newcoming: Burial - Rival Dealer

Nowy Burial zaskakuje energetyką, zbliżającą do gatunkowego wykolejenia w stronę rave (co wszyscy powtarzają jak jeden mąż) oraz d'n'b. "Rival Dealer" wprowadza nas do ciemnej pieczary kipiącej atmosferą emo-dxm-owej robotyki. Perkusjonalia wydają się całkiem zwyczajne i nieco zbyt sypkie, ale za to pełne powietrza. Delikatne djskie wkrętki, wokalizy już prawie najmocniej r'n'b, mocniej jest tylko w 'Come Down To Us'. Hienowate wyjce ustąpiły głosom opowiadającej historię dziewczyny, następuje męski wokal i kawałek uderza w skrajnie szalone rewiry. Głęboki syntetyczny bass, struny mecha-wiolonczeli, klimat schizoidalny dużego miasta. Tutaj mamy jeden z klasycznych clicków Buriala, jak dobrze go usłyszeć. Całość zwieńczona jest subtelną poetyką zdelayowanych wokaliz, są delikatne jak płatki ususzonych róż, na końcu świetne, nieco indiańskie, czy nawet szamańskie uderzenie dziwnych rur, które nadaje utworowi starożytnego charakteru, kończy się to jakąś ekstatyczną wypociną laski. Kawałki na epce prezentują się naprawdę nieźle. 'Hiders' to ostry dubient przeradzający się w pędzący pociąg disco, dance tchnący ducha świąt. Świetny lifter imprezy, po ostatecznie dość długim wstępie. Nie wiem dlaczego, ale wokaliza przypomina mi nieco Michaela Jacksona. "Come Down To Us" to najbardziej komercyjny Burial jakiego znam, efekt? Nie jestem do końca przekonana, ale to może być strzał w dziesiątkę. Na pewno nie podoba mi się mdła, spowolniona, przygaszona poświąteczną atmosferą formuła użyta w preparowaniu wokali, która psuje charakter utworów z wszystkich nowszych epek.

wizard's casting podcasts

SUM Podcast 003. Kowton [!]

deep house, techno, disco

37:05

source: novelty waves

Space Dimension Controller - Love Quadrent
Luke Hess - Refined By Fire
Kassem Mosse - Untitled b2
Wbeeza - Heavy Stuff
Moodymann - Freeki Muthafucker
Alex Smith - Here With Me
Donnacha Costello - Waltz For Chet
John Beltran - Ten Days of Blue
Jason Fine - Midwest A
STL - Radionoize

LWE Podcast 61: Sepalcure
techno, dubstep, uk-garage
42:06


01. Kenny Larkin, “Breathe” [Peacefrog Records]
02. Twerk, “Kiu Kiu” [Mille Plateaux]
03. Shed, “Warped Mind” [Ostgut Ton]
04. Michaux, “12£ Ute-No” [Audio.nl]
05. Scuba, “On Deck” (FaltyDL Remix) [Hotflush Recordings]
06. Velour, “Kick it Til it Breaks” [Night Slugs]
07. The Hundred in the Hands, “Pigeons” (Blawan’s Bare Bones Remix)
[Warp Records]
08. Distal & HxdB, “Typewriter Tune” (VIP Mix) [white*]
09. Spatial, “100505″ [Infrasonics]
10. Sistol, “On the Bright Side” (Scuba’s Brighter Side Remix)
[Halo Cyan Records]
11. Millie & Andrea, “Gunshot” (Stripped) [Daphne]
12. Neat, “Lime & Sugar” [Airflex Labs]
13. Icicle, “Anything” [Tempa]
14. Commix, “Be True” (Burial Remix) [Metalheadz]

John Osborn @ panorama bar
dub, techno, dubstep, minimal, deep house
2:35:35
source: mnml ssgs



Echologist. Slow Burn.
Sigha Reimagining. Steadfast

Luke Hess. Motor Dub. FXHE MUSIC

Keith Worthy. Lost In Sound. Aestetic Audio

Marko Fürstenberg, Without You --Sven Weisemann rmx Rotary Cocktail 024 

Luke Hess, Slow To Speak. Sound Mind EP. Deeplabs 001
Larsson, Ruanda. Marko Fürstenberg Rmx. Rotary Cocktail 011
RIBN Light Black EP
Langenberg. Times. Manuel Tur's Fround Reflex
Joey Anderson. Dive Deep. SMR-008

