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Matrixxman: XX Files 2
Coherent, vibrant and exciting, Matrixxman really has it all going on.
Teebs: E s t a r a
With a reliance on tighter rhythmic structures than in previous projects, Teebs uses tempered whacks and low-end thumps to pin his production down somewhat making ‘E S T A R A’ feel more anchored and less wistful than his previous work.
R-Zone: R-Zone 09
R-Zone’s “guess the artist” concept of anonymity registers its first release of 2014 with a four tracker of throwback quality.
DJ Koze: Amygdala Remixes #2
It could be fair to say that both remixes do not represent the artists at their most sparkling individually, but they work their way into your consciousness over time.
Efdemin: Decay
Sollmann has neither changed his principles nor broken the continuity of his body of work with this album. Overall, it feels like a bifurcation. A necessary one.
Fort Romeau: Her Dream
From a conceptual standpoint, the material works to induce the familiar sensation one might experience when awaking from a half-forgotten dream, where joy or even pained feelings submerge and break down into something more ambiguous.
Brett Naucke: Seed
This is an album of deep headphone music, a unique analysis of texture. It floats around ideas of sound art and ambient music but mixes these with scattered electronics and fragmented field recordings.
Eomac: Origin And Destination
I’m not so sure what it is, but Eomac’s sound is definitely more confident, brave and recognizable now.
Dauwd: Kindlinn EP
Dauwd steps up his game with this EP, moving with ease from more broken rhythms to an ambiant-housey combination without abandoning what made him popular: those catchy, swarming pads and synthlines and that perfect taste in production. Everything is in its right place, emotional and sophisticated.
Mike Dehnert: Lichtbedingt
With this album, Dehnert demonstrates his consistency, switching with finesse from techno to housey patterns, finely sharpening his tunes – quietly delivering one of the best techno albums of the year so far.
D’Marc Cantu: Long Weekend EP
All three tracks on offer here manage to conjure idiosyncratic sonic landscapes; wholesome, heady and vibrant cocktails of aural colour that you’d struggle to put down and before you realise, they’re gone.
Takuya Matsumoto: Ram EP
Taking inspiration from almost every flavour of house and techno going, the Ram EP often invites external comparisons, yet still defies hard-and-fast classification – a testament to Matsumoto’s singular sound.
Max Graef: Rivers Of The Red Planet
Delivered with such an assured confidence you’d forget Graef is barely in his twenties. Crank this up on a sunny day for maximum good times and a guaranteed smile.
Kassem Mosse: Workshop 19
Mixing heady expectations with a groove that leaves no one left behind, once more Mr Wendel delivers a near-perfect plate; patiently making his mark in electronic music’s history books.
Jay Daniel: Karmatic Equations
Six months after his debut release on Sound Signature, Jay Daniel returns with a fresh five track EP on Kyle Hall’s label Wild Oats imprint, to confirm all the good things we think about him.