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OK, hands up if you really weren't expecting this! And down again. Two of the world's most distinguished electronic musicians have drawn upon their shared passion for the sensuality and groove of late '80s / early '90s NYC House to hatch a genuine anthem for unsuspecting and open minds. DJ Sprinkles, aka Terre Thaemlitz, is a now Tokyo-based producer who, among so much other stuff, released the hugely loved, genre-defining "Midtown 120 Blues" album back in 2009. Mark Fell is the South Yorkshire-based sonic genius known for groundbreaking work as half of SND and is surely one… Read more
**Debut release from a new imprint -The Death Of Rave - curated by us and featuring a seminal piece of sound art by 2008 Turner prize-winning artist Mark Leckey. Limited edition of 500 copies only cut at D&M Berlin, no repress** The video installation Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (1999) is one of the best known and loved works by London-based artist and Northern English emigre, Mark Leckey. A phantasmic and transcendent collage of meticulously sourced and rearranged footage and sound samples spanning three decades of British subculture - from Northern Soul thru '80s Casuals and pre… Read more
VARIOUS / 14 TRACKS
14 tracks: Never Been To Ibiza
Boomkat / 14 Tracks
MP3 Download // £6.86
Cat. Number: bundle_207
It's true; we've never visited the white isle. But if we did, we'd probably want our Balearic soundtrack to go a little something like this. It would push off with Jan Jelinek's exotic 'Irrelevant Sound Effect', and really get into the sunset mood with pool/barside drifters from Cos/Mes, Cage & Aviary and The Durutti Column before taking a slow Euro strut with the likes of Laid Back and Lauer. Once the drinks started to settle in, a bit of Cosmic Metal Mother and Boys From Patagonia would keep the vibe simmering and sensual, for some deep blue disco from Northerner… Read more
*Extremely limited copies on coloured (transparent green and blue) vinyl back in - be quick!*The furtive Radiophonic modifications of Pye Corner Audio have been sorely overlooked by much of the current electronics scene - despite a contribution to the Ghost Box Study Series of 7"s, a cassette release for the excellent Further Records, and a number of self-released gems. Type strive to redress that imbalance with a double LP compilation of his deliciously damaged Black Mill Tapes volumes 1 & 2, which were originally issued on his eponymous digital imprint. There are r… Read more
Laurel Halo's 'Quarantine' is one of the most compelling debut albums we've heard this year. Ever since she revealed the hyper-fused kinetics of 2010's 'King Felix' EP, there's been a certain weight of expectation on this unique artist, which has evidently been fulfilled with the likes of her technofied 'Hour Logic' and 'Spring' EPs, plus the criminally overlooked ambient holo-spaces of the 'Antenna' cassette for NNA Tapes. Yet, if you still haven't been convinced of her skills, a newly established connection with the esteemed Hyperdub and the utter brilliance of this album - from the sounds t… Read more
APHEX TWIN
Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Limited 2012 Triple Vinyl Edition)
1972
3LP // £34.99
Cat. Number: IF11
*Richard D. James's masterpiece originally released in 1994, long out of print and highly sought after on vinyl, now reissued on this gorgeous, official North American triple LP gatefold edition, pressed up on 180gm vinyl* "Aphex Twin's 1994 masterpiece Selected Ambient Works Volume II includes barely anything resembling a beat or any sign of typical song structure, yet the album continues to garner adulation generally reserved for holy music. People have been testifying on its behalf for nearly two decades, as if it were capable of curing… Read more
SOUTH LONDON ORDNANCE
2nd Drop Records
MP3 Download // £1.70
FLAC Download // £2.50
Cat. Number: 2NDRP12019
