Deep and naturalistic house music, complete with two varied remixes, is the order of the day here, and we’re enjoying the beats being served up.
Reviews
Gary Beck ‘Soma 21′
June 16th, 2013Gary Beck’s mix takes few prisoners, celebrating universal dancefloor techno in a timeless form, presented in a way that’s more club set than compilation.
Brett Johnson v Motor City Soul ‘Ile De Sables’
June 16th, 2013Brett Johnson v Motor City Soul ‘Il De Sables’ Vinyl / Digital Superfreq / Released June 2013 Matthias Vogt and Christian “C-Rock” Rindermann, AKA Motor City Soul, have apparently decided this will be their last single together, which is certainly a shame from our perspective. Ending the partnership on a high, their final offering- [...]
Hed Kandi Ibiza opens to rave reviews…
June 14th, 2013Aptly titled ‘Once upon a time in Ibiza’, Hed Kandi 2013 got underway this season with their opening soiree and it was certainly fitted their tag line. The veteran club brand know how to put on a show of glamour and fun filled sets. Welcoming back the ever present shindig was a highly anticipated showdown [...]
Hes Hip not Hipster…
June 11th, 2013Figueroa & Obando – Hip Not Hipster New labels are numerous in the digital world but one that has stuck itself out from the crowd is Unike Muzik with previous records from Markus Homm and Carlos Sanchez helping to set that great agenda so far. This new EP from South American duo Figueroa & Obando [...]
Ramon Tapia becomes a house gangster…
June 10th, 2013Ramon Tapia – Intense I’m A House Gangster Fast rising Belgian producer Ramon Tapia takes a step up to the next level of his career with a new EP, Intense, for DJ Sneak’s influential I’m A House Gangster label. First up is Intense Idea, a loopy, deep track with churning bass and unnerving little effects [...]
Marvin Zeyss gets colourful…
June 10th, 2013Marvin Zeyss – Whatever Colourful Recordings Stockholm’s Colourful Recordings is an aptly named label given the wamr, cuddly deep house sounds they have championed on their first releases. Here they get into double figures with Nuremberg’s Marvin Zeyss who lays out three tracks of neon lit, glowing and late night house tracks for the more [...]
Mathew Jonson ‘Her Blurry Pictures’
June 9th, 2013An exercise in studio excellence to say the least, we can only imagine both Rebels and Jonsonites benefiting from the overall contents here.
Ferdiand Dreyssig releases a ‘Post Symphonic’ EP…
June 7th, 2013FERDINAND DREYSSIG – Post Symphonic EP German Ferdinand Dreyssig’s musicality is clearly apparent and he has demonstrated his mastery of electronic music but kept his trademark respect for space and depth and arrangements through fine attention to production details for labels like Clap Your Hands and Resopal and now serves up two great tracks for [...]
Tala ‘Sometimes Swing (inc. Third World Orchestra and Tilman remixes)’
June 7th, 2013Expansive chords, soaring echoes and warm chunky house beats are just a few of the merits we noticed when listening to this standout South American release.
Pangaea ‘Viaduct’
June 7th, 2013Proof the Hessle audio bossman has an incredible ear for production quality, here are three sluggers informed by hardcore breaks, techno, and UK bass.
Piemont go coco…
June 6th, 2013PIEMONT – Coco Cliche [Plumbum] There is no stopping Piemont, a pair of German specialists who operate in the tech house world and have done excellently for years. Here they return to one of their own many labels, Plumbum, for a new two track EP that comes complete with a top notch remix. First up [...]
Hallelujah for Kerri…
June 5th, 2013Kerri Chandler – Hallelujah [King Street Sounds] 2013 like no other year in history has proved how influential Kerri Chandler was and is. Here one of his classic tracks in its Kaos Club Mix guide appears on his own King Street Sounds with remixes from some hot new talent’s of the day including Robosonic and [...]
Gerry Read ‘Crave b/w Enjoy A Day Out’
June 1st, 2013Heavy house would be on way to describe both lead track and the flip, as sledgehammer drums and raw hi hats fall somewhere between boompty boomp and slamming,
George Issakidis ‘Karezza’
June 1st, 2013The veteran producer turns in his first ever solo album, and confirms how good electro is when done well, in case anyone needed reminding. Recommended.
Acid District release on Edu Imbernons Eklektisch label…
May 31st, 2013Acid District – Depends [Eklektisch] After an assured debut on the Spanish label Soruba, Acid District get picked out by Edu Imbernon as the next pair to release on his ever impressive Eklektisch label. The two track EP shows them to be a duo – form Murcia – who have a great appreciation of house [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 17.05 – 18.05 – Undersound and The Entail Records Party with Speedy J.
May 30th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his special extended jaunts at Undersound and The Entail Records Party with Speedy J. [...]
Exercise One ‘In Flux EP’
May 30th, 2013Berlin duo Exercise One unleash some decidedly dark and intimidating techno, saturated in atmosphere and 3AM dancefloor tones. Quality stuff then.
Soul Button steps into their stride…
May 30th, 2013SOUL BUTTON FEAT. STEE DOWNES – IN MY STRIDE (UNDERGROUND AUDIO) Stee Downes is a vocalist who seems to be taking over from Robert Owens as the go to guy for modern producers and here lends his sultry tones to German producer Soul Button who is making his debut on the impressive Underground Audio label. [...]
Darkbeat 10 year compilation gets huge props…
May 30th, 2013Darkbeat 10 Years In an era of electronic music that’s dominated by online mixes and podcasts etc, it’s tempting to question the validity of commercially available mixes. Either way, Australian party promoters- turned label Darkbeat certainly seem to see the merits in doing exactly that, so much so that the imprint’s debut endeavors features not [...]
Wisdom of a glove opens in style…
May 29th, 2013It was all systems go in Ibiza this past week, with the IMS, new club openings and fresh residencies all taking centre stage. No club on the famous White Isle has brightened up their schedules and overhauled their policies more so than Pacha. Drafting in heavyweight performers such as Solomun and John Digweed to mould [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 02.05 – 05.05 – Plex, The Save You x Cartulis Day, Superfreq, Richie Hawtin’s popup ‘secret’ daytime party, VOID and Enter London
May 25th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his special extended jaunts at Plex Basement Sessions 2, The Save You x Cartulis [...]
Luke Black ‘Dry Flutter EP’
May 25th, 2013Quality stuff from Luke Black, who lays the foundations for a great EP of underground, solid, atmospheric but ultimately very danceable tech, make no mistake.
Bibio ‘Silver Wilkinson’
May 25th, 2013Warp’s master of bizarre, beguiling, but beautiful electronica is back between downbeat, e-folk, hip hop, slo-mo house and space disco, and we love it.
No Artificial Colours ‘Crying Wolf EP’
May 22nd, 2013No Artificial Colours / Crying Wolf EP Vinyl / Digital Madtech / Released May 2013 Timeless upfront house music marks the 12th release on Kerri Chandler’s Madtech imprint, with London pair No Artificial Colours on a decidedly confident production tip. Proud and unabashed, think proper song vocals (courtesy of Alex Mills, who appeared on Miguel [...]
Wehbba ‘Square Two’
May 18th, 2013From solid upbeat techno to deep electro influenced beats, our man in Brazil presents an exceptionally enjoyable record of two halves.
Egg’s 10th birthday kicks off the 10×10 series in style…
May 16th, 2013The 2013 clubbing scene is currently flourishing when it comes to the world of house and techno, whether its your underground intimate showcases or the larger clubs fighting for those mega line ups. For Egg its been about a total refurbishment and a plan to propel the space into the limelight once again. With the [...]
Alex Grandy moves into the shadow…
May 16th, 2013Alex Grandy – Into the shadow EP Label – Equilibrium Out Now Alex Grandy began his dj career in 2000 after being exposed to the house music sounds of the local clubs in his native Turin, Italy. His dynamic production style stems from being attentive to quality production and his influences from the legendary Italo-house [...]
Ludowick ‘Get It Off’
May 12th, 2013Newcastle’s 22 Digit Records on an interesting deep house tip, with nods to dub techno and progressive more than audible throughout.
Sebastien San ‘Drumology’
May 12th, 2013Stripped and largely focused on the power of good percussion, the latest from Frenchman Sebastien San isn’t your average tech workout, and as such we like it.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 18.04 – 21.04 – Be@TV presents Eastern Electrics pre-party, Funkyzeit, and Fabric.
May 11th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his special extended jaunts at Be@TV presents Eastern Electrics pre-party, Funkyzeit, and Fabric. [...]
Marcel Fengler ‘Fokus’
May 10th, 2013Excellent debut techno album stuff from Berlin’s Marcel Fengler, marrying minimalism with some real emotion to create stripped tunes of real distinction.
Acumen release Welcome Back
May 10th, 2013Acumen is the boss of Time Has Changed, a French label that has built a decent rep for itself in the tech house world recently. Here he steps out with a new four track EP that offers the best window yet into the labels MO – quirky, off kilter tech house with plenty of charm. [...]
All over you drops by AMPC.
May 10th, 2013AMPC – All Over You Underground Pop Here comes a new EP from a pair very much set to get people turning their way, namely the Tokyo duo AMPC aka Acidmann and Pleasure Cruiser. Released on their own aptly named Underground Pop label, there is something inherently catchy – in a good, classy way – [...]
Lucid Dreaming drop summer sampler for 2013
May 10th, 2013Lucid Dreaming – Summer Sampler 2013 April 2013 Australian label Lucid Dreaming have prepped a brand new Summer Sampler package ahead of the arrival of the first sun that shows them to be a label tinged with blissful Balearica as much as lush house. Tracks come from an array of fresh and exciting artists and [...]
andhim announce new Get Physical EP – The Wizard of us
May 10th, 2013andhim – The Wizard Of Us EP [Get Physical] German duo andhim have been making music for a couple of years now, and with great results on some fine labels. Their career highlight to date, though, will surely be this EP on the esteemed Get Physical label coming out of Berlin. It features two idiosyncratic [...]
The Black Dog ‘Darkhaus Vol. 2′
May 7th, 2013Quality techno of the dark variety, ranging from rolling futuristic minimalism a la Robert Hood to industrial machine beats, all with exceptional details.
Munk ‘Misterio (Severino Horse Meat Disco and Bonar Bradberry remixes)’
May 7th, 2013Munk / Misterio (Severino Horse Meat Disco and Bonar Bradberry remixes) Vinyl / Digital Gomma / Released May 2013 More slightly unhinged Euro beats from the Gomma stable, this time from the imprint’s co-chieftan, Mathias Modica- A.K.A. Munk. And, if you’ve never come across his work before, we’ll start by saying expect the unexpected, or [...]
Various Artists ‘Late Night Tales: After Dark’
May 7th, 2013DJ History’s Bill Brewster selects some essential funk, disco, and slo-mo cuts perfect for anyone who likes names like Weatherall, and wants to learn a little.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 12.04 – 14.04 – Groovecast, White Jail, Rhythmatic, Toast and Weekend Circuit
May 4th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his special extended jaunts at Groovecast, White Jail, Rhythmatic, Toast and Weekend Circuit. Hello and [...]
Piemont do it again…
May 1st, 2013German duo Piemont have cropped up on a number of seminal labels recently,with their prolific mannerisms showing no sign of coming to an end thanks to this, the Okinawa EP on Wally Lopez’s The Factoria imprint. If that reads like quite a match, you’d be right, as the duo also known as Frederic Maring-Sack and [...]
Antitesi drops from Francesco Tarantini…
May 1st, 2013Artist: Francesco Tarantini Release: Antitesi EP Label: SSOH Francesco Tarantini is an Italian producer with a great rep for making his own unique tech house sounds. Here the SSOH label comes calling for his services for a new EP that has already been played by the likes of Laurent Garnier and Davide Squillace. ‘How do [...]
Ruff Cherry ‘The Section 31 EP’
April 28th, 2013Ruff Cherry / The Section 31 EP Vinyl / Digital Elastic Dreams / Released April 2013 It’s always nice to see something quietly doing good things, and considering we’ve found time to positively review half the releases still-fledgling Bristol imprint Elastic Dreams has put out you’re probably clear on the fact we see this [...]
Close ‘Beam Me Up’
April 28th, 2013Will Saul’s new alias proves to be pretty good at making what he calls pop. Agree or disagree with the description, there’s no denying the production quality.
Various Artists ‘Renaissance Masters: Francois K’
April 27th, 2013A stunning double disc mix showcasing exactly why some DJs are DJs and other just play records, moving from pre-bar jazz beats to punishing techno.
Edu Imbernon releases on Culprit with Los Suruba…
April 26th, 2013EDU IMBERNON & LOS SURUBA – FAYER EP Los Suruba is a Spanish dup that here teams up with fellow Spaniard and much in demand DJ, producer and label boss Edu Imbernon. Edu has a close history with influential clubs like Space and his own label is fast becoming a bastion of the tech house [...]
Loopdeville release Series 2…
April 26th, 2013Loopdeville – Knock Knock Series 2 The Knock Knock label has made a name for themselves with dark and dubby reelases that challenge the norm. Here comes another EP of two originals and one Alex id remix that proves the point once more. Ambient Anarchist kicks off the EP with plenty of sparse but scary [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 05.04 – 07.04 – Blueprint 12hr, Dialogue, Fabric and VOID
April 24th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his special extended jaunts at Blueprint 12hr, Dialogue, Fabric and VOID. Hello and [...]
Sensation gets thumbs up fro Monkey Safari…
April 24th, 2013Monkey Safari – Sensation EP Hive Audio Monkey Safari don’t take themselves too seriously and their music is always fun and fresh. Proving that once more is this latest EP from the German’s on Hive Audio, complete with a remix from their sometime collaborators Animal Trainer. Right from the off ‘Sensation’ suggest bit things are [...]
Los Goonies arrives on Suruba…
April 24th, 2013AFFKT & Los Suruba – Los Goonies EP Suruba It’s label bosses Los Surbua aka Spanish duo Delmar and Alvaro of labels like Get Physical, Defected and Stil Vor talent who serve up this label’s 33rd release. Known for consistency, this EP including a remix from Amine Edge and DANCE is another sure-fire winner. The [...]
Dented Melons Secret parties kick off to huge applaud…
April 22nd, 2013Shoreditch is a hotspot for underground soirees but not many dive right into the depths of the techno pool like Made in Shoreditch do. Their previous parties at their beloved home of Dukes House have always left their audiences thriving for more. Rainer Weichhold was on hand to provide some slices from his playbook. A [...]
Omer Grinker goes underwater with his new EP…
April 18th, 2013Lithuanian imprint Parallel has pulled out a real gem here courtesy of rising Israeli talent Omer Grinker—with his Underwater EP one that pulls no punches. Curtain raiser “Make Sense” is the rarest of records in that it’s emotive, deep, multi-layered and intelligent, with its bleak outlook and far-from-genial spoken-lyrics matched by its contemporary sounding, space-tinged [...]
Kumasi music announce debut compilation…
April 18th, 2013Kumasi Music Vol 1 Kumasi Music Kumasi Music is one of the new breed of house labels making a great name for itself. Now the label that is also an agency offers a debut label compilation following in the wake of its first few EPs. The sound is a very modern one which pairs disco [...]
Lorca ‘If I Told You’
April 13th, 2013Leeds house giants 2020 Vision continue their soon-to-be one year old new school imprint’s output with a trio of warm half house, kind of garage style workouts.
Various Artists ‘Where The Wind Blows’
April 12th, 2013Ellen Allien’s inimitable label returns with another great compilation. Apparat, Chaim, Thomas Muller, Telefon Tel Aviv, and the boss lady all feature
Jammy’s Special Easter Jaunts: 28.03 – 01.04 – Ostgut Ton, Get Diverted, Fabric, Fuse and Lost.
April 11th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his special extended Easter jaunts at Ostgut Ton, Get Diverted, Fabric, Fuse and Lost. [...]
Ramian Tapia cooks up a storm with his Damping EP
April 11th, 2013Ramon Tapia – Damping EP Say What? Ramon Tapia has been crafting house and techno for almost a decade now. Labels like Virtual, Great Stuff, We Play House and many others have all come calling in that time, but for his latest release the Belgian artists appears on his own well respected Say What label. [...]
