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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

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Lee Holman – Travelling EP [Mowar]

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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

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Matt Chester – Endless Days [11th Hour]

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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

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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

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October 21st, 2008 at 5:15 am

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Shed – Shedding The Past [Ostgut Ton]

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Absolutely awesome. The freshest German techno record in recent history. Shed is a man that is very good at keeping a techno sensibility but also has some chords in there too.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Intro
  • 02. Boose-Sweep
  • 03. Another Wedged Chicken
  • 04. Flat Axe
  • 05. The Lower Upside Down
  • 06. Slow Motion Replay
  • 07. Waved Mind
  • 07/08. Archive Document
  • 08. That Beats Everything !
  • 09. ITHAW
  • 10. Estrange
  • 11. Ostrich-Mountain-Square

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October 4th, 2008 at 12:00 am

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Various – Beings Of Sound [Subject Detroit]

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Hot on the heels of seven corking singles comes the great compilation single. DJ Bone provides the Detroit Vibe. Trench takes a sci-fi voyage. Stephen Brown turns in another hi-tek soul. Rennie Foster delivers Advanced Black Music. Very strong indeed.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. DJ Bone – The Vibe
  • 02. Trench – Arrival
  • 03. Stephen Brown – MG
  • 04. Rennie Foster – Hustle N’ Flow

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Nick Solé – Earth [Fine Art]

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Fine Art has been a consistently great label in the past couple of years. Hit after hit after hit. This EP is a house classic which reflects his obsession for jazz, downtempo and soul with roots deep in house. Absolutely no need for a remix for this stunning track.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Earth
  • 02. Earth (Toby Tobias 3PM remix)
  • 03. Earth (Toby Tobias 6AM remix)
  • 04. Beautiful Day

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The Youngsters – Babylon Superstars [20:20 Vision]

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For the younger dancers on today’s floors, the standout track ‘Babylon Superstars’ is positively modern minimal and deserving of some kind of Isolée-esque treatment. I prefer ‘Fukuoaka Underground’ here though – deep, emotional French techno with a large dollop of Motor City. An absolute beauty.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Babylon Superstars
  • 02. Babylon Superstars (Simon Baker’s Infant mix)
  • 03. Fukuoaka Underground

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Written by Kazuumi

September 18th, 2008 at 11:15 pm

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Pedro Cali – Misty [Fine Art]

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Pedro Cali doesn’t need any introduction, you already know that he’s more than capable of coming up with a surefire winner. Well he’s gone and done it again in its original form, this single makes you feel exactly that; ‘Misty’ so simple but insistently brilliant – proper deep techno at its best. ‘The Way’ is the way with his trademark Motown-influenced funkiness that twists and turns. Finally ‘8 Days A Week’ is a proper deep mixture of techno attitude with house sensibilities. The two other remixes by Rodriguez Jr. and Duplex are also fucking good. Rodriguez Jr. remix is a brilliant piece of deep tech-house with a Border Community style moody hook. Beautiful indeed. The Duplex way takes the original and bends it perfectly for quality floors. It’s really powerful ! Ahh Perdo, Olivier, John and Chris, these Beneluxians can do no wrong !

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Misty
  • 02. Misty (Rodriguez Jr. remix)
  • 03. The Way
  • 04. The Way (The Duplex way)
  • 05. 8 Days A Week

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Written by Kazuumi

September 4th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

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DJ Bone – Himbot / Tru Warriors EP / Subjugation [Subject Detroit]

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DJ Bone makes Advanced Black Music for the club and it is a journey to the core. His unique style of pulsating tribal enchantment is punctuated with seriously deep chords and primal screams, a thick, potent mix of rhythms are embedded with some spaced out techno soul business.

"Himbot" is a stunning track that fuses fiery electro rhythms and machine funk into a unique listening experience. Keeping the electro feel is the equally excellent "Scully" with its very deep atmosphere and subtle emotional tug.

Tru Warriors EP is the essential spice that DJ Bone adds to the pot for that that extra bite. It’s a mysterious injection of funk and drive that reverberates to the heart of the dancefloor.

