26 February 2010







Pic: Pootee



Dapayk Solo - Green (B-side) (buy)


Under the mysterious Geheimtipp moniker Dapayk produced one of my favourite tracks of last year. Assuming his more regular Dapayk Solo name he dishes out this top slice of cut up techno, the synth stabs really make it.



Idjut Boys - Five (buy)


The Idjut Boys go minimal on this squelchy oscillating workout. Furthering their more experimental work on Droid. Interesting stuff.



Alex 'O' Smith - Skynet 2B (buy)


Omar S is continues in imperious form. Last year as Alex Smith his Here With Me EP went all spacey and lo-fi also not forgetting the track that was Still Serious Nic. With Plesetsk Cosmodrome he does the same to fantastic effect.



Les Aeroplanes - Impersonnel Naviguant (buy)


Les Aeroplanes - Trajectoires (buy)


Keeping it lo-fi and spacey, Les Aeroplanes (not to be confused with Aeroplane) turn out some authentic space funk, on the normally more robotic Mathematics Recordings.



Wavelength - Funk Dreams (buy)


Wavelength - Life Turns (buy)


From space funk to synth-sleaze from Wavelength, better known as Dam Funk. This makes me feel dirty.





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18 February 2010







Pic: via Justin Bland


Sofrito Specials - Christina Lover (buy)


Frankie Francis & Simbad - Farra Danca (buy)


Heavy Afro Latin Sounds! Sofrito Specials is the label for Tropical Discotheque lovers. Their releases serve up the very finest in obscure Afro dance, mostly with a latin feel. These edits are seriously exciting and ridiculously funky. You can also pick up their latest release Tropical Soundclash here. So good.


Dropping onto things a little more modern. Ripperton has finally released a much awaited LP entitled Niwa on Joris Voorn's Green sublabel. Techno LP's are notoriously hit and miss, but the very fact it features a track very close to my heart is enough to endear it to me, and... as you might expect the rest of the material on Niwa seems to stand up just as well.


Ripperton - Leonor's Lanugo (buy)



2009 still delivering. I just uncovered a couple more gems. Sygaire is one sixth of Jazzanova, his Mono:Poly ep from last June on Room With A View is really quite brill.


Sygaire - The Time Is Now (buy)


Sygaire - Mono:Poly (buy)




15 February 2010







pic: Mike Mills


A Blaze Colour - Dark Trees Beyond


A Blaze Colour - An Addict Of Time



A Blaze Colour are regarded by some as one of the best minimal synth-wave bands there was. These two tracks made up a 7" released back in 1982. Then there is this glorious video of the Belgian duo from way back.







Post romantic daze.

Lovebirds - Into The Shadows (buy)


Tribute - We Love Leon (buy)


Baris K - Show You Love




From editing a Happy Mondays remix to working an early 2000s RnB pearl into a balearic dancefloor burner, Tribute Music is doing it right. Also well worth checking out Baris K and friends' site, Saturn Musik for a lesson in Turkish Anadolu-pop and things Avant from Turkey's hidden musical past, there's loads of far out mixes on there.








10 February 2010







pic: Simon Wald-Lasowski


Touane - Marion (buy)


Best Works Pt 1 by the absurdly talented Touane sneaked in there right at the end of last year and totally blew me away with the sheer quality and variety of his production. He's soon to follow up with Best Works Pt 2 on Lefthanded which includes what he says is his most complicated piece of music produced so far.



C.B. Funk - You've Got (buy)


Taken from the superb Subway To Cologne EP is this by C.B.Funk. Downtempo



Here's a couple of older tech-house gems that popped up on the iPod.


Sascha Braemer - Ghost Hand (buy)


Palette All-Stars - After School Special (buy)