edit of a Sonic Youth track. Other edits on the release include Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall and a sublime rework of Franz Ferdinand's Michael, really essential listening. Dompteur Mooner was also responsible for
this.
1.10.09
Signed to
Ben Klock's Klockworks imprint is
DVS1 and his superb 12". Stripped down techno at it's uncompromising finest.
You know you can always trust Ostgut Ton's output, even more so when it's
Levon Vincent producing. Certainly one of the tracks of the year that really sums up for me the direction the forward thinkers in techno have been heading. Epic.
More Stilove4music edits for you. DJ
Rahaan this time taking on
The Flirts 1982 hit Calling All Boys. Super loopy dancefloor prepped edit.
27.9.09
Sumptuous work from Dutch producer
Nuno Dos Santos. Really dreamy.
Desire Lines was released earlier this year on
Smalltown Supersound, perhaps a little more slept on than I was expecting given that it's a collaboration between the Idjut Boys and
Rune Lindbaek.
Haito Gopfrich's debut album Fiat Lux is just out on
Boxer. Superb tech-house.
Greek tech-house. It's all fairly straight forward until that acid breakdown every now and then,
teasing stuff.
This actually blew up speakers when
Heil played this out, no joke. Mental bass.
I've watched a few films lately too. Here's a couple I totally recommend.
Time Crimes: Superb Spanish thriller that works on causality and stuff, certainly gets you thinking without being perplexed like say
Primer does, although that too is excellent if you dig that sort of thing.
Un Prophete: I'm not usually big on crime drama's but this epic is just utterly captivating from start to finish.
20.9.09
Mysterious edits on the
Stilove4music label. The original track by Roy Ayers here becomes a delicious deep house chugger.
This is a beautiful remix from Permanent Vacation signed duo
Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt, unsurprisingly it won the remix competition put together for
Coma's Choices single earlier this summer.
Coma have since put out the incredible
Crystal EP through Kompakt. Really recommended, you can grab a listen
here.
Found footage gold to finish. Ghanaian pop singer Ata Kak with some seriously catchy rhymes.
14.9.09
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Siri HolHere's a little assortment of space disco jams and the like that i've been digging for a while and saving them up for a big post like this. I hope you enjoy.
From 1979, this was the work of Celso Valli, better known for his work as Azoto. Fun time disco.
From 1984, killer synth-disco track about supermarkets needing to be open on Sundays, or something.
Produced in 1978 by half brothers Jean-Pierre Massiera and Bernard Torelli this track has it all, fake string arrangements, abundant energy, double entendre filled vocals and most of all it is insanely catchy.
Upping the funk with this from 1978, taken from the Tom Moulton mixed
Cosmic Wind LP. Space disco funk supreme.
A more minimal take on space disco from this 1980 LP by Disco Dream and the Androids which you can get on a
re-release here.
And a couple of super obscure cuts taken from the fantastic
Les Edits Du Golem series.
11.9.09
Loud E takes on the 1980s theme tune to Tomorrow's World, slows it down, drags it out, turns into a darned good track. The other side of this Loud E release is a megamix of I Feel Love, so good too!
A trip over to Japan for this, out on
Mule last year this is a top notch piece of work by
Foog. Cosmic tinged Italo/Krautrock influenced techno. Progressive and repetitive yet always interesting!
Taken from the Cluster Dreams EP,
Lone follows up the super Sunset Teens with some exquisite electronica reminiscent of Flying Lotus or output on Ramp, highly recommended, also features a remix from the much loved Bibio.
The Butcher is a single taken from
Battant's No Head LP. Female fronted post punk, new wave and experimental electronic trio on
Kill The DJ Records.
6.9.09
More anonymous beats from the Seldom Felt series, offering number 5 is without doubt the most danceable. Ripping vocals out of the classic disco tune '
You Make Me Feel' it chops everything up and delivers some multi layered techno brilliance. For fans of Soundstream etc.
Super inventive techno from
Blind Minded, sampling the London transport system. A favourite of Ivan Smagghe this.
Get it here.