"We Control The Beat" is classic DJ Bone – a rolling tribal driven groove is underpinned with sci-fi chants and house vein, this firing cut is sure to please lovers of Bone’s style.

Tracklisting:

Himbot
  • A1. Himbot
  • A2. Scully
  • B1. Himbot 2.0
  • B2. Fortress Of Solitude
Tru Warriors EP
  • A1. Tru Warriors (Ritual mix)
  • A2. Ritual Mask
  • B1. Tru Warriors (Spirit mix)
  • B2. The Dream
Subjugation
  • A1. We Control The Beat
  • A2. Ghosts Of Slaves
  • B1. Runwitit
  • B2. Runwitit v2

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Written by Kazuumi

August 28th, 2008 at 11:45 pm

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DJ Bone – Circus World [Subject Detroit]

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Bloody hell. DJ Bone has always had the utmost respect from all corners of the globe. He has the soulful techno sound that I adore and this release is really showing his deeper side. Deep, soulful and highly dramatic to boot – this kind of shit is right up my street.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Circus World
  • A2. Circus World (Instrumental)
  • B1. One More Tune

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DJ Bone – The Red Zone [Subject Detroit]

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DJ Bone turns in another swingy tribal crowd-pleaser that can’t fail on any sensible dancefloor.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. War
  • A2. Fight
  • A3. Wardance
  • B1. Stomp
  • B2. That Tree
  • B3. Doubt

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Mister X – Unbalanced [Subject Detroit]

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Mister X makes sublime motor city moment. The standout track ‘Hazy Bliss’ is an old-school deep house with a wailing vocal from Sunni. Reminiscent of Mr. Fingers’ finer moments and what’s more, it’s a dancefloor shóe-in. Another very good release from Subject Detroit.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Hazy Bliss
  • A2. Jefferson Ave. 1989
  • A3. M.I. Quickie
  • B1. Because
  • B2. Cum 4 U (Cum 4 Me)
  • B3. Loveclub Quickie
  • B4. Meltdown

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Rennie Foster – Good Time Charlie [Subject Detroit]

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More excellent quality stuff from Subject Detroit; GTC itself is a slow-burner and breathes old-school deep house and new-school minimal techno with incredible musicianship and immaculate production. Aux 88 have given it a ludicrous ghetto techno interpretation. DJ Bone’s deep concentration is one to get well and truly lost in only to re-emerge 12 minutes later to wonder where exactly the time went.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. GTC – Original
  • A2. Aux 88’s Zoom mix
  • B1. DJ Bone’s Deep Concentration mix

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Stephen Brown – Subject Scotland 2 [Subject Detroit]

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Stephen Brown returns to Subject Detroit with a fantastic four tracker of raw and jacking techno funk music. Absolutely stunning A side – I have been hammering both tracks for a while now. Our Soul has been remade and improved for the dancefloor, deep, emotional techno with a twist of Detroit influenced soul. Keygroups grooves like a mutha ! On the flip both tracks are as nice – delicious yet dark, dubbed out house with Chicago licks, swirling techno synths and relentless driving basslines. All in all this is a great package from a great producer.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Our Soul
  • A2. Keygroups
  • B1. Music Is
  • B2. Jackin’ Off

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Trench – Comatose [Subject Detroit]

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Subject Detroit with yet another corking release – ‘Comatose’ comes with Donna Black, Aaron-Carl and DJ Bone mixes. The Original Slumber is a great pounding groover with a lurching synth that builds beautifully. It reminds me a little of early Jeff Mills. I can’t choose one of remixes, I love all of them !