Just Want drops from Round Table Knights…
April 9th, 2013Exploited have put their hand to a slew of mighty fine releases over the years, the most prominent of which included cuts from the Adana Twins and Claptone. 2013 looks set to be no less fruitful in that regard, with the latter already supplying the goods thanks to his Wrong EP. This time around, it’s [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 22.03 – 24.03 – Don’t Techno Sh!t, Cartulis Day, SubTerrania and Ardor.
April 8th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Don’t Techno Sh!t, Cartulis Day, SubTerrania and Ardor. Hello and welcome [...]
Akabu ‘Everybody Wants Something (Joey Negro Remix)’
April 7th, 2013Joey Negro returns under his Akabu guise to deliver some boogie infected house beats. What else did you expect?
Soul Clap ‘The Alezby Inn Remixes’
April 7th, 2013The latest EP from Boston’s freakiest probably won’t surprise you, but expect to be dancing every time you hear any of the reworkings that make up this package.
Rainbow Arabia ‘FM Sushi’
April 6th, 2013The Los Angeles couple return to Kompakt with their second album. More of a grower than their first grab-you-by-the-balls outing, nonetheless it’s marvellous.
Montero releases Part of Me
April 5th, 2013Montero – Part Of Me Out Now Montero is Dee McAuley and Graeme Laverty, a pair of producers who have been laying out their own house visions since 2004 on labels like Renaissance, Freefall and their own Montero Grooves. It’s on said label they return here with a new EP featuring three scorching new tracks. [...]
Loquace releases Cause Away
April 2nd, 2013LOQUACE – Cause Away Kiara is the Barcelona imprint that focus on a heady brew of intoxicating house music. Here, they turn to the choice French producer Castagnet Loic AKA Loquace for their next EP, and it comes backed with a remix from man of the moment Chris Lattner. The Frenchman serves up three house [...]
Thermal Bear ‘Could Be Nice EP’
March 28th, 2013Sasha’s imprint proves why the London head Thermal Bear is a particularly interesting production force. Straddling garage, electro and tech, we like.
Ben Sims ‘Something’
March 28th, 2013Ben Sims is back with another EP of solid techno business, straddling relentless assault and funk-driven groove with the usual deft production hands.
Various Artists ‘Keysound Recordings: This Is How We Roll’
March 28th, 2013London garage imprint Keysound unveils a contemporary compilation packed with reasons why the underground is still brimming with new ideas.
Gooseneck Records announce debut compilation…
March 27th, 2013March will see Gooseneck records release their first ever label compilation. It drwas together the imprint’s expansive roster and lays out afresh and original vision for house music. Marco Darko, Dakin Auret, Thomas De Lorenzo, Zuckre, Paul Stott and Denis Yashin and their many different musical styles all feature across 18 floor ready tracks. Alistair [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 08.03 – 09.03 – Be@TV Presents Rhythmatic and Fabric with Marcel Dettmann
March 27th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at Be@TV presents Rhythmatic and Fabric with Marcel Dettmann, O/V/R and Levon [...]
Daniel Dexter does it again…
March 19th, 2013Daniel Dexter – Deep In Your Heart Daniel Dexter is a nu breed of house producer finding plenty of support with the likes of Steve Bug, who has released much of the Berliner’s music until now. It’s easy to see why, because in Dexter’s glowing neon hues and polished grooviness, there is plenty of shared [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 01.03 – 02.03 – Plex, Basis and Illusion Sound
March 16th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at Plex, Basis and Illusion Sound. Hello and welcome to Jammy’s [...]
Neville Watson ‘One Four Green’
March 15th, 2013Ever-impressive, Neville Watson drops a big acidic futurist bombshell on our heads, and we rather enjoyed it, along with remixes by Perseus Traxx and more.
Deadbeat ‘The Infinity Dubs Volume 1′
March 15th, 2013These pleasingly raw and decidedly danceable, groove-infused tech stylings from Deadbeat should be enough to keep most floors moving in the coming weeks.
Aera ‘Offseason Traveller’
March 15th, 2013Aleph’s boss drops his debut LP. We’re no strangers to eclecticism, but that doesn’t mean the plethora of sounds on here aren’t worthy of successive plays.
Dana Ruh and Anthea collaborate
March 15th, 2013Dana Ruh – Like A River Brouquade Dana Ruh has been tipped for great things this year by the likes of DJ Mag, and you can see why on her latest single in collaboration with friend Anthea. It lands on Dana’s own Brouqade imprint and sees the two women drop some moody tech house par [...]
Wally Stryk release new EP…
March 13th, 2013Wally Stryk Quiberon EP Out Now Functionality is an underrated trait when it comes to electronic music. Sure, some records make the listener immediately stand up and take notice, but on the other hand are those tracks that help the night flow at a steady and consistent pace; the sort of essential records that all [...]
Luka looks beyond…
March 12th, 2013Luka – Look Beyond EP Release Date: 11/3/13 Record Label: FOMP FOMP is yet another recently minted label aiming to cut through the competition with their deep and cerebral out house offerings. Taking the mantel for the next release is Londoner Joseph Hines with his Look Beyond EP, comprised of two originals and plenty of [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 22.02 – 23.02 – ELM (East London Movement) and Closer Presents Chris Liebing
March 8th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at ELM (East London Movement) and at Closer with Chris Liebing. Hello [...]
David Scuba & Mikael Stavostrand ‘Money Dish EP’
March 8th, 2013David Scuba & Mikael Stavostrand deliver a standout single. Dark, jazzy, and saturated in atmosphere, Mr. C then remixes, taking us down funkier avenues.
Luigi Madonna ‘New World EP’
March 8th, 2013Tough techno music from southern Italy, so no surprises there really, with Joseph Capriati in typically fine form on the remix duties.
Space Dimension Controller ‘Welcome to Mikrosector-50′
March 8th, 2013The debut album from Space Dimension Controller arrives, bringing with it galactic funk and stellar electro worthy of any exploratory mission to Mars.
Ellen Allien ‘LISm’
March 1st, 2013Painting a 45-minute soundscape, the BPitch boss lady manages to hold our attention throughout ambient tones, looped barroom jazz, stripped house and more.
Locked Groove ‘Heritage’
March 1st, 2013Locked Groove ‘Heritage’ (Hotflush Recordings) Released March 2013 Digital / Vinyl There’s more than a hint of euphoria to this part EP-part-mini-album from young Tim Van de Meutter. Its contents are dancefloor focussed, whilst wholly accessible and unarguably sizeable, and mark his return to Hot Flush, a label that gave him an initial leg [...]
Richard Seelie drops Burnt Soul EP
February 28th, 2013Richard Seeley – Burnt Soul EP Discolour – Out Now You might not know the name yet, but with releases on Matt Edwards’ REK’D and VeryVeryWrongIndeed Richard Seeley has been impressing all the right people with his first productions. The man also runs his own Glue imprint and here steps out to mint another brand [...]
Renato Ratier debuts on his beloved D.Edge imprint.
February 28th, 2013It’s a wonder it’s taken Renato Ratier this long to get out his debut Ep. For years now has he been steering D Edge and Warung to great international heights. He’s heaped put Brazil on the map and now he seems to be intent on putting himself on the map with this assured three track [...]
Stefano Lotti & Luca Fabiani educate us…
February 25th, 2013The minimal techno sound championed through the latter part of the last decade by the likes of Steve Bug and Marco Carola is making somewhat of a resurgence across dance floors around the world. And Italian producers Stefano Lotti and Luca Fabiani are part of the new breed of minimal connoisseurs currently creating waves in [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 15.02 – 18.02 – The Berlin Edition
February 23rd, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt went international, with his very special extended jaunt to Berlin! Hello [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 08.02 – 09.02 – Groovecast Live and LWE presents SidexSide.
February 21st, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at Groovecast Live and LWE presents SidexSide. Hello and welcome to [...]
Lucid Dreaming don’t fake it…
February 19th, 2013Tough Love – I Don’t Fake It Australian imprint Lucid Dreaming might well come of age in 2013 after some great early releases. On their next EP are British duo Tough Love who combine plenty of modern house aesthetics with catchy vocals and brightly coloured melodies. The first track, ‘I Don’t Want To Love’ is [...]
VIVa Warriors debuts in Leeds with a huge showcase…
February 13th, 2013VIVa Warriors has been has had its sure fire plaudits over in the year of 2012. The brand represented at the illustrious Sankeys Club, Ibiza every Wednesday to packed out audiences, whilst label head honcho Steve Lawler also took the brand around the world on many a tour. Now after a month off Steve finally [...]
Jossie Telch drops The Root
February 13th, 2013A man with a vast arsenal of talents, Jossie Telch is a former member of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and a producer with a plethora of skills that range from drummer to audio engineer. 2013 marks his return to Mexico’s Undergroove imprint. The aforementioned talents retain his mantle of being perhaps the [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 01.02 – 02.02 – Ctrl Shift, Spilt Milk ‘At Night’ and Tresor London
February 12th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at Ctrl Shift, the first Spilt Milk ‘At Night’ party and the [...]
You Ain’t Fresh has landed from Mario Calegari…
February 4th, 2013Artist: Mario Calegari Title: You Ain’t Fresh Label: Bikini Tracks New Jersey might tend to play second fiddle to its bigger brother New York where house music is concerned, but when a new talent emerges from the Garden State, they tend to make the sort of impression that extends far beyond the reaches of America’s [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 25.01 – 26.01 – ELM (East London Movement) and One More
February 2nd, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at ELM (East London Movement) and at One More. Hello and [...]
Adana Twins do it again…
February 1st, 2013Adana Twins – Reaction Feat Digitaria on Jeudi Rec Out Now German pair Adana Twins here continues their mission to bring plenty of human warmth to deep house with a new single entitled ‘Reaction’. It features the angelic vocals of Digitaria and plenty of big bassline business, as has been their want up to now [...]
Submotion Orchestra “Thinking (Mark Knight Remix)”
January 31st, 20137-piece live dubstep phenomenon Submotion Orchestra’s hit jazz-dub fusion anthem, ‘Thinking’, gets the Mark Knight treatment in this next striking outing for Toolroom Records. Taking it deep for a simply stunning rework that emits laid-back winter vibes, the Toolroom boss builds pure and organic grooves around Ruby Wood’s gorgeous lead vocal hook with superb results. [...]
Martinez releases Memoria…
January 28th, 2013Martinez – Kkpont/Pygmalion Memoria Tech house is a much and often maligned genre, but when its done right, it’s as potent on the dancefloor as any house or tech. And that’s exactly the point of it, more swing than techno, harder edges than house. Few do it better than Martinez, the Swiss/Dane with a long [...]
Round Table knights drop new bomb on Off Recordings…
January 28th, 2013Round Table Knights – So Good EP Out Now In the wake of acts like Ripperton, Switzerland is an ever-vital electronic outpost. At the forefront of that are Round Table Knights, a loveable duo with their own charming take on house and tech. Never was that more obvious than on the three essential tracks here. [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 19.01 Fabric Presents Sigha and DVS1.
January 27th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his singular jaunt at Fabric with Sigha and DVS1. Hello and welcome to Jammy’s [...]
MYR14D – On My Mind.
January 22nd, 2013Get Some introduce yet another newcomer to the UK Bass scene in the shape of the mysterious MYR14D aka Oliver Keogh. Hailing from Buckinghamshire, Keogh has crafted a debut EP of accomplished club-focused tracks that touch upon a wide array of moods and sounds palettes that play a part in any well-formed DJ set. The EP opens up with the title track [...]
Pirupa releases on Material Series…
January 22nd, 2013PIRUPA – OLDIES EP [Material Series] Out Now There is something sweaty and intense about Pirupa’s house music, the way percussion cuts through thick bass lines and raw drums. Samples litter his sounds to add an extra something, and in the mould of his biggest hit to date, ‘Party Non Stop’, the dancefloor is never [...]
Todd Terry ‘Jumpin (Iban Reus Remix)’
January 22nd, 2013Continuing the Toolroom Records series of classic Todd Terry tracks reworked by the hottest house stars of the moment, it’s Iban Reus this time around who takes on the old school vibes of notorious Terry club cut ‘Jumpin’. Fresh from injecting the sunshine with the funk-drenched ‘Crazy Circus’, Ibiza’s resident groove-architect returns to Toolroom with [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 11.01 – 12.01 – RBMA Presents LFO at XOYO and Mooch at Basing House.
January 19th, 2013Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at XOYO for LFO and Mooch at Basing House. Happy New Year! [...]
Valhalla hits the mark over the Christmas period…
January 7th, 2013Amsterdam at Christmas always has a special and attraction to it. Throw in a festival and you have a true Christmas soiree to go to. Held in an exhibition centre not to dissimilar to that of NEC in Birmingham, the RAI centre just on the outskirts of the historic city. If I was to say [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 22.12 – 23.12 – Born Electric and Void
December 29th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at the Born Electric Party and Void. Hello and welcome to [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts Review List of the Events I went to in 2012
December 27th, 2012So this is what happened in 2012 this year! I covered 144 parties altogether this whole year from January NYD 2012 till December 30th 2012 Review of the Events I went to in 2012 January: 1) Jaded NYD with Raymundo Rodriguez, Chris Stanford, Jerome Sydenham, Canary Fontaine & Zippy 2) Fuse NYD with Onur [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 14.12 – 15.12 – Plex Christmas Bash and Cartulis Day Presents Save You Records.
December 22nd, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at The Plex and Colony Night and Cartulis day Presents Save You [...]
Weltenwandler/T.S.H release mega 6 track EP, Gegen die Ziet on Electrophil Records…
December 21st, 2012Weltenwandler/T.S.H release mega 6 track EP, Gegen die Ziet on Electrophil Records Mixes: Weltenwandler/T.S.H Catalogue #: EPR 010 Release Date (Beatport): 14th December Release Date (Everywhere else): 28th December Tracklist Track 1: Weltenwandler feat. Vicky Bary – Get Away Track 2: T.S.H. – Gegen die Zeit Track 3: Weltenwandler – Selenazoline Rave Track 4: Weltenwandler [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 08.12 – 09.12 – Rhythmatic Pre/Main Party, RPR at Fabric and Fuse.
December 15th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at The Rhythmatic Pre/Main Party, RPR at Fabric and Fuse. Hello [...]
Evans & Waterfall – 00.1 on Dilate
December 10th, 2012Auspicious production duo Evans & waterfall here tackle the first release on Evan’s new imprint, Dilate Records, which aims simply to release a modern blend of house from artists old and new. It’s a sumptuous deep house track with a wavy, snaking bassline that really draws you in amongst the scattered percussion and jazzy little [...]
Edu releases ‘In the Night Remixes’
December 10th, 2012Sivesgaard – In the Night Remixes [Eklektisch] Edu Imbernon is now one of the most prominent Spanish DJs of his time, resident at Space Ibiza and general trail blazer, he is now also making his label Eklektisch into more and more of a force. Here he releases three solid remixes of Silvesgaard’s In the Night. The [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 01.12 – 02.12 – Cocoon Heroes: Into The Magic
December 8th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the event he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt solely at the Cocoon Heroes: Into The Magic party. Hello and welcome [...]
Round Table Knights join forces with Animal Trainer on new release…
December 7th, 2012Round Table Knights & Animal Trainer – Animal Knights EP The Round Table Knights are an inimitable duo with a quirky house sound. Here they team up with another similarly minded duo Animal Trainer for an EP on Hive Audio. Already picking up support from the likes of Huxley and Acid Pauli, a-side ‘Pique’ is [...]
Nathan Rivers releases new EP on Resonance Records..
December 7th, 2012Nathan Rivers – Not Afraid EP – Resonance Records 007 Labels like ALiVE and Cubism have been charting the rise of Nathan Rivers by releasing his house focussed EPs up to now. Plenty have been heard across Radio 1 with support from big spinners like Darius Syrossian and Tom Budden to boot. This new 4 [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 23.11 – 24.11 – The Boiler Room Part 2, Rejam, Antidote and CLR.
December 1st, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at The Boiler Room Part 2, Rejam, Antidote and CLR. Hello [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 16.11 – 17.11 – The Boiler Room and The Blueprint Records Showcase.
November 24th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at The Boiler Room and The Blueprint Records Showcase. Hello and welcome [...]
