DVS1 delivers yet another well-rounded, inch-perfect techno record but also adds some welcomed warmth to his groove discipline with a title track that’s just on the verge of turning world’s most exigent dance floors upside down.
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Submerse: Slow Waves LP
Steeped in nostalgic memories of travels in Japan and Europe, Slow Waves was written in London and serves as a hazy collection of musical mnemonics…a soporific, blunted journey through instrumental hip hop.
Leon Vynehall: Butterflies
Less than 4 months after his debut album ‘Music For the Uninvited’ on Martyn’s 3024 imprint, Leon Vynehall returns with a two track EP on Clone’s offshoot Royal Oak. Relentless, most definitely.
Paume: Transalpine EP
Both intimate and epic, Transalpine is the perfect balance between high quality production and melodic sense, emotionally spellbinding and musically spot-on.
Julius Steinhoff: Flocking Behaviour
Julius Steinhoff raises the bar with ‘Flocking Behaviour’ and delivers one of the benchmark album releases of the year.
Lone: Reality Testing
Matt Cutler is back with his sixth studio album and his music’s still fresh as ice-cold lemonade in the hot, dry air.
Luke Abbott: Wysing Forest
“Luke, take off that thing on your neck, your sweater, your t-shirt (if you want) and play some good music we could dance to. Whitebox Stereo,
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Floating Points: King Bromeliad
Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points returns with a hugely listenable and danceable two track 12″ on Eglo Records.
Covered In Sand: Crescent Shaped Scars
Shifted returns under his Covered In Sand moniker with a three track plate of brutal, black mess music.
M.E.S.H. : Scythians EP
M.E.S.H. plays with a downright weird combination of genres that in less able hands would fall apart at the seams yet here gains multiple listens in an attempt to fathom its obscure depths.
Valerio Tricoli: Miseri Lares
The focus of the album is sound, pure and simple. Both musical and non-musical sources are treated as equal objects to be manipulated into a new expression.
Pev & Kowton / Asusu: Raw Code (Surgeon Remix) / Sister (Nick Höppner Remix)
The fourth instalment of the Livity Sound remix series shows Birmingham techno’s living legend Surgeon and Ostgut Ton label founder and Panorama Bar’s resident Nick Höppner in action.
Grenier + Archie Pelago: Grenier Meets Archie Pelago
The alliance of Grenier’s and Archie Pelago’s styles effectively transcends the arbitrary conjunction of monikers, their sound signatures echoing one another with a very natural feeling while retaining their sovereignty.
Mr Scruff: Friendly Bacteria
Friendly Bacteria is an evolution – not a change. New studio techniques and the influence of others have brought about an enlivening sense of maturity in Carthy’s production and have lifted his charming creations to a new level.
Coni: Comfort Zone EP
While some could argue that the Parisian has for too long lurked in the shadows of other peers and predecessors, Comfort Zone will surely leave no doubt in his stylistic capabilities, unleashing a four track EP of ghetto house goodness.
Sigha: The Purification Loops
The Purification Loops is 100% pure Sigha material, its strongest element is the power to keep everything as minimal as possible. Sometimes we easily forget how outstanding techno tunes are born: now we have an extensive manual to remember.