Tracklisting:

  • A1. The Original Slumber (Trench)
  • A2. Can’t Catch Electric Sheep (Aaron-Carl)
  • B1. Narcoleptic Nightmare (DJ Bone)
  • B2. BlackisBack remix (Donna Black)

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Written by Kazuumi

August 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm

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Ican – Pa’ Mi Gente [Planet E]

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Absolutely stunning "Chiclet’s Theme" – I have been playing this for months now. Oh oh ! Santiago and Esteban deliver a stunning eight minutes of analogue techno wonderment. A real techno soul with a gorgeous strings hook that really rocks the spot on a visceral level. One of the best things Ican boys have ever done. The A-side Pá Mi Gente is a fantastic dancefloor latin / techno hybrid thing as always, but it shows amazing maturity and class. And Carl Craig has delivered a corking dub mix for this BRILLIANT single too.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Pa’ Mi Gente (Vocal mix)
  • A2. Pa’ Mi Gente (C2 Dub mix)
  • B1. Chiclet’s Theme

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Written by Kazuumi

August 2nd, 2008 at 6:30 pm

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Niko Marks – Hueman Density [U2X Productions]

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A marriage made in heaven; Niko Marks and Amp Fiddler team up for this fantastic piece of music – full of lovely deep Motown vibes. Stay Or Move On is a real electronic soul gem with a decidedly moody Motown hook. A future classic.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Hueman Density
  • B1. West 8 Mile (G Moody mix)
  • B2. Stay Or Move On (feat. Amp Fiddler)

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July 20th, 2008 at 11:30 pm

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DJ Mark Flash – Brasilia EP [Underground Resistance]

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Mark Flash drops a stomping great piece of Detroit party-funk – mashing a South American groove with the emotive UR chords into an unstoppable whole. It reminds me a bit of Los Hermanos/Ican but it then goes a bit further. Supermassive.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Sao Paulo
  • A2. Erzuli
  • B1. Cachaca
  • B2. Minha Mocambo

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Erell Ranson – Sense Of Our Life [MySelf]

Erell Ranson launches his own label with this expansive piece of truly deep techno. I was very surprised by this because it brings me back to the days of ‘Rhythim Is Rhythim’. Your only difficulty is choosing between the shiny original and the Mayday-inflected Arne Weinberg remix.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Sense Of Our Life
  • B1. Sense Of Our Life (Arne Weinberg remix)
  • B2. Conversations With Myself

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Pedro Cali – Retrofuturism (part one) [Melodika]

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Ahh Melodika finally comes back here with this great release from Pedro Cali. ‘Crazy Bounce’ is an interesting, subtle yet strong track with his funky beats and synths that lives up to its name. Both ‘My Sweet Angel’ and ‘I Am As I Am’ are very sweety and emotional tracks with familiar Motor city flavours and particular atmosphere.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Crazy Bounce
  • 02. My Sweet Angel
  • 03. I Am As I Am
  • exclusive on beatport. Walk Away
  • exclusive on beatport. My Sweet Angel (Beatless mix)

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Soul Designer – Evolutionism (part two) [Third Ear]

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Sublime. ‘Scaraboogie’ is a pure electronic boogie for all forward-thinking funk citizens. On the flip ‘Children Of Galapagos’ is an epic hi-tech jazz masterpiece that shows Fabrice Lig on top form. This is really really special for me.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Ecosystem
  • A2. Scaraboogie
  • B1. Molecular Song
  • B2. Children Of Galapagos

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Written by Kazuumi

July 14th, 2008 at 1:00 am

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Raiders Of The Lost Arp – Tema5 [Nature]

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Immaculate, touching electronic funk and soul music from Mario Pierro and maybe the best thing he’s done in 4 years. More superbly atmospheric, verging-on-jazzy post-Detroit hi-tech funk; compound time signature, wonderful harmonies, building to a huge crescendo. BRILLIANT.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. New Days
  • 02. Crashing
  • 03. The Submarine Theme
  • 04. Summer 1986
  • 05. Software Creations
  • 06. Holidays In Space
  • 07. Love Song
  • 08. Fastfunk
  • 09. Innersoul
  • 10. Polydemo
  • 11. Space Garbage Collector
  • 12. Midnight Theme
  • 13. Beyond The Dark
  • 14. Azymuth

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Written by Kazuumi

June 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

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