John Roberts - Pruned (buy)

Cannot get enough of this from John Roberts, taken from the superb release Mirror, a single that has seen his work put on a par with that of DJ Koze, Lawrence and Efdemin. Yep, it's that good.

Nicolas Stefan - Closer (buy)


Nicolas Stefan - Time Is Over (buy)

Favourite producer of the moment, Nicolas Stefan. His split with Matzak for Speicher 65 left completely blew me away with its undulating rhythm... definitely one of my faves of the year. Then taken from a release on K2 last year is the track Time Is Over, one that will certainly appeal to fans of Gui Boratto.

Rodriguez Jr - Pandora (buy)

Taken from Kids Of Hula out on Leena this Rodriguez Jr really track caught me. Melodic summery techno with spacey synths giving it a unique sound.

I said I wouldn't go again, but the lure cherry beer and a ridiculous line up was enough to see us book for Pukkelpop again. Kind of intrigued to see how Luciano and co pull off the Aether thing, from what i've seen it looks a bit like the Fifteen To One set but with fancy visual effects and enough tribal samples to make your average Peruvian street pan-piper feel really quite envious. Excited nonetheless!

Bronnt Industries Kapital - European Male (buy)

Arguably it's Get Physical's most path deviating release to date, but it's certainly a good deviation from the usual sounds of the German electronic superlabel. Bronnt Industries Kapital is the work of Guy Bartell, and on this his third album he shys away from the sounds of his work on Static Caravan and instead draws influence from Krautrock and Italian horror movie soundtracks, the result is most pleasing. Hard For Justice is available here.

Lugnet - Bitterljuv (buy)


Lugnet - Sommarstorm (buy)

Lugnet Records is a newish label based out of Malmo, their two releases so far are of very highest quality. Psychedelic edits and obscurities in the vein of Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve... but they're not just about the old and the rare, they've also indicated a desire to put out the work of new producers with the aim of bringing forward a more progressive and psychedelic approach to todays obvious. There's a interview with Lugnet over here at Cosmic Disco.

San Soda - Doorsnee (buy)

San Soda offers up deep house music that is both rooted in the past and firmly aimed towards the future. Out on We Play House Recordings San Soda gives us three killer tracks from his vaults. On the A-side is ‘Doorsnee’, a track that already had people requesting a release when it was but in its infant days on his Myspace. Describing it is quite the task, because it kinda leaves the 4/4 path and still stays on it, it kinda floats but it still gets you screaming on the dance floor. Sensational.

Christian Loffler - Heights (buy)

Gorgeous 4 track ep from Christian Loffler out on Ki Records. Deep, dreamy techno, some of the best i've heard in a while.

Mikkel Metal - Kenton (buy)

To finish, a super piece of rolling dub techno from Mikkel Metal, out on Echochord, comes with a more punchy mix from Marcel Dettmann.

Subway - Lowlife (buy)

The full length from cosmic duo Subway really is essential. So refreshing.

Toby Tobias - Azul Blue (buy)

A slick lounge turned disco chugger from the ever pleasing Toby Tobias, taken from the Apres 2 release by Australian label Future Classic it also features a track by Bonar Bradberry and a full on pop music track by Touch Sensitive, really, sounds like it should be on the radio.

Tim Curry - Coke (buy)

Actor Tim Curry also had a couple of LP's and a string of 12"s back in the 1970s. This track has got some killer drums on it.

A track i've not listened to for a number of years, Tesco Bombers had this in 1982. The definitive post punk tango song. I dug out a few oldies at the same time as Tesco Bombers, but was really disappointed to have lost my copy of The Gymslips - Rocking With The Renees, if anyone has an mp3 copy of it i'd be most pleased to hear it again... but y'know, not the end of the world.

French new-wave gem, from the Des Jeunes Gens Mödernes compilation.

Peter Horrevorts - Labyrinth (buy)

Can't stress how good this 12" on Echoism is from Peter Horrevorts. Title track Labyrinth is an eerie minimal tech masterpiece, and frankly the b-side is just as good. Indeed, Echoism's a hot labe, below is some Roel H taken from his Dancing Bears EP. Roel H's work certainly has a Border Community feel to it.

Celebrating 5 Years of Great Stuff Recordings is this compilation, that includes special remixes from the likes of Reiner Weichold, Gregor Tresher, Mihalis Safras and more. Here's my fave.

Quince - My Life's Rhythm (buy)

Looking through some Ost & Kjex music and came across this beauty, taking the quirky edge off the original Maurice Fulton turns this into a shimmering gem.

Vegard Wolf Dyvik - Trouble Child (Feat Preben Olran) (buy)

Rong Music keep up the impeccable release standards with the Rogn I Påsan EP from Vegard Wolf Dyvik. He also produces glorious tech house as Of Norway, this track from the brilliant I Love Norway compilation has been posted here before, but if you missed it...

Of Norway - Arch Enemy (Mix 1) (buy)

Tim Toh - Six (buy)

Really enjoyable deep Chicago house grooves from Tim Toh.