Cloud 9 “Do You Want Me Baby” (Dusky Dub)
November 24th, 2012Never confined to one solitary genre, Toolroom Records latest release adds to the diverse range of styles the imprint continues to push. Historical house cut ‘Do You Want Me Baby’ is brought back to life with an eclectic dub mix of Victor Simonelli’s original Cloud [...]
JP Chronic launches new label and first release….
November 22nd, 2012This first release from JP Chornic’s new Chornovision label has a lot to say for itself – there are any different takes on tech and house from a variety of producers which suggest the White Isle – where the label is based – has plenty more to offer besides the clubs and parties you [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 9.11 – 10.11 – Be-At TV presents Eastern Electrics, Weekend Circuit and VOID
November 17th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at The Be-At TV presents Eastern Electrics pre NYE party, Weekend Circuit [...]
Hernan Catteneo launches new Renaissance album
November 14th, 2012Hernan Cattaneo – The Masters Series Ministry of Sound / Universal Music Distribution The album is released by Renaissance out now “It’s a great privilege to celebrate Renaissance’s 20th anniversary by doing my 7th album for the label.” Hernan Cattaneo – 2012 Renaissance has had a bigger part than most in the advancement of the [...]
Kumasi Music announce first EP from Kreature
November 12th, 2012KREATURE – YOU CAN EP Kumasi Music 001 London by way of Leeds agency Kumasi here steps out into the label market for the first time. The act chosen to represent the young agency is Kreature, a fast rising nu disco producer already with plenty of hits behind him. His EP opens with [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 02.11 – 03.11 – Plex, Colony and Machine and The Hotflush Records Showcase
November 10th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at The Plex, Colony and Machine night and the Hotflush Records Showcase. [...]
Basics turn 21 with Basement Jaxx…
November 8th, 2012Leading by example for 21 years is a seriously epic feet. An institution for nearly every clubber, especially for our UK faithful, Back to Basics has become a way of life for the house enthusiasts and has touched so many lives in so many different ways. Touching lives for the punter and touching lives for [...]
SLK Associates take a leading role at BPM 2012.
November 7th, 2012The BPM exhibition has become the World’s largest DJ’ing and production event that pulls together artists, brands and companies from all over the global to share their products, talents and knowledge. October 2012 saw SLK Associates called upon to bring in members of their amazing roster as well as their own industry experience to become [...]
Adana Twins – Everyday Remixes – Expolited
November 5th, 2012Hamburg duo Adana Twins have had a great year in 2012,picking up plenty of top support, leading up many charts at RA and Beatport and all with their own sultry brand of deep house music. Their last outing was on the Everyday EP, but here ‘Exploited’ gets remixed by four big names and will likely [...]
Warehouse is blown away by Pete Tong…
November 2nd, 2012The ‘All Gone Pete Tong tour’ has been in full flow for a few weeks and has taken cities around Europe by storm. Only two weeks ago I managed to partake in the ADE show at the amazing AIR club which truly emerged as one of the top parties of the conference. This time I [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 26.10 – 27.10 – Decoy Records, ETG, Be-At TV, Fabric and Drumcode
November 2nd, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Decoy Records Launch, BM Records/Be-At TV, Fabric and Drumcode. Hello [...]
D.Edge raises the profile for South America…
November 1st, 2012D Edge is a club that mirrors the city in which it is found: bright and futuristic yet at the same time retro in feel. Under the stewardship of owner, passionate music lover and warm host Renato Ratier, D-Edge has also grown to encompass a record label and agency of excellent repute, both of [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 19.10 – 20.10 – Rejam, Antidote and Fabric’s 13th Birthday
October 29th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Rejam, Antidote and Fabric’s 13th Birthday! Hello and welcome to Jammy’s Jaunts! [...]
ADE shines on…
October 23rd, 2012Every October there lies a timely event like no other, nearly into its 20′s and arguably the most important 5 days in the world of underground music. ADE always arrives and greets us with a smile on its face, the winter breeze always adds to the spice and certainly urges you into the lovely warmth’s [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 12.10 – 13.10 – Coma’s 1st Birthday Party and Dystopia
October 21st, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Coma’s 1st Birthday and Dystopia Hello and welcome to Jammy’s Jaunts! Your [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 06.10 – 07.10 – Toast Underground, Cartulis Day, Toast Afterparty.
October 13th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Toast Underground, Cartulis Day and Toast Afterparty Hello! Welcome to the next [...]
Toolroom Amsterdam Essentials 2012
October 10th, 2012Toolroom Amsterdam Essentials 2012′, a crucial selection of remixes & upfront cuts from Toolroom Records, celebrating dance music’s most revered annual music conference. From floorfillers such as Mark Knight’s ‘Together’, to the winning Adrian Bood & Robin South remix of John Dahlback’s ‘Phoenix’, to Beatport smashes like Jay Lumen’s remix of Kevin Saunderson’s ‘The Sound’ [...]
Penny Drop take on Brixton Jamm
October 9th, 2012The best club nights I have been a regular at in my lifetime, have been because I was either there from the very first party or you became aware of the club from hearing about some “mental night” your mates ended up at by chance. Not one of the nights I can think of that [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts 29.09 – 30.09 – Spilt Milk Closing, Lost Souls and Motek
October 6th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Spilt Milk, Lost Souls and Motek. Hey and welcome back to Jammy’s [...]
Mint Festival shines on debut…
October 4th, 2012The illustrious Mint programmers duly announced another festival to us this past July after another successful Cocoon in the Park. The proud owners not only have the festivals to their name but have two stalwart clubs in the city of Leeds, hotly tipped as the Berlin of The UK to many an artist around the [...]
Groovefest go big on their debut…
October 4th, 2012With the amount of festivals there are around the world in 2012, it is getting harder and harder to stand yourself apart. Not so for Groove Fest – this year saw the inaugural edition the festival in mid September. But what makes it so special? The setting, that’s what. Right in the heart of [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts 22.09 – 23.09 – Fabric, Rhythmatic and Rhythmatic Afters.
September 28th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his weekly jaunt at Fabric, Rhythmatic and the Rhythmatic afters… Hey and [...]
Camiel Daamen loses himself in love…
September 27th, 2012Camiel Daamen – Lost In Love Eklektisch http://imbernonmusic.com/eklektisch/ Camiel Daamen arrives to the forefront of Edu Imbernons Eklektisch label and certainly catches the eye with summery house vibes. Recently producing tracks for the likes of Flash, Piekip and Klofgeist – Camiel has come into his own as of late supplying us with his own stamp [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 14.09 – 16.09 – FOUND, Spilt Milk and The Hydra
September 20th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was partying at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at FOUND, Spilt Milk and The Hydra Hey and welcome back to Jammy’s [...]
John Dahlback “Sing That”
September 20th, 2012As the sound synonymous with John Dahlback’s home nation continues to explode worldwide, the always-innovative producer is already one step ahead with ‘Sing That’; an uber-cool, fresh & groovy club destroyer specially designed for Toolroom that plays on the subtle nuances that originally defined, and [...]
Warehouse re-opens to huge props…
September 19th, 2012So another summer is over, which always leaves a tear in most party goers eyes, but not when your a fully fledged member of the the London inventive music scene. The capital has seen many a club come and go over they years but only the cream rises to the top. The Warehouse can safely [...]
Piemont release ‘Viewstar’
September 19th, 2012The German duo release their next release ‘Viewstar’ 6th September Vinyl and 13th September on digital. The German duo Frederic Möring-Sack and Christian Jonquieres have been releasing music under their very own labels since 2007. Their musical knowledge and background have span many a genre including edits within the Hip-hop and composing cultures. Abstract loops [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 07.09 – 08.09 Stroboscopic Artefacts Showcase, Zombie Soundsystem and Cartulis Day!
September 16th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Hey and welcome back to Jammy’s Jaunts! I had a few [...]
CHOICE CUT: John Tejada ‘The Predicting Machine’
September 14th, 2012Returning for a second album on Kompakt, Tejada creates a masterful meld of futurist electro breakbeats and deep tech- his best in years.
LS City return with two huge records…
September 13th, 2012The return of LS City LS City is back! The label of love set up by DJ and producer Jamie Fisher as a way of having complete control over the music he releases, rather than being at the mercy of various other label bosses, has showcased plenty of city talent as well as names [...]
FACE step it up for their final summer event…
September 13th, 2012The Rainbow have just announced their huge Autumn and Winter line ups – including the likes of Annie Mac, SBTKRT & Scuba to name a few. But before we get to that star-studded cast Birmingham stalwart soiree FACE closed out the summer with an exclusive 5 hour set from the legendary big hitter and pioneer [...]
Lee Curtiss ‘Lunatic Fringe’
September 13th, 2012Never the king of subtlety, Lee Curtiss delivers explicit lyricism, big noises and bumbling basslines for Visionquest. Late night music for freaks no less.
Waifs & Strays ‘Love On Another’
September 13th, 2012Leftroom Limited delivers another cut of house music sounds, this time pairing rising stars Waifs & Strays with Matt Tolfrey and Huxley.
DJ Tennis feat. Pillow Talk ‘The Outcast’
September 13th, 2012Life And Death man DJ Tennis teams up with another face from the label, Pillow Talk, on the infamous Kompakt, with a remix from Metro Area’s Morgan Guest.
Brownstock sets a new benchmark…
September 12th, 2012Brownstock Festival 2012 Brownstock Festival 2012, held on the Brown family’s farm near South Woodham Ferrers in Essex, opened its gates for three days this weekend. Over 5000 musicians and festival goers descended on the farm for the 2012 event, the most ever seen at the festival. The main stage was headlined by Labrinth [...]
DJ Linus ‘KB’s Groove (Kris Wadsworth/Analogue Cops rmxs)’
September 8th, 2012Kris Wadsworth and Analogue Cops offer two new interpretations of DJ Linus’ 1997 hypnotic house music anthem, but in the end you really can’t touch a classic.
Rework ‘Werewolf EP’
September 8th, 2012Quality Playhouse style house music from Rework after a five year gap in production work, with remixes from Remain and Magda to boot. Quite the offer then.
Retrac ‘Shades EP’
September 8th, 2012All manner of tech house and techno sounds are offered up on the latest from an imprint rapidly establishing a reputation, none of which are obvious.
CHOICE CUT – The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry ‘The Observer In The Star House’
August 30th, 2012Dub legend Lee Scratch Perry and what remains of The Orb put their heads together and manage to come up with the downbeat album we’ve been looking for.
DJ Sneak ‘The Best of Robsoul Vol. 2′
August 30th, 2012Nine classic DJ Sneak tracks arrive via Robsoul Recordings. It’s house music, and very good at that- what else do we need to say?
Aqob ‘The Red Planet EP’
August 28th, 2012Space-age techno of the curious, not pounding variety, three original tracks and one remix offer twinkling keys, a chorus of strings, and strange euphoria.
Untold ‘Change In A Dynamic Environment Part 3′
August 28th, 2012The Hemlock bossman returns to his own label for the third in his Change series, part sound art, part harsh but engaging techno fodder, it’s really rather good.
Various Artists ‘Contemporary’
August 28th, 2012James Braum, Brandt Brauer Frick, MHM One, Muff Deep and 2400 Operator all feature on this fine compilation from Copenhagen’s esteemed house and techno label.
Kevin Saunderson ‘The Sound’ (Jay Lumen Remix)
August 21st, 2012Kevin Saunderson – ‘The Sound’ (Jay Lumen Sacred Sounds Remix) RELEASED: 20/8/2012 (Beatport Exclusive) Detroit techno legend Kevin Saunderson sees his seminal piece of House history ‘The Sound’ reworked with originality and admiration by the amazingly versatile and setter of trends, Jay Lumen. A mainstay of house music and respected as an all round pioneer, [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 10.08 – 12.08 – Spilt Milk, Hypercolour showcase, Jaded, Byrds, Above Zero & Cartulis Day
August 17th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Spilt Milk, Hypercolour showcase, Jaded Byrds at Cargo and Above Zero meets Cartulis Day! Hey and welcome to Jammy’s [...]
No Dial Tone ‘About You (feat Djamila)’
August 16th, 2012House music of the truly stand out kind, The Classic Music Company issues another classic via Norway’s No Dial Tone. Hypnotic, vocal, and absolutely essential.
Hand Plant ‘Gone Ghost’
August 16th, 2012Hand Plant / Gone Ghost Vinyl / Digital Disco Bloodbath Recordings / Released August 2012 What does it sound like? Ben Pistor, of Disco Bloodbath note, and Sam Watts, best known as one-half of Maxxi Soundsystem, come together to realise a veritable meeting of minds that’s rather difficult to categorise from the outset. Filtered, [...]
CHOICE CUT- Logreybeam ‘Perhaps’
August 16th, 2012It’s not electronic, or at least not really, nor does it have any beats. Don’t worry though, Logreybeam’s Perhaps is the best thing we’ve heard this month.
Farr Fest gets a big thumbs up…
August 13th, 2012Caroline Earles tells all about the boutique festival Farr… If you come into the woods tonight you’re in for a big surprise…A place where anything goes and where everyone is welcome, so long as you play by the rules that is. Arriving at the festival I couldn’t help but feel the heavy presence of security. [...]
Darius Syrossian ‘My Side Project EP’
August 2nd, 2012Two excellent tracks, one jacking the other rather driving and acidic, arrive from Darius Syrossian. House music all night long then.
Maya Jane Coles & Shenoda (Huxley Rmxs) ’1Trax Three- Huxley Sampler’
August 2nd, 2012Maya Jane Coles & Shenoda / 1Trax- Three Mixed by Huxley (Sampler) Vinyl 1Trax / Released August 2012 What does it sound like? Rising UK star Huxley remixes two tracks from fellow youthful trendsetters Maya Jane Coles and Shenoda, as included on Huxley’s addition to the 1Trax mix series (number Three). With names like that on [...]
Mark Knight leads the charge at the newly refurbished Evoke…
August 1st, 2012Tasha Remington takes a close look at the newly refurbished Evoke Nightclub with Toolroom head honcho Mark Knight leading the bill… British hero Mark Knight isn’t normally renowned for his homecoming gigs, the superstar DJ is a frequent traveller playing the biggest clubs and festivals on the planet. Not just that, he is now proud [...]
Grant Nelson presents Departure Lounge ‘Time Ties’
July 31st, 2012Grant Nelson, a chap who’s familiar with words like UK, garage, Wishdokta, DJ, Vibes, and ‘ardcore, launches a new label to showcase a more soulful, deep house.
Ibiza Underground 2012
July 26th, 2012Absolutely loved this latest offering from Toolroom.. Mix 1 is smooth and deep, perfect to start the day or at 4am at the afterparty! Look out for Hauswerks ‘Flawless, easily my favourite tune of mix 1.. quality solid warm dancefloor groover! Mix 2 doesn’t disapoint with a slightly more chunkier mix with some quality exlusives. [...]
Various Artists ‘Heidi Presents Jackathon Jams’
July 25th, 2012First lady of house music ropes in three other ladies, namely Maya Jane Coles, Miss Kittin and tINI, for techno, house music, and something in between the two.
dOP ‘Kisses’
July 25th, 2012dOP / Kisses Vinyl / Digital Circus Company / Released July 2012 What does it sound like? Opener Your Feelin’ is a typically soulful, vocal led outing for the artistes in question- imagine Chicago in Berlin and you won’t be too far off the mark, irrespective of the fact these producers hail from neither locale [...]
Bicep, Ejeca and Omar Odyssey ‘You / Don’t (inc. Steffi Remix)’
July 18th, 2012Will Saul’s Aus serves up tracks from Bicep & Ejeca, Bicep and Omar Odyssey, and a third Steffi remix for its latest release, ravey house music par excellence.
AKRA ‘AKRA Sounds Vol.1 (inc. Neville Watson Remix)’
July 18th, 2012A new London imprint arrives with sounds from AKRA, AKA Nick Woolfson, of DFA and Mule Music fame. Don’t expect any disco or straight deep house though.
Various Artists ‘Modeselektion Vol. 2′
July 18th, 2012Addison Groove, Egyptrixx, Jan Driver, and Diamond Vision all deliver as Modeselektor unveil another prime selektion of bass music and other beats.
S_W_Z_K ‘S_W_Z_K’
July 7th, 2012Dark, sparse techno is rarely this good, though when Berlin superclub Tresor and Swayzak man David ‘Brun’ Brown got together it was always going to be heavy.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 29.06 – 01.07 – Tilanbiik, Pokerflat Records, Spilt Milk, Cartulis Day & Jaded
July 5th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunts at Tilanbiik, Pokerflat Records night, Spilt Milk, Cartulis Day and Jaded afterhours. Hey and [...]
