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2010 has been a fine year for albums so far, as The Black Dog released a brilliant ambient album "Music For Real Airports", A Guy Called Gerald returned with the even deeper and more subtle "Tronic Jazz The Berlin Sessions" and Robert Hood served up yet another masterpiece "Omega". There are more albums coming out by Niko Marks, Fabrice Lig and Akin Khan.

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DJ 3000 – Galactic Caravan The Remixes [Motech]

DJ 3000 gets the remix treatment from his friends and Motech players on this double disc set. The first package is an exploration of modern electronic grooves, which will reward home and club listeners–standouts include the moody Mr De remix of Seven Tribes Of Hoti, Esteban Adame’s graceful revision of Her Smile and a more subtle version of Shawn Rudiman’s Her Smile. The second package wins with stellar displays from Alexander Robotnick, Mark Flash and DJ Bone. Robotnick makes it big with his synth driven electroid sound, Flash goes a mammoth synth led workout and Bone does his epic ABM thang to Meloudic Landscapes.

Tracklisting:

• Disc 1
  • 01. Heritage (Deviant remix)
  • 02. Seven Tribes Of Hoti (Mr De remix)
  • 03. Her Smile (Esteban Adame remix)
  • 04. Darjeeling Sun (Gary Martin remix)
  • 05. Heritage (Nomadico aka DJ Dex remix)
  • 06. Midnight Express (Ben Sims remix)
  • 07. Coat Of Arms (Orlando Voorn remix)
  • 08. Memory Almost Full (T.Linder remix)
  • 09. Emotional Sequence (DJ Compufunk remix)
  • 10. Penny For Your Thoughts (Dan Curtin remix)
  • 11. Her Smile (Shawn Rudiman remix)
  • 12. Memory Almost Full (O.N.O. remix)
• Disc 2
  • 01. Flamuri I Popullit (J.A.K.A.M Deep remix)
  • 02. Darjeeling Sun (Rennie Foster remix)
  • 03. Meridian (Mark Broom remix)
  • 04. Coat Of Arms (Alexander Robotnick remix)
  • 05. Her Smile (Mark Flash remix)
  • 06. Flamuri I Popullit (Buscemi remix)
  • 07. Darjeeling Sun (Matt Chester remix)
  • 08. Meloudic Landscapes (DJ Bone remix)
  • 09. Coat Of Arms (Subotika remix)
  • 10. Yarewehear (Antennasia remix)
  • 11. Memory Almost Full (Shawn Snell remix)

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/dj3000motech
• www.myspace.com/motechrecords

Fabrice Lig & Titonton Duvanté – That Connection [Fine Art Recordings]

Belgian techno prince Fabrice Lig teams up with Titonton Duvante for a subtle but deadly musical journey on London-based Fine Art. The original mix sees Duvanté weave Lig’s tones in between scintillating synths and delightful key work. Beanfield supply a gorgeous jazzied remix, where heavenward reaching strings do all the work.

Tracklisting:

• A. That Connection
• B. That Connection (Beanfield remix)

Get "That Connection" here:

• Buy Ten from Juno Records for £6.80

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/fabricelig
• www.myspace.com/titontonduvante
• www.myspace.com/fineartrecords

Matt Chester – Outrider [11th Hour]

Whereas "Die For A Reason" is as subtle as he comes, "Outrider" is the sort of full on dancefloor assault that Matt Chester is expert at producing. Intergalactic synths, a scary bassline and tough beats do the work on the murderous effort.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Ghostwritten
• 02. Salination Plant
• 03. Reverse Evolution
• 04. Outrider

Get "Outrider" here:

• Buy in MP3 format from Juno Download for £3.23

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/mattchester1
• www.myspace.com/11thhourrecordings

Sidearms – Humantics [Logos Recordings]

After the amazing original album, Humantics is back, remixed by Vince Watson. Armed with a magical bassline, melodious keys and glorious strings, Watson has created a trademark mix.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Humantics (Vince Watson remix)

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/sidearmstechno
• www.myspace.com/vincewatson
• www.myspace.com/logosrecordings

Spirit Catcher – Sedona EP [Systematic]

Exponents of a deeper brand of future disco, Spirit Catcher bring their exquisite grooves Systematic. Sedona is a pleasurable tech-discoid winner, with heartfelt chords, slick percussion and sweet keys.

