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The Balaeric isles await me - back in a couple of weeks.



Remixes



Electro/Pop





Euro Oldies



And a Dissident double to finish.



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A collision of genius. Johannes Heil & Extrawelt come together for the track Erdbeerfeld. 12 minutes of glorious minimal heaven. The other track on this release features Heil teaming up with Gregor Tresher in pounding fashion.






Next, a killer from Florian Meindl with his track Blast.






An excellent remix from Ricardo Tobar who lays down his distinct sound over Fairmont's I Need Medicine. For the privileged, Tobar is appearing at The End on Saturday as part of a Border Community night. Back to the single of I Need Medicine there is also a remix by Canadian resident of Berlin, Pan/Tone. This guy produces some great multi-genre influenced techno.

Back from Belgium. Good times etc.


First up is a remix that stood out a mile when I saw it tracklisted on the latest Trax magazine compilation over in Brussels. Invisible Conga People remixing Simian Mobile Disco to create an ethereal jam.




The new diskJokke track off Full Pupp's Greatest Hits compilation is pretty darned good. Really would like to see this guy in a live show scenario. His Norwegian cosmic contemporary Lindstrom will be doing some live dates in the UK soon. A must see, so good live.




Dug this beaut out from the depths of my hard disk. Boomkat says this about Alan 1: Young Roman producer Alan 1 dishes up three fresh tracks loaded with raw electro beats, Italo templates and an abundance of '80s-compatible sound effects. 'Rampage' could hardly sound more authentically retro: its digital percussion and squelchy synth stylings make for some classy, backwards-compatible productions. The flipside is more firmly oriented towards electro, featuring the tremulous synth capers of 'Drugstore Warriors' and the midtempo bleeping of 'Apollosamba'.




And to finish, an old solo piece by one time Kraftwerk then Harmonia member, Michael Rother - really quite excellent.

Quick techno rundown - these few have been doing the rounds with me.




Absolute killer from Cologne's highly rated Robert Babicz





Bassy minimal techno by Maetrik





My favourite Super Flu track.





Now, some infectious looped retro beats by Soundhack of Smith n Hack fame. Taken from a 12" EP released a while back.

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Nothing under 10 minutes, with emphasis on gradual evolution during a song.






A 10 minute ode to Cosmic sounds from Helsinki's Lil Tony. Low synth bass, piano keys, and also a swing in the direction of Techno as the song evolves.






Track names give it away sometimes. This 12 minute piece by Move D is all about a simple drone noise with an ever evolving array of sounds revolving around it. Hypnotic minimal excellence.





This Los Updates track featured on Fabric 36 mixed by Ricardo Villalobos. It's now been released on Cadenza and comes in just under 13 minutes. Really looking forward to Villalobos' set at Pukkelpop.