10 December 2011
Out on Lux Rec at the beginning of the year was the crazy dRUMMAN EP which sees Jori Hulkkonen setting some serious vibes off. Massive, massive.
21 November 2011
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Common Chant via YessssssssJust one of the incongruous techno jams off
Reeko's super interesting Finding The New Matter LP out on his aptly named
Mental Disorder label.
27 October 2011
Exactly the right approach taken on this remix by Patrick Chardronnet. Proof that minimal techno can still hit the spot.
Anaalivaihe is a Finnish experimental side-project of
Imatran Voima's Perttu Hakkinen. The 7" release
Kolme Tutkielmaa Nälästä may feel like 'world-music' in places, but it really is something more, the b-side especially gives off the vibe of a producer with his finger firmly on the pulse.
I remember hearing this wonderfully sleazy tune an age ago on Datassette's Soundcloud, eventually it has been released as a theme tune for the
Super Space Rubbish video game. Genius.
Stunning deep house jam by
Elbee Bad. Released on the
ever reliable Yore Records.
21 September 2011
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Kathy GraysonTaken from
Junk Yard Connections first release. The Swedish label has just dropped it's second 12" courtesy of
Hannes Netzell, it's a bit good.
Recloose - UHF (
buy)
One of
Recloose's own tracks which features on Hit It And Quit Revue. A compilation that showcases the sounds you're likely to hear on Recloose's and Frank Booker's radio show of the same name. Funk, Disco, House and more.
The Binary Collective - Sin Skin II (
buy)
Great blurb to go with a great idea. The Binary Collective is a new project formed by the Autonomic family in order to make spontaneous music as a collective with multiple inputs from whoever happens to be in the studio at the time. It could be two people involved on production duties or it could be four or more such as on this first release. Made on a drunken afternoon crammed into Rosies Box (dbridges Studio), the collective put their talents together and the tracks formed themselves like Voltron, The Binary Collective was born
14 September 2011
Taken from
John Heckle's
Life On Titan EP released on Mathematics. The talented Liverpudlian producer is making waves both with the Chicago based label to whom his analog house sounds fit right at home and also
Tabernacle Records whose output has been oh so impressive since first forming a year ago.
Mark du Mosch's Exegesis EP will be released on
Tabernacle shortly.
19 August 2011
Piticu - MKE (
buy)
Killer house track from Piticu, taken from a compilation by Moscow nightclub
Arma17.
Following his superb effort with
Oskar Offermann on an earlier
Aim release,
Moomin shows the way with some spacious house grooves. Marvin Dash then takes the track down a dark, dark path with a very atmospheric edit.
31 July 2011
Some typically twisted electro courtesy of
Marco Bernardi on this track on
from a few years back. Super vocal sample used that really kicks off half way in.
Photonz - Our Fable (
buy)
Taken from
Photonz debut ep back in 2006 on
Living Records, Our Fable gives out some sinister slo-mo vibes.
Photonz more recently have been having great joy with some super remixes for Semtek and The Heels Of Love and of course running their own
One Eyed Jacks label to release such killers as this.
28 July 2011
Taken from
Rumpistol's exceptionally good
Talk To You EP out on his own Rump label.
Progressively aggressive techno by
Rocco Caine.
16 July 2011
Peter Horrevorts slows down the pace for this track taken from his new
EP on Be Real entitled Birthschoolworkdeath. Quite possibly my favourite track of his to date, and that's saying something.
12 July 2011
It's been a while since I put a mix together so it was great to share this selection of tracks i've been digging as a
mixtape for French music magazine
Hartzine.
Andi Muller - Comedown (Luke Abbott Remix)
Paulo Olarte - Mil Anos
Deepchild - Live At Dimitris 1993
Matthias Reiling - He's Real
DJ Nibc - Hold On (Basic Soul Unit Remix)
Arttu aka Lump - Rise Up
Tito Fresh - Baby Step
Andreas Georgiades - Space Boy
Show-B - Time Comes
Humandrone - Rude Low
Larse - The More I Want
Dionne - Back On The Planet
Aera - Monte Sacro
Marcus Worgull - Long Way
Louca - Home (Daso Remix)
Herva - Skin
Ron Deacon - Sunday Walk
James Teej - Don't Appear (Michael J Collins Hacienda Rerub)
Seltene Erden - Kvanefjeld
Oliver Deutschmann - Gimme Some Love
Of Norway - The Bleeding
Ex-Pylon - Hammerfest
Objekt - CLK Recovery
Dexter - Space Booty
Braille - The Year 3000
DOWNLOADFrom one mix to another. I've been hammering
Ata's mix for Live At Robert Johnson that was released a while back. An impeccably curated choice of new wave, post-punk and italo tracks, one of which is this early 80s hit by Grauzone.