Radioactiveman ‘Waits and Measures’
July 2nd, 2012Keith Tenniswood delivers his fourth album under the Radioactiveman moniker, and we rather like the electro breakbeats contained therein.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 23.06 – 24.06 – Fabric & Jaded
June 29th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at Fabric on Saturday night Jaded at Cable [...]
Stumbleine ‘Ghosting’
June 28th, 2012Recent focus of our imprint interview series, Around the world in 80 labels, Hija De Colombia release eight tracks of chill-wave from Bristolian Stumbleine.
Taragana Pyjarama ‘Tipped Bowls’
June 23rd, 2012Nick Eriksen unveils his debut, which arrives on Kompakt, and brings with it lush soundscapes, from glitchy downbeat to strange but engrossing house music.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 15.06 – 17.06 – Fachwerk Showcase, Lost Souls & Jaded Ovum Special
June 22nd, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at the Fachwerk Showcase at Hidden on Friday, [...]
CHOICE CUT: Steve Rachmad ‘Secret Life of Machines’
June 22nd, 2012Steve Rachmad / Secret Life of Machines: Remastered and Remixed Digital / Vinyl 100% Pure / Released June 2012 It’s not a cop out, or an indictment on modern production (necessarily) to highlight a re-release as dance music’s new arrival du jour. Or at least we don’t think so, anyway. Way back in 1995 [...]
Hideo Kobayashi ‘Was It A Dream?’
June 18th, 2012Driving and potentially panic inducing techno being the order of the day from Jerome Sydenham Japanese cohort Hideo Kobayashi. Best hold on tight then.
Various Artists ‘Watergate 11: Solomun’
June 18th, 2012Solomun delivers old skool treats as he adds to Watergate’s burgeoning mix series, highlights coming in the shape of English-French hip hop and electro breaks.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 08.06 – 10.06 – Toi Toi 2nd Birthday & Jaded
June 15th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at the Toi Toi Musik 2nd Birthday Celebrations [...]
Superpitcher ‘Moon Fever Remixe’
June 8th, 2012Two years after the Kilimanjaro LP Superpitcher’s Moon Fever gets some excellent remixes from Gluteus Maximus (of Gus Gus) and Lawrence.
Soul Clap ‘EFUNK: The Remixes’
June 8th, 2012Slow Hands & Tanner Ross steal the show as No Regular Play, and DJ Kon & The Whiskey Baron help re-think Soul Clap’s electro funk album.
Various Artists ’22 Digit- Remixed, Remastered, and Re-Released Vol 2′
June 8th, 201222 Digit Records present a remix package featuring the likes of Pedramovich, Melos & Kyber, Ruthit, Tom Ellis, Michael McLardy,YokoO Crystal, and many more.
Frankey & Sandrino ‘Comeback EP’
June 1st, 2012Warm, deeply textured house music, filled with the kind of timbre to raise a neck hair or two, is what to expect on the latest from Dubai’s Audio Tonic imprint.
Huxley & Sam Russo ‘Jamma’s Basement’
June 1st, 2012Quality deep house sounds from dark to jacking on the latest limited release two tracker from Leftroom, via Huxley and Sam Russo.
CHOICE CUT- Tomas Barfod ‘Salton Sea’
June 1st, 2012Who Made Who drummer and all round musical trophy boy Tomas Barfod unveils his latest solo long player, and it’s full of really, really good electronic music.
Toolroom Records Ibiza 2012 Vol. 1
May 29th, 2012As the Ibiza season kicks off, Toolroom Records present the ultimate start to your summer with ‘Toolroom Records Ibiza 2012 Vol. 1’. Watch the video teaser online here: http://bit.ly/2012IB You can order your copy here now! click on any of these links iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/toolroom-records-ibiza-2012/id526402687 Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/toolroom-records-ibiza-2012-volume-1/912428 Toolroom Shop (Digital): http://www.toolroomrecords.com/shop/toolroom-records-ibiza-2012-vol-1 Toolroom Shop (CD): http://www.toolroomrecords.com/shop/toolroom-records-ibiza-2012 [...]
Ukkonen ‘The Isolated Rhythms Of…’
May 25th, 2012Impressive and slightly otherworldly, Ukkonen’s Isolated Rhythms seem to be exactly what the dubby doctor ordered. One to check for sure.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 18.05 – 20.05 – Cocoon, Spilt Milk, Cartuli’s Day, Jaded…
May 24th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at ‘Cocoon Heroes’ at Electric Brixton, ‘Spilt Milk’ [...]
DJ W!ld ‘I’m Not Human EP’
May 21st, 2012France’s rising house music star unveils the sampler from his second album, on which Darius Syrossian quite possibly steals the show with his fresh remix.
Ben Sims & Kirk Degiorgio ‘Machine’
May 21st, 2012Sims & Degiorgio’s London party, focused on a ‘new techno only’ policy sees an eponymous label launched, and the results are as impressive as you’d hope for.
A Sagittariun ‘Born Under 22 Stars EP’
May 21st, 2012Bristol’s best new techno imprint continues in fine form with mysterious main man A Sagittariun delivering four more tracks of interesting space age techno.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 11.05 – 13.05 – A History of Detroit, Hauswerk, Mooch, Jaded…
May 18th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at ‘A History of Detroit’ at the Rhythm [...]
Jimmy Edgar ‘Majenta’
May 11th, 2012Sleazy and perfectly suited to the summer months, Jimmy Edgar’s third album boasts some quality electro-funk styles, and we like it a lot.
CHOICE CUT – I:Cube ‘M Megamix’
May 11th, 2012I:Cube delivers his fifth studio album in the shape of a disorientating mix of production work that’s a sure fire winner if you ask us. Proper stuff no less.
Craig McWhinney ‘Heavy Stemmed EP’
May 3rd, 2012Mr McWhinney drops two slices of low-end heavy house music packed with beats and bass, repetitive loops and nods to everything from Mr G to dubstep. We like.
Mohn ‘Mohn’
May 3rd, 2012Kompakt’s Wolfgang Voigt and Jorg Berger get together again for another attempt at pushing things forward, Steve Reich style. Better yet, it works.
Jammy’s Jaunts: 27.04 – 29.04 – Electric Deluxe & Jaded
May 2nd, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt at 4 Years of Electric Deluxe at Electric Brixton followed [...]
Jammy’s Jaunts: 20.04 – 22.04: Fabric & Jaded
April 27th, 2012Jaunt (jônt, jänt) n. A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing Plain and Simple’s roving reporter/man about town and clubbing addict Jammy brings you his eye view of the events he was shuffling at in the last week… This time he spent his jaunt watching OVR at Fabric followed by his weekly instalment of [...]
Jay Bliss ‘The Art of Doing Nothing EP’
April 24th, 2012An EP of reassuringly nondescript music specifically for the dancefloor forms the latest from Jay Bliss, complete with a rather rare Petre Inspirescu remix.
CHOICE CUT: Kellerkind ‘Basement Story’
April 24th, 2012Kellerkind delivers his first LP and there are plenty of highlights worth mentioning, with his original production work boasting a very high standard indeed.
Mr G ‘Danceholics EP’
April 24th, 2012Mr G returns on the brand new imprint from London party Holic. It’s typically warm, summertime house music, dropping into darkroom tech with bite.
DeadEcho ‘Made For You EP (James Teej & Tim Paris rmxs)’
April 13th, 2012DeadEcho returns to My Favourite Robot with three tracks of electro, breakbeat, house, and Boompty Boomp house music, with James Teej and Tim Paris remixing.
Various Artists ‘Fabric 63: Levon Vincent’
April 13th, 2012US underground hero Levon Vincent delivers the next instalment of Fabric’s mix series. It’s minimal, stripped, dubby, sparse techno-house fare, which is good.
Sean Roman ‘The Moan (MANIK, Waifs & Strays remixes)’
April 10th, 2012Sean Roman offers a dirty slice of electro house funk stuff, whilst Plain & Simple favourite MANIK gets on the remix tip, with Waifs & Strays doing the same.
Chris Carrier ‘Thrashin EP’
April 5th, 2012Chris Carrier does what he does best by delivering three cuts and a remix of dirty old house music, complete with hypnotic hooks and a side of 80s power drums.
CHOICE CUT- Motor ‘Man Made Machine’
April 5th, 2012A host of exceptional collaborators get on board with Motor’s new LP, not least Depeche Mode’s Martin L. Gore, music legend Gary Numan, and Billie Ray Martin.
The Warehouse 33rd Birthday
April 3rd, 2012A birthday for any big club is always going to be a special occasion, whether it be your 1st, 10th or 33rd like it was for The Warehouse this past weekend. The club has a special history with the likes of Oasis, Stone Roses and even the worlds biggest club act all performing their hits [...]
Safeword ‘West Portal’
March 30th, 2012West Coast flavours abound on Bad Animal’s second vinyl release, which comes from San Francisco duo Safeword, and boasts hypnotic sirens, acid hooks and more.
Plankton ‘Edding EP’
March 30th, 2012Marseilles based producer Plankton delivers three driving cuts, but Mark Broom steals the show with a compelling refit of the title track. Solid techno stuff.
CHOICE CUT- Lukas Greenberg ‘Essence of Me’
March 28th, 2012CHOICE CUT Lukas Greenberg / Essence of Me CD / Digital Plastic City / Released March 2012 It’s obvious Greenberg started life as a hip hop DJ, considering the contents of this, his third LP offering. Similarly, after listening, it should surprise few that his career spans decades (and therefore stylistic trends) within the techno [...]
Dan Curtin ‘Stolen EP’
March 23rd, 2012Stalwart Dan Curtin teams up with fresh faced Bristol imprint Leviathan Sounds to deliver the best piece of warehouse sounding house music so far this year.
Tomas Barfod ‘Broken Glass’
March 23rd, 2012WhoMadeWho drummer Thomas Barfod goes solo on Friends of Friends with two tracks of sublime electronica and percussive house sounds, with remixes to boot.
Jimmy Edgar ‘This One’s For The Children’
March 23rd, 2012Mr Edgar returns with the first sounds we’ve heard in over 18 months, delivering a slice of electro-sleaze for dancefloors, and broken glitch for elsewhere.
Ben Sims ‘Slow Motion (with Rob Hood, Skudge, Rolando rmxs)’
March 15th, 2012Skudge, Robert Hood, and Rolando all remix Ben Sims, and create this bumper package of techno. Mechanical funk, minimal, and mainroom rarely sound this good.
Sasha and James Teej ‘Bring On The Night EP’
March 15th, 2012The Man Like joins a man who’s liked by everybody right now, not least us Simpletons. Sasha and James Teej’s EP is proggy, groovy, and deep, in the right way.
CHOICE CUT- El_Txef_A ‘Slow Dancing In A Burning Room’
March 15th, 2012We can’t pronounce his name, what with all the underscoring, but still, El_Txef_A’s debut LP is a fine meld of warm hip hop, melancholy house, and electro.
Samaan ‘Circle (with Vince Watson remix)’
March 8th, 2012Belfast’s Samaan returns on the increasingly impressive Fullbarr imprint with Vince Watson on remix duties, making for an impressive techno focused house outing
Area ‘Where I Am Now’
March 8th, 2012Chicago producer and WNUR radio host M50 arrives with his debut album in his Area guise; a very well constructed piece of deep dub house and minimal techno.
Jim Rivers ‘Airport Vultures’
March 1st, 2012Jim Rivers looks to finally dispel any notion that he’s just a prog head with a debut album of Detroit inspired techno and house music of a high standard.
Various Artists ‘Little Helpers Vol. I: Mixed By Butane’
March 1st, 2012An understated mix of chugging locked techno grooves and deep but dirty house music B-sides makes for a refreshing change- well worth investigation.
CHOICE CUT- Scuba ‘Personality’
February 29th, 2012Paul Rose’s third album references everything from early rave to deep and dirty breakbeat, but somehow winds up coming across completely unique.
H.O.S.H. ‘Life Is Music Is Life’
February 16th, 2012Diynamic man H.O.S.H. arrives with a brand new EP for 2012, taking things down dark pop avenues whilst also making us chuckle (though maybe not on purpose).
Review of [Moh-Teef] with Margaret Dygas at Cable’s new sister venue “Relay”
February 10th, 2012Despite the snow grinding everyone to a halt, the weather certainly didn’t dishearten the [moh-teef] faithful. The discerning Dygas fans dragged themselves over to London Bridge and one clubber even travelled three and half hours to get there; this was destined to be a great party. Saturday night was the launch of London’s newest weekly [...]
Radioactive Man ‘Engine EP’
February 7th, 2012Artist: RADIOACTIVE MAN Title: ENGINE EP Label: WANG TRAX Release Date: Physical Feb 6th / Digital Feb 13th Exciting times in Electro land as we see the return of Radioactive Man and I think it’s safe to say he is well and truly back on form with latest release on newly formed label WANG Trax. [...]
Kid Suda ‘Lovest E.P’
February 7th, 2012Kid Suda: Lovest EP Label: Raw Format Release Date: Friday 10th Feb 2012 Having spent the last four years in Barcelona and previous to that two years in Stockholm you might think Kid Suda is something of a bi-polar character, fortunately this isn’t the case. Kid Suda is back in the UK and ready to [...]
CHOICE CUT – Blue Fields ‘Ghost Story’
February 6th, 2012Cynosure boss Mike Shannon, classical guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto, and vocalist Fadila unveil Ghost Story, a deft meld of house, electronica, and Balearic moods.
Toolroom Knights mixed by John Dahlback
January 31st, 2012Well, where do i start.. Ive been listening to a lot of house/tech house recently and was beginning to get a bit despondent with it all until i was lucky enough to receive a copy of the latest toolroom mix by John Dahlback. In one [...]
Locked Groove ‘Rooted’
January 26th, 2012Tim Van de Meutter releases his first 12″, on Hotflush no less, and seems to pick up where his boss Scuba left off on Adrenalin, before the acid kicks in.
The Mole ‘Love Is The Way’
January 26th, 2012The Mole emerges from his winter slumber to deliver a typically leftfield outing into disco-tech, bluesy breaks, and epic ambience on Haunt Music.
Luke Solomon ‘Ultrasound (with remixes)’
January 25th, 2012British house music hero Luke Solomon returns on a rather weird, wholly compulsive, deep acidic tip, with great remixes via the much respected Fullbarr imprint.
Nitin ‘Latenightlife remixes (Brett Johnson, Subb-an…)’
January 23rd, 2012Canada’s finest imprint of late continues on top form, introducing world sounds to the house music mix via Columbian outfit Sexteto Tabala. Quality stuff.
Various Artists ‘Inner Circles Vol 1′
December 22nd, 2011The latest Lower East release comes in the shape of a compilation featuring retro-tinged house music from Lee Brinx,Dexter Kane & Gav Memnos, Cozzy D and more.
WhoMadeWho ‘Inside World’
December 22nd, 2011WhoMadeWho return following their mini-album this year with the first taster from a new LP due February. Quality electronic disco, Hercules style house music.
UMEK & Christian Cambas ‘Heroes of the Night’
December 22nd, 2011UMEK & Christian Cambas get together for a 1605 cut that’s epic, groovy, proggy, techno edged electro bigness, complete with a somewhat wonkier Pleasurekraft remix.
Laidback Luke and Sander van Doorn ‘Whose wearing the Cap’
December 19th, 2011Superstar DJ’s Laidback Luke and Sander van Doorn get ready to go head to head on their stellar collaboration ‘Who’s Wearing The Cap’. Already hot property, this track is about to get even more colossal as remixes come in from A-Trak, North Base, Gianni Marino, Hizzleguy and Mata. With an intriguing name ‘Who’s Wearing The [...]
CHOICE CUT- Anomie Belle ‘The Crush’
December 7th, 2011Seattle’s Anomie Belle reignites the trip hop flame, sort of, by self-releasing a beautiful downbeat, melodic, sometimes sombre and ever engrossing album.
Radionasty ‘Radionasty’
December 7th, 2011Billy Nasty and Keith Tenniswood release a self titled double-A sided Radionasty electro cut on the brand spanking new label from Fabric’s Craig Richards.
