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Results1378Anthony Naples: Zipacón
Returning on Will Bankhead’s The Trilogy Tapes imprint after his excellent “El Portal” EP, it seems like the perfect moment to check where Naples is at.
Rawaat: Day Laborer EP
Day Laborer abolishes frontiers, stomping on labels and etiquette to help Rawaat build a compelling hybrid of tape-saturated house and drone-inflicted beats that’s driven by nothing but the urge to clear out new paths for Detroit’s music.
DVS1: Black Russian
DVS1 delivers yet another well-rounded, inch-perfect techno record but also adds some welcomed warmth to his groove discipline with a title track that’s just on the verge of turning world’s most exigent dance floors upside down.
Leon Vynehall: Butterflies
Less than 4 months after his debut album ‘Music For the Uninvited’ on Martyn’s 3024 imprint, Leon Vynehall returns with a two track EP on Clone’s offshoot Royal Oak. Relentless, most definitely.
Paume: Transalpine EP
Both intimate and epic, Transalpine is the perfect balance between high quality production and melodic sense, emotionally spellbinding and musically spot-on.
Julius Steinhoff: Flocking Behaviour
Julius Steinhoff raises the bar with ‘Flocking Behaviour’ and delivers one of the benchmark album releases of the year.
Lone: Reality Testing
Matt Cutler is back with his sixth studio album and his music’s still fresh as ice-cold lemonade in the hot, dry air.
Covered In Sand: Crescent Shaped Scars
Shifted returns under his Covered In Sand moniker with a three track plate of brutal, black mess music.
Grenier + Archie Pelago: Grenier Meets Archie Pelago
The alliance of Grenier’s and Archie Pelago’s styles effectively transcends the arbitrary conjunction of monikers, their sound signatures echoing one another with a very natural feeling while retaining their sovereignty.
John Roberts: Ausio EP
Almost a year exactly after his latest instalment on Dial, the enthralling ‘Fences’, Roberts is back with one solid three track EP.
Mosca: No Splice No Playback
No Splice No Payback is a bold and daring two-track EP, Mosca continues to push his music to unexpected levels, allowing him to launch his own label to release continually adventurous and highly danceable records.
DAMH: Black Night
DAMH have released one of the classiest house and pop EPs in recent times, polishing their tracks like gems, crafting the whole with such finesse that it leaves you asking for more. Superb.
Efdemin: Decay
Sollmann has neither changed his principles nor broken the continuity of his body of work with this album. Overall, it feels like a bifurcation. A necessary one.
Dauwd: Kindlinn EP
Dauwd steps up his game with this EP, moving with ease from more broken rhythms to an ambiant-housey combination without abandoning what made him popular: those catchy, swarming pads and synthlines and that perfect taste in production. Everything is in its right place, emotional and sophisticated.
Mike Dehnert: Lichtbedingt
With this album, Dehnert demonstrates his consistency, switching with finesse from techno to housey patterns, finely sharpening his tunes – quietly delivering one of the best techno albums of the year so far.