Tracklisting:

• A1/01. Sedona
• B1/02. Future Fools
• B2/03. Forever And A Day

Get "Outrider" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £6.80
• Buy in MP3 format from Juno Download for £2.54

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/spiritcatcher1
• www.myspace.com/systematicrecordings

Five records I’ve been hammering for a while now, they never leave my record box.

DJ Bone – The Music Remixes [Subject Detroit]

DJ Bone’s Music, a music speech that produces as many questions as it does answers, gets the once-over from a number of fellow producers and the winning remixes are provided by Samuel L Session, Aaron-Carl and DJ Bone himself. DJ Bone’s remix shows the strength and depth of what he does, while Samuel L Session delivers an ace dancefloor banger and Aaron-Carl supplies a masterful mix with measured percussion, levitating synths and spirit-lifting strings.

Tracklisting:

• A1. DJ Bone remix
• A2. Trench’s Still Here & Buckwild remix
• B1. Samuel L Session remix
• B2. DJ 3000 Motech remix
• C1. Rennie Foster’s No Lights, No Flights remix
• C2. Santiago Salazar’s Seldom Seen remix
• D1. Aaron-Carl remix
• D2. Stephen Brown Just Soul edit
• DJ Nasty’s Blaxploitaqtion remix
• Mister X remix

Get "The Music Remixes" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £13.61
• Buy in MP3 format from Juno Download for £8.50

Related Links:

• www.dj-bone.com
• www.subjectdetroit.com

Jolka – The Jolka Experience [Sect]

Croatian techno producer Luka Baumann has been serving up experimental beats since 2004 and here he shows his deeper side with this lovely effort on Sect Records. Inception takes its strength from a solid bassline and steady beats and lush chords while Arcus does the business courtesy of dubbed out chords. Covection is a brilliant chord driven workout and Dreamful produces an all over warm feeling, courtesy of sweet synths and a pulsing bassline.

Tracklisting:

• A1. Inception
• A2. Arcus
• B1. Convection
• B2. Dreamful

Get "The Jolka Experience" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £4.34
• Buy in MP3 format from Juno Download for £3.23

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/lukabaumann
• www.sectrecords.com

Niko Marks – Voice Box Detroit [Subject Detroit]

Niko Marks drops an EP of swinging, soulful house efforts that hit home. The opener, "I Can’t Stop", is a hearty vocal house gem, while "All About Love" is an explosive winner. "Bring Back The Soul" is all evocative vocals and smart beats and "Technology" hits with groovy synth work and abrupt vocal samples.

Tracklisting:

• A1. I Can’t Stop
• A2. All About Love
• B1. Bring Back The Soul
• B2. Technology

Get "Voice Box Detroit" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95
• Buy in MP3 format from Juno Download for £3.65

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/nikomarks
• www.subjectdetroit.com

Various – Union Sampler 1 [Union Match Music]

Compuphonic branches out on his own here, launching his Union Match imprint with this EP, which features maximal house, disco and techno grooves. Highlights include Fabrice Lig’s freaked out "My UFO" and booty shaking "Innerblaster", Compuphonic’s beautiful "Sequoïa" and Compuphonic & Spirit Catcher’s delightful "Aftertaste".

Tracklisting:

• 01. Fabrice Lig – Innerblaster
• 02. Kolombo & Ante Perry – Crazy
• 03/B2. Compuphonic – Sequoïa
• 04. Spirit Catcher & Compuphonic – Cleaver
• 05/A2. Fabrice Lig – My UFO (Unknown Fucking Oscillator)
• 06. Compuphonic – Placid Corporation (Spirit Catcher Deadline Mix)
• 07/A1. Compuphonic & Spirit Catcher – After Taste
• 08/B1. Ante Perry & Kolombo – Baby
• 09. Compuphonic – Placid Corporation
• 10. Ante Perry & Kolombo – Let’s Go

Get "Union Sampler 1" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £6.80
• Buy in MP3 format from Juno Download for £6.37

Related Links:

