Posts Tagged ‘ techno ’
God Particle’s most recent release features the work of San Francisco’s Christina Chatfield. The EP presents a pair of techno tracks on the A-side and 2 acid-influenced tracks on the flip side. The content is 4-to-the-floor, lively, and geared towards dancing. “Circadian” is first up with punchy percussion, and a synth line that gives the [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Key Tronics Ensemble – House Of Calypso II Remix 12″ – Flash Forward . . . . . . . . John Heckle – Tone To Voice 2xLP – Tabernacle . . . . . . . . . Becker / Stegmann / Zeumer – Ich Traume So Leise Von Dir 12″ – Music From [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
With releases on labels such as Eglo and Lo Recordings, Kieron Ifill makes another appearance on Kyle Hall’s Wild Oats. The two-disc LP is mellow, sunny-hued, and lighthearted, with jazz, funk, and house influences. Ifill shows some nice chops on various synths and keys throughout the record. The release as a whole shows quite a [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Studio Mody – Count 01 12″ – Counter 99 . . . . . . . Mike Huckaby – Too Many Classics To Be Left With Little Or No Protection 2xLP – Deep Transportation . . . . . . . . B From E – Porno TR-XXX 12″ – Copenhagen Underground Posse . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Clark Street Jams goes on the road for the summer – Alex Gonzalez, J. Copes, and Leja Hazer carry the torch over to The Hideout for a vinyl heavy mix, spotlighting some of the gems (and jams) Gramaphone has to offer. There is a 5$ cover for this 21+ event, The Hideout Inn is located [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Jim Magas is the boss at Midwich Productions and is a legitimate underground legend in Chicago & Detroit circles. See: Ersatz Audio, Bulb Records, Weekend Records & Soap, Lake Of Dracula… The last few years seem to have been a fruitful period for his productions, as well as for his well-received imprint. Following up on [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Mr. YT – Brand New Day 2xLP – Apollo . . . . . . . . . . Ron Trent – Prescription: Word, Sound, & Power compilation 6xLP – Rush Hour . . . . . . . . Kaidi Tatham – Changing Times 12″ – First Word . . . . . . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Federico Benedetti, Claus Voigtmann, Tolga Fidan, and Pablo Tarno all contribute tracks for Berlin-based Finest Hour Records. Onirik (a.k.a. Benedetti) starts things off with Detroit-style pads and fidgety house beats, then Voigtmann closes out the A-side with his minimal perspective. Flipping the record reveals plenty of interesting sounds and quirky synth work on Tolga Fidan’s [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Long-standing Chicago artist Chris Grabowski and Deep Groove Mastering engineer Todd Mariana are currently recording as K-rAd and Opcode 66 respectively. The two collaborate again for KNO’s third installment. The result yields 3 mellow, techy, deep house perspectives. First up is “Centuries,” featuring hazy and hypnotic vocal snippets, dubby, delayed chords and lush atmospheres. “All [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Maybe it would be tough for Midwich to take a left-turn at this point, so steeped in rawness and experimentalism as they already are. Still, 11 666 666 666 666 666 666 is a bit of a departure from the raucous records that preceded it (Viki’s New Victorian and Magas’ Explanatory Denial). This time out, [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Ahmad Jamal Trio – The Awakening LP – Be With . . . . . . . . . Future Sounds Of Jazz 13 4xLP – Compost . . . . . . . . . Lone – Ambivert Tools Vol. 1 12″ – R&S . . . . . . . . . Interval [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Coming up this Sunday: an outdoor show in the city featuring Gramaphone heads J. Copes, Leja Hazer, Garrett David. These talented trio will be joined by locals Shazam Bangles (Birthday jam), Madeline, and Tamahori. “Dancefloor and bar will be under a tent, so we’re doing it rain or shine.” There’s no cover for this event. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Los Angelino via Chicago, Aschof Mal has been part of the Gramaphone organization, helped found the Pure Moods event series with Garrett David and Adam Rowe, and continues to run the Material Image from his home on the west coast. This record is his first solo offering. After dabbling with a compilation track for Berlin’s [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Gramaphone affiliates Sassmouth (smartbar’s Planet Chicago), SOLD (smartbar’s Hugo Ball), and Alex Gonzales all feature in this month’s edition of the Clark Street Jams series at aliveOne. The free mid-week party mixes it up in the backroom for an opportunity to get to know Gramaphone’s selectors and hear some new vinyl[ READ MORE ]
One of those weirdo leftfield detail-oriented 12″ imprints, Udacha is consistently surprising and adventurous. On their first release, available again for some reason (repressed maybe?), the shadowy A5 doesn’t give us much to go on – hazily painted label art, four untitled tracks on an untitled record. The swirly chords on the opening deep house [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Maybe everyone else already knew this, but I didn’t. Apparently, Social Experiment is a project from Jonny White, formerly of No. 19 Music, the lone remaining member of Art Department. I guess everyone probably already knew that. The association seems kind of surprising to me, given Social Experiment’s consistently grittier, loopier approach. Anyway, Social Experiment’s [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Ex-Gramaphone employee and current NYC resident is establishing himself quickly in his new city, here making inroads with the critically acclaimed Mister Saturday Night party and label family. His tracks for this 12″ are all pretty “big” sounds in the context of his repertoire, Geospatial leading the way with a wonky fat lead bassline and [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Federsen’s Fifth Interval label marks its fifth year with a compilation. Where the first three releases have been his solo recordings, here he seems to be branching out, at least geographically. The San Francisco-based label has enlisted stylistically similar artists from around the world: New York’s Brendon Moeller, recording here as Beat Pharmacy, Alessandro Crimi [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Leja Hazer, Colin Bourdway, and J.Copes usher in springtime in this month’s edition of the Clark Street Jams series. aliveOne’s back room comes alive with sound, vinyl selections offered directly from the minds behind Hesperian Sound Divison and Kind Gesture imprints. There’s no cover charge, aliveOne is a 21+ venue located at 2683 N Halsted in [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
This behemoth of a boxset provides a glimpse into some of the sounds that defined Chicago deep house in the 90’s. Prescription and Trent fans will find plenty of smooth and shuffly goodness to relive, plus a few unreleased tunes. For those less familiar, within a housey context, you’ll hear quite a bit of versatility [&hellip[ READ MORE ]