Keith Worthy. Rocket Science. Aestetic Audio

Vampire EP. Echochord 042
Goldwill. What Is Behind. The Curtain Aera Edit. Wandering/5th Journey

MO 4.5

Mood II Swing. Move Me

Wax 10001

Jason Fine. Many To Many. Ben Klock Remix. KM013
Levon Vincent. Solemn Days. Deconstruct-002

Skudge 001. Contamination

Ben Klock. Viscoplastic. DRH028

Levon Vincent. Double Jointed Sex Freak. Novel Sound
Tevo Howard. Boing Pop. Rebirth

Phylyps Trak II

Wax 30003

Skudge 002. Melodrama

Deep 'a & Biri. Fragile. You & Me Edit. Rotary Cocktail 017
Precious System. The Voice From Planet Love. Dixon Chic A Go Edit. Running Back 016

Ben Klock. OK ft Elif Biçer. Kenny Larkin Remix. Ostgut Ton 026
Donnacha Costello. Black Bag Job 737. Minimise 034A

Omar-S 004. FXHE Music.

Cage & Aviary - Beat N Path [2010, vinyl, tiny sticks records]

february 2010

lbl: Tiny Sticks Records

#: stick 024

electronic

acid, disco, electro

320kbps

A1. Beat N Path

A2. Low Noise

B. Beat N Path (Brennan Green's Anxious Acid Version)

Jamie Paton & Nigel Of Bermondsey

note: "[...] The A-side version of the title track seems to embody several aspects of the duo’s preferred musical continuum: the decade long post-Comiskey club music cluster-fuck called the 1980s. Beginning with some shoe-gazed funk guitar, the track nonchalantly whistles its way into a comfortable, if jaded, groove that willfully ambles along into an acid-washed breakdown. Things get a bit weird for a minute or two but come back around in time and without too much scandal. The cycle repeats as if to show how matter-of-factly one could walk back and forth twice from opposite corners of the Paradise Garage in under eight minutes. “Low Noise” strikes a semi-anguished robo-tone that quietly broods along the alleys of your mind, until some perky percussion lifts the computer blue mood into a stuttering semi-clear resolution. For all that, the restricted economy of its pace and arrangement make it a bit of a rough diamond that probably won’t catch as many ears as it should.

The exact opposite holds for Brennan Green’s flipside remix of the title track. Banging the original up a few notches (and bpms), Green wastes no time taking full advantage of his 303 in developing the track’s acidic elements. Flat like the makeshift plywood walls at a warehouse party, the track remains structurally consistent — only once dangling Hoyle’s whimsical hook over the dance floor — but is made up of millions of tiny variations. It sounds like an obvious tipping point to the night: you realize you’re either having the time of your life or your moments away from losing it completely. Could be the same thing, really. As the title suggests, looking for an obvious progressive bend to this release misses the point entirely. It’s often easy to become fixated with the emergence or perfection of a certain genre in a certain year in a certain place — and there is the temptation to look for similarly fortuitous circumstances on the horizon — but if anything, Cage & Aviary suggest it can be just as interesting reading at length between the genre lines." - Little White Earbuds' review.

7.0

beach made of wax

[ORON]

buy it here. 

[Phonica,  £ 6.99]

Still Going - Still Going Theme [2007, vinyl, dfa]

18 september 2007

lbl: DFA

#: dfa2179

electronic

deep house, disco

320kbps

topaz [8.0]

A. Still Going Theme  

B. On And On

Eric Duncan  & Olivier Spencer

note: "'Still Going Theme' is clearly pushing James Murphy's buttons right now. He's signed it to DFA Records and made it the centrepiece of his and LCD Soundsystem drummer Pat Mahoney's recent Fabric compilation. In the mix with what Mahoney calls the "gay-ass disco" of 'Fabriclive 36', this dreamy track from Rub-N-Tug's Eric Duncan and Olivier Spencer (Mr. Negative) shines through.

The sassy piano line of 'Still Going Theme' makes it utterly irresistible. It's the kind of big hook that would inspire dancefloor singalongs, if everyone could wipe the big stupid grins from their faces for a minute. The carefree keys belie the depth of the track, which is anchored by a deep dubbed-out bass and swirling with trancelike synths. It all swells into a swooning Balearic epic. Ultimately, however, the sheer catchiness of ‘Still Going Theme’ may keep it from attaining the classic status of Joakim’s remix of ‘Camino del Sol’. Disco and deep house DJs bent on reliving their summers are warned: this one has your name on it, but don’t wear it out.

