Posts Tagged ‘ acid house ’

NYC Volume 1: 2005-2012 3xlp compilation – Dope Jams

There’s a lot of sound to get through here: the first side features NYC Garage house courtesy of Groovestyle (a seldom used Eric Miller alias) and Tommye. Then on the flip, Scottish Funk D’Void channels some Detroit high-tech soul and Vil-N-X digs up their 1992 house jam What Cha Gonna Do. The next disc is [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Nas1 – Band Sky LP – New Boy Shit Trax

Nas1 is a versatile producer out of Italy. Band Sky is Nas1’s second (mini)album. Clocking in at only around a half an hour, it manages to cram in a variety of moods and textures. It’s instrumental electronic music, ranging from lo-fi EBM  (Robodance, Sei Venuta A Qui) to downtempo funk (Luce Verde (Cut A Ree), [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: SOLD Summer 2017

hm505 – 505 Explorations 2xLP – Third Ear . . . . . . . . . The Other People Place – Saturday Night Live At The Laptop Cafe 12″ – Clone Aqualung Series . . . . . . . . . Jerome Sydenham – No Earth Required 12″ – Apotek . . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Ultimate Crew – untitled 12″ – Acoustic Division

This record displays 4 tracks geared in the direction of acid house and electro. The EP consists of repetitive loops of vocal samples, quite a bit of squelch, square waves, and what seems like a mostly monophonic palette. “Elastic” is first up, featuring rave-esque squelch and a sample of the hi-hats from Fast Eddie’s “Hip [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Jacob Hopes Spring 2017

Area – Enough With 12″ – Sequencias . . . . . . . . . Thoughts From Chicago Volume 4 compilation 2xLP – Eargasmic . . . . . . . . . Shafty – Deep Inside (Of You) 12″ – Groovin . . . . . . . . . Robert Armani – [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

SOLD intrainingmix008 on Soundcloud

SOLD has posted a re-recording of the set originally performed at In Training in Cleveland this past July. Incorporating elements of electro, post-punk, industrial, and acid house, it’s a set that conveys a particular approach to music as well as the attitude and atmosphere of the summer party[ READ MORE ]

Caught Up @ Cafe Mustache, Wednesday November 23rd, 2016

Gramaphone & Smartbar resident SOLD teams up with SoundInBetween for another of their party series at up-and-coming Palmer Square stomping ground Cafe Mustache. Like a ferocious lizard emerging from its cavern of baked-goods, Caught Up fearlessly admonishes soulful weirdos to leave virtuality and enjoy an  omnivorous buffet of house and funk. Mustache is at 2313 N [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

HVL – Bizarre Realms 12″ – Hesperian Sound Division

HVL features on the third release for Chicago / LA Hesperian Sound Division. It’s a good range of material, the B side lurches between dense, swampy acid-house and airy, dubby downtempo, the A side has tight tech house paired with a groove bubbling up from underwater. While these are all beat-driven pieces (to varying degrees) [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Lifecoach/Fiend/Area/Snad – Gandu002 12″ – Gandu

Gandu welcomes its 2nd release with another joint effort from various artists. Lifecoach gets things underway with a deep house contribution that features a euphonius chord. Fiend contributes to the A-side’s drizzly vibe with circling harmonic samples; the percussion in this track is a little more aggressive than its antecedent. The B-side is more techno [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Michael Serafini Fall 2016

Greg Belson’s Divine Disco: American Gospel Disco 1974-1984 2xlp compilation – Cultures Of Soul . . . . . . . . . Jeff Mills – The Domino Effect 12″ – Axis . . . . . . . . . Ron Trent ‎- Orbit 01 12″ – Bass Cadet . . . . . . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Sovereign State ‎– Early Inhabitants 12″ – Sovereign State

An artist and label debut from Sovereign State here, this divergent record explores a variety of downbeat techno styles. From the grimey, acidic house of Sullen Landscape and Parasite to the downtempo lurch of Watercooler Cyborg, to the optimistic ambient house of Taking form and earthy Sunday Intermude, it’s a tour of introspective, melodic, atmospheric yet [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

JTC – JTC 2xLP – Bopside

Tadd Mullinix (a.k.a James T. Cotton) releases a 2-disc LP for his own label Bopside. The album is made up of mostly beat-y techno tracks, making this outing pretty clubby, though not over the top. The first 3 tracks are the most appealing to me. “Caskadia” starts things off with interesting textures and cold, almost [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: SOLD Summer 2016

Tracks Volume 2 12″ compilation – Cititrax . . . . . . . . . Neil Landstrumm – The Paskal E.P. – Rawax . . . . . . . . . Randomer – Concierge 12″ – Clone Basement Series . . . . . . . . . Steven Tang – The Verged Sessions [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Michael Serafini Summer 2016

Detroit Electronic Quarterly Volume 7 compilation 12″-  Detroit Electronic Quarterly . . . . . . . . Mark Grusane – Stand Down 12″ – Mark Grusane Music . . . . . . . . . Hugo LX – Infinite Ways 12″ – Jazzy Couscous . . . . . . . . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Titonton – The Pornographic 12″ – Residual

This reissue digs back some 17 years to important mid-career work from provocative producer & DJ Titonton Duvante on his own Residual Recordings imprint. With titles like The Arousal, Voyeurism, Endorphin, Sensual, Naughty, Eroticism, Curvaceous, Raunchy, and Explicit, it’s clear that there’s a physical intent, a sensuous quality to his work, and it’s through his unique [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Ghetto Acid Vol. 1 & 2 compilation 12″ – Beat Boys

Beat Boys Records compiles 8 tracks from various artists for this single disc release. Listeners can expect chunky DJ-friendly beat and tracks that use the infamous square wave “acid sound.” Ciara Byrne’s “Next Level” stands out on the record. The track uses an understated squelchy line paired with swirling pads, making for a somewhat interesting [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

The Church Of Black Gold @ Elastic Arts, Saturday April 9th, 2016

Jerome Derradji’s Still Music imprint has been a dependable, adventurous outlet for rootsy Detroit sounds for over a decade, and his sublabel forays into acid techno, industrial, lost disco reissues, and beyond have shown a broad love for electronic music, dance music, and its progression. This weekend, he is involved in the launch of a [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Michael Serafini Spring 2016

Ed Nine – Timeless 12″ – Groove Access . . . . . . . . Rocky Jones – The Choice Of A New Generation 12″ – DJ International . . . . . . . Yuri Shulgin – Polyphonic Mind 12″ – Escapade . . . . . . . . G&D – G&D [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Operation Midnight Climax – untitled LP – Peak Oil

Operation Midnight Climax is the debut of a new project of Zurich’s Florin Büchel on California’s Peak Oil label. This short album sticks with the densely melodic retro acid electro aesthetics of the artist’s earlier works on Mathematics and Hot Jam, it will certainly appeal to fans of Takeshi Kouzuki or DMX Krew. Working within a well-delineated sound palette [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Twins – Never Know Yourself 12″ – CGI

Thick, defiantly overdriven drums and moody synths open this EP with a plaintive, dystopian jack. On the flip side, Suggestion takes the distortion up another notch, a grimy kick drum taking up most of the attention, with frenetic layers of higher percussion battling for attention in the background, reminiscent of some early James T Cotton [&hellip[ READ MORE ]