Posts Tagged ‘ minimal house ’
Bumpin, efficient grooves with lots of swing and kinetic action. This is well in line with what listeners have come to associate with the extreme DIY approach and presentation of this series, in this case simply a stickered whitelabel. It’s the 8th entry into the self-released catalog, all rhythm tracks tuned for maximum impact in [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
A clever play on their shared first-name, this split release between Andy Garcia and Andy Vaz is a functional matchup. Andy Vaz runs Yore records out of Cologne. Although he comes from a minimal house sound, his label has drifted more towards more dense, organic house with artists like Rick Wade and Kez YM filling [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Caveman LSD’s untitled EP bursts open with a super-compressed take on the microhouse aesthetic, bubbling over with ramshackle percussion flowing atop a dubby bass groove. Second up is a ~75 bpm muffled techno song (think mid-era Andy Stott). On the other side there’s a grinding electro-noise track and a song that could be a strange [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Detroit Vinylroom welcomes its second release with the help of Kike Mayor and He Did. The label name may throw some off; those seeking “Detroit-inspired” tracks will find grooves that are perhaps a little closer to latin-influenced, minimal house. For me this is redolent of some minimal music that was released in the late 2000’s. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Argentina’s Unlock Recordings presents 4 DJ-friendly house tracks for this 12″ compilation. The production throughout is pretty sparse, with an emphasis on 4-to-the-floor beats. Some of the tracks have qualities that remind me of Johnny D or Seuil and their minimal approach to making house grooves. Ronan Portela’s “Changing Minds” offers the most color on [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Reggie Dokes is so skilled at wringing funk and soul out of a few dry dancefloor elements with a sort of essentialist minimalism. The two tracks on this little record, first with an edit by labelboss Red D, and then with an original, effortlessly showcase this aptitude. Each track feels like it could go on [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Miki Miyoshi – Distant Memories 12″ – Sovereign State . . . . . . . . . Buttechno – Tepliy Stan 12″ – Public Systems . . . . . . . . . Gauss – Numerical Coefficients 12″ – Gauss LTD . . . . . . . . . Midnight Circuitry – [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Zip’s Perlon imprint never seems to hit far from the mark, nor often strays far from his core style of funky minimalism. Maayan Nidam (formerly Miss Fitz and sometimes Laverne Radix, Spunky Brewster, and so on…) is an easy fit and has had a relationship with the label for some years now. This 10″ finds [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
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 ]
Even Tuell – Longing Way 12″ – Latency . . . . . . . . . Sovereign State – Early Inhabitants 12″ – Sovereign State . . . . . . . . 002 2xcassette compilation – Jacktone . . . . . . . . Noleian Reusse – Airborne 12″ – Black Tekno [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Lubin’s 3rd outing on Kimochi showcases some airy material for the appropriately named Diffusion. Things open up with the short, but vast “Berlin Heat”, before diving into the beat-driven, disorienting number, “The Forces That Be.” “Ladybugs” is a pretty slick tune. It’s bright, whimsical, and should be a fun tune to play out. While it [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Originally released in 1995 on Chicago’s Relief Records, Glenn Underground’s “Cloud Burst” gets reissued as a single-sided 12″. Over twenty years later and this quirky, hard-edged track has maintained it’s ability to set off dance floors. The record comes in bright yellow and is just in time for summer. This will likely go fast. Visit [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Trippy drum workouts across the slippery snake 12″ on the young Unfulfillment imprint. Okayama’s Keita Sano has been pretty busy these last couple years, cranking out 2 albums and 10 singles in that time, building a catalog often characterized by raw, sometimes abrasive rhythm work across a variety of styles and tempos. He’s been referred to as [&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 ]
Jay Caston’s Material Image imprint strikes again with another four-track EP, brimming with ideas and dusty charm. Maxine & Cleo claim Philadelphia and Kansas City, and seem to be new or at least keeping a low profile. Either way, their gritty productions show some depth and a rooted approach that will appeal to deeper dancefloors. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Brendon Moeller, Clay Wilson and Certain Creatures (Oliver Chapoy) team up to concoct three techno episodes for Brooklyn’s Styles Upon Styles. The trio of tracks have a common style and sound palette: each is built upon a heavy bed of toms and carries a stifling weight. “Spectrum I” starts off with chirping high frequencies that [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Furiously prolific, Eduaro De La Calle seems to be in a bit of a personal renaissance. From his roots in performing over the past couple decades, he has been establishing a language in minimal house that’s aligned him with some of the sounds that helped launch Luciano’s Cadenza imprint in 2003, and now underlines a [&hellip[ READ MORE ]