B-side ‘On and On’ recycles the same sounds over a progressive groove to create the kind of driving melodic builder that will warm through sets by the likes of Desyn Maseillo and Nick Warren. The similarities between this and ‘…Theme’ suggest that Still Going may turn out to be a one trick pony. But for now, what a trick!" - James Glazebrook, RA.

constant quest

[4shared]

buy it here. 

[amazon]

Mark E - Works 2005-2009: Selected Tracks & Edits [2010, cd, merc]

january 2010

lbl: Merc

#: MERC002

electronic

house, disco, deep house

~256kbps

corundum [9.0]

1 Sun Shadow

2 You (Full Vocal Mix)

3 Slave 1

4 Smiling

5 Night Mover

6 Ray Gun

7 Plastic People (MEDIT)

8 RnB Drunkie

note: "Mark E’s production is very groove based a slow burn if you will, its definitely for fans of Pilooski, Studio, Marvin Gaye, or Moodymann.This music for a dance floor that’s in it for the long haul and not looking to tire themselves out at some club. You might notice his edits touch on slow house and disco and classic soul, nothing in your face, to be honest I could put a song on repeat and have it going for 40 minutes+ and just keep trekkin’ along my work day completely enjoying doing anything while every once in a while dance in my chair." - ISO50.

bounce with a chair

[4shared]

buy it here. [Phonica, £ 9.99]

Tensnake - Restless EP [2006, vinyl, mirau]

27 january 2006

lbl: Mirau

#: MIRAU003

electronic

disco, electro

~200kbps

topaz [8.0]

A1. Around The House

A2. Toshis Battle 

B1. Around The House (Audision Remix)

producer: Marco Niemerski

note: "Tensnake is the solo project of Marco Niemerski (also of Arp Aubert). While crowning the Disco Queen, he minimizes his music into glamour and dance through straightforward beatwork suspended by synthetic planes. The resulting effect easily surpasses surrogate nostalgia involving legendary underground car parks and laser hysteria in a place called Rimini. Contains a remix of the clap-happy "Around the House" by Audision (Niko Tzoukmanis and Tobias Schmidt)."

fresh, sliced kiwi

[HF]

buy it here. [discogs]

Erobique - Endorphinmachine [2008, vinyl, mirau]

15 december 2008

lbl: Mirau

#: MIRAU007

electronic

disco, house

320kbps

topaz [8.0]

A. Endorphinmachine

B. Arf Patzo

producer: Carsten Meyer

note: "Meyer is sluggish. He eyes me venomously from behind puffy lids. Leave him alone with my DJ shit, I make out from his inebriate slur. All I had wanted was to bring around the test-pressing of his new 12-inch, “Endorphinmachine” that I am releasing on my label, Mirau, in September. Squeezing the entire, magnificent 12 minutes of these two tracks (Endorphinmachine / Arf Patzo) out of him seemed at times a Sisyphean task. Disconnected telephones, nocturnal taxi odysseys across entire states, physical assaults and broken joints were enough to push even me closer to the quagmire of selfabandonment than to my ultimate goal of finally bringing out a new Erobique maxi. The gleam has almost gone from Carsten Meyer’s eyes. He is one of the best and most dangerous live entertainers in disco. "

about dizziness when moving eyes

buy it here. [wordandsound, distributor]

Seldom Felt 1-6 [2007-2009, 6 x vinyl, seldom felt]

lbl: Seldom Felt
electronic








SELDOM FELT 1




2007

#: SELDOM FELT

techno, dub techno

~212kbps
chrysoberyl [8.5]

warehouse party here & now

[fixed / 30 march 2010]

SELDOM FELT 2

2008

#: SELDOM FELT 002

techno

~212kbps

beryl [7.8]

the civilization of the Nile Valley

[fixed / 30 march 2010]

SELDOM FELT 3

2009

#: SELDOM FELT 003

techno, acid techno

~300kbps

topaz [8.0]

deviant in distortion
[fixed / 30 march 2010]

SELDOM FELT 4

january 2009

#: SELDOM FELT 004

techno, abstract

320kbps

corundum [9.0]

toy universe

[fixed / 30 march 2010]

SELDOM FELT 5

april 2009

#: SELDOM FELT 005

techno, disco, abstract

~173kbps

beryl [7.8]

wrath of the math

[fixed / 30 march 2010]

SELDOM FELT 6

2009

#: SELDOM FELT 006

techno

256kbps

corundum [9.0]

horse tranquilizer in use

[fixed / 30 march 2010]