5 July 2011
Shakarchi & Stranéus - Iraq (
buy)
Shakarchi & Stranéus - Liseberg (
buy)
Shakarchi & Stranéus are the Gothenburg duo who first caught my attention with their debut 12" on
Geography last year, on this release they put some special touches to what at first sounded like a pretty straightforward deep techy house workout before their sense of atmosphere and pace grabs you and you soon realise they are anything but your run of the mill production duo. I think this fact has been reinforced by their appearance on one of the more exciting labels out there right now,
Studio Barnhus. The label is run by Axel Boman, Petter and Kornel Kovacs, three guys whose impeccable and diverse taste has shone through in the first releases on
Studio Barnhus. Originally vinyl only releases they
are now slowly going digi.
This is a deliciously old school acid jam by Aroy Dee and Spaventi for
R-A-G's Rage release on MOS.
26 June 2011
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Travis Stearns
20 June 2011
Here's a couple of gems off the Dutch label
Studio Soulrock.
The Bootleg Bitches Feeders EP was the first release on the label back in 2008 and just four others have followed since, the most recent being Tom Trago, Awanto 3 and Young Marco's
Physical Thrill 12" complete with
Axel Boman and
Genius Of Time remixes... what a stellar combination!
12 June 2011
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Francoise GammaDetroit's
Brooks Mosher put out the fifth release on
Steffi's Dolly label entitled Mass Transit. Contagious and at times frantic music that straddles the Detroit and Dutch connection perfectly.
6 June 2011
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Tom SpeirsTaken from
Jesse Somfay's Bright Black Borealis out on
Detroit Underground. This track really has it all. Amazing.
Appleblim and October, the two Bristolian producers combine forces for the first release on the
Schmorgasbord label. Paradisaic dubbed out electronic grooves. You can check out S
chmorgasbord's next release over here.
This is a superbly crafted piece of downtempo house by Stockholm based producer
Alex Kjellgren. Playful melodies and drums go perfectly with a deeper atmospheric sound that progressively grows throughout. Keep an eye on
his page for more tracks.
1 June 2011
This is just one of two blinding remixes by Clint Stewart that make up part of
Alland Byallo's
She Dines On My Eyes release on
Sirius Pandi. A Byallo track also features on the latest
Room With A View release alongside a couple of favourite tracks of mine by Art Of Tones and Andre Lodemann.
19 May 2011
Out on
Freund Der Familie is this amazing effort by new producer Phidias. A track 8 minutes long that rolls through each moment oozing darkness from it's restrained drum beats, simply stunning stuff. The
b-side to Black Secret also features a track by Freund Der Familie reworked by
Redshape.
18 May 2011
Kasper Bjorke is undoubtedly one of the most consistent producers around, always on the money with his songs, raising the bar when it comes to infectious disco tinged house.
Symptoms EP has some new material by Bjorke along with remixes from Mano Le Tough and Truffle Shuffle. Very good stuff
out now on Hfn Music.New on
Diynamic is
DJ Phono's There's Confetti In My Shoe. Sublime house music really, enough said. I think the above track translates to having cold meat in the fridge.
Classic track this by
Skinnerbox, out on
BPitch Control as part of a release entitled
Anapol. I can't shake noticing a similarity to
Rippin Kittin for some reason... so as I say, classic sounding stuff.
9 May 2011
Superb tech-house from
Thomalla, with his first EP on
Bodi Bill's Krakatau Records. Punchy and atmospheric stuff.
Relentless beats on this remix of
APM 001. Part of an all-round excellent remix package out on
Family Name.
26 April 2011
This is a fantastic production by
DC Salas taken from his debut release on Belgian label
Doctor Vinyl late last year. There's also some superb remixes by
Mugwump and
Dave DK.
Amazing song and video.
15 April 2011
The
Endless House Foundation release on
Dramatic Records has been my most listened to record for some time now. A conceptual compilation of tracks that came about from the idea of one man with an obsession for new technology and new sound. That man was Jiri Kantor, a millionaire who these days resides in the Adriatic city of Trieste. In the early 1970's however, he set up a foundation in his native Czechoslovakia for likeminded artists to come together as one and express themselves in the 'Endless House'. The compilation curates just a few of the tracks from the Endless House archives into a mindblowing taste of how things once were.
