Posts Tagged ‘ acid ’
Guatemala City’s Danzon Records comes to Chicago by tapping local 12 Stepp Music boss Greg K for its latest release titled the Antigua EP. With this EP, Greg K provides two original tracks and each track has an additional edit by another Danzon Records artist. In “Antigua,” Greg gets things going with a thumping kick, [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
A new project from some fairly established producers launches this new stamp series. Well… hopefully a series. The 12″ is loaded with a pair of tracks whose business is giving you the business. Using a similar sound palette across the two recordings, the first is the more heavy and straight-ahead of the two – square beats [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Aquarian Foundtion – Language of the Hand 12″ – Mood Hut . . . . . . . . Obsolete Music Technology – Incite 12″ – Emphasis . . . . . . . . . Huerco S – Colonial Patterns LP – Software . . . . . . . . . Mix Mup [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Chicago’s Beau Wanzer drops his first L.I.E.S. EP to good effect here. The label has been building a small empire around a certain type of lo-fi house, and Wanzer’s 3 tracks fit well within its aesthetic – the A side is big, minor-key, chattery acid house that will carve up the room alongside Vereker and [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Picking up roughly at the crossroads of Italy’s Nature imprint, UK’s Rephlex, and the Dutch Clone and Bunker empires, this young Utrecht-based label has assembled a second compilation to showcase its sound. 030303 enters with a well-defined stylistic range: they span IDM / braindance to cinematic synth soundtracks to trashy acid electro. Along the way they [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Reconsider everything you think you know about Wang’s. This Saturday night, Garrett David, Jay Caston, and Adam Rowe will take you through the entire emotional spectrum with eclectic mixes at a dance party you’ll be talking about for days to come. The doors open at 10 PM for all 21 +, and the show is [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
DJ TLR’s Creme Organization dates back to 2001, and Willie Burns‘ entry stays much within its retro-leaning attitude, down to the classic clip-art styling. His second entry for the imprint in as many years, the WT Records boss keeps it simple and tuneful on this four-tracker. Pong In A Tracksuit and No Answer set the [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Upon checking out the Phonocast series, the Pinche Cowboys were eager to get involved so the duo made time to come in for a session on the evening of April 9th, 2013. Their two and a half hour long set hit the ground running with new material from Nina Kraviz and kept the energy high [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Vereker debuts for L.I.E.S. with a pair of 12″s that fit right in. Rosite is a trio of stripped-down, distorted, loopy, in-your-face, stomping house music. With each limited to only a few distorted drum machine sounds and a synth line, Rosite is the most dancefloor-aiming with it’s 3 hit acid line, Falling on B2 is [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Youandewan makes a splash with his new 12″ on Hype_LTD. While the self-consciously named imprint sometimes comes across as a bit ephemeral in its selections, these four tracks handily transcend that reputation. Opening with the title track, Youandewan updates the loose acid ambient sound with the timing and palette of his more habitual newschool garage [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Veteran DJ and Chicago workhorse Merrick Brown is back to play at Gramaphone this evening. 1/2 of the Refract residency at Primary, he also has an underground set coming up this Saturday night. Hear him warm the decks tonight at, set starts at 7pm[ READ MORE ]
A new 12″ from Seattle’s Night Gallery records is always cause for excitement around here, this time out they’ve borrowed VernoN from Dixon Avenue Basement Jams for a 3 track EP. The 45RPM A-side is straight raw house drums, a flanged high-end shuffle, and squeaky distorted acid line thrown in here and there for character. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Greg K’s 12 Stepp Music launches with this compilation 12″, gathering three young Chicago producers in addition to Greg K‘s production debut. Olin opens the EP with atmospheric acid house, gradually building layers throughout the length of the track. Garrett David follows that with “Simplicity,” a kind of theme song for the no-nonsense 12″. It [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Gene Hunt and Greg K headline this edition of the Acid Test residency. Gene Hunt has a couple decades’ experience with house music, and is still going strong with recent releases on Hotmix, Unified and Rush Hour (and affiliates.) Greg K just launched his 12 Stepp Music imprint with a compilation 12″ now available at [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Gramaphone affiliates Hek, Scotty Brandon, and Michael Serafini are joined by Re:search for tonight’s journey into house and techno at the Smartbar. Expect these seasoned selectors to dig deep into the crates for an excellent selection of cutting-edge dance music. The needle drops at 10pm, it’s a 21+ event, and there’s no cover charge. Smartbar [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
A kind of holy grail of the underground techno movement, this is a reissue of a previously impossible-to-find doublepack. Originally released in 1991 and reputedly produced by members of Gescom, a group itself which was shrouded in some obscurity but clearly affiliated with Autechre and SKAM camps. The music ranges from chopped music concrete to [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Noleian Reusse continues to explore his sound and in launching his own imprint further establishes himself as a unique voice in Chicago’s bustling music scene. With music already released by Hieroglyphic Being‘s Mathematics imprint and Tevo Howard‘s Tevo Howard Recordings, he’s paid his dues with regards to the new Chicago acid house movement, and on [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Zachary Lubin (also known as Mumtaz and Lubin) has been one of my personal inspirations as a DJ for many years, so it’s with great pleasure that I present him as the 12th installment of our Phonocast series. After a bit of a Phonologue hiatus which included some passing time and a Gramaphone website redesign, his [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Jared Wilson delivers a strong showing on this through-and-through acid house 12″. It’s gritty and beautiful, with points of reference for fans of Rephlex, Mathematics, Black Tekno, and EDMX. The acid edge on each track is used to tuneful effect, and the songs are just lush enough that they work on or off the dancefloor. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
The well-worn rumour that Trackman Lafonte & Bonaquiqui is a Legowelt (and most likely Xosar) project makes a lot of sense when listening to the deeply synth-rooted house music throughout this EP. In fact, the title itself could be seen as an allusion to the seminal Pacific single by Graham Massey & Gerald Simpson’s 808 [&hellip[ READ MORE ]