Essential listening. IDM nostalgia. Good deep house. Unexpected tempo changes. 

Duererstuben - Es Funkelt Gar Auf Frostgem Feld (buy)

Future Beat Alliance - Inside Out (buy)

CBC - Promised Land (buy)

Yør - ABCM (buy)

Yør - Rave (buy)

Francis Bebey - New Track (buy)

Pyrolator - Gold & Silber (buy)

Cybotron - Gods Of Norse (buy)

Axxess - Pages (buy)

Pierre Raph - Schoolgirl Hitchhikers

Pic: Kon Trubkovich

For the weekend.

Greek producer Lee Burton (Lefteris Kalabakas) earlier this year released his new album Busy Days For Fools on Athenian label Klik Records. I was very much expecting a straightforward 'house' album that initially may excite but like so many others ultimately disappoints. How wrong I was, this is a wonderfully crafted concept album that is full of warmth. You certainly might detect something along the lines of a Circus Company release or even John Roberts, but you also get shades of sleazy blues reminiscent of Map Of Africa. Well worth a listen.

Pic: Yoshi Sodeoka

A couple of the more visceral cuts from the 3rd and 5th releases on the German label Rawax by talented Russian producer Unbroken Dub. Well worth checking out.

I do really like this track. Given the full blown nature of it all, the track could fail miserably, yet it succeeds. The way this review puts it is spot on, : "It’s a bold move, but not one that is unwelcome because it is executed with confidence and the kind of daring required to pull something like this off – because the chances of it being complete shit are quite high if handled incorrectly."