electronic directory

(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]
  

• (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.

Ican – Pa’ Mi Gente [Planet E]

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

Get "Pa’ Mi Gente" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/icanproductions
• www.myspace.com/carlcraig
• www.myspace.com/planetecom

DJ Bone – No Sleep (True To Da Roots) [Sect]

It’s the shit. Deep and soul with energy and power ! I fucking love this.

Tracklisting:

• A1. No Sleep (True To Da Roots)
• B1. Higher
• B2. Fam (Create)

Get "No Sleep (True To Da Roots)" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £4.25
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £2.54

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/djbonedetroit
• www.myspace.com/sectrecordings

Kenny Larkin – You Are… / Bassmode [Planet E]

The lead track from Detroit techno legend Kenny Larkin’s solo album "Keys, Strings and Tambourines" gets a nigh-on perfect remix from Planet E boss Carl Craig. Dark moody Detroit shit with atmosphere and panache to burn.

Tracklisting:

• A1. You Are… (Original mix)
• A2. You Are…Dark
• B1. Bassmode (12" mix)

Get "You Are… / Bassmode" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/kennylarkin
• www.myspace.com/planetecom

Octave One – I Need Release / Here Comes The Push [430 West]

The Burden brothers are back on their own 430 West imprint and in top form. Here Comes The Push, the super-precise sonics, and the unstoppable groove make this a deft dancefloor destroyer.

Tracklisting:

• A1. I Need Release
• A2. Release (The Dub)
• AA1. Here Comes The Push

Get "I Need Release / Here Comes The Push" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/octaveone

Beroshima – Horizon the remixes [Soma]

Another excellent release from Soma – both Beroshima his own remixes are nice but the Funk D’Void remix is nothing short of fantastic ! Lovely production, works well on the dancefloor and radio.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Horizon (Funk D’Void’s Hope remix)
• 02. Horizon (Beroshima’s Deep mix)
• 03. Horizon (Frank Müller’s Corazon mix)

Get "Horizon the remixes" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £4.25
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £3.40
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $4.47

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/beroshima
• www.myspace.com/funkdvoid
• www.myspace.com/somarecords

Corrugated Tunnel – One Night In Barcelona [Elevation]

Very good indeed. Well done to both remixers; wonderful takes on an already cool tune. Chymera remix – oh yes, I like it ! Scope mix is pretty fucking good too. He does the business here with a very deep house workout that really works.

Tracklisting:

• A1. Original mix
• A2. Chymera remix
• B1. Scope’s Noche Urban mix

Get "One Night In Barcelona" here:

• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £2.97
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $4.47

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/corrugatedtunnel
• www.myspace.com/chymeramusic
• www.myspace.com/ricmcclellandmusic
• www.myspace.com/elevationrecordings

Gary Beck – On The Run [Mezzotinto]

I’ve been waiting for new Gary material after his A590 Beats track. Really nice release again from Gary, really efficient, perfect for late night.

Tracklisting:

• 01. On The Run
• 02. Akin Seeya

Get "On The Run" here:

• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $4.98

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/garybeck
• www.myspace.com/mezzotintorecords

James Kumo – Kumomusic Vol 1 [Ann Aimee]

More quality from the Delsin sister label, plenty to choose from this fine package. The production on 45 Days is outstanding – so dark, so beautiful !

Tracklisting:

• 01. Fluid
• 02. 45 Days
• 03. Koma

Get "Kumomusic Vol 1" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.10
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £3.40
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $4.47

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/kumomusic
• www.myspace.com/annaimee

Ken Ishii feat. 7th Gate – Sunriser remixes [70Drums]

Good stuff – I haven’t been a big fan of Ken Ishii’s recent stuff but the Spirit Catcher mix works really well and is right up my street for club play. FLR mix is a cool mashup, some great effects and may well drop this in a booze-fuelled backroom scenario !

Tracklisting:

• 01. Spirit Catcher Other View mix
• 02. FLR’s Vox Rise mix
• 03. Publicmind remix

Get "Sunriser remixes" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £10.20

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/70drums
• www.myspace.com/7thgatenet
• www.myspace.com/spiritcatcher1

Kevin Saunderson – History Elevate 2 [KMS / Planet E]

What can I say ? KMS is Detroit’s biggest export and with remixes like these, you can’t go wrong… kick ass dancefloor monsters !

Tracklisting:

• A. Bassline (Joris Voorn mix 07)
• AA. Pump The Move (Samuel L Session remix)

Get "History Elevate 2" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £6.80

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/kevinsaunderson
• www.myspace.com/jorisvoorn
• www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomsamuellsession
• www.myspace.com/planetecom