Toronto’s Ian Syrett and Evan Vincent collaborate as Active Surplus to deliver another essential 4-track EP on Pacific Rhythm.
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Results1346Natureboy Flako: Ambitus of Beauty
Subtitled ‘Moments, Scenes & Soundscapes’, Natureboy Flako’s latest album ‘Ambitus of Beauty’ has a distinctly cinematic air.
GAS: Oktember
Originally released in 1999, ‘Oktember’ by GAS now sees a timely reissue through Kompakt featuring the track ‘TAL-90’ for the first time.
Phillip Sollmann: Monophonie
Monophonie is a generational triumph for music – a pioneering hypothesis album that achieves all of its goals and more.
Dana Ruh: Time Out Of Mind
For her first album in 6 years, Dana Ruh further cements her legacy as one of the best in the game.
OL: SORM
OL’s latest 10″ on Gost Instrument delivers six tracks that nosedive into futuristic blazing digi dub, broken hip-hop beats and electronica.
Lord Of The Isles feat. Ellen Renton: Whities 029
Lord Of The Isles returns to the clouds with an EP featuring Scottish poet Ellen Renton on Nic Tasker’s untouchable, Whities.
Lurka: Rhythm Hi-Tek EP
Lurka drops his long-awaited ‘Rhythm Hi-Tek’ on Timedance – four tracks gliding between the rhythmic stereotypes of techno, dancehall and electro with ease.
Otik: Thousand Year Old Stare
Otik makes his debut on Gobstopper Records with a Spring-ready EP of sun-soaked density, in a gloriously experimental setup.
Ital Tek: Outland
Ital Tek’s seventh album ‘Outland’ imposes on the listener a kind of comfortable claustrophobia, inviting us inward to melt in the ravine he has created.
Dresvn: Metro EP
Returning with a collaboration between SVN and Acido co-founder Dynamo Dreesen as Dresvn, SUED pick up where it left off.
Ido Plumes: Away From The Reign
Ido Plumes debut EP on Livity’s reverse series dnuoS ytiviL takes cues from the catalogue of the Bristolian institution and the mutated strains of UK techno that continue to emanate from the city.
Hodge: Shadows In Blue
What we get on ‘Shadows In Blue’ is the best of all of Martin’s world – ambient and experimental passages held together by certified bangers.
Capitol K: Birdtrapper
‘Birdtrapper’ puts the dance floor front and centre, representing – according to Robinson – the “sound of an initiation rave in a utopian hidden village”.
420: 420
Lustwerk made the 16 tracks during the lockdown period over the last month and he strikes you as someone who would be perfectly happy to self-isolate, hibernate and keep working on the music.
Roza Terenzi: Modern Bliss
D.Tiffany’s imprint Planet Euphorique swings back into orbit with nothing less than Roza Terenzi’s debut album ‘Modern Bliss’ and it is every bit the record you were hoping for.