Over Düsseldorf’s multifaceted bastion for arts Salon des Amateurs hovers the shadow of Det Weinrich aka Tolouse Low Trax, eternal pathfinder and crafty sound twiddler in his own right; a
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Premiere: Killawatt – Livewire (Ossia Remix)
Over the past five years, Matthew Watt bka Killawatt polished his roily dub and droney techno sonics through a constant influx of choice releases for various imprints. Released last year via Simon
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Sano talks up ‘Los Muchachos’ EP on Cómeme + premieres ‘La Grúa’
We caught up with Colombian producer Sano to find out more about his musical background, first steps into production and his forthcoming three-track ‘Los Muchachos‘ EP on Cómeme.
Premiere: Mathis Ruffing – Celeste Undressed (feat. Strip Steve)
Mathis Ruffing ‘Celeste Undressed’ – featuring Boysnoize affiliate Strip Steve, works a fine balance between African polyrhythms and a velveteen lo-fi house boogie, exuding its particularly rousing tropical feel throughout the grooves. The sonic equivalent to exploring the vivid aquatic fauna from some mysterious underwater caves. Superb.
Premiere: Baltra – Tears Drop
Baltra’s ‘Tears Drop’ is a lethal floor tempter, seductive yet redoubtable with its siren-song-like vox samples and heady synth hooks, luring you into the sunny belt of some rapturous exclave in one nostalgic caress. Optimal coastal house stunner.
Premiere: PeteMartell – Digital Dave
Brought to prominence by labels like Morelli’s torch-bearing L.I.E.S. and Stephen Bishop’s Opal Tapes, the tape-saturated grit of the “lo-fi” aesthetic has gained massive impact on the underground tech
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Premiere: Neotnas – Morning Way
Haunted by Ivan Pona’s voluptuous sax solos, ‘Morning Way’ meshes a classic Chicagoan shuffle and elastic bass line with mangled vox bits, setting its languid slo-mo groove against an alluring retro-laced ambient backdrop. Rolling deeper than deep, this smooth kaleidoscopic chugger shall please all fans of MCDE and beyond.
Premiere: DJ Spider – Necro Nebula
DJ Spider’s ‘Necro Nebula’, raises the curtain on a warlike scenario between astral bodies: as black holes spit their antimatter, reverberated echoes of meteor shower relentlessly and a padded lunar melody announces the arrival of an army of blue suns. Yet another full-on tribal tech mind-bender from the Arachnid-friendly producer. Humongous.
Lucy and Minor Science remix Cosmin TRG
After releasing ‘Oblic/Serpenti‘ through his own Fizic imprint earlier this year, Cosmin TRG has lined up two remixes from Lucy and Minor Science. The remixes will be released
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Faster Action: Soki Loka
When Ron Morelli asked Interstellar Funk and Robert Bergman for a release as Faster Action, the latter felt it wasn’t the direction he wanted to explore next so he left Olf full room to express his “darker” side. In return the Rush Hour affiliate delivered a pair of weatherbeaten big room mover-and-shakers that shall leave a durable mark in L.I.E.S.’ modern classic catalogue.
Neubau announce new EP by Leo James
Following on from a killer founding release by Aufgang B – the alias of Berlin pair Alexander Arpeggio and Cid Hohner, shortly followed by another grade A delivery
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Watch the music video to Antenna “Primavera May” on Beats In Space
Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space imprint have shared a music video for Antenna’s ‘Primavera May’, directed by Serena Forghieri – Made up of video glitches re-arranged in scrolling mosaics of pixelated colours then superimposed over actual paintings, the pastel imagery suits the pair’s melancholic yet resilient elixir of vaporous house perfectly.
Neo Violence release vinyl sampler and line up VNZO ‘Inconstant’ EP
Established in 2009 by music enthusiast Dmitrij Malyšev, Neo Violence started off as a club night in Prague, which later evolved into a digital only record label. Now the imprint celebrate
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Premiere: John Heckle – Mesopotamia
A staple figure on Jamal Moss’ Mathematics and Scottish imprint Tabernacle, Liverpool based producer John Heckle has been steering a course of his own in the last five years, under his real name
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Premiere: Gras – Untitled IV
Inaugurated earlier this year with a debut split from Berlin-via-Essen duo Skuffface and co-founder Caldera, Duisburg-based label Riviera Club are back in business with a mesmeric four-tracker courtesy
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Premiere: Benedikt Frey – Out Of Here (Simon Haydo Rework)
Originally released in 2014 as the second entry to Hivern Discs limited edition Blanc series, Benedikt Frey’s arresting track “Out Of There” gets the rework treatment from Stockholm based producer Simon Haydo…This is one to raise the heat on the dance floor.