• www.unionmatchmusic.be

Various – W.A.R.M.T.H. presents Preservation: Past, Present & Future [Wallshaker Music]

Aaron-Carl’s WARMTH network brings a 14-track outing that marks the Preservation event in Detroit. Cuts of note include the intense "4 Types Of People", a sweet number entitled "Karen’s Groove", an oscillating string and bass driven "Intergalactic Funk" and Terrence Parker’s blissful "Hiding in Your Love". All in all, this is yet another fine display of Detroit techno and house music, which shows why the Motor City remains a well-respected electronic music powerhouse.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Aaron-Carl – W.A.R.M.T.H. Intro (feat. DJ Mourad & Jevon Justin)
• 02. Alton Miller – Seasons
• 03. Los Hermanos – De Las Cenizas
• 04. DJ Bone – Cultural Variance
• 05. Myles Serge – A Moment In Time
• 06. Scan 7 feat. Aaron-Carl- 4 Types Of People
• 07. Orlando Voorn – Face
• 08. Detroit People Mover – Dropping Things (Interlude)
• 09. Santiago Salazar – Your Club Went Hollywood
• 10. Trench – Karen’s Groove
• 11. DJ Nasty – Intergalactic Funk
• 12. Scan 7 – Tenacity
• 13. Terrence Parker feat. Coco Street – Hiding In Your Love (The Marvelous Light Vocal mix)
• 14. Gary Martin – Waiting On A Third Chance

Get "W.A.R.M.T.H. presents Preservation: Past, Present & Future" here:

• Buy CD from Wallshaker Music for $11.99
• Buy in MP3 format from Wallshaker Music for $9.99

Related Links:

• www.warmth313.com
• www.wallshaker.com

Not to mention……

• Chymera – The Rumours Of My Demise [Komplex De Deep]
• Jeff Mills – Sleeper Wakes [Axis/Third-Ear]
• Spirit Catcher feat. Ilija Rudman – Secret Stranger EP [Rebirth]
• Taho – Crystal Love [Lumina]
• Vince Watson – A Very Different World [Bio Music]

(in no particular order)

5 essential stuff

• Tribe – Rebirth [Community Projects/Planet E]
  
  Wooaw woaw wooooaw. (What can I say ?)
• Deetron – Zircon/Orange [Music Man]
  
  I am a fan of everything Sam Geiser has done with Music Man, and I think this is the best thing he’s done to date. So simple but insistently brilliant.
• Jeff Mills – The Drummer [Purpose Maker]
  
  More Mills(art) loveliness.
• Trish Van Eynde – Subject Belgium [Subject Detroit]
  
  Fantastic funkiness, straight forward Subject Detroit music. Trish Van Eynde is on fire.
• Silent Servant/Santiago Salazar – La Noche/La Minoria [Historia y Violencia]
  
  Those 2 are as nice as always, I like what Historia y Violencia label is doing at the moment.

5 novelties (* all in promo status.)

• Jolka – The Jolka Experience [Sect] / Davor O. – Transitional Objects Remixes [Matrix]
  
  10/10 (The Jolka Experience). No need to say more… "Transitional Objects Remixes" is a simply awesome package of mixes. This is the best thing Matrix has done in a while.
• Traxx – Faith [Nation]
  
  Classic, great forward thinking house music. Jack your body !!
• (A guy from D) – (A track on A-Side) [(An UK label)]
  (I can’t tell you any details yet……) That D guy returns to an UK quality techno label with sweet, sweet techno stuff. This is what Detroit techno soul is all about.
• Rennie Foster – Songs For Homeless Housers [Greta Cottage Workshops]
  
  Foster goes house in his own fashion. ‘Butterfingers’ is a really amazing tune, just class production all the way.
• Mick Welch – Morphological Construct EP [Elektrosouls]
  
  Reminiscent of B12′s work, great melodic stabby winner on new Crawley-based label to definitely look out for.

