Posts tagged sect records
selection – december 2009
Dec 8th
Five records I’ve been hammering for a while now, they never leave my record box.
DJ Bone – The Music Remixes [Subject Detroit]
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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
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Jolka – The Jolka Experience [Sect]
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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:
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Niko Marks – Voice Box Detroit [Subject Detroit]
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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:
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Various – Union Sampler 1 [Union Match Music]
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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:
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Various – W.A.R.M.T.H. presents Preservation: Past, Present & Future [Wallshaker Music]
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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:
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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]
ecdr podcast 22 – jolka aka luka baumann
Nov 30th
Electronic Directory teams up with Sect Records for label partnership series. In celebration of the release of Sect 6 – "The Jolka Experience", the first installment comes from Jolka aka Luka Baumann.
playlist/selection – september 2009
Sep 7th
(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]
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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]
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More Mills(art) loveliness. - Trish Van Eynde – Subject Belgium [Subject Detroit]
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Fantastic funkiness, straight forward Subject Detroit music. Trish Van Eynde is on fire. - Silent Servant/Santiago Salazar – La Noche/La Minoria [Historia y Violencia]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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definitely a name to watch
Sep 3rd
After the entire "For Whom The Bells Toll", Luka Baumann is back on Sect Records with his new project and moniker, Jolka. Baumann gets deep as fuck on "The Jolka Experience". The whole record is definitely great – I love the warm and lush chords, the deep vibes. This is the most beautiful and deep sort of techno record I’ve heard in a while. Hurrah !
Preview clips of all tracks here [The Jolka Experience by Jolka]:
Sect Records will release The Jolka Experience in September 2009.
selection june 2008
Jun 8th
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:
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Kenny Larkin – You Are… / Bassmode [Planet E]
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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:
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Octave One – I Need Release / Here Comes The Push [430 West]
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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:
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featured label sect
Jun 1st
Producers employing the original principles of techno music to create and inspire future sounds for the dancefloor.
The producers appearing on the label typically have a substantial back catalogue of their music released on vinyl. This is one reason why they are featured, as a mark of respect and a continuation of their output through this medium, so well suited to the style and performance of the music.
Sect is spectacular
Sect is respect