Nebraska - A Weekend On My Own E.P. [2010, vinyl, rush hour recordings]

18 january 2010

lbl: Rush Hour Recordings

#: RH-N3

deep house, disco

~200kbps

chrysoberyl [8.5]

A1. Soho Grand

A2. A Weekend On My Own

B1. Time Has Come Pt. 1

B2. Masala Dosa

producer: Ali Gibbs

note: "With Rush Hour repressing three 12-inches of material in the past 12 months, it's obvious that the Dutch imprint has plenty of faith in the back catalog of Ali Gibbs, AKA Nebraska. But while Terrestrial Variations and Satellite Variations seemed like slightly curious tracks to warrant the treatment—chilled out smooth disco and polite raw house of quality, but not exceptional vintage—it all begins to make sense on A Weekend on My Own.

Perhaps it's just the urgency in opening track, "Soho Grand," but there's a certain something here that you couldn't find on the previous EPs. "Soho Grand" is just as polite as anything found on either Variations, but its treadmilling bassline takes things to a higher level. The same goes for the title track, whose guitar is just ethereal enough to retain a sense of wonder, and whose beat keeps things pumping nicely while synths flutter in the distance.

"Time Has Come Pt. 1" is the perfect B-side counter, a pounding tune that only lets up to allow droning deep house chords, a sliver of a piano and a voice that echoes the title wistfully before finding its disco footing. "Masala Dosa" keeps the pressure on with a fat bassline and big beat. But it's the keys that make the song, little beacons of light that play out as if they're permanently caught in a locked groove that bounces every so often...just to make sure you're still awake." - Sam Louis.

buttbouncing!

buy it here. [€ 8.49]

Petar Dundov - Escapements [2008, cd, music man records]

29 september 2008
lbl: Music Man Records
#: MMCD031
electronic
techno, minimal, disco, electro, house
~192kbps
hubscale: chrysoberyl [8.5]

1.		Kanon
2.		Desert Island
3.		Sparkling Stars
4.		She In Purple
5.		Rain
6.		Oasis
7.		Waterfall
8.		Anja's Theme

note: "Fine album from long serving Croatian techno DJ and producer Petar Dundov for Music Man. 'Escapements' is the result of some 20 years of experimentation with his synthesizers and a huge amount of experience gained from playing at techno clubs around the world. His productions as Brothers Yard are fully fledged club classics, but this album veers away from optimised club tracks to bear a large Euro-synth influence from his heroes Jean Michel Jarre, Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk combined with strongly classical techno refinements."

rocket & lagoon



buy it here. [discogs]

Move D Feat. DJ Laté - Workshop 02 [2007, vinyl, workshop]

april 2007
lbl: Workshop
#: WORKSHOP 02
electronic
deep house, disco, techno
320kbps
hubscale: carborundum [9.3]

A.		Theo
B1.		Felix
B2.		Computer Flop

Move D - David Moufang
DJ Laté - Thomas Meinecke

note: awesome chopped up detroit styled deep house.

dicho ponad wszycho



buy it here. [discogs]

Nebraska - Mixed-up Music For Mixed-up People [2008, 2 x vinyl, down low music]

july 2008
lbl: Down Low Music
#: dLNEBLP
electronic
house, techno, disco, funk
~192kbps

A1.		Intro
A2.		Vicarious Disco
A3.		Plastiscene
B1.		Wooden Ships
B2.		Lights Out
B3.		Further Listening
C1.		Four Tax
C2.		Full Deck
C3.		Sixty-five
D1.		A Film I Can't Remember
D2.		Epilogue
D3.		Return Of Light

Producer - Ali Gibbs

note: "On 'Mixed Up Music for Mixed Up People', Ali's wide-ranging influences and mature production skills shine. The album is full of expertly blended cocktails of house and techno, complimented with splashes of jazz, funk, disco and soul. Check “Vicarious Disco” and “Full Deck” for majestic hypnotizers ala Paperclip People, "Further Listening" for hot & sweaty deep jazz-funk, or "Wooden Ships" for a chilled groove with sparkling keys. Passages of soundtrack-y bliss, a few extra-smooth broken beats, and a dose of hip-hop help make the album a robust and cohesive whole -- and reveal Ali as a beat-lover above all, rather than an artist of a specific genre. (PS -- Keep your eyes peeled for a separate Nebraska 12” on dL, with exclusive tracks and a Soul 223 remix of “Vicarious Disco”!)" - Mondo Urbano.


yt preview:

90's pencil case reminiscences



buy it here.