Just when words like analog, lo-fi house and ‘recorded straight from hardware’ become so ubiquitous that they make you want to go foetal and listen to precision-engineered techno in a padded cell, along comes an album like Palmbomen II to take the wind right out of your sanctimonious sails.
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Clarence Clarity: No Now
No Now is sophisticated dumb music. Confused? I sure as hell don’t understand it. It’s completely overwhelming. Perhaps the future will be more refined, but for now the only option is to embrace it.
Privacy: Command Pattern EP
Privacy manages to develop his extraterrestrial approach of post-hip-hop breaks and cosmic flexions a la Drexciya.
So Inagawa: Integritithm
There are no surprises on Integritithm. There is just infinite, mind-boggling elegance, a finesse that knows no impeccably textured ceiling.
Jam City: Dream A Garden
The reserve and normality of Dream A Garden render it an unsatisfying outer by-product of Jam City’s inner shift. The ideas are fresh and daunting but ask this incredibly talented artist to further shape them into a body of cohesive new aesthetics.
DJ Qu: SS1
SECRET016 is a short and sweet three tracker with consistency working in tandem with variety. It certainly exhibits the work of an in-form producer who is reaching their prime right about now.
Person Of Interest: Person Of Interest
Dense and rich of an imaginative breath that’s too rare to be overlooked, these three excellent cuts of rocky techno that punches the metronome like a haymaker shall make their way to your cart beyond any doubt.
D.A.R.F.D.H.S.: In The Wake Of The Dark Earth
Field Records stellar trilogy of albums gives rise to a potential “of the year” in the form of the exquisite ‘In Wake Of Dark Earth’ from Dard Å Ranj Från Det Hebbershålska Samfundet.
Tadeo: Terra Incognita EP
During the 28-minute voyage, Tadeo has obvious points of reference, yet the result is rewarding, both in style and substance.
Live At Robert Johnson: Lifesaver Compilation 2
Lifesaver 2 is the second calling card from Live At Robert Johnson, the bi-monthly club night at the Frankfurt club / label, allow me to take you on a whirlwind tour of the movers and shakers here.
Various Artists: Mistress 5
Across all three 12″s, there’s no moment that cannot be described as solid, a testament to Mistress’ A&R and confirming their status as a label of consistent quality.
Leandro Fresco: El Reino Invisible
For ‘El Reino Invisible’ we’re given the full Pop Ambient treatment, with a majestic sound sitting somewhere in between a demure, beat-less Ulrich Schnauss and a prolonged weepy existentialist comedown moment on a Tuesday.
Panoram: Background Story
Perfect for reclining in a big leather chair, sunning yourself on a Balearic isle or taking journeys to your very own ‘infinite levels of reality’.
Rezzett: Goodness
Goodness won’t be much of an original complement to Rezzett’s young catalogue, but is very much another fierce musical object in the straight wake of their ‘Rezzett EP’ and ‘Zootie’.
Project Pablo: I Want To Believe
The nine tracks on I Want To Believe’s cassette are golden: bouncy live-style jams drawn with clean lines rather than the excessive fuzz that many of his contemporaries use to drown their grooves.
Chambray: Work That
Everything is in order for a good sweat out, and Chambray doesn’t disappoint. This is what a hypermodern, futuristic Dance Mania would sound like.