For their first outing as Slack DJs, French producers Low Jack and D.K. come up on The Trilogy Tapes with a beefy menu full on sliced-and-diced, tape-saturated analogue whirls and scrappy audio fragments
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Isolée: Floripa EP
This is melodic House music at it’s absolute finest, euphoric and subtly driven it reaches a climax as a highly filtered series of punchy chords flutter between kick drums. It’s a lush sound built for the morning dancers, enticing, addictive and seductive.
Monolake: D E C
Relative to the other output under the Monolake alias, this is definitely not his most accomplished release. Relative to electronic music as a whole? Well, this is still a Robert Henke record.
Loosewomen: Nobody
Grade10 launched with the dreamy release from Kollaps, flagging attention from Boiler Room and Rinse FM. With this second release from Loosewomen, it proves that there is indeed fire where there is smoke.
DJ Richard: Grind
A collection of kinetic electronica on the border between house and techno, its moods and rhythms in constant flux, the product of a mind that churns like the sea…this is narrative techno, and in typical artistic form, the narrative of conflict draws us inexorably towards reconciliation.
Tambien: Ondulé
When looking for a couple tracks that encompass both heliotropic grooves and challenging deep-house scapes, Tambien counts amongst the finest production groups out there.
John Roberts: Orah EP
The overall feel of this EP is of experimentation and expansion, much like that night when you drank too much, slipped a little of this ‘n’ that, and went off with your oh so good friend…
J Tijn: Mor
Adding a pure, early hardcore dash to current techno formulas, ‘Mor’ certainly counts as one of the London producer’s most accomplished records to date and makes for a seriously impressive benchmark release in Bedouin’s growing catalogue.
Hauschka: 2.11.14
Recorded at Artegio, in the southern city of Yufu, the off-the-cuff pieces – perfunctorily titled Part 1 and Part 2 – were performed on a piano prepared with a “handful of artifacts” and hooked up to 12 microphones and a sub-mixer.
Nathan Melja: A.C.I
Allowing itself to drift from regular cannons to explore more mind-intrusive grounds, Melja’s sophomore release succeeds hands down in unifying an assertive taste for sweat-inducing club tunes with more clouded and scopious synth harmonics.
FIS: The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now
FIS continues to intrigue and “The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now” is another worthwhile addition to his discography. It may not be the masterpiece we were expecting, but it is convincing nonetheless.
Minor Science: Whities 004
This is heady, atmospheric dynamite just waiting to be wielded by the right hands.
Harvey Sutherland: Bermuda
Katz may be referencing a lot of classic music with his sound, but there isn’t a touch of pastiche here. His feelgood vibes are genuine, his skill is real, and the club power of these tunes, particularly the A-side, is not to be underestimated.
Yoshinori Hayashi: The End of The Edge EP
Yoshinori Hayashi taking the helm for an impressively mature four-tracker of intricate sampling and hard-shelled live programming.
Obas Nenor: My Way Home
It may be his first release with more than a single original track, but Nenor’s vital outing is a testament to both the producer’s confidence and Moodymann’s psychic skills as a curator. Two sides of straight fire, count this one as essential.
Jack J: Thirstin’ / Atmosphere
While Thirstin’ may be a groovy song, Atmosphère is the real jam here, showing just why Jutson will hold onto that house throne a while longer.