Umek & Beltek – ‘Out Of Play’ -Toolroom Records
December 5th, 2011-Two of Techno’s undisputed titans, Umek & Beltek return to Toolroom Records with undoubtedly one of the most eagerly anticipated artist albums of 2011, ‘Out Of Play’. This dynamic duo has quite literally devastated dancefloors this year with their pounding productions cleaning up the download charts on countless occasions. Umek has cemented his status as [...]
Maya Jane Coles ‘Don’t Put Me In Your Box’
December 1st, 2011Woman of the hour Maya Jane Coles offers her last EP before an album next year, delivering unarguably strong house music fit for basement bars and clubs alike.
The Analogue Cops ‘The Purple EP’
December 1st, 2011Chicago, Detroit, old and new school, electro and broken beat meet thanks to Italian duo The Analogue Cops who deliver this homage to classic house and techno.
Detroit Grand Pubahs ‘Sandwiches’ (Ben Sims, Killa Productions Remixes)
December 1st, 2011Detroit Grand Pubahs, Kings of electro oddness, invite techno heros Ben Sims and Paul Mac to remix their sleaze anthem ‘Sandwiches’. Thighs like butter indeed.
Melohman & Javi Bora ’Calle Cala’
December 1st, 2011Spaniards Melohman and Javi Bora, no strangers to places like Ibiza and labels like 20:20 Vision, return to Upon You for another bout of tech house.
Planetary Assault Systems ‘The Messenger’
November 17th, 2011Techno legend Luke Slater isn’t reinventing the wheel on his latest LP, which will be music to the ears of anyone after firm, rolling, mainroom futurism.
My Favourite Robot ‘Unplugged’
November 15th, 2011Canada’s My Favourite Robot cap off an impressive year of releases, this time taking things on an electro tip via shoegaze tech house. Click for more.
Sepalcure ‘Pencil Pimp’
November 11th, 2011Ahead of their debut LP Sepalcure offer a taster on Scuba’s Hotflush Recordings. One side’s dark, new-school beats, the other track’s on a summery garage vibe.
Joel Mull ‘Sensory Remixes’
November 10th, 2011Dustin Zahn, Martinez, Steve Rachmad and Heiko Laux, Agaric, and Aril Brikha deliver five solid remixes inspired by the techno delights of Joel Mull’s album.
CHOICE CUT – DJ Cam ‘Seven’
November 7th, 2011Cam returns with his seventh album. Veering from Earthy folk to jazzy downbeats, smoky hip hop instrumentals and electronic blues it’s his best in some time.
Jaguar Skills & DJ@War – 9 Levels Of Power inc. Remixes
November 6th, 2011Jaguar Skills’ highly anticipated debut release, alongside production partner DJ@War has finally landed! Taken from his acclaimed ‘Toolroom Knights’ album, ‘9 Levels Of Power’ comes complete with a devastating remix package that reflects the mysterious masked Ninja’s versatility as a DJ. Jaguar Skills & DJ@War’s original mix is a bass heavy onslaught, packing a powerful [...]
Paul Woolford & Psycatron ‘Stolen’
October 27th, 2011Futurist vibes from Psycatron and Paul Woolford who come together to create something that straddles dubstep, techno, electro, and tech house with great success.
Nadja Lind ‘Brain Candy’
October 27th, 2011Nadja Lind’s debut album arrives on Lucidflow, the label she runs with regular production partner Helmut Ebritsch, and it’s an understated dubby tech beauty.
A Sagittariun ‘The Circle Stops Somewhere (& MD2 Rmxs)’
October 21st, 2011New Bristol imprint Elastic Dreams gives nothing away with its first release, but A Sagittariun’s The Circle Stops Somewhere is good enough to speak for itself.
Various Artists ‘Live & Remastered Ministry of Sound 20th Anniversary Boxset’
October 21st, 2011Various Artists ‘Live & Remastered mixed by Larry Levan, David Morales, Todd Terry, Kenny Carpenter, and Justin Berkmann: Ministry of Sound 20th Anniversary Boxset’ CD Ministry of Sound / Released October 2011 What does it sound like? The world’s first superclub (or, to Manchester residents and former Hacienda regulars, the second) digging up the [...]
CHOICE CUT – Ben Sims ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
October 21st, 2011A few decades in the making and UK techno legend Ben Sims has finally put out a full length album, melding quality house grooves with runaway darkroom stormers.
Pedramovich ‘Deal With It EP’
October 14th, 2011House via tech, Chicago, and dream-like jazz is offered from Iranian born Sheffield-based producer Pedramovich, with remixes from Clement Meyer and Shenodas.
Pete Tong ‘Wardance’
October 11th, 2011For over two decades Pete Tong has been setting the standard for electronic music across the globe and ‘Wardance’ perfectly reflects this legend’s penchant for pioneering productions. Recently celebrating 20 Years at BBC Radio 1 Pete’s show continues to be an influential part of dance music culture. Available now at Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/wardance/815101 ‘Wardance’ is driven [...]
Scuba ‘Adrenalin’
September 28th, 2011Hot Flush bossman Scuba drops three extraordinarily difficult to turn off cuts that bounce along with the electro house disco breaks groove one would expect.
The Midnight Perverts ‘Hooker’s Door’
September 23rd, 2011Atmospheric is one word for this very appealing little trio of stripped, spooky house, oddball club pop and smooth soulful grooves from the Dame Music favourite
CHOICE CUT – Spencer Parker ‘A Gun For Hire’
September 23rd, 2011LP debutant Spencer Parker has a bagful of tricks honed through releases on labels such as Crosstown Rebels, Buzzinfly, and Ovum, and a great tech house album.
Electronic Youth ‘Beetle Juice EP’
September 23rd, 2011RustemRustem and Leisuregroove Electronic Youth via Sander Kleinenberg’s This Is Recordings, delivering two decent doses of bottom heavy tech house music.
Roll The Dice ‘In Dust’
September 19th, 2011Stockholm’s Roll The Dice offers a new LP on Leeds’ Leaf Label, and takes us on a journey through a piano-led ambient urban dystopia that’s quite breathtaking.
Slam ‘Area 51′
September 9th, 2011Slam follow up their Drumcode release from earlier this year and again get our heads bobbing with another two doses of classic techno for the Swedish imprint.
Pangaea ‘Hex b/w Fatalist’
September 9th, 2011Pangaea serves up two old school broken beat tunes, pairing the rude boy b-line led Hex and the looped vocals therein with Fatalist’s MC and snare skank.
Wiretrapper ‘Everybody Loves Ice Cream EP’
September 5th, 2011Bedrock issues a triple header that’s one in the eye to those that still think the label’s progressive house past dominates its contemporary sound.
NOCHEXX ‘Savage Herald b/w Charro’
September 5th, 2011Giving up on digital and focusing on analogue kit NOCHEXX delivers one slow groover, and another hectic frenzy. It’s all electro, just like you remembered it.
CHOICE CUT – Cosmin TRG ‘Stimulat’
September 5th, 2011The talk of modern Bucharest unveils his debut album, Stimulat, and shows how to make contemporary bass music sound like timeless techno.
Floorplan (A.K.A. Robert Hood) ‘Sanctified EP’
August 24th, 2011The critically acclaimed producers is back in the house, quite literally, under his Floorplan. So that’s amphetamine funk hard house and gospel techno then. What more could you ask for?
Underworld ‘Dark and Long (Christian Smith remixes)’
August 24th, 2011Tronic bossman and European techno hero has his way with the Underworld cut from 1994, bringing the progressive house anthem up to date without ruining it.
Terranova ‘I Want To Go Out’
August 24th, 2011The mighty (and old enough to know better) Terranova return with a piece of work that’s amongst the finest acid house arrangements we’ve heard in some time.
Sepalcure ‘Love Pressure (XI, Falty DL, Jimmy Edgar, Daedelus, Lando Kai remixes)’
August 24th, 2011Five notable names from the genres often lumped together as ‘bass culture’ do the do on Sepalcure’s best selling EP from last year, with impressive results.
Rino Cerrone ‘Man On Moon (with Mihalis Safras remix)’
August 12th, 2011In an age of relentless trend-shifting, this label not that one, and the perpetual need to keep up with those more than mildly irritating Joneses, solid, verging on blokey techno like this is becoming something of a godsend.
Cobblestone Jazz ‘Memories (From Where You Are)’
August 12th, 2011One of the most influential and forward thinking electronic acts unveils their latest slice of avante techno, and boy is it good.
Ulrich Troyer ‘Songs for William’
August 12th, 2011Industrial dub, anyone? Nodding to King Tubby as much as Swayzak, here ethereal harmonies meet the sharp edges of metallic percussion and steely hats with impressive results.
CHOICE CUT – Bahar Canca ‘The Bahar Canca EP’
August 12th, 2011CHOICE CUT Bahar Canca / The Bahar Canca EP Digital Sub Bubble / Released August 2011 One of London’s most vivacious female DJ artists, Bahar Canca stamps her authority on the production world with an accomplished debut EP on innovative label and music brand, Sub Bubble. The Turkish born International DJ’s previous tracks have gained [...]
One massive session – Freerotation 2011 in review
August 5th, 2011Take the likes of Surgeon, Cosmin TRG, Ben UFO, Pangaea, Pearson Sound, Peverelist, Roberto Q Ingram, and Vince Watson. Send them to a house in the country for three days. Turn the music up. Welcome to Freerotation.
Tom Ellis ‘Messed Up Chance EP’ (with Ruthit, William Welt & Suade remixes)
August 2nd, 2011A veritable fraternity of young, talented British house music producers come together on the equally fresh faced 22 Digit Records for a four track outing that’s percussive house, valium tech, and punchy acid in equal parts. So, a little something for almost everyone then.
Dosem ‘Origin b/w Freed’
July 31st, 2011Tronic welcomes the man we fell in love with after his recent album, Dosem, who delivers a slice of big room, synth heavy techno and dark, ethereal and brooding progressive house.
CHOICE CUT – The Units ‘Connections’
July 31st, 2011What do San Francisco synth punk band The Units, Chris Carrier, Alexander Robotnick, and Todd Terje all have in common? The answer each and every one makes great music, but put them altogether with a host of other remixers and the results are astonishing, as this electro triple pack proves.
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts ‘Ubiquitous Gaze’
July 30th, 2011The irrepressible and always unique Circus Company presents Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts’ first release since last year’s album, two tracks of jazz tinged electro and and Moodymann style house music that are well worth paying for, not least as it’s a vinyl release.
Various Artists ‘Heidi presents The Jackathon’
July 30th, 2011“Funk for your soul to make your jelly roll… one more time, droppin’ the dime”. Heidi opens the scoring with a personalised message from Derrick Carter, and then proceeds to drop 16 tracks of quality, rolling, chugging, dirty old house music without sounding dull. Honest.
Various Artists ‘Fabric 58: Craig Richards presents The Nothing Special’
July 30th, 2011The Nothing Special it ain’t, Fabric’s legendary resident returns for his third addition to the club’s world-beating mix series to deliver a choice selection of spatial techno, rolling tech and off-kilter house music like only he knows how.
Toolroom Records Ibiza Underground 2011 compilation
July 22nd, 2011‘Toolroom Records Ibiza Underground 2011’ is an essential collection of the coolest underground cuts set to take over the white isle with the perfect mix of emotive, deep & tech house music. The album contains 36 tracks from the finest artists with 9 of them exclusively produced for the compilation. One of house music’s hottest [...]
Com Truise ‘Galactic Melt’
July 21st, 2011With an opening tune called VHS Sex you should kind of know what to expect on this latest from the shape shifting Ghostly International. If you can remember when a John Carpenter soundtrack actually sounded modern, not just fresh, then this should invoke pleasant nostalgia. It’s also pretty good in its own right too.
Arkist ‘Rendezvous / Fill Your Coffee’
July 20th, 2011Arkist / Rendezvous b/w Fill Your Coffee Vinyl / Digital Apple Pips / Released July 2011 What does it sound like? Arkist might be a little less well known than the label carrying this release, but regardless there has been a steadily growing legion of appreciators that have cottoned on to the Bristolian’s rather [...]
Various Artists ‘My Favourite Robot’s Sixth Stimulus Package’
July 20th, 2011Vocals, Wiggle-esque basslines, and one hell of a darkroom shuffler make up this rather appealing six tracker from Canadian house music outfit My Favourite Robot Records.
Various Artists ‘Soul Clap Social Experiment Sampler 2′
July 19th, 2011Various Artists / Soul Clap Social Experiment Sampler 2 Vinyl No. 19 Music / Released July 2011 What does it sound like? For those who enjoyed Soul Clap’s rather infectious, groove driven Social Experiment compilation earlier this year No.19 music have kindly acquired licenses to deliver a package containing some of the highlights therein, in [...]
CHOICE CUT – John Tejada ‘Parabolas’
July 13th, 2011Tejada’s first album in a couple of years arrives, representing his first LP on the much-loved German imprint Kompakt. But is it any good? Well, if you like melodic tech house melded with deep electro breakbeats and filthy acidic rollers then yes, it is pretty damn impressive.
Lee J Malcolm ‘Folded Spaces’
July 8th, 2011Leeds’ Lee J Malcolm explodes into action on his debut LP for EPM Music. Heavy, heavy stuff, straddling techno, dark room house music, breaks and electro with all the instrumentation of any ‘one to watch’ from the world of electronica. It really is that good, we’re not kidding.
Cari Lekebusch & Joel Mull ‘Afrormosia’
July 6th, 2011Messrs Lekebusch and Mull, techno dons, getting a little bit angry, in the best kind of way and, as with well over half of Sweden’s output this year, all tunes on offer are very good.
Gavin Herlihy & Delano Smith ‘Krypton Factor EP’
July 6th, 2011A short but sweet slice of quality, deep but not dull house music courtesy of US producer Delano Smith and Briton Gavin Herlihy.
Various Artists ‘John Digweed – Structures 2′
July 6th, 2011With the past of this electronic institution reinterpreted alongside its present and future anyone with even just a passing interest in quality electronic music needs to think very seriously before leaving this collection on the shelf.
CHOICE CUT – Popol Vuh ‘Revisited & Remixed (1970-1999)
June 27th, 2011Rarely has one album offered so much to so many… The German prog rock outfit Popol Vuh are remembered ten years after the founding member died on this double disc must have. One half original work, another remixes from Peter Kruder, Jazzanova’s Alex Barck, A Critical Mass, Mouse On Mars and Stereolab are amongst the highlights. Whatever you do from here, buy this album.
BNJMN ’141′
June 27th, 2011One of Eastern Europe’s most exciting imprints returns with more less-than-obvious cuts from the world of ‘variable beats’. And, as was the case with the label’s Come On Let’s Go compilation of last autumn, more than a few different avenues therein are explored.
Parklife Weekender 2011
June 27th, 2011Plain & Simple took to Manchester’s Platt Fields Park earlier this month for two days of fun in the sun. Saturday stayed dry, though we struggled to hear things, Sunday we got soaked and had a great time. For more details read on.
One night in the Smoke
June 27th, 2011A few northerners went visit London to sightsee. Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and Fabric all being high on the agenda.
Robert Hood ‘Omega Alive’
June 24th, 2011Detroit’s original minimal techno pioneer returns with a reworking of last year’s LP, Omega. James Ruskin provides a tasty remix, and the rest of the music is Robert Hood live and unedited, delivering more stripped toughness than many naked muscle men can handle.
CHOICE CUT – Ahmet Sisman ‘Dancer in the Dark’
June 20th, 2011CHOICE CUT Ahmet Sisman / Dancer in the Dark Vinyl / Digital Stock5 / Released June 2011 The Blurb. With a string of killer releases on Cocoon, Lessizmore and Dumb-Unit, Ahmet Sisman’s dynamic style incorporates all that is good about quality club music right now, fusing next-level studio skill with power, movement, and some serious [...]
Cinnamon Chasers ‘Science (Remixes Part One)’
June 20th, 2011Synth poppers Cinnamon Chasers offer an eight strong pack of cuts from their recent LP, with half coming in the form of distinctly more club focused electro remixes when compared with the source material.
Lee Mortimer ‘Bass Cntrl EP’
June 20th, 2011Electro house man Lee Mortimer opens fire on listeners with three tracks of the aforementioned genre that simultaneously reference techno, UK funky, and dubstep, while smacking you in the face with a refrained hoover. Exhausting stuff.