Arriving to acclaim from MAH and FACT, South London Ordnance debuts with his brilliant 'Sanctuary' and 'Roofy' cuts on 2nd Drop. Little is known about the fella and that's just how it is: his tunes do all the chat. A-side's 'Sanctuary' is a serious groove tool, body-syncing hi-hat strafes and ruffed-up snares with the deftness of a Beneath riddim, but placing more emphasis on wide-assed, 'floor-consuming bass and dark-end-of-the-warehouse reverbs for those who prefer to dance in the shadows. B-side's 'Roofy' is slower, murkier: voices are half-heard from the pill-eyed patina… Read more
Laurel Halo's 'Quarantine' is one of the most compelling debut albums we've heard this year. Ever since she revealed the hyper-fused kinetics of 2010's 'King Felix' EP, there's been a certain weight of expectation on this unique artist, which has evidently been fulfilled with the likes of her technofied 'Hour Logic' and 'Spring' EPs, plus the criminally overlooked ambient holo-spaces of the 'Antenna' cassette for NNA Tapes. Yet, if you still haven't been convinced of her skills, a newly established connection with the esteemed Hyperdub and the utter brilliance of this album - from the soun… Read more
CEDRIC STEVENS / LEYLAND KIRBY / MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL / FENNESZ
The Syncopated Elevators Legacy
Discrepant
2LP // £14.99
Cat. Number: CREP003
**Limited edition of 500 on 180g vinyl housed in double gatefold jacket featuring exclusive work from Fennesz, Leyland Kirby, Motion Sickness of Time Travel, Sylvain Chauveau and more** Discrepant Records collect nine highlights of Cédric Stevens' oeuvre 1997-2005, backed with new and exclusive revisions by Leyland Kirby, Burning Star Core, Fennesz, Motion Sickness Of Time Travel, Sylvain Chaveau and My Cat Is An Alien. Whilst he's best recognised to raving throngs as Acid Kirk, Cédric Stevens most intriguing music wa… Read more
*Vinyl Finally Available*Two years since he helped establish the Tri Angle sound with that arresting eponymous debut, oOoOO returns to the label with his second single proper. Still obsessed with R&B rhythms and wistful Pop, on 'Our Loving Is Hurting Us' he's also joined by Berlin-based vocalist Butterclock to accentuate his forlorn sound. Whether it's lovesick emotion or narcotic overload, we're not sure what's burdened his heart, but it makes for a wickedly nervy listen. Best comes first, with the blank-eyed, hollow swagger of 'TryTry' and its disquieting, strafing vocal cadences arr… Read more
EPROM
Regis Chillbin (Machinedrum Mix)
Rwina Records
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.50
Cat. Number: RWINALP001S
West Coast beatsmith Eprom returns with this bass-heavy slice that’s bound to have Brainfeeder headz knocking wrists with the Night Slugs brigade before you can say ‘sidechain’. It’s good stuff and comes with all the kind of sirens ‘n 808 kicks you’d want from a low-slung groover, but the real meat’s in Machinedrum’s dangerously f*cked rave throwback remix. Typically for the man ‘drum, it’s unclassifiable save for saying that it’s dance music – but those stabs, THOSE STABS. Take it to the warehouse, lads.
Depending on your tolerance for advanced electronic boogie jazz, Squarepusher's last album 'd'Demonstrator' as Shobaleader One was either the epitome of cool or unlistenably indulgent. Returning two years later as plain old Squarepusher, Tom Jenkinson presents what might well be his most popular side since 'Ultravisitor', focussing on a "big room"- friendly fusion of almost Trance-y hooks and dance-able machine funk, what he terms "…pure electronic music… Something very melodic, very aggressive." It's almost as though he's been listening to Rustie's nostalgic hyper-theatrics and thought, "w… Read more
Deeper, dapper Bass and Techno swingers from the one like DBridge. 'Passing Encounter' makes sharp moves on a Bass-heavy and Broken House flex enveloped by deep blue chords and pads, assuredly arranged with the suave attitude you expect from DBridge. On the other hand, 'Scarlett' goes for the rave jugular with insurgent Reese bass on a burning Breakbeat Techno swivel with devastating potential. BIG tunes.
