Sebastien San ‘Drumology’

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Stripped 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.

Marcel Fengler ‘Fokus’

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Excellent debut techno album stuff from Berlin’s Marcel Fengler, marrying minimalism with some real emotion to create stripped tunes of real distinction.

Various Artists ‘Late Night Tales: After Dark’

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DJ 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.

Ruff Cherry ‘The Section 31 EP’

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Ruff 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’

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Will 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.

Lorca ‘If I Told You’

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Leeds 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’

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Ellen Allien’s inimitable label returns with another great compilation. Apparat, Chaim, Thomas Muller, Telefon Tel Aviv, and the boss lady all feature

Rainbow Arabia ‘FM Sushi’

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The 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.

Thermal Bear ‘Could Be Nice EP’

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Sasha’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’

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Ben Sims is back with another EP of solid techno business, straddling relentless assault and funk-driven groove with the usual deft production hands.