Matthias Vogt ‘Rudiments EP (with James Teej remix)’
June 20th, 2011Mathias Vogt’s latest two tracks come in the form of house music, boasting both jazzy groove, and darkish, spooky sentiments. Then James Teej gets on the remix to deliver something closer to the latter, only with more bite and club edginess. All good then.
Terrence:Terry ‘Like A Circle (with Bearweasel & Jon Reynolds remixes)
June 17th, 2011The Parisian house don is back, this time on a virtually brand new imprint with a deep slice of four four pie. Jon Reynolds ups the ante with a smooth, groovy, chunky interpretation, while Bearweasel drops something a more of a classic tip.
Presk ‘and Cut b/w Mold’
June 17th, 2011Straight from the jungles of nu-school dance comes Presk, with this cheeky double header made up of analogue hooks and juke style vocal loops. Halfway to UK funky and back, one side’s decidedly darker and that’s where our money is.
Perc ‘Wicker & Steel’
June 17th, 2011With all the subtlety of a bulldozer marauding through a country village Perc finally delivers his debut album of solid, sledgehammer techno that’s part Robert Hood, much Birmingham, and a little Berlin. Distant epic tones and juggernaut kicks then.
Lilian Hak ‘Rebels Outlaws Misfits (with Matthew Herbert remixes)’
June 16th, 2011Alternative nu-school electro jass songstress Lilian Hak’s done plenty to turn the heads of those outside her regular Dutch haunts, as she manages to get crazed studio genius Matthew Herbert in for a couple of remixes. Suffice to say it’s not for the average dancefloor
CocoDaSilva ‘Don’t Say Nothing (Say Something)’
June 16th, 2011Rui Da Silva and Chris Coco team up once again for another instalment of superstar producer dance music. Tinged with Balearic sunshine and contemporary whispered vocal house music in equal parts, it’s not half bad either.
CHOICE CUT – Dosem ‘Parallel’
June 15th, 2011A huge double album of ethereal downbeat, spanking progressive house, dubby techno, deep vocal house, and jacking tech should appeal to more than a few people. That’s why we’ve taken it upon ourselves to recommend Dosem’s latest… it’s very, very good.
Various Artists ‘Cavo Paradiso 11 Reconstructions: David Squillace’
June 10th, 2011The celebrated Mykonos club reveals its eleventh compilation, courtesy of Circo Loco man David Squillace. As such expect warm, groovy, percussive tech house, nothing more nothing less. It works, so who’s complaining?
John Digweed & Nick Muir ’30 Northeast’
June 9th, 2011The boys are back, as it were, and large sounding as ever. Old school sounds abound on this building deep chugging techno workout full of spooky plucked strings and one of those classic tracking rhythms. The acid house remix from American Abe Duque’s good too.
Esquare ‘TV Pet EP’
June 9th, 2011A rather startling triple set of tracks, or rather one track and two remixes from Sei A and Skinnerbox. Warm, shuffling and melodic electro house with a pop edge, crisp, staccato tech, and building looped dancefloor beasts are all represented on this limited release.
Ante Perry vs Tube & Berger / Ever Never
June 4th, 2011Ante Perry vs Tube & Berger / Ever Never Digital Great Stuff Recordings / Released June 2011 The Blurb: 3 stars of Germany’s house and tech scene come together for this mesmerising new release. In the Blue Corner: Ante Perry, an eclectic producer and multi-talented chap who counts some sizable anthems amongst his discography, [...]
CHOICE CUT – Matt Williams & Mark L’ Hat – Mellow EP
June 3rd, 2011CHOICE CUT Matt Williams & Mark L’ Hat / Mellow EP (with Remixes by Weekend Heroes and Bahar Canca) Vinyl / Digital Sub Bubble / Released June 2011 Following the success of the underground tech grooves of “Creation Of Your Mind” by Bahar Canca and Matt Williams; comes the “Mellow EP”. This release sees Matt Williams, [...]
CHOICE CUT – Manik ‘Armies of the Night’
May 24th, 2011Josh Wink’s outfit introduces Manik; a native New Yorker whose first album is partly inspired by cult movie The Warriors. It’s also got some quality instrumental hip-hop, acid house, tribal beats, and tech druggyness. Not half bad for a first attempt.
Mark E ‘Stonebreaker’
May 23rd, 2011Wolverhampton’s finest export Mark E finally serves up his debut album on the acclaimed Spectral Sound. Solid, chunky house, groovy downbeats and launching techno are the order of the day, all presented in a proud and purposeful way.
Tommy Tempa ‘The Quixotic EP’
May 23rd, 2011A twenty-odd minute EP made up of seven intertwined tracks is served up by Tommy Tempa, a chap who has already caught the attention of Gilles Peterson and the like. Strange electronica, rooted in hip-hop, funk, breakbeat and glitch is one way to put it.
Secret Cinema ‘Minerals’
May 23rd, 2011After 18 years in the game Jeroen Verheij releases the first album on his year-and-a-half-old imprint, Gem Records. There’s flying Dutch techno in an early Timo Maas, Marco Carola vein, and beatless bliss on the collaborative disc with Mental Youth.
Andy Mac ‘Everytime/Asteroid Belts’
May 20th, 2011The garagey dubstep anthem finally gets a full vinyl release, and it’s just as warm, industrial and acidic as we all remembered.
Brawther ‘Do It Yourself EP’
May 20th, 2011The ten year old Secretsundaze crew launch a new imprint, bringing a young Parisian to the fore. Brawther’s production is warm, deep and polished- everything you’d expect from music made on vintage kit. George FitzGerald’s remix is great too.
Sleeparchive ‘Ronan Point’
May 13th, 2011The man responsible for putting the fear factor back into stripped techno returns, this time on Germany’s Tresor. As one would expect the result sounds a little like Surgeon getting nasty, sitting in that place dubstep came from, well before the MCs.
Midland ‘Through Motion’
May 13th, 2011Techno and garage in one? Well yes, kind of. Midland unveils the uplifting, old school referencing ‘Through Motion’ on Aus Music along with gritty darkroom builder ‘Shelter’. Downloaders also get a remix of the former from Chicago’s Tevo Howard.
Agaric & Walker ‘Chase’s Dream’
May 9th, 2011Agaric, fresh from his acclaimed LP Who Made Up The Rules, teams up with Walker for a release on Dumb Unit during the imprint’s 10th Anniversary Year. Chunky beats, heavy basslines and distant melodies come together on three examples of tech quality.
Various Artists ‘Panorama Bar 03: Vinyl Exclusives’
May 6th, 2011Steffi, Soundstore and Hunee team up for a triple header of house from one of Berlin’s most renowned labels. The latter two serve up stripped electro and boompty boomp house respectively, while the former goes for a soulful vibe, and winds up making a classic.
John Tejada ‘Unstable Condition’
May 6th, 2011He’s back. One of the greatest producers in modern day American dance music returns, this time making his first appearance on one of the best labels in the world, Kompakt, ahead of his forthcoming album. And a right techy, housey, spacey treat it is too.
Jesper Dahlback ‘Thermal Voltage (1&2)’
May 6th, 2011Jesper Dahlback adds to his already weighty portfolio with this techno four tracker of analogue hooks on Cari Lekebusch’s H Productions.
Eric Kupper ‘Bloom’
May 6th, 2011Old school man Eric Kupper, who cut his teeth working with Frankie Knuckles, Arthur Baker, David Morales and a few more returns, this time on Francois K’s usually impressive Wave Music. And the results here are in keeping; quality deep house that actually moves.
CHOICE CUT – Proviant Audio ‘Real Love Tastes Like This’
May 6th, 2011Norway’s incredibly young, and incredibly talented Proviant Audio drops his album, and it’s everything that was promised. Blissful downtempo house, barbecue hip hop and syncopated funk, fans of Jazzanova, Lemon Jelly, Kruder & Dorfmeister et al need this.
Wehbba ‘Full Circle Remixes’
May 4th, 2011Brazil’s Rudolfo Wehba allows a few friends from Christian Smith’s Tronic imprint to re-work his Full Circle album of last year, with the label boss, 2000 and One, Psycatron, Samuel L. Session, Joseph Capriati, Peter Horrevort and more on remix duties.
Various Artists ‘Souvenir Records / Tiefschwarz: In The City’
May 4th, 2011Tiefschwarz recognise five years of Souvenir Records with In The City, a double disc compilation of exclusive tracks and a mix CD, featuring work from Nico, Ruede Hagelstein & Naneci, Elle P & Iftah, Audiofly, Psychonauts, Sebbo, Re.You, Jaw, Adam Port and more.
Hiroshi Watanabe ‘Sync Positive’
April 29th, 2011Hiroshi Watanabe, the Japanese Berklee Music College graduate, and producer also know Kaito and Nite System releases the second artist under his own name on Greek label Klik Records. A sublime collection of dubby, deep and occasionally euphoric house and tech.
Komaton ‘Dehunt EP’
April 29th, 2011A scuzzy, druggy, rock n roll influenced melancholic tech outing, that should appeal to fans of Arnaud Rebotini, Andrew Weatherall, Young Knives, MGMT, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, house music, shuffling techno and general electronic goodness.
Various Artists ‘Balance 018: Nick Warren’
April 25th, 2011Four fours that are at once futurist and filthy, while not being afraid of a breakdown or two, Way Out West man Warren’s acclaimed ability to blend music musically is showcased to great effect on a mix that’s progressive house for the techno age.
CHOICE CUT- The Revenge ‘Reekin’ Structions’
April 25th, 2011The Revenge’s first album drops, a collection of re-edits of disco tracks from Mid-Air, Velvet Hammer, The Joneses, Chapter Three, and Vance & Suzanne, here turned into staccato house with lyrical loops, electro with a lunging low end and more. Summer’s here.
Bullion ‘You Drive Me To Plastic’
April 25th, 2011Bullion is back with more bizarre, funk-infused, hip hop friendly, experimental electronica. This time it sounds like Kate Bush in a washing machine with the Lethal Weapon soundtrack, Thievery Corporation and electronic disco, if that makes sense. Quality stuff.
Heib ‘Into the Dark EP’ (inc. Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner and Lula Circus remixes)
April 22nd, 2011Good quality minimal techno with remixes that offer deep warmth, and crescendo filled stripped back electro via Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner, and Lula Circus respectively.
Various Artists ‘Body Music Vol.10 mixed by M.A.N.D.Y.’
April 22nd, 2011A jazzy, piano and live instrument filled mix of deep-ish four fours that meanders from sluggish warm-up fare to broken electro, chugging tech, bumbling weighty house, to spacey techno.
Various Artists ‘Freude Am Tanzen 5zig Compilation’
April 18th, 2011From hypnotic house to dubstep inspired techno, ambient spoken word and downbeat grooves it’s all here, and everything’s as memorable as it should be. Germany’s Freude Am Tanzen’s 50th release should satisfy Deutsche disciples and Euro-sceptics alike.
Jay Tripwire feat Alexander East ‘Do Me This Way EP’
April 18th, 2011In 2004 the legendary Jay Tripwire unveiled his soulful, deep house classic ‘Do Me This Way’. It’s now re-released, with some chugging, toybox tinkering, hypnotic remixes from MarcAshken, DeadEcho and Prezzner. Quality electronic music no less.
Tony Lionni ‘Take Me Higher EP’
April 15th, 2011As with any good EP, there’s nothing here that’s not usable, and little to risk ruining a set. Straight up house music that works.
CHOICE CUT- Prommer & Barck ‘Alex & The Grizzly’
April 15th, 2011CHOICE CUT – Prommer & Barck / ‘Alex & The Grizzly’ CD / Digital Derwen Recordings / Released April 18th 2011 An album with a cover so fitting it’s as if the image came first. Or maybe the title. Chicken or egg, the contents are the same- deep, downbeat, jazzy electronica that’s so full of [...]
Slam ‘Crowded Room’
April 15th, 2011The Scottish legends serve up some old school sounding techno on the A, and then get drummy on the B. Both tracks for the heads, fans of Sweden, acidic synths and heavy kick drums take note.
Various Artists ‘Fabric 57: Agoria’
April 15th, 2011France’s finest producer returns triumphant after his last LP to add another string to the bow with the next Fabric mix. Tracks from Cottam, Mark E, Eisbar, and, believe it or not, Ella Fitzgerald all appear on a journey from dub to house, techno and, er, jazz.
Tech D ‘Subway’
April 15th, 2011One of Russia’s finest imprints again delivers a disturbingly good slice of proggy pie, this time from Tech D. Like a peak time basement about to explode it’s all about preparing people for whatever comes next with pure deep house and techno atmosphere.
Nitin ‘Latenightlife EP’
April 8th, 2011This is why we love house music and club sounds so much. From the vocal stabs, lunging synth, and shuffling beat of the opener, to the breakbeat electro, soulful robotic four fours and John Carpenter stylings thereafter. Great Canadian electronic music.
Arnaud Rebotini ‘Personal Dictator’
April 8th, 2011To those looking for some full-throttle, power-electro of the Black Strobe variety, we say here it is, boasting remixes from The Hacker, Mixhell and Motor, with a slice of underground pop tagged on the end to steal the show.
Various Artists ‘The Achromorphe’
April 8th, 2011Three tracks of dark, atmospheric techno, or rather two, and one post-apocalyptic movie soundtrack. Scary, limited edition stuff.
GaBLe ‘CuTe HoRSe CuT’
April 8th, 2011Part experimental indie rock, part late afternoon festival electronica, and, oddly, part child’s storytape gone wrong, Gable describe their sound as ‘luxury DIY’. This one won’t be for the majority, but those that get it will no doubt fall in love shortly after.
Proviant Audio ‘Hey Let’s Do It (inc. DATG, Jay Shepheard and Daco remixes)’
April 4th, 2011He’s young (apparently), and (definitely) very, very talented. As Norway’s newest electronic protege Proviant Audio is a name you’ll no doubt be hearing more from in the coming months, and this style switching track of electronic soul, hip hop, funk and disco proves why.
Ricardo Villalobos, Los Updates & Anthony Collins ‘Joli Chat EP’
April 3rd, 2011Two tunes, both nearly 13 minutes long. And no, this isn’t one of those mashup ‘tunes’ that splices together two minutes of ten different tracks. It is, however, two tracks of low-slung, druggy and drummy strolling techno of the minimal variety.
Peverelist ‘Dance Til The Police Come b/w Fundamentals’
April 2nd, 2011Leeds’ finest post-millennial export company welcomes one of our favourite artists from the nu-breed for a double header that’s got ‘universal’ stamped on the sleeve. Think ravey, think breakbeat, but, most importantly, think mainroom bass music with no fart noises.
2562 ‘Fever’
April 2nd, 2011Holland’s most esteemed bass music producer unveils his latest LP, on his new When In Doubt imprint. It’s not fast, but it is pretty clever, seen as everything from the acid-tinged off-beat techno to the dubstep riddims is constructed from disco samples. Not that you can tell.
Various Artists ‘Sounds Like Alola Vol I & II Mixed by Omid 16B and Demi’
March 28th, 2011Various Artists / ‘Sounds Like Alola Vol I & II Mixed by Omid 16B and Demi’ CD Alola / Released March 28th 2011 Those who aren’t deeply excited by this double release (technically two albums) should check the facts, and figures. Omid 16B’s Alola is a firm part of UK dance music history, having provided [...]
Psycatron ‘People In Glass Houses’
March 28th, 2011“We wanted to try something on a slightly dubbier tip than our usual fare and had been listening to lots of old European techno from the early 90′s at the time.” And they’re not kidding. Psycatron’s brief explanation of the thought process behind this release is pretty apt.
Various Artists ‘DJ Kicks: Wolf + Lamb v Soul Clap’
March 25th, 2011Two of the hottest DJ pairings in the world right now land on one of the finest compilation series in the world for nearly 30 tracks of sublime, soulful and downright sexy moods. Featuring Greg Paulus, Art Department, Zev, H Foundation, and many more.
DJ T ‘The Pleasure Principle’
March 25th, 2011DJ T returns alongside a quality crop of collaborators, not least James Teej, Carl Golden, Dave Aju and Jaw, to deliver an album of swaggering house seen in the reflection of a disco ball dripping in e-funk. In short, druggy dancefloor material.
