Archive for March, 2016
Marcellus Pittman can’t be faked. He gets disjointed and freaky and bizarre raw every time and this two tracker on his Unirhythm imprint delivers on that reputation. Sneak Attack speaks of the unexpected synths blurting out uncertain wobbly trills over kick and strange shaker. Random Acts Of Insanity might be the cartoonish asides sprinkled liberally over the west [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Following up on his recent remix for Linkwood, Healing Force Project presents an imaginatively packaged mini-album for Edinburgh’s Firecracker. Increasingly adventurous over the past couple years, Healing Force Project’s frenetic recording / performing / programming is reminiscent of Squarepusher’s second wave: recordings like Music Is Rotted One Note and Budakhan Mindphone that blur the lines between Sun [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Chicago fans of Nolian Reusse’s intuitive drum programming and jazzy sense of light melody will find themselves in familiar territory on the latest release by Reggie Dokes. The little record packs a couple tuneful tracks – the title track has a playful interplay between the sci-fi lead synths over a stop-start beat. On the B side, Piano Seduction lays a [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Longtime producer and increasingly sought-after mastering engineer Dylan Hermelijn is perhaps still most widely known for his productions under the 2000 & One guise and his Amsterdam-based 100% Pure label. Of late, he’s been putting his name to some hard-as-nails tracks: 2015’s Kawasaki and Power Clean releases are as high-octane and muscular as you might guess. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Wrong Copy – In To 5 12″ – MDR . . . . . . . . Alex Seidel – Altitude 89 12″ – Tartelet . . . . . . . . Hugo LX – Low Altitude 12″ – Courtesy Of Balance . . . . . . . . Ron Hardy – #26 [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Ethereal Sound alum Yuri Shulgin launches the French Escapade venture with an impressively dextrous exploration. Across four tracks, Shulgin convincingly traverses a variety of approaches to modern house music. From the rubbery acid contortions of Nothing In The City, he moves to a dense sample collage on the jazzy title track, into reverberant arpeggios on [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Don’t Be Afraid’s 10″ dubs series continues to pair contemporary electronic artists. On this one, they match Bristol’s Typesun with Detroit artist Jason Fine. The title track is heavy nod to the West London sounds of Jazzanova Compost Records, with its hand drums, slap bass, and orchestrated refrains. Jason Fine’s Astral Travelling Remix holds on to [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
ASIS – ASIS Part 3 – Wania . . . . . . . . Apparat – 3xLP Boxset – Shitkatauplt . . . . . . . . Vakula – Modulations 12″ – ARMA . . . . . . . . Garrett David & Adam Rowe – Now That We Are Here, Where [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Sub-label of Kimochi, Tesuji kicks off its first release with nine and a half minutes of the corrosively textured “Entireless”. Comfortable with this palette of sounds, Area uses these atmospheric textures and a beefy rolling beat to maintain a sense of anticipation throughout. Donato Dozzy’s remix makes the aforementioned textures more subtle, and appears to [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
For their second 12″, Rex Club’s in-house label presents a few tracks from the stolidly prolific Fred P, following up on an EP from club regulars D’Julz & Phil Weeks. The tracks here are very much in line with Fred P’s Soul People Music deepness, broad strokes of sumptuous synths floating uniformly over heavy, almost [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Jean Nipon & The Magendie High School – Industry Steal Vol 2 12″ – L.I.E.S. . . . . . . . Future Chicago compilation 12″ – Finale Sessions . . . . . . . . Dresvn – First Voyage 12″ – Honest Jon’s . . . . . . . . . Mike [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Upon first glance my attention was seized by the visual presence of Dust’s Agony Planet album, recently released on Mike Simonetti’s 2MR imprint. The sleeve’s cover image hosts a strange liminality that swirls between an 18th century Goya etching and early 90s American rave culture propaganda. Loaded with suggestions of occult practices, paranormal activity, ritual [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Online magazine Resident Advisor is promoting a 4 event series at Smartbar this month, Gramaphone is hosting a kickoff party tonight at the store, featuring DJ sets by Smartbar residents, RA staff, and Gramaphone selectors. Snacks and refreshments will be available, the shindig runs from 6pm-close at Gramaphone’s 2843 N Clark location[ READ MORE ]