Posts Tagged ‘ dub ’
Fans of techno AND dub-techno, rejoice: the master has returned. Following up on his well-received Hash-Bar Loops full-length, Rod Modell’s Deepchord project returns with his foggy Dutch field recordings and re-invigorates them with weighty rhythm work. In this second of the two installments, the pair of tracks here take up the full pressing. They seem [ READ MORE ]
One of my favourite Mike Huckaby joints is happily revisited here on his own S Y N T H imprint. Regardless of the critical backlash against the term “dub techno,” this is a 12″ that stands up well, even a few years after its original limited release in 2007. The long side hints at the [ READ MORE ]
Brendon Moeller, recording here under his more frequently techno-oriented Echologist alter-ego, releases the first album on his own Steadfast imprint. Subterranean is groundbreaking. It is immersive, experimental, textural journey. Through it, the artist has seemingly distilled his techno work to solely the atmospheric elements. This process is most transparent on tracks like “Slowburn (Filter Dub)” [ READ MORE ]
Levon Vincent’s increasingly infamous Novel Sounds imprint, an outlet devoted to his solo releases since 2008, drops another likely limited, stamped whitelabel edition to close out 2011. If you’ve been following his progress, this release will come as no surprise, but rather as a welcome addition to his steadily building catalog. (Well, steady save for [ READ MORE ]
Aybee’s DeepBlak compiles 3 tracks from Damon Bell’s Kush Musik series for vinyl release. The music is as much a kaleidescopic diaspora of organic influences as the label art. At times evoking dub reggae, downtempo, Detroit house, but at each moment seeming to move fluidly between these points rather than trying to completely blend them [ READ MORE ]
Instant House, the NYC / Dance Tracks-related collaboration between Joe Claussell, Stan Hatzakis and Tony Confusione, was apparently active between 1988 and 1993, as indicated on their 2003 retrospective compilation Jungle Source Records. Now rarities, Joe Claussell revisits some of the material on his own Sacred Rhythm Music label. Included is what sounds like an [ READ MORE ]
BNJMN’s short, sweet track headlines this sophomore release for the local Chicago Stolen Kisses imprint. In fact, one could go a step further and describe this song as saccharine. It sounds like some kind of warped mariachi riff played back on a neon synth with burbling bass rolling in waves beneath it. BNJMN stays in [ READ MORE ]
First off, Further gets top marks for their typically dazzling presentation: hand-screened full-colour jackets and co-ordinated translucent vinyl; minimalist, distinctive, functional. After an eclectic EP for Uzuri, the Pittsburgh Track Authority trio is musically somewhat more restrained on this, their second outing. The tracks are keyboard-centric instrumental house, they’re floor-friendly, warm, groovy and alive. With [ READ MORE ]
The venerable Mike Huckaby has assembled three relatively subtle re-edits of Sun Ra‘s cosmic jazz creations. Once you get past the label sticker’s confused track-order, it’s a nice package, standing out for its creative use of the full art cardboard jacket as a house for the record and the spiral designed outer clear poly jacket [ READ MORE ]