Josephy Capriati ‘Save My Soul Remixes (Cari Lekebusch / Marco Bailey / Fergie / Hans Bouffmyhre)’
March 19th, 2011A stellar cast of remixers do the job on rising star Josephy Capriati’s Save My Soul. Think Fabric Room 2 and you’re almost there.
Moodymanc ‘Black Paint (& Larry Heard Rmx)’
March 19th, 2011It’s unclear whether either artist or remixer really needs an introduction. Moodymanc’s one of many contemporary toasts within the house community, and Larry Heard is, well, Larry Heard. Put them together to get a fine, hypnotic club brew.
The Advent & Industrialyzer ‘SCH EXP’
March 19th, 2011Techno stalwart The Advent joins forced with Industrialyser to serve up some seriously 3am sounds via Cari Lekebusch’s H Productions. Not for the fainthearted, this isn’t so much drilling as it is terrifying, so proceed with caution (and a bottle of water).
Crazy Penis ‘A Nice Hot Edit With’
March 19th, 2011The UK legends unveil the eagerly anticipated remixes pack to their stunning 1997 debut, A Nice Hot Bath With. The reworkings come from Greg Wilson, Brennan Green, Yam Who?, Ray Mang, Flash Atkins, Rune Lindbaek, PBR Streetgang and Faze Action.
Various Artists ‘Fabriclive 56 mixed by Pearson Sound/Ramadanman’
March 19th, 2011Various Artists / Fabriclive 56 mixed by Pearson Sound/Ramadanman CD Fabric / Released March 21st 2011 One glance at the 30-strong tracklist for this latest in Fabric’s beats and breaks offshoot series makes two things pretty clear. Fresh sounds abound, and they’re going to come thick and fast. A bass heavy tune-up steps into an [...]
All Blocked Up
March 19th, 2011With Guido, Untold, Joy Orbison, Modeselektor, Ramadanman, Ben Klock, Claude Von Stroke, Addison Groove, King Midas Sound, dOP, Four Tet, Aphex Twin, Billy Nasty, The Advent, Oscar Mulero, Vitalic, Jacques Green, Matthew Dear and Laurent Garnier.
Sebrok & Tassilo ‘Maschine (& Sian Rmx)’
March 7th, 2011So this is Tresor resident Sebrok and Tassilo Ippenberger of Pan Pot appearing on Christian Smith’s Tronic imprint. If you can imagine what that sounds like, you’re probably not too far off the mark: dark techno driving with some urgency.
Dave Vega feat Seth Troxler ‘The Woes of Me’
March 7th, 2011Robert Johnson resident Dave Vega arrives with his first release on Exone alongside Detroit poster-boy Seth Troxler, a package that offers deep tech house warmth, rolling bass-driven techno and more epic, trance infused stylings.
Various Artists ‘EPM 10′
March 4th, 2011Our friends at EPM unleash their label with a compilation of original productions to celebrate 10 years in the game. With Robert Hood, Mark Broom & James Ruskin, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Orlando Voorn, Alexander Robotnick, RadioNasty, Sandwell District…
Agaric ‘Who Made Up The Rules’
March 4th, 2011We Love’s main man arrives onto Josh Wink’s Ovum with a collection of music that’s almost the definition of modern tech. So how it manages to be so engrossing is anyone’s guess. Deep, infectious grooves abound.
Loadstar – ‘Space Between’
March 4th, 2011Loadstar / ‘Space Between’ Vinyl / CD / Digital RAM / Released 21st February 2011 In a similar vain to the Chase & Status Ft. Plan B track ‘End Credits’ Loadstar’s Space Between is a brilliant fusion of mellow acoustics, catchy sing-a-long vocals and an unmistakably infectious drum ‘n’ bass rhythm In theory, tracks like [...]
DJ Marky – ‘Good Old Days’ and ‘Secret Place’
March 4th, 2011DJ Marky & Makoto / ‘Good Old Days’ Vinyl / CD / Digital Released: January 2011 Official Innerground Records ‘Good Old Days’ There isn’t much here for someone searching for a refreshing take on the drum ‘n’ bass genre but what you do get is a solid seven minutes of wonderfully constructed bass, melody and [...]
Various Artists ‘The Napoli Connection’
February 28th, 2011Adam Beyer’s Drumcode sets its sights away from Sweden to showcase some of the finer exports coming out of Italy’s west coast. Sasha Carassi, Luigi Madonna, Rino Cerrone and Mark Antonio all feature. Driving techno abound.
Bunny Lake ‘Army of Lovers’
February 28th, 2011Bunny Lake / ‘Army of Lovers’ Digital Klein Records / Released February 28th 2011 Hailing from Vienna, Bunny Lake received critical acclaim for the recent long-player, The Beautiful Fall, with this single being take from said album. As is the digital way, five alternative versions, or remixes and some might say, are included on the [...]
Tony Rohr ‘Oddlantik Avenue’
February 25th, 2011Tony Rohr / ‘Oddlantik Avenue’ CD / Digital / Vinyl H Productions / Released February 28th 2011 Brooklynite Tony Rohr makes his album’s title make sense with this ten-tracker on Swedish don Cari Lekebusch’s label. Or does he? While it’s true the stereotypical Big Apple sound is more soulful than scary, and opts to be [...]
Various Artists ‘Fabric 56 mixed by Derrick Carter’
February 25th, 2011How do you possibly put down on CD what it’s like to see a stocky Windy City veteran leaping around the booth, tearing through vinyl at a rate that’s often difficult to comprehend? With difficulty, is the answer. But, as is proved here, it is possible.
Various Artists ‘Social Experiment 002 mixed by Soul Clap’
February 25th, 2011What a wonderful thing a good mix album is. Particularly when it can be enjoyed in a multitude of situations. With broken house and balearic wunderkinds Soul Clap at the helm, No.19′s latest is a fine example of eclecticism that works. Imagine.
Pangaea ‘Inna Daze’
February 25th, 2011It’s good to see the originators aren’t losing the plot then, as Hessle Audio boss Pangaea reminds us why we fell back in love with Leeds, delivering two worthwhile dubstep outing that both nod to classic rave and moody breakbeat.
Omid 16B ‘Rain b/w Passion of Zorro’
February 25th, 2011Powerful, hypnotic and atmospheric are three other words that come to mind, meaning you could be forgiven for thinking John Digweed has something to do with it. Damn fine prog leaning techno, or house music (ahem) on Bedrock Records.
Chaim ‘Alive’
February 18th, 2011They say there’s a renaissance occurring in ‘real’ house music. We’re not sure, but in recent times plenty of people have been turning that dancefloor sound into quality home listening material.
Jan Van Damm ‘Everyday Feeling’
February 18th, 2011After just a few years in the game then, Munich based Jan Van Damm takes the brave step to set up his own outlet with three tracks of straight up techiness. And he manages to pull it off.
Suriusmo ‘Mosaik’
February 18th, 2011Suriusmo / ‘Mosaik’ Vinyl / CD / Digital Monkeytown Records / Released 25th February 2011 Modeselektor’s label isn’t known for the expected, and the guy behind remixes for names ranging from Scissor Sisters to A-Trak and Munk was never going to bring out a normal album after spending so long creating chaotic sounds in short [...]
Zwischenwelt ‘Paranormale Aktivat’
February 18th, 2011Probably not best suited to a dinner party, once you’ve got over the initial fright, there’s every chance you’ll be using this cold wave electro outing again, albeit when the time is right.
Rainbow Arabia ‘Without You’
February 18th, 2011Synth pop makes a welcome return at Kompakt as Los Angelino duo Rainbow Arabia explode with one of the finest pieces of montage-worthy, epic and emotive electronica produced this side of 1984.
Audiofly ‘Fela’
February 18th, 2011From the home-listening A, to the club cuts B and C, the first track from Audiofly’s new album, with remixes from Tiefschwarz and Davide Squillace, is all good, so expect anything from this to be soundtracking a variety of parties over the next few weeks.
Marc Romboy ‘Overture’
February 18th, 2011It’s with something of a death synth that the latest from this German techno producer turned dance music A&R builds out of Christian Smith’s Tronic stable. And we really do mean build.
Simon Li ’50-80 EP’
February 11th, 2011German DJ an promoter Simon Li kicks things off on Edgar Jack’s brand new label with a slice of fine shuffling house. Low slung rhythms and muted organs rule as we’re treated to two original tracks, met with three rather enticing remixes, one of which comes from Akufen.
Robert Hood ‘Alpha’ (James Ruskin Remix)
February 11th, 2011Detroit techno legend Robert Hood gives Britain’s own James Ruskin a chance to take on ‘Alpha’, taken from last year’s Omega Man inspired album. As is obvious, these are not for the faint-hearted rhythms that spank and punch their way out of camp M Plant.
Marco Bailey ‘Dragon Man’
February 11th, 2011Where do you begin with a new album from Marco Bailey? Do you wonder what this, his first full length release on Digweed & Muir’s Bedrock Records will sound like? Or, do you forget about it, quaff some hard liquor and party to the soundtrack?
Joel Mull ‘Sensory’
February 11th, 2011After 18 years of output Mull’s latest arrives on Adam Beyer’s Truesoul. It deserves some serious attention, though as the contents show, the craftsman behind it is more concerned with keeping his head down, and making the tunes that count.
Various Artists ‘Great Minds’
February 7th, 2011Manchester’s enigmatic Mind On Fire has been responsible for promoting a diverse range of nights, while compiling original productions from like-minded locals onto numerous CD-Rs. So it makes sense the micro-imprint’s vinyl debut showcases such diverse work.
Yann Stricker ‘Urban Circus’
February 6th, 2011All round Swiss big cheese Yan Stricker is back with another slice of stereotypically groove infected tech goodness on his own imprint. It’s not the most prolific label, but when the quality is this good, as it so often is, who really cares.
2562 ‘Aquatic Family Affair b/w This Is Hardcore’
February 4th, 2011They say repetitive dance is on the wane, and the culture surrounding such darkened rooms has changed. With that in mind, it’s good to see so many practitioners continuing to put out music that sounds like it were made on a factory floor.
Contakt ‘Not Forgotten’
February 4th, 2011First timer Compakt busts out of New York with a double whammy of dubstep but not dubstep, house tinged dance music that defies description, but should give fans of tribal rhythms, spiralling synths and heavy low-ends plenty to shout about.
Agoria ‘Impermanence’
February 4th, 2011Agoria / ‘Impermanence’ CD / Digital Infine Music / Released February 7th 2011 Opening with Kiss My Soul, the mesmerising beauty of vocalist Kid A is such that you could be forgiven for thinking this was her own LP. But, even if that were the case, you’d still be wondering who was responsible for the [...]
How To Dress Well ‘Love Remains’
January 28th, 2011Tom Krell opens up his scoring with Tri Angle’s first album release, and a new blueprint for contemporary R&B. Or should that be electronica? Whatever the genre, we know what the result is. Fans of Imogen Heap, early Jamie Lidell, and Burial take note.
Various Artists ‘Mosaic Vol 1 (Exit Records)’
January 28th, 2011dBridge, Scuba, Instra:mental, Skream, Commix, Consequence, Code 3, Loxy & Resound, Skeptical and Genotype are amongst the artists showcased on this double discer from Exit Records, proof of widespread life in the drum n bass scene well below the commercial sea level.
Cari Lekebusch & Jesper Dahlback ‘Hands On Experience’
January 28th, 2011Another week, another mass of muscular Swedish four-fours. This time H Productions boss Cari Lekebusch teams up with latter day legend Jesper Dahlback to deliver an EP that’s made with just one thing in mind- the dancefloor.
Stuart Sweeney ’16:9′
January 28th, 2011Sound artist and music veteran Stuart Sweeney unveils his debut solo work, a collection of blissful ambience and Ableton orchestras that doesn’t forget about words like ‘enjoyment’, ‘form’ and ‘structure’. Like a heavy breath of opium, it’s impressively relaxing.
Jerome Sydenham ‘Trombipolution EP’
January 23rd, 2011The Nigerian born, British raised, New York matured and Berlin based techno stalwart returns to Adam Beyer’s Drumcode for a muscular start to the New Year.
Robag Wruhme ‘Wuppdeckmischmampflow’
January 23rd, 2011One of Germany’s most innovative dance imprints kicks off another 12 months of (hopefully) worthwhile long-form work with a mix from the man responsible for the Wighomy Brothers. As you’d expect, it’s a jazzy, smoked out, and pretty damn atmospheric tech house affair.
Audio Soul Project ‘Hipshake Heartache’
January 19th, 2011Chicago’s legendary Mazi returns with the second Audio Soul Project album, a fine, sexy collection of house, US garage and beach bar R&B that’s the very proof that 2011 is looking set to be the year dance music went home, as American artists experience a real resurgence.
Joel Mull ‘Holographic EP’
January 18th, 2011Drumcode’s sister label offers a sneak peak at the forthcoming album from techno legend Joel Mull. The LP track is also joined by a further two tunes, both of which ensure this release belongs in your box, regardless of whether the new long-player is pre-ordered.
DiDark ’30 EP’
January 18th, 2011Damien D’Arcangelo returns on is own imprint to blow us away with a storming slice of decidedly dancefloor focused, driving tech house. Peak time being made in exactly the way it should be.
Paul Ritch ‘Spoke’
January 18th, 2011Adam Beyer’s imprint welcomes Quartz label boss and star of the Drumcode Warehouse Party in London Paul Ritch for a three track outing of take no prisoners, locomotive and steam engine driven techno that should appeal to any fans of the Swedish model.
Chase and Status ‘No More Idols’
January 16th, 2011It’s hard to ignore the colossal impact the d’n’b/dubstep duo Chase and Status have had on music, both in Britain and on a global scale, in the past 18 months. From producing smash hit heavyweights like Rihanna and Snoop Dogg, with Drake and Jay-Z in the pipeline, Saul Milton and Will Kennard return with a [...]
Daft Punk ‘Tron Legacy Soundtrack’
January 14th, 2011At the helm of the Tron Legacy soundtrack is the dynamic French duo Daft Punk, renowned for bringing pop, electro, disco and dance together into one distinctively iconic style. Yet, despite the anticipation, the final product feels as if the pair have simultaneously taken the task head-on whilst remaining unsure about adapting their sound to [...]
Emerson Todd & Jonny Cruz ‘Kiwi & Coconut Pie EP’
January 4th, 2011Emerson Todd & Jonny Cruz help My Favourite Robots Records celebrate 30 releases with two tracks of sunbaked, beach bar house, and dubby, underground electro. That London’s Jozif then gets on a remix tip with one of the originals makes it all worthwhile.
Tony Rohr ‘Verb Is The Word’
January 4th, 2011Brookyn’s Tony Rohr responds to an open invitation from Cari Lekebusch with a deliciously infectious techno two-tracker on H Productions, our second favourite Swedish imprint.
Walker Barnard ‘Follow the Smoke EP’
December 31st, 2010Santa Fe-come-Berliner Walker Barnard’s EP offers up a truly unique sounding package. Clovis’ remix is brooding and a little scary, not to mention abstract, while Ryan Crosson steals the overall show with a building break-stepper that screams hands in the air monotony.
Roberto ‘Logical Progression EP’
December 31st, 2010As Jamie Anderson’s Artform celebrates 13 years of Detroit and Chi-Town inspired cuts Roberto unleashes his Logical Progression EP, with shades of Marcel Dettmann, Pendle Coven, Christian Smith, Ben Klock, Robert Hood and a sedated Jeff Mills cast over all four tracks. Nice.
DeadEcho feat MarcAshken ‘She’s All Over Me’
December 24th, 2010A return of witty vocal samples, DeadEcho and MarcAshken get together to deliver a slice of abusive, sleazy house music dedicated to an irritating girl in e in a club. Remixes from Jay Haze, MarcAshken, Pedramovich, 102nd Century and Clio provide great support.
No Regular Play ‘Serious Heat EP’
December 24th, 2010With more than a few shades of Wolf + Lamb, Greg Paulus and Nick DeBruyn stroll out of the deep disco-tinged house box with a sleek, sexy and smoothe EP that benefits from Shaun Reeves and Art Department’s input on the remix front. Electronic music for the arty masses.