Originally out on
Weplayminimal at the beginning of the year, the absurdly good Capetown River Boating.
Tiefschwarz have been hammering it all summer and will shortly be releasing it on their own
Souvenir Music label along with some remixes by
Kreon and
Sante. Sante also has a remix up on his myspace of the following track by
&Me. Released on the super hot
Keinemusik label,
F.I.R. is about as good as it gets, I am totally in love with this track, the vocals work so well, it's flawless. Thank you Grindin'.
1.9.09
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RecyclismIt's been a while coming, but it's certainly been worth the wait.
Harlyn Bay is the debut LP from downtempo disco duo
Coyote. It's precisely what this summer hasn't been... Warm, psychedelic and splendid. Go hunt down that sunset and chill-out to this.
Coyote also run the
Is It Balaeric? label and have just put out something well worth checking out by
The Deadstock 33's aka Justin Robertson, who also has another
amazing sounding release due out in a couple of weeks on legendary Manchester label
Paper Recordings.
Smith & Mudd's second LP like Coyote's offers blissfully deep and downtempo grooves. As you drift off towards the end of this album you realise Smith & Mudd have pulled off something very special here.
With
Cabana Disco Volume 3 on the horizon I thought i'd share this slice of funk from Pat Les Stache, who also runs
American Athlete. There's a load more of his superb edits to be had over there.
This is a track from 1986 by Man Friday, a sleazy dub disco affair from a trio that included the late Larry Levan.
Hi-NRG stuff from
Brian E, reminds me a lot of Black Devils "H"-Friend.
Be sure to check out the
Corrupt project on the Recyclism site too, is cool. And, also
Download Finished for some more really interesting corrupted file video editing, love it!
27.8.09
Absolutely loving this track out on the
FrequeNC label, it dates back to 2005 and is taken from the
La Resistance C'est Homegrown 12". It's a lo-fi/experimental house track that samples Talking Heads track Listening Wind... love Byrne's vocals work so much.
Heavens & Angels by
Chicago Skyway is a super deep house track out on Dutch label M>O>S Recordings, a label that's also released stuff by Legowelt and personal fave
Morphosis. Remix work comes from label founder
Aroy Dee who busts out the acid. Tops.
How someone can release so much music is beyond me.
Kaliber is another recording alias of
John Dahlback and this is his 21st release as Kaliber in just 3 years. Add that to all his other work and well, it's just a bit ridiculous. Kaliber 21 is a fine example of how to produce deep and involving minimal tech-house.
I've also been collecting John Dahlback's work with his cousin Jesper as
Hugg & Pepp, there's like a stupid amount of that too.
Sweet Rosie is just out and it's amazing, but here's a couple of their older tracks.
25.8.09
Super stuff from
The Chain, a UK based tech-house duo whose 12" on Belgian label R&S is hitting all the right spots.
LA producer
Computer Jay offering up some killer wonky hip-hop style electronica with 8-bit and dubstep influence. Out on
Ramp Recordings.
17.8.09
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Super minimal stuff evocative of Huntemann, produced by
Marc DePulse, his Peter & Jane EP also features a remix from the label Minus' Brazilian duo
Click Box, who on their own productions have really been impressing... kind of like a less harsh Marc Houle.
I won't lie, I got this act confused with the abhorrent chart topper at first. But Cascandy's follow up 12" is a super slice minimal tech/house. The chopped and looped vocals work so well.
Right, i'm off to Pukkelpop, I shall leave you with a slice of funk in the shape of Watch Tv & The Lovemonk All Stars, can't decide if I love or hate the name but the sound is great. Toodles.
13.8.09
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Kemp FoldsMinimal / Tech-house - no nonsense. Just a few heavier tracks that i've really enjoyed playing recently.
Now I know the above is not to everyones taste, so this might interest you. An absorbing 11 minute piece of deep techno from
Kassem Mosse.
And to help you slink down into a horizontal position is this from
Brock Van Wey aka Bvdub. His epic release,
White Clouds Drift On And On is full of some quite beautiful music. Highly recommended if you like Jesse Somfay's A Catch In The Voice (album of the year for me by far).