5 oldies

• 69 – 4 Jazz Funk Classics [Planet E]
  
  The first record I ever bought – back when I was 14 years old. I must have listened to this stuff a thousand times back then. ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’ sounded like nothing else I had heard before and I still love it. C² always makes my day.
• 69 – Lite Music [Planet E]
  
• 69 – Sound On Sound [Planet E]
  
• 69 – Pungtang [Planet E]
  
• The Detroit Experiment – The Detroit Experiment [Planet E]
  

I haven’t been updating regularly, but I hope you don’t mind my slow pace. Thank you for reading.

• (in no particular order)
• 5 novelties
  • Lee Holman – Back In The Day (CY’s Old School Mix) [GodWrk/White Label] / Rennie Foster – GTC (Claude Young remix) [White Label]
    Claude Young returns with more beautiful and classy remixes. He’s getting better and better and we need more producers like him.
  • Erica LaFay – Rain (Special Vinyl Only Edition) [Wallshaker Music]
    
    Definitely a classic release of Detroit music – Motown techno-house-soul fusion.
  • Polar Pair ft. Atlantis – This Is What Happens (Mark Flash remix) [Botanika]
    
    Fucking wicked. Mark Flash does a tight but funky as hell makeover. This is a full on dancefloor with a spoken vocal from Atlantis.
  • Matt Chester – Die For A Reason EP [11th Hour]
    
    More deep goodness from Matt Chester, big big Detroit business.
  • Various – The Lost Tribe Of Techno [Subject Detroit]
    
    Excellent collection of authentic Motor City machine music. Highly recommended.
• 5 oldies
  • Slam – Positive Education (Original Re-master) [Soma]
    Soma re-release Slam’s classic Positive Education with remixes by Fergie and Octogen, but I still loooove the original.
  • Technasia – Future Mix [Technasia]
  • Solid Gold Playaz – Alone My Life Underground [Kanzleramt]
  • Dopplereffekt – Gesamtkunstwerk [Victoriaville]
  • Round One to Round Five – 1993-99 Main Street Records [Main Street Records]

Last but not least, I switched to Facebook from MySpace.

• (in no particular order)
• Jeff Mills – The Good Robot [Axis]
  
  Classic artist, classic label, classic record.
• Laurent Garnier – Gnanmankoudji [PIAS]
  
  Fantastic. I have been playing ‘Original Broken-Afro Mix’ for a while now and just adore the track !
• Ican – El Quinto EP [Ican Productions]
  
  An absolutely awesome record, very original and super cool.
• Vince Watson – My Desire [Planet E]
  
  Beautiful work as always from Vince Watson.
• Rolando – The Afterlife EP [Saved Records]
  
  For me definitely the finest Rolando work since the Aztec Mystic releases – ‘The Afterlife’, a very classy Detroit shit.
• DJ Bone – Encounter 2 [Bastardo Electrico]
  DJ Bone returns with slammin’ Encounter stuff. Thanks to Jamie Behan for making this happen.
• Santiago Salazar – Arcade [Macro Recordings]
  
  Another S² gem – once again deepness and darkness. Stefan Goldmann does a fine job too, a gorgeous piece of music.
• Stefan Goldmann – Art Of Sorrow [Victoriaville]
  
  Biiiiiiig, fucking massive. Goldmann did it again.
• Dactilar – Phonograph EP [Organica Music Labworks]
  
  Sounds very Detroit/Sheffield inspired. Very good indeed.
• Mark Broom & Mihalis Safras – Jelle [Soma]
  
  Good as always from these two great producers – Mark and Mihalis are always consistent.

Fabrice Lig – Cosmic Bootey [MVSICA]

MVSICA, Fine Art’ sister label, kicks off with yet another single from Fabrice Lig. Fabrice takes off into a new direction – ‘Cosmic Booty’ is an excellent Fabrice Lig’ interpretation of funky hip-hop with a twist of Detroit-influenced soul. Fucking good and hot shit. He is a man that really knows how to keep things funky.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Cosmic Bootey
• 02. Cosmic Bootey (Steve Kotey’s Disko)

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/fabricelig
• www.myspace.com/steviekotey
• www.myspace.com/mvsicarec

Samoil Radinski – Sources [Logos Recordings]

Very good follow up to the previous single Raindow. For Sources EP he’s beefed up the production on the beautiful deep melodic ‘Izvor’ things – also included on this EP is the all new and deeply growing ‘Sonce’ and chill out ‘Ex’. Another very good release on Logos Recordings.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Izvor 7
• 02. Izvor 8
• 03. Izvor 3
• 04. Sonce
• 05. Ex

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/samoil
• www.myspace.com/logosrecordings

Francesco Tristano – Auricle / Bio / On [Infiné]

A real classic techno record in recent history. (Need I say more ?)

