29 July 2009







Pic: Ollanski



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!




24 July 2009







Pic: Brantley Jones


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.




22 July 2009







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.




20 July 2009







pic: Nous Sommes Des Soleils




Session Victim - Contribute (buy)



Session Victim's productions are really thrilling me at the moment. This track is taken from a split with dub techno whizz Quarion. Session Victim's last 12" entitled Out On Love is really worth checking out too, Memory Lane is such a good tune.





Leroy Hanghofer - Comic Menuetto



Leroy Hanghofer is an alias of Gomma's disco duo Munk. This is a DFA style distorted chugger, always good.




Social Disco Club - Professional Widow


Social Disco Club - 4 Love



Two super edits from Portuguese disco darlings Social Disco Club. Having had a couple of super releases on Mindless Boogie, the SDC have recently had a hit on Bear Funk with Maia which got the rework treatment from Greg Wilson and DiskJokke.




16 July 2009








Not so much music listening going on this week, kind of got addicted to the game Braid. A beautiful, brilliant and totally captivating puzzle platformer. see the trailer here. Musically though, this is a brief round-up of what has successfully pleased my ears just now. I heartily endorse listening to the following.




APM 001 - 001 (edit) (buy)


Droney synth accompanied by occasional beat and other noises, interesting to hear on a dancefloor in a sort of make or break Patrice Baumel 'Roar' kind of way.



Kelton Prima - Night Ridin' (buy)


Jammy disco joint full of seedy low end synth.



Wehbba - Cava


Peak time tech house.



Canson - Risiko (buy)


Super interesting. Deep forward thinking house tracks by Canson in the vein of DJ Koze and Pepe Bradock... sort of.



Al Usher - Gnanfou (buy)


This Al Usher track is so good, keen to hear a remix by Bogdan Irkuk of Usher's Lullaby For Robert.










8 July 2009







pic: But Does It Float



Mano Le Tough - Halve A Sun



The epic b-side off Mano Le Tough's storming 12" Warhorn out on Internasjonal.




Holger Zilske - Have A Cup Of This (buy)



Holger Zilske aka Smash TV recently put out the superb full-length 'Holz' on Playhouse. Gone are the days of mediocre, uninvolving long play techno records.





Microtrauma - Input (buy)



Insanely good track from German duo Microtrauma. Pitchbending deep progressive tech.




Snuff Crew - I Like It (buy)



Have been meaning to post some Snuff Crew for a while. Highly recommended if you're a fan of Photonz' style of production.









7 July 2009





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pic: Marin Van Uhm




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.




Tesco Bombers - Hernando's Hideaway



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.




Henriette Coulouvrat - Can't You Take A Joke



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




2 July 2009







pic: X-Ray Saab



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.



Roel H - Eff MJ


Roel H - Dancing Bears (Phil Kieran Remix)





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.



Fergie - Ireland





To finish, a dancefloor burner from Delsin mainstay, Quince. So so good.



Quince - My Life's Rhythm (buy)








1 July 2009







pic: Anna Peaker




Ost & Kjex - Have You Ever Seen The Moon In Dallas (Maurice Fulton Remix)



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)




Continuity factor, Hot Coins' track Norway Man.



Hot Coins - Norway Man




Tim Toh - Six (buy)



Really enjoyable deep Chicago house grooves from Tim Toh.