At its core, ‘Compro’ feels like an album of classic design, comprising twelve tracks of similar lengths, with no filler, half-baked ideas, or perfunctory concessions at any stage. It has been pitched as an evolution of the techno album and as an experimental electronic journey, the past perfected and a blueprint of the future.
AuthorSimon Whight
Results222A 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.
Premiere: ENA – Edo Machi
Dutch imprint Field Records return to action with another of their unique experimental albums and one that ties the history of two nations together.. Japanese producer
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LA-4A: Slackline
Central Processing Unit is no slacker of a label and, while ‘Slackline’ is undeniably a magnesium bright highlight in the catalogue, its success is due to a diligent and prolific release history.
Premiere: Jorge Caiado – Cycles (Mike Huckaby Remix)
Portugal has a fine pedigree when it comes to house music. Throughout the nineties, as Underground Sound Of Lisbon, Rui Da Silva and DJ Vibe effectively
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Talaboman: The Night Land Remixed
This isn’t a release where you’ll be plucking out one from the melee to slide into your sets, you’re going to be immersing yourself in each and every take.
Premiere: Ground Tactics – Eternal Now
Watching the development of Midgar over the years has been a real pleasure. From humble beginnings, it has blossomed into a label with a distinct aural
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DJ Healer: Nothing 2 Loose
Following on from our earlier review of Prime Minister Of Doom, we take a look at the lighter side of the mysterious producer from Planet Uterus as DJ Healer. Airy and childlike, ‘Nothing 2 Loose’ is easy to love.
Prime Minister Of Doom: Mudshadow Propaganda
With Prince Of Denmark, Traumprinz and DJ Metatron committed firmly to the past, we get under the skin of the darker of the elusive producer’s new alter egos – Prime Minister Of Doom. Focused, distinctly tribal, it is a heady dance floor journey.
Premiere: Dead Sound – This Is Human
Originally an electronic music blog that was launched in 2008, Null+Void has been making tentative steps in the world of record label over the last couple
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Efdemin: Naïf
Let’s not beat about the bush: 2017 was far from a vintage year for the commercial mix. While all and sundry have been lining up to ring the death knell, 2018 is full of enterprising projects looking to buck the trend. The commercial mix certainly still has a few tricks up its sleeve and it would be a far poorer world without it. Efdemin’s ‘Naïf’ is an incredibly strong argument in its favour.
Premiere: Space – Magic Fly (The Orb Remix)
For those who don’t know, Space were – in their original incarnation – a short-lived French cosmic disco act from the late 70’s. Phenomenally successful across four
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Traumprinz continues to confound with two new triple LPs as DJ Healer & Prime Minister Of Doom
Whether these are new Traumprinz projects, the beginnings of a new label and A&R journey, or even an elaborate April Fools prank is unknown. If it is the latter, then a full standing applause is due! Read on to enter All Possible Worlds
DJ Boring & Stanley Schmidt: Stay Young
With the lo-fi scene being accused of aesthetic first in the past, there is absolutely no evidence of that here. There is levity without ever resorting to dropping in nostalgic references that forcefully wink at you, nudging with pointed elbows. If anything, this is serious. Seriously good.
Premiere: Oni-Ki – FM Fatale
Garage Hermétique label boss Onirik teams up with Minoki as Oni-Ki once again, just over a year since their last outing together. This time the pair
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Premiere: Tred – No Future, No Past (Lightspeed Mix)
P.Leone has been carving a name for himself with a swathe of no-nonsense techno. It is a ringing endorsement that his proving ground has been on
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Jared Wilson: I Love Acid 017
Staying with the theme of fresh talent – in relative terms of acid house legacy – ‘I Love Acid 017’ sees Detroit producer Jared Wilson join the ranks. For the last ten years, he’s been cutting a path through some of the most boisterous labels on the scene, bouncing between his own 7777 imprint to the likes of Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Dolly and Super Rhythm Trax.