The Norfolk dreamer behind the very popular 'Holkham Drones' LP has the honour of becoming the first person not called Gold Panda to release on Gold Panda's Notown imprint. On day release from the Border Community he's brimming with jammy krautrock and electronic dancefloor grooves on 'Modern Driveway'. The title track works his signature shoegazy melodies into a cool, swinging rhythm with tidy Funky inflections, while the loping chug of 'Hand Drawn Maps' is one for the Balearic daydreamers. He's at his lovliest on the frothing bumble of 'Carrage' and the syrupy wend of 'Meeting Hill' should satisfy the sweetest toothed Ghost Box fans. Ace twelve.
Laurel Halo's 'Quarantine' is one of the most compelling debut albums we've heard this year. Ever since she revealed the hyper-fused kinetics of 2010's 'King Felix' EP, there's been a certain weight of expectation on this unique artist, which has evidently been fulfilled with the likes of her technofied 'Hour Logic' and 'Spring' EPs, plus the criminally overlooked ambient holo-spaces of the 'Antenna' cassette for NNA Tapes. Yet, if you still haven't been convinced of her skills, a newly established connection with the esteemed Hyperdub and the utter brilliance of this album - from the sounds to … Read more
SHACKLETON
Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ
WOE TO THE SEPTIC HEART!
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
Cat. Number: SEPTICCD001
Eighteen months since their first issue, Woe To The Septic Heart!'s long delayed 2nd release finally dawns upon us. Comprising entirely new and previously unreleased Shackleton material - including collaborations with vocalist Vengeance Tenfold and musical spars Andreas Gerth (Tied & Tickled Trio) and Kingsuk Biswas (Bedouin Ascent) - it's also his most shocking and invigorating body of work. What strikes us first and foremost is the newfound vitality and visceral impact of his sound here. Any signature murk is replaced with a lysergic lucidity and rendered i… Read more
Natty new single from Gold Panda on Ghostly, his first proper release since last year's sound DJ-Kicks set. 'Mountain' is full of the woozy, homespun charm that has earned the Londoner his cult following to date, with folksy woodwind and end-of-the-rainbow arpeggios rubbing up against slouchy tribal percussion and 808 kickdrum bounce. On 'Financial District', bleary-eyed synth tones and vocal snippets cluster around a lo-fi steppers rhythm - imagine Broadcast or BoC mixed by Lone and you're in the zone.
Girl Unit returns to the Night Slugs mothership with an EP hefty enough - six tracks - and rewarding enough to be described as a mini-album. We'd almost forgotten how good this fella is, and 'Ensemble (Club Mix)''s boogiedown synths and deadly drum programming instantly set us straight. 'Cake Boss' is quite simply mental, seeming to re-imagine 909-bashing techno brutalism according to the jagging, stop-start demands of a grime dance, and 'Plaza'' is a ghetto-electro bouncer for the jeeps, while 'Double Take' strips away the feelgood synths and pushes the same rhythmic template deep into 'fl… Read more
**Debut release on this new imprint brought to you by FInders Keepers, Pre-Cert Home Entertainment and Boomkat, "Voices Of Packaged Souls" was the first album recorded by Suzanne Ciani, originally pressed up as a private edition of just 50 copies and now available in this limited run of just 1000 housed in screenprinted silver foil sleeves faithful to the original pressing** Dead-Cert is a brand new reissue venture with a focus on genuinely rare archival curiosities of early computer music, Art-Trash, non-pop and vinyl voyeurism which deserve to be heard beyond the closed ranks… Read more
ALAN LAMB / OREN AMBARCHI / VARIOUS
The WIRED Lab: WIRED Open Day 2009
TAIGA
2LP // £21.99
Cat. Number: TAIGA19
**Limited, hand-numbered edition of 500 copies housed in heavy duty, tip-on style double gatefold jacket manufactured at Stoughton** On 'The Wired Lab' the impeccable Taiga Records document the extraordinary results of an evening spent outdoors in South West Australia with five sound artists "playing" Alan Lamb's purpose built wire installations. Lamb first pioneered the use of telegraph wires for composition in the 1970s after discovering an unused 1km stretch of abandoned wires on a farm in the great Southern region of Western Australia, and subsque… Read more
SUUM CUIQUE (DEMDIKE STARE)
