26 June 2010
ItaloJohnson combines different influences and aesthetics through a very uncomplicated musical formula. Taken from the first vinyl release that you can get here, this track is raw minimal house. Solid release.
This is just beautiful. Taken from the
Simon Hinter's superb
EP on
Philogresz's TEAM Records.
Taken from
Treats Vol. 2 out on
Quarion and
Session Victim's
Retreat label. Summery house music for the merry.
Retreat's 6th release is shaping up to be an absolute belter too, you can listen on
Soundcloud. Top label.
18 June 2010
Exciting music coming out on
Don't Be Afraid.
Semtek is a producer coming up with some really fresh sounding minimal grooves.
Idiotland is a track offered up for free on his
Bandcamp, but just as impressive is his release before that, the
Bells EP which has this great vocal sample and bang on remix by
Mr G. Grab the vinyl
here.
Absolutely solid release by
Goldwill on
Mojuba sub-label wandering. Atmospheric tracks with a lot of subtle energy. Another tip on Mojuba is the return of Oracy and the quite insane
Bass Mood, so good!
Nuel does away with
Donato Dozzy for the first time on an Aquaplano release. This is utterly sublime. Grab your limited vinyl
here.
11 June 2010
Freerange Records just keeps putting out some of the best house music, I can count a number of tracks on the label this year as potential end of year top-picks. This one by Philipp is taken from the
Colour Series: Pink. It kind of reminds me of
Declination by Foog, but a lot warmer.
Long time Dutch producers
Jark Prongo with this pleasant slice of techno. Nice.
I love the repetition of this by
Brothers' Vibe. Taken from
Wave Files 7, highly recommended.
Understated track by
Dinky from 2006, sounds really quite fresh to me.
FOOTBALL!
4 June 2010
Sandiego dishes out some retrofuturism with his superb
Memories EP out on
Carl Craig's Planet E label. With influences like Herbie Hancock and Model 500 the result is a stunning piece of dance music.
Rocco Branco is an alias of one of my favourite DJ's,
Dominik Eulberg. He always delivers that something special.
Ettiem had his debut on
I'm A Cliche. His sound fits in perfectly with what the label does. Highly recommended.
Gosse De Paris by
Chris Carrier is some great deep house, very bassy with a lot of funky samples and riffs. Get on it.
3 June 2010
Brommage Dub is
Jesper Dahlback and
JL Huhta. They've only done a few bits together over a number of years, Carbon Oxide is from a few years back and definitely oozes that Dahlback sound.
A cracking debut by Thomas Bjerring on
Traumschallplatten. This is the b-side, ethereal melodic techno.
Max Cooper has well and truly established himself as one of the best tech-house producers around of late, and from talking to friends who aren't really into that scene I definitely detect crossover appeal.
Chaotisch Serie really is one for you The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix) fans.
Melodic tech house by Orneborg.
Yet more epic work by
Audio Werner, truly mesmerising.
More dark French techno. This is
Prime Time with their hypnotic release on
Sharivari Records. Really good.
Now I don't know how many of you are into obscure library compositions from the 70s and 80s. But if you are then head over to
Library Music Rarities. So, so good. From full on funk and disco to experimental soundscapes.