You can hear more here.
This is an amazing release on
Titan's Halo Records from cosmic krautrock duo
Brain Machine.
Alpha Beta Gamma is a 17 minute journey to one side of the galaxy and back, gathering pace all the time before burn up on re-entry. Trimmed down remixes come from the ever impressive
Johan Agebjorn and
Von Spar, who themselves released a cracking track on
Areal's IRR label last month.
11 April 2011
Just released on
Kill Em All is the fantastic debut EP by London based producer
Magnets entitled
Propeller Falls. Brimming with ideas and inspiration you can hear the analogue synths and drum machines working overtime to create some proper techno tracks with definite electro overtones. It's been a while coming, but this is a superb solo debut from the one time member of
Simian. Excited to hear more!
Swedish producer
Komarken Electronics put out the
Granular Material EP on
The Exaltics Solar One Music label earlier in the year. It is some inspired electro.
6 April 2011
The Match by
Spada from last year will totally get you with the massive slow down about 5 mins in. Euphoric Moroder inspired tech-house, but his newer track Soul Satisfaction oozes much more class. Both released on
Koletzki and Meindl's Flash Recordings.
3 April 2011
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ak47Dva Damas - Brand New Head (
buy)
Don't think
Dva Damas' release on Downwards can be described any better than this: In essence this record draws a line between the attitudes and aesthetic of leather-jacketed 50s rockers, late 70s New York punks and 90s techno industrialists to end up in 2010 where it's everything, all at once. Downwards also just released
Tropic Of Cancer's Be Brave, video below.
29 March 2011
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Benbo George
This is absolutely one of the best tracks i've heard lately. We see
Markus Guentner's pop-ambient aplomb coupled with the beautiful vocals of
Heiko Badje to make up Stareaway, a new act for a new label -
Couldn't Care More.
There's a little play button on the bottom left of the page which now loads up a playlist of all tracks posted up on here. Might come in handy for some of you.
25 March 2011
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UltrazappingNaked Index is a new label that has connections with
Frozen Border and the debut release comes from an unknown quantity called Rivet. It's pretty killer!
Gemini - Let's Go (
buy)
Robsoul has just put out a
Tribute EP containing four of
Gemini's 90's Chicago House hits handpicked by label boss
Phil Weeks who describes the release as "a real gift for the new generation who don’t know this Chicago master. Gemini is a genius!”.
20 March 2011
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DETHJUNKIE*Being a big fan of the label and
radio show, it was an honour for me to contribute a mix to
Greta Cottage Workshop's radio show on
SoundartFM. From French pop to African rock and all pleasant electronic sounds in between.
Tracklisting:
Mesak - Normal Brain Tribute
Basso - Wustenregen
Isabelle Adjani - Beau Oui Comme Bowie
Footprintz - Golden Dreams
Bathcrones - Holy Rome
Earnesto Rogers - Vespa
Barnt - What Is A Number, That A Man May Know It?
Discodeine - Antiphonie
Boubastar - Shadows In The Dark
Obsolete Music Technology - End Pass
Benoit & Sergio - Where The Freaks Have No Name
Clapz II Dogz - The Rain
WhoMadeWho - Every Minute Alone (Renaissance Man Remix)
Ana Helder - Complicado
Taragana Pyjarama - Ocean (Teengirl Fantasy Remix)
KiNK - Yako
Dorian Concept - Toe Games Made Her Giggle
Sobanza Mimanisa vs Skeletons - Kiwembo / Unstuck
Regional Orchestre De Kayes - Sanjina
Om Unit - Prawn Cocktail (Salva Remix)
Boddika - Electron
2562 - Aquatic Family Affair
SCB - Loss
Mauser - Jack Orchestra
Anthony Shake Shakir - Travelers (MRSK Remix)
Cosmic Kids - Reginald's Groove
Aardvarck - Respoken (Demo Remix)
Monkey Maffia - Yo Baby Yo
Policy - Specialty Party (Vocal)
Lukid - Blind Spot
Barbara Potts - Sad My Love
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14 March 2011
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Cedric Fargues (again)Ike follows up the mega brilliant
Lost 4-Trax on
Philpot with a new
12" entitled Supernatural. Once again it is a class above! Thump along to Ribbons.