Modern Love
MP3 Download // £4.99FLAC Download // £5.99
Cat. Number: Love078
Suum Cuique is the alias used by Demdike Stare's Miles Whittaker to vent his purest analogue noise experiments. Giving a stoic nod to the hardware emissions of Mika Vainio or Maurizio Bianchi, and conducted with a meditative practice comparable with Eleh, his 2nd album 'Ascetic Ideals' is the sound of Miles' machines coaxed into revealing their bleakest secrets, often recorded straight from the mixing desk with no overdubs or edits. Aesthetically, it's closest to his Demdike Stare material, as opposed to his Pendle Coven or MLZ releases, and was - perhaps unsurprisingly … Read more
*Senking returns to Raster with another double-headed set of slowed-down, rugged and dark transmissions.* Senking's 2nd EP follow-up to 2010's heavyweight 'Pong' LP sees him add chiming harmonies and even vocals to his abyssal bass contours. With gargantuan A-side 'The Dance Hall Walk' he lasers warped and glooming features into a hulking iceberg sculpture, perching a blunted text read by Michael Cramm over unshakeable, plunging bass ballast. This will sound shocking on a big rig! B-side's 'Closing Eyes' swipes away any extraneous sounds to leave a desolate scape of plangent, ringing tones skidding… Read more
**Limited edition of 500** 'Kippschwingungen' finds Frank Bretschneider returning to a rare and obscure bit of East German electronic equipment with compelling results. In 2007 Frank was invited to compose music for the Subharcord, a unique electronic instrument developed in the 1960's for the creation of "special effects" at the RFZ, the technical centre for radio and television of the East German postal service. Of the eight machines originally made only three survive to this day in Vienna, Trondheim and Berlin, which could be considered as the Soviet counterparts to the Mixturtr… Read more
Last we heard of Deutch bass-head and best bud of Mr. Apparat Phon.O, he was crafting fluorescent Euro-rap with ex-Funkstoerung bloke Chris De Luca, but forget all that – he’s on 50 Weapons now and has a brand new MO. ‘Black Boulder’ is Phon.O’s take on the UK funky/2-step sound and who better to re-engineer that sprawling niche than someone with his production smarts? From the very beginning it’s clear we’re listening to something that has been sharpened by a diamond tipped blade – sure there are references to Burial, 2562 and Martyn (to name just a handful), but Phon.O’s crisp, clean produ… Read more
MOTION SICKNESS OF TIME TRAVEL
Motion Sickness Of Time Travel
Spectrum Spools
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
Cat. Number: SP016
Rachel Evans continues her pursuit of the synthesised sublime on a new album for John 'Emeralds' Elliott's Spectrum Spools imprint. Fans of her jaw-dropping Seeping Through The Veil Of Unconscious LP, and its follow-up Luminaries & Synastry, will feel right at home with the time-space-warping mantras of this fine effort, the self-titling of which suggests that Evans considers it to be her definitive artistic statement to date. While the utopian drift of 'The Dream' is all well and good, we've always been more drawn to the darker side of MSOTT's outpu… Read more
**2012 repress with new B-side mix from ???????!** Back in 2009 a seductively anonymous 1-sided edit of murky middle eastern provenance crossed our doorstep. It was called 'Tanki Tanki' and fixed a martial New Beat stomp to some unnamed and hash-smudged sample. Three years later that sample is revealed to be from an obscure Lebanese record by the Rene Bandaly Family, and the record now comes backed with an equally mysterious '4 Trak Alternative' mix on the flip, interjecting the original with slightly longer stabs of the source sample and adding maybe some more noise and tape grit. If you ask us, it's an absolute no brainer. Must have!!!
