A small pacing misstep is not enough to detract from what is an excellent album, and a timely issuing in what has proved to be a dry patch for quality techno albums this year.
AuthorSimon Whight
Results307A contributor to a variety of respected online publications, Simon joined the Inverted Audio ranks early in 2013. Bred on mother rave and nourished by the original strains of US house, he is someone who has lived through the first time deep house faced a backlash, the rise and fall of progressive house, and the multiple swings of fashion towards minimal, tech house, bass and beyond. As such, genres are not an important factor in critical appraisal, just good music that can stand on its own two feet. Be it uptempo or downtempo, alien or organic, everything is valid. Emotionless techno, needlessly abstract noise, derivative house and self indulgent muso-ism can all check their feet at the door. Bad taste in hats.
Head-to-Head: Mark E + Eugene Whang
With Eugene Wang and Mark E coming together to great effect under the Public Release banner, and generally being good friends, we sat back and let them take control of the questions in this head to head.
Lo Shea
We get under the skin of Sheffield-based DJ, producer and club owner Lo Shea, from his roots in dancehall and drum’n’bass right up to his community enriching work through his Hope Works project.
Premiere: Isorinne ‘Closing Window To The East’
After closing out Field Records excellent trilogy of EPs at the beginning of the year, D.Å.R.F.D.H.S. member Michel Isorinne makes a debut appearance on Armenian label Yerevan Tapes. Stream his new track ‘Closing Window To The East’.
Leon Vynehall: Rojus (Designed To Dance)
The new double 12″ from Leon Vynehall is not an album. Great pains have been gone to ensure this point is chipped into stone, right up to the bracketed ‘Designed To Dance’ subtitle, yet here is Vynehall, levitating like a zen master.
Premiere: Peggy Gou – When Round, They Go
Following Peggy Gou’s debut on Radio Slave’s Rekids imprint, we’re proud to premiere the second part of the ‘Art Of War’ EP with “When Round, They Go” offering a window into her world of deep and chunky grooves.
Sasha: Scene Delete
This is the forth entry driven from Sasha’s own production desk with no dip in quality. It begs the question; will anyone ever manage to best Coe in this arena. As it stands, all signs are pointing towards “no.”
James Holden helms ‘Modular’ album as Spears
We have had an exclusive heads up from a brand new venture from Border Community head honcho James Holden and Britney Spears.
Cromie
LA based producer Cromie talks about living in Los Angeles and the flourishing warehouse scene; he also goes in-depth about the impending presidential elections. His mix features music from Iron Curtis, F.I.O., Natasha Kmeto, Ata Kak, Urulu, Neville Watson and more.
Ondo Fudd: Blue Dot
Flippant as it sounds, Seaton’s accomplishment in production keeps on growing to the extent where every release now comes with a “must have” status.
Field Records ready dark ambient album from IORI
With the conclusion of their EP trilogy complete, Dutch imprint Field Records have moved back into the long player arena with a release from Japanese born but Berlin-based IORI.
R-Zone: R-Zone 16
There is a sense that R-Zone is continuing to mature where it could have embraced a niche, flourished and withered, resulting in a label that is now consistently surprising and enthralling with each new release.
Isorinne: Recollections Of Forgotten Dreams
‘Recollections Of Forgotten Dreams’ serves as a dignified finale to an understated success.
Premiere: Isorinne ‘Reality Is What You Can Get Away With’
‘Recollections Of Forgotten Dreams’ weaves together bold and tangible field recordings alongside yearning analogue soundscapes. With the release to come in early 2016, Inverted Audio can proudly present an exclusive stream of the standout cut ‘Reality Is What You Can Get Away With’.
Premiere: Daniël Jacques ‘Lost Count’
Dutch producer Daniël Jacques shares his new track ‘Lost Count’ taken from the ‘Discovery Change (Part 3)’ out soon on his new imprint Jadac Recordings.
Premiere: Watch Gonno play at Boiler Room’s 5th Birthday in Tokyo
We are proud to premiere Gonno’s Boiler Room performance in Tokyo. An artist who drifts from classic nineties house through deep analogue techno into emotional electronic with effortless ease, stepping between moods where lesser people would spend a lifetime blinkered into mastering just one.