Inaugurating a new branch to Natural Sciences ever expanding family tree – the yet again cetacean-emblazoned Dolphin Traxx subdivision, UK-based producer D. Futers takes over with a catchy two-tracker fusing the best of garage-bass, breakbeat and house. Stream ‘Never Givin’ Up’ within.
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Premiere: Naduve – Ready Set Go (Saturn Memories Tahini Mix)
Saturn Memories here slackens the BPM girdle, filling the original mix’s torrid club cocktail with a pinch of cooling synth modulations melting like ice cubes. A proper chiller for the hot days.
DJ Sotofett / SVN: Current 82 (12 Mix) / Dark Plan 5
Between the forward-moving swing of SVN’s airless techno roller and the sky-scraping lift of Sotofett’s track, it’s only a matter of taste. Quality itself is a constant.
Premiere: Baaz – Kraut House
Following up to his beautifully immersive debut album ‘Red Souvenirs’, released two years ago, Office founder Bastian Volker aka Baaz emerges with the label’s eighth release, ‘Untitled 08’, a four-track EP melding subtle flowing house and deep ambient sketches with a gentle organic lean.
Bell Towers: I’m Coming Up
Since the drop of his ‘Lightrail’ EP on Public Possession three years ago, Melbourne-born producer Rohan Bruce aka Bell Towers became a vital player in the Munich family. ‘I’m Coming Up’ makes for his sixth instalment on the label and without a doubt, stands as one of his most accomplished slices to date.
Premiere: DJ Problemas – Love Simones
After contributing a track to rising Croatian outlet low income $quad’s second compilation, Lisbon-based producer DJ Problemas steps up with his debut solo outing, ‘Fúria De Viver’, out now via Berlin-based imprint Out Of Order. Stream ‘Love Simones’ in full within.
Florian Kupfer returns to Technicolour with Unfinished
After first surfacing on Ninja Tune’s sister label last year with ‘Explora’, Florian Kupfer returns to the single-focused Technicolour with ‘Unfinished’, his sixth solo effort scheduled for release on 12″ on July 22nd and digital on August 12th.
Nathan Melja invites Ondo Fudd for Dream Real #4
After inviting the likes of Joey Anderson, Moiré, Florian Kupfer, Madteo and Coni for the previous editions of his Dream Real residency at Batofar, Parisian producer Nathan Melja welcomes Joseph Seaton for a rare appearance as Ondo Fudd on July 23rd.
Mr TC: Surf & Destroy EP
If C. R. Stecyk, III once contributed the Dogtown legend by sanctifying the now concrete-cast ‘Skate and destroy’ phrase in his famous article for Thrasher magazine, Glaswegian talent Thomas Lea Clarke aka Mr TC opted for aquatic obliteration with his second instalment for JD Twitch’s Optimo Music.
Herron and Joy Orbison team up as CO/R on Hinge Finger
After a two-year break from the recording front, Joy Orbison and Will Bankhead’s Hinge Finger venture is back in business, this time summoning the likes of Meandyou boss Sam Lewis aka Herron and Orbison himself as CO/R.
Premiere: Dino Sabatini – The Unexpected (ASC’s Grey Area Remix)
A few months after the launch of Outis Music’s new Opera series and the drop of his sophomore album ‘Omonimo’, Dino Sabatini is back with ‘Concentrica’, a 4-track remix EP collating reworks from Howie B., ASC, Antonello Salis and the label boss himself. Stream ASC’s rework within.
Whodamanny: Cosmic Morphology
As its title suggests, ‘Cosmic Morphology’ beats the jagged pulse of a transmuting flux, intrepidly rollicking through offbeat, experimental yet groovy fields rather than executing another line of tried-and-tested harmonics.
Hotel Lauer: Lauer & Lauer
Remarkably enough, the music of sibling duo Hotel Lauer has taken a further trancey turn with the ecstasy-seeking ‘Lauer & Lauer’, their first outing on Stuart Leath’s ever-inspired [Emotional] Especial. Sharing a similar cold wave’y approach to synth melodies doped on beefy electro-bass tubes and crisp, compressed kicks, their sound gained a sheer rave energy and magnitude.
Soulomon reflects on Magnetic Archive
As the release of his debut instalment for newborn Italian label New Interplanetary Melodies comes closer, we caught up with Soulomon to discuss the long-coming release of his 3-track EP and sound evolution. Stream ‘Magnetic Archive’ within.
Premiere: Evitceles – Thrown
Fresh off his debut release on US tape label Cloud Bank, Bulgarian producer Evitceles strikes a second time with ‘Risingvanity’ for Cologne’s Noorden, a well fine piece of understated techno flirting with the inmost depths of ambient music.
Whities announce new 12″ by Quirke
After breaking the year in with Avalon Emerson’s acclaimed 006 iteration, Young Turks sister label Whities welcome London-based producer Josh Quirke for an atmospheric, slow grooving three-tracker.