Two years since 'Splazsh' topped a stack of annual polls, Actress presents his 3rd, and most coherent album, 'R.I.P' - his 2nd for Honest Jon's. Despite being a vital cog in the machinery of underground UK dance and electronics since at least 2004 (when he released his 'No Tricks' debut), it's fair to say that it's only in the last few years he's made the shift from cult concern to acknowledged auteur of some repute. His work with Damon Albarn's DRC Music, beside a legendary DJ set at Sonar and killer remixes of Shangaan Electro, Panda Bear and Radiohead all certify the fact; so expectations are no… Read more
JON CONVEX
Lied To Be Loved featuring dBridge
3024
MP3 Download // £1.95FLAC Download // £2.95
Cat. Number: 3024018
After debuting on Martyn's 3024 label in late 2011, Jon Convex is joined by dBridge on vocals for three darkly romantic machine grooves. 'Lied To Be Loved' is the standout cut, rippling a "Moroder/Human Centipede" bass under glass-cut drums and dBridge's tender vocal highlighted with slivers of metallic synth melody in a fresh update of classic Electro schematics. Meanwhile, 'Zero' locks on a crafty sort of Electro-House motion hinting at ruder Detroit moves from an underground UK perspective, while 'Stay' sounds like a wetter Jimmy Edgar cut.
*Strictly Limited Copies Back in Stock* Will Bevan and Kieran Hebden play nice with a one-sided collaboration on Four Tet's Text Records. There's no surprises on 'Nova', just one piece of beautifully dusted and romantic dancefloor sweetness. Burial's drums are reserved, tight and grooving, while Four Tet's chords and giddy vocal treatments make for a tenderly naif effect, heard best at the mid-way breakdown and beachside outro...
Proving they’re still alive and still on point, here’s another winner from the mysterious Various camp, showing their darker, more soulful side with the silky vocal cut ‘Moving On’. Somehow this reminds us of early Leila, all woozy, slightly f*cked up and sort of delicious in its reimagining of digital soul music. For those who miss the dancefloor-heavy end of the label though there’s ‘Bolts’ on the flip that shows a rare Drexiyan electro bent and a new twist in their evolving catalogue.
CONRAD SCHNITZLER / RICARDO VILLALOBOS & MAX LODERBAUER
m=minimal
MP3 Download // £5.99FLAC Download // £6.99
Cat. Number: MM012CD
Essential remixes of Conrad Schnitzler by Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer. Sprawling, side-long workouts by Villalobos are no longer a novelty by any stretch of the imagination, but believe us when we say that the 'Sorgenkind-mix' of Schnitzler's 'Zug' genuinely counts among the finest productions of the Chilean's career thus far. He and his studio partner Loderbauer (Sun Electric, NSI, Moritz von Oswald Trio) bring the same exploratory yet forensically focussed approach to this project as they did to their reconstruction of the… Read more
Two years since he helped establish the Tri Angle sound with that arresting eponymous debut, oOoOO returns to the label with his second single proper. Still obsessed with R&B rhythms and wistful Pop, on 'Our Loving Is Hurting Us' he's also joined by Berlin-based vocalist Butterclock to accentuate his forlorn sound. Whether it's lovesick emotion or narcotic overload, we're not sure what's burdened his heart, but it makes for a wickedly nervy listen. Best comes first, with the blank-eyed, hollow swagger of 'TryTry' and its disquieting, strafing vocal cadences arranged into maudlin ch… Read more
ANDY STOTT
Passed Me By / We Stay Together (Deluxe 2CD Edition with Bonus Tracks)
Modern Love
2CD // £14.99
NOW: £8.99
Cat. Number: LOVE070