Sillyboy ‘Played’
December 22nd, 2010Sillyboy, a rookie Greek producer, borrows a little from the likes of Jape, The Beta Band, Shit Robot and Captain Comatose to bring something new-sounding that Andrew Weatherall would be proud of.
Mark Broom & James Ruskin ‘ Blueprint 031′
December 17th, 2010We’re talking 21st Century soul music that’s still got one foot in Detroit, while another stands firmly placed on British soil. The perfect solid stocking filler if ever ther was one.
Art Bleek ‘Art Supplies’
December 17th, 2010One from the box marked ‘oddity’, there’s a lot going on here. We call it funk-hop-house-sleaze-n-blues, but see what you think.
Vollmer & Brendel ‘Influenze’
December 16th, 2010We’ve caught the Lust und Freu.de Musik debutants red handed leaving some addictive toybox techno under our turntable tree. Remixes from Someone Else and Antonio Olivieri included in the box.
Juan Zero ‘The Zero EP’
December 16th, 2010Martyn-esque melodies make sure everything’s sounding bang up to date, while muted organs stab their way from the recesses of every house heads memory.
caTekk & Patrick Pulsinger ‘Vintage Love’
December 12th, 2010You’ll be better off with this release in your box.
Groove Assassin feat. Tantra Zawadi
December 10th, 2010PROMO OUT NOW ON TRAXSOURCE! http://www.traxsource.com/index.php?act=show&fc=tpage&cr=titles&cv=75858 Groove Assassin ft. Tantra Zawadi ‘Love Seeker’ Gotta Keep Faith Records (Italy) GKF085 http://www.www.gkfrecords.it http://www.grooveassassin.com Italy’s Gotta Keep Faith Records welcome one of the UK’s most in demand DJ/Producers to the stable, Groove Assassin, with a sublime new monstrous single featuring Tantra Zawadi who delivers a mean spoken word. [...]
Various Artists ‘Joachim Spieth presents Selected 6′
December 5th, 2010Affin rounds off another year with a glance back over the last two, and a collection of tracks from the imprint’s catalogue. Quality sounds courtesy of Alessio Mereu, Tom Pooks, Alex James, Dirty Culture, and a few more.
Various Artists ‘Retake One Vinyl Sampler’
December 3rd, 2010On the heels of Panorama Bar and Tresor resident Dave DK’s November mix come three definite highlights to own on black plastic. Fine tech house cuts courtesy of the man behind the mix, Citycobra and Alex Bowman
Laid Back ‘Cocaine Cool’
December 3rd, 2010Laid Back continue to groove after 31 long years. A slice of 80s electro of the sleazy, ‘cooking’ variety and nothing short of a classic at that, look no further if you want to catch some beats with a smile.
Mat le Star & Chris Peinado ‘Murky Waters’
December 3rd, 2010With just over a year behind it Superbeat offers a release from label boss Mat le Star, alongside Chris Peinado. Rare in its relentless proggyness, that it’s backed with some acid flavours is a nice little bonus.
Patrick Siech ‘Crude’
December 3rd, 2010Drumcode take one step closer to the new year with yet another release of trademark techno. But with signature traits as tasty as Beyer’s imprint, who would ever ask for anything else?
J Alexander ‘Endless’
November 25th, 2010If Derrick May, Adam Beyer, Laurent Garnier and Timo Maas are all converted, then it’s safe to say something’s gone right.
Manaboo ‘Delinquent b/w SB Massive’
November 25th, 2010Manaboo, aka Brendon Moeller, returns with a sly slice of intelligent dubsteppy techno, backed with an equally cunning, roots inspired broken beater. London’s Immerse continue to release in fine style.
Raiz ‘Keep Secrets’
November 25th, 2010James Ruskin’s reworking steals the show, and deservedly so as this isn’t a case of one decent track amongst three run of the mill cousins.
Various Artists ‘This Time It’s Various’
November 24th, 2010These should all find themselves worthy of attention from anyone interested in deep, shuffling, melodic sounds. The problem is, with so much of that around, it’s an audience already spoilt for choice.
David E Sugar ‘Memory Store’
November 24th, 2010The latest UK urban poet of electro pop has arrived. And it’s not too bad an effort either. Less Mike Skinner and more Matthew Dear remixed by Hot Chip, with extra guitars, David E Sugar’s done a pretty decent job.
Various Artists – ‘Earthbound: Surfing The Apocalypse’
November 18th, 2010This should be grabbing heads from more than a few avid fan camps, and making them part with their hard earned cash.
Alex Niggeman & Rico Padice ‘Samurai Blades EP’
November 7th, 2010Here it’s less about 12am and more focused on ‘who-cares-o’ clock’, as the bar-room vibes fall by the wayside, in favour of a warehouse flavour constructed from retrospective toms, clashing cymbals, claps, snares and synth stabs
Terry Lee Brown Junior ‘Labyrinth’
November 5th, 2010Terry Lee Brown Junior / ‘Labyrinth’ Vinyl / MP3 Plastic City / Released November 11th 2010 Terry Lee Brown Junior is a name you may be aware of. He’s certainly been around the block a few times, as 2010 marks his 14th year with the Plastic City camp. If you have heard Norman Feller’s moniker [...]
Dennis Ferrer presents ‘The Red Room’ EP
November 2nd, 2010Dennis Ferrer – The Red Room by Objektivity Dennis Ferrer needs no introduction. An icon in both the house and techno communities his roots run deep across the spectrum of electronic music. What we have heard from Dennis over the years since his early releases on Synewave to Madhouse, Large Records, King Street, Defected and [...]
John Tejada & Josh Humphrey ‘Pal 061′
November 2nd, 2010Not too hard, not too soft, definitely techno, and almost certainly house. In short, what more do you want?
Peder ‘Dirt & Gold’
November 2nd, 2010It’s really, really hard to think of a time we’ve felt more like we’re in New Orleans, without being anywhere near the Big Easy.
Various Artists ‘Modeselektion Vol 1′
October 31st, 2010This is a compilation made up of artists concerned with a more intelligent side to bass culture, excited by depth as much as shattered subs and broken bins.
GO!DIVA ‘Avis/Decreet’
October 29th, 2010GO!DIVA / ‘Avis b/w Decreet’; Perc, Jan Stricker remixes Vinyl / MP3 !Organism / Released November 1st 2010 You’d be right to be a skeptic when it comes to DJ contests. It’s not really that kind of thing, for the majority of people at least. And, in all honesty, the sorely missed Muzik Bedroom Bedlam [...]
Defected In The House Tokyo ’11
October 29th, 2010Studio Apartment and Rae compile and deliver mixes of quality, depth and personal flavour. DJ Masa of Studio Apartment features brand new releases from the likes Gregor Salto, DJ Gregory and Andre Torquato Project. But Masa isn’t just about the freshest music, here he includes tracks that have become anthems in the clubs of Tokyo; [...]
White Light from Groove Armada – Out Now
October 27th, 2010Groove Armada’s blistering new album, White Light, is out now across the UK and Europe. The album comprises live studio re-workings of tracks from Black Light. Click below to order your copy: CD from HMV (£6.99 inc delivery) Also available on iTunes White Light will be released in North America on October 25th and Australia [...]
Smiley’s Revenge (Get Ready For The Uproar!)
October 27th, 2010Currently stirring up the dance community on Facebook with the Smiley’s Revenge (Get Ready For The Uproar!) group, early adopters of Together’s ‘Hardcore Uproar (Take Me Back)’ anthem include Danny Rampling, Graeme Park and Craig Dimech, who are already gearing up for the release of the acid house classic and have pledged their allegiance to [...]
Bot’Ox ‘Babylon By Car’
October 26th, 2010Like two ninja assassins carrying synths through the shadows, Bot’Ox have come from relative obscurity to unleash what may well be the finest collection of nob-twisting, skillfully sequenced and difficult to define tunes 2010 has offered so far.
Psycatron ‘Celestial Symphony’
October 26th, 2010Genre classics like Substance & Vainqueur’s Emerge 2 spring to mind, such is the relative complexity of the seemingly disjointed dubby cogs at work here
Federoco Locchi & UGLH ‘Be House’
October 26th, 2010One for the floor, with just enough thought applied to stand out in a crowd
Nima Khak ‘Peppercorn b/w Grind It Out’
October 23rd, 2010Any limbs in earshot should rightly feel propelled by a blend of dread and drive.
Various Artists ‘Get Physical 8: Mixed by Thomas Schumacher’
October 23rd, 2010A bass-heavy, dirty, half-jacking yet half-smooth collection of 19 tracks, proving that no matter which side of the production fence you favour, Get Physical has had some mighty, mighty fine moments to date.
Various Artists ‘Deep Sensation Volume III: Mixed By Nick Harris’
October 21st, 2010Those after a slice of warm, punchy pie will quickly realise the hunt is over.
Deepak Sharma & Dieter Krause ‘The Great Lawn EP’
October 19th, 2010The pair deliver a fine cut of eerie techno on their own New York label.
Munk ‘Mondo Vagabondo’
October 17th, 2010Mathias Modica has crafted a release as innovative as anything from the early experimental era of this often hit and miss sound.
Pulshar ‘Inside’
October 16th, 2010An album with one foot in the Caribbean, and another on America’s West Coast while both hands firmly stir the melting pot of international dance music.
Various Artists ‘Fabric 54: Damian Lazarus’
October 15th, 2010Damian Lazarus – the LA based but London born musical chameleon – proudly presents the 54th offering in the fabric compilation series. Having graced the international dance music circuit since his time pushing artists on City Rockers, Damian’s fruitful career has seen him hone his talent to become one of the most in demand players [...]
Magnetic Man Debut Album Has Arrived
October 13th, 2010Magnetic Man – Magnetic Man Album out Monday 11th October The experimental nature of the ambitious Magnetic Man project is a product of several years of individual successes and a collective determination to bring the genre of Dubstep to the masses. The dubstep supergroup, as they have been coined, consists of Benga, Skream and Artwork [...]
Various Artists ‘The Sound of Norway’
October 13th, 2010It retains a wholly magical feel that could only come from a nation blessed by the Northern Lights.
Free Krafty Kuts Track
October 12th, 2010A few days ago we bought you the event news of an evening with Krafty Kuts at Counter Culture, a pop up club by the Thames, which will be hosting a series of parties of the next three months, with a function 1 soundsystem tucked into its two arches. To celebrate next weekend’s shindig [...]
DJ Cameo mixes Ayia Napa Reunion 2010
October 12th, 2010Ayia Napa’s thriving Summer music scene has become a culture all in itself, drawing thousands of ravers to its shores every year. DJ Cameo is one of the UK’s most prominent DJs overseas throughout the Summer months representing British urban music. The Ayia Napa Reunion 2010 CD is a collection of some of the biggest [...]
Fausto Messina ‘Jesa’
October 7th, 2010Milanese Messina’s first release on Lust may stick to its guns, but it sticks to them well.
DMX Krew ‘Wave Funk’
October 7th, 2010The latest from Londoner DMX Krew offers hallucinatory, shuffling through syrup flavours across 35 tracks of druggy electro heaven.
The Layabouts – Deep In EN5
October 6th, 2010Check out the video to the accoustic version of ‘Perfectly’, their massive new single with Shea Soul : – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrdxKm293QY And the album promo video for the album which includes an interview with boys : – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A20iDxixCY&feature=related ‘Deep In EN5’ is the brand new compilation on Papa Records of brilliant productions and remixes to date [...]
Review: Julien Parise ‘Dirty Symphony’
October 1st, 2010Top marks must to go to Kevin Scherschels, though, who rips up the Symphony rulebook, forsaking accessibility for a deep and dreamy slice of downtempo progressive trance.
Review: Aeroplane ‘We Can’t Fly’
September 30th, 2010It’s clear this particular hand is blessed with some intimidating vision.
Ida Engberg ‘Owl’s Nest’
September 23rd, 2010It’s hard to imagine a good set without these kind of high calibre, solid but understated tracks getting played.
New label STFU records launches with A Dominant Species.
September 16th, 2010Having been hotly tipped for the last few years as some of the rising stars of the breaks seen, A Dominant Species launch their own imprint this week, with the first release being their own “Run and Hide”. STFU records (shut the f*ck up), promises to deliver underground beats from breakbeat, to dubstep and drum [...]
Kinky Malinki 12th Anniversary Album
September 15th, 2010Kinky Malinki are proud to present an album to celebrate 12 years of parties all over the uk and the world. This time around we deliver a 3CD mixed album complied and mixed by Kinky Malinki favourite Kid Massive and long standing resident Grant Richards. http://www.kinkymalinki.com/albumx3CD with tracks and remixes from: ATFC, Avicii, John Dahlback, [...]
We Love ‘We Love’
September 12th, 2010The self-titled debut from Florentines Giorgia Angiuli and Piero Fragola is a showcase of serious production talent, and heart breaking, often child scaring send and return and solo vocals.
Royksopp ‘Senior’
September 7th, 2010Without coming up for a sniff of commercial air, all 41 or so minutes on this long-player are the moodiest, most mysterious and hallucinogenic release from the duo’s catalogue to date.
HiRO ‘Ruby Likes Dubstep Now’
September 2nd, 2010It’s pretty clear which way things are going from the first couple of bars, and it certainly isn’t stepping.
Review: Shed ‘Traveller’
August 31st, 2010Shed unleashes his latest long-player, and while the content may seem a million miles away from techno, scratching the surface reveals a hidden truth better than you’d dare to believe.
Good Times at Notting Hill.
August 31st, 2010I must admit, this was my first ever carnival experience. Year on year friends have told me how amazing the day was, the atmosphere, the food, the people, and of course the music. I’ve always been jealous on hearing about the rocking sound systems they’ve stumbled across and the sets they’ve seen. It’s never been [...]
Review of WHO? WHO?
August 26th, 2010Review of WHO? WHO? Fri 13th July 2010 The new night at CARGO Who? Who? was described as: “London’s original talents showcasing their band, labels, and dj collectives and much more.! For the Launch we have 2 parts the 1st with an live performance with the Modernists with full band featuring Don – E, Elisha [...]
Review: ‘Not Sitting’ Karoshi
August 22nd, 2010Rising lo-fi electronica star Mr Fogg offers up a staggeringly underground downbeat outing
Review: ‘Piece of Shh…’ Diablo Riddim
August 22nd, 2010Full points for contrast goes to Zomby, who will surprise few but satisfy many with this analogue interpretation.
A Decade of Dubstep: The Past, Present & Future of the UK’s Hottest Dance Genre
August 17th, 2010Dubstep Roots… Dubstep is one of the fastest-growing, most quickly adopted genres of the past decade with its popularity and success soaring rapidly. Originally an underground movement of music in the wake of the decline of UK Garage and a distinct and conscious distancing of itself from more similar genres such as drum ‘n’ bass [...]
cheekyweasel newsletter: Fuse Rave, Jaded, Half Baked, Underbelly, Tape
August 6th, 2010Eeee oop! Looks like its all about Sunday this week!! Lots going on so get yourself out and get dancing. Last week cheekyweasel went to Eric Prydz PYDA party and Jaded.. You can check the reviews here: PRYDA, JADED….. Laters potatoes! xx FUSE WAREHOUSE PARTY Hearn Street Car Park, 7-11 Hearn St, Shoreditch, London, EC2 3LS, [...]
Review of PRYDA Warehouse Party
August 5th, 2010PRYDA WAREHOUSE PARTY Sat 31st July 2010 Last Saturday we made the trek over the water to South London for the PRYDA night. PRYDA is the name of Eric Prydz’s label, and also his more credible, less commercial DJ moniker. It was worth the journey as we had a brilliant night, albeit a VERY sweaty [...]
The Weekend’s Reviews: JADED
August 5th, 2010JADED Sun 1st Aug 2010 After the madness over at the PRYDA party we walked (OK – staggered) round the corner to Cable. a short walk that involved picking up a huge cardboard tube and bellowing “cheekyweasel” through it at the passers by, a few collapsing ankle incidents and a short tumble into the gutter, [...]
Richard Earnshaw – ‘In Time’ Album
August 5th, 2010British multi-talented musician, producer and DJ Richard Earnshaw unveils his long awaited debut album titled ‘In Time’ on Groovefinder Records. ‘In Time’ is a glorious tapestry of soulful grooves, covering the whole musical spectrum from Jazz, Soul, funk, house and beyond! The album sees Richard reach far beyond the contemporary house productions he is well [...]