Tracklisting:

• 01. Auricle / Bio / On 1
• 02. Auricle / Bio / On 2

Get "Auricle / Bio / On" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £6.80
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £4.50
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $9.99

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/francescotristano
• www.myspace.com/infinemuzik

Subotic – Timeless EP [NightVision]

Superb – a real return to form for NightVision. ‘Timeless’ is a full-on dancefloor destroyer that just keeps building and building. A kind of soul / deepness between 80′s and ’08. ‘Samurai’ has a very nice deep, dark and moody vibe going on. There’s a great Orlando Voorn remix of ‘Samurai’ on the flip – Quality !

Tracklisting:

• A1. Timeless
• A2. Samurai
• B. Samurai (Orlando Voorn remix)

Get "Timeless EP" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £2.54

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/msubotic
• www.myspace.com/orlandovoorn2
• www.myspace.com/orlandovoornnightvision

Erell Ranson – Where The Clouds Are [MySelf Recordings]

Erell Ranson gets deep on his own MySelf imprint, and he just keeps getting better. ‘A Different Light’ is a really nice, deep electro-tinged thing which he splices with spooky bass lines and emotional synth lines. On the flip, Paul Mac has remixed for ‘A Different Light’ that will take the track onto any floors. Finally, ‘Where The Clouds Are’ is in the same vein but with a more melodic feel. Another very good release !

Tracklisting:

• A1. A Different Light
• B1. A Different Light (Paul Mac remix)
• B2. Where The Clouds Are

Get "Where The Clouds Are" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/erellranson
• www.myspace.com/paulmacuk
• www.myspace.com/msrecordings

Lee Holman – Travelling EP [Mowar]

Ireland’s young gun Lee Holman takes on a melodic voyage on the Mowar thing. A good, well-rounded package – Very playable / versatile. Very atmospheric / gorgeous. Driving without speeding, deep without being impenetrable. ‘Depart’ is the one for me here, an epic journey that is right up my street. Hurrah !

Tracklisting:

• A1. Depart
• A2. Transit
• B1. Arrival
• B2. Return

Get "Travelling EP" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.10
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £3.23

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/leeholman
• www.myspace.com/mowar

Matt Chester – Endless Days [11th Hour]

11th Hour at its finest. Matt Chester is back on his home and in fine form. ‘Cold Restraint’ is exactly what I love about techno – it features his trademark Detroit-influenced lush pads and melodies, floating / ebbing over rough beats. Yes, yes yes and yes !! On the A-side, ‘Kick It’ comes in original stellar electro funk and a fantastic DJ 3000 remix. Motech head honcho DJ 3000 excels with an epic interpretation that is simply outstanding. All in all a top notch package.

Tracklisting:

• A1. Kick It
• A2. Kick It (DJ 3000′s Motech remix)
• B1. Cold Restraint
• B2. Down & Out In EC2

Get "Endless Days" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.53
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £3.23

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/mattchester1
• www.myspace.com/dj3000motech
• www.myspace.com/11thhourrecordings

Santiago Salazar / Silent Servant – Santuario / Lo Profundo [Historia y Violencia]

Santiago Salazar and Silent Servant have launched a brand new label, Historia y Violencia (History and Violence). This release in particular stuck out for me because of the Hard Wax-ish qualities and deep and dark atmosphere, which segues neatly into the Historia y Violencia signature track with its many influences worn lightly and blended successfully. Santiago drops a heavy minimal-techno with a twisted groove, which builds into pure electronic madness. Silent Servant brings a proper deep and dubby techno, which draws you right in from the start. Excellent.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Santiago Salazar – Santuario
• 02. Silent Servant – Lo Profundo

Get "Santuario / Lo Profundo" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.10

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/s2remix
• www.myspace.com/theacademylb