*Now re-pressed - Deluxe gatefold oversized Digipak including two CD's featuring the "Passed Me By" and "We Stay Together" albums in full, plus 25 minutes of bonus material* Andy Stott entered a compelling new phase of evolution on 'Passed Me By', inverting the energy of his Juke and Technoid hardcore excursions into something more brooding and subtly visceral. Folding in a wider palette of influences from Kassem Mosse to Arthur Russell, to Actress and James Ferraro, 'New Ground' opens the set proper and we're dominated by bone crushing bas… Read more
Beach House’s gauzy pop has always had a special place in our hearts, and they’re one of the few recent bands of their ilk who have successfully managed the difficult transition from underground lo-fi to something a little more, well, populist. Thankfully their last album ‘Teen Dream’ was their best yet, and showed that it wasn’t the grit and tape hiss that made their music so great, it was the duo’s careful, delicate grasp of songwriting. Now Victoria Legrande and Alex Scally have returned with a follow-up, and unsurprisingly it doesn’t disappoint. Continuing the high fidelity shakes of its pr… Read more
Idle Hands sustain the vinyl pressure with two nimbly crafted 2-step/Electronic-pop infusions from Kahn. Following sessions of computerised halfstep, rooted '06 styles and mercurial garage, 'Margeaux' continues his tradition of flipping styles on each new single. Here, we'd gauge possible inspiration from the likes of Four Tet, Floating Points or Gold Panda's widely appealing electronic soul grooves. Part 1 works a wispy, diced up vocoder vocal into a deftly scissored 2-step fray, while Part 2 reveals the vocal with clearer enunciation blurred into a dreamier, dubbed-out framework of glancing garage swing.
Seminal Detroit House LP remastered and reissued for 2012! Under the aegis of Paperclip People, Carl Craig birthed this ultra-classic in 1996, giving life to the likes of 'The Climax' and 'Throw', which are, of course, included on this pressing. No need to bang on about this, it's just ESSENTIAL.
Arriving some four years after his Metanarrative LP on Modern Love, Manchester's Mark Stewart drops his long awaited third album, Reform Club, on Amsterdam's Delsin. For those of us who've followed Claro Intelecto's evolution closely, it's a joy to listen to: more confident than ever in the strength of his writing, Stewart explores slower tempos - without ever straying too far from a rugged 4/4 pulse - and deeper moods than before. The impeccably knackered-out 'Second Blood' nods to the recent work of his old mucker Andy Stott, while 'Quiet Life' and the tear-jerking 'Still Here' show… Read more
UNO NYC have assembled a killer remix package for Fatima Al Qadiri's 'Genre-Specific Xperience' EP. Girl Unit reworks 'How Can I Resist U' with a freestylin' Electro flex and white flash synth bursts, while DJ Rashad gives our percy 'Vatican Vibes' a pensive yet pummelling Juke overhaul and Kingdom gets to grip with 'Corpcore' on a percolating future Bass tip. New York's Dutch E Germ is a new name to us, and on the strength of his smartly diffused 'D-Medley' remix we hope to hear much more from him. P'raps best of all though are Dubbel Dutch's sparse and infectiously bubblin' re-do o… Read more
Superb debut drop from a mysterious East London operator by the name of Buzzin10. The three tracks of his 'Basement Mood' EP are pieced together from samples twocked off of old tape packs - mainly Garage Nation's legendary late '90s cassettes of DJs like EZ, Ray Hurley, Karl "Tuff Enuff" Brown and co - and fused with really trippy, sparing melodies reminding of classic AFX, Zomby or Drexciya. If you ask us it's one of the best things Frijsfo have released, and that's saying something when you consider their killer Sully releases. Highly recommended!!!
**Hand-numbered limited edition of 65 housed in sealed recycled envelope** Dozens kick off Under The Spire's limited edition 3" CD series with a nineteen minute electronic storm called 'Curving Quest'. Coming from Montreal's Francesco De Gallo of Hobo Cubes fame and Ryan Connolly aka Sundrips you might know what to expect, but that's not to say this is a predictable listen. Within minutes of entry we're submitted to a barrage of superheated electromagnetic radiation and soon enough left delirious and dehydrated in roiling ambience reminding of Leyland Kirby before our minds are extruded through in… Read more
*Vinyl comes as a limited edition pressing on red vinyl housed in red inner bag and embossed sleeve* Hype Williams' Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland have released a lot of albums in the last couple of years - few of them better than their untitled 2010 effort for Carnivals - so you could be forgiven for not keeping count. But the truth is that this record, their first for Kode9's Hyperdub, is one of their most haunting and vividly realised to date. Copeland's sighing vocals are worth the price of admission alone, particularly when riding DIY footwork rhythms ('12… Read more
*Limited to 300 copies only for the UK* "Note from Michael Gira: "Thanks to all of you who attended the Swans shows during our recent tours. The experience, for us, was lifegiving and nourishing. The audiences were not only the largest with which we've ever been blessed, but the most genuinely connected and in tune with the sonic / psychic experience in which we all participate. Thank you! "Represented in these discs are the best recordings we could provide of the (ever-evolving) shows. Those of you who attended the early ones realize that the first iterations of th… Read more
Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate and Tyger Dhula's sexy TechnoHouse unit in great form for K7. There's a summer storm brewing on 'Who's Future?', drizzling plush subs with warm acid rain and velvet chords with signature sophistication. 'Across The Nation' is better yet, like some extended and sleekly reduced take on UR-style Hi-Tech Funk with extra subbass pressure.
*Senking returns to Raster with another double-headed set of slowed-down, rugged and dark transmissions.* Senking's 2nd EP follow-up to 2010's heavyweight 'Pong' LP sees him add chiming harmonies and even vocals to his abyssal bass contours. With gargantuan A-side 'The Dance Hall Walk' he lasers warped and glooming features into a hulking iceberg sculpture, perching a blunted text read by Michael Cramm over unshakeable, plunging bass ballast. This will sound shocking on a big rig! B-side's 'Closing Eyes' swipes away any extraneous sounds to leave a desolate scape of plangent, ringing tones skidding acr… Read more
It's a bold move, but dropping tunes on 1-sided 12"s shows a label's confidence in the material as being of the highest possible quality. We can't really argue with Brainmath on this point, as that Zomby 'Rumours and Revelations' was just f*cking amazing, and we're inclined to say something similar about this plate from the mysterious Spiders. The untitled track in question is a creepy web of scuttling Shackleton-style percussion mixed with a psychoactive attention to detail, meaning lots of subtle drops and half-heard glimpses of sounds showing their beady eyes before retreating into the darkne… Read more
**Hand-numbered limited edition of 85 housed in sealed envelopes** 3rd instalment of Under The Spire's 3" CD series is an eighteen minute astral projection by Greek synth explorer, Panos Alexiadis aka Lunar Miasma. Vangelis-style syn-Brass blooms like a slow-motion ecstasy rush, spiralling into the cosmos with wide-eyed galactic ambition and celestial spirit.
Type mark their 100th release with a reissue of Porter Ricks' essential 'Biokinetics'. Back in 1996, dark ambient pioneer and sound designer Thomas Köner, together with engineer Andy Mellwig, presented the Techno community with one of it's most enduring and definitive albums in the form of 'Biokinetics'. It was the first album release on Basic Channel's Chain Reaction imprint, birthing three 12" singles which expanded and twisted the templates of Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus with an aquatic torque and unique vision, taking the sound to immersive, isolated depths previous… Read more
Renaat 'R&S' Vandepapaliere's revived Apollo imprint presents an EP from Londoner Jack Dixon: four tracks of deep, elegantly designed techno, leading with the smoky, UKG-inflected shuffler 'You Won't Let Me'. 'Saviour''s space-case chords and broken drum patterns invoke Theo Parrish and STL but there's more of a sheen to this stuff, with syrupy vocal clips and loads of cotton-wool-padding reverb, while 'Every Time' and 'Black Paint' are post-dubstep house excursions that would sound right at home on R&S at the moment. What makes this stuff stand out is the attention to detail and the craftsmanship.
