MUSIC TRACK IT DOWN The only tunes you need this March p.130 HOCUS OPUS The month’s most spellbinding albums p.152 COMPETITIVE COMPILATIONS Key comps and mixes reviewed p.156 LU C I D DREAM-POP Kelly Lee Owens breaks the mould with her stunning, self-titled debut album... p.152 djmag.com 129 HOUSE BEN ARNOLD James Hadfield and Danny Linton. With its tribal howls, Soak skirts the right side of QUICKIES 'world music' without being Phil Weeks wanky — always a perilous Raw Instrumental Vol. 2 [email protected] tightrope act. Instead, it's PW/Robsoul Recordings wonky and wonderful. Man 8.0 Power himself drops in a moody, Phil Weeks is clearly never visited with writer's acidic re-rub, while Axel Boman block. This eight-track EP being rather sturdy wallops yet another remix out evidence of this, a collection of weaponised into the bleachers, dropping house music to damage dancefloors. Bravo. the four-four in favour of a new genre, Balearic garage (which Justin Cudmore has just been coined here, this Forget It EP very moment). The Bunker New York 8.5 Oh yes. This blisteringly acidic four-tracker for MICHAEL ZAHNSCHIRM & THERESA LIPP ZAHNSCHIRM MICHAEL Jamie Lidell/Matthew The Bunker New York had us at hello. 'New Jack Pic: Herbert MONEY Lidell/Herbert The House' is a deeply classy slab, while 'Forget Moony Me SHOT! Accidental Jnr It' is machine music par excellence. Contemplatin' EP 9.0 Klamauk Lidell and Herbert have been 9.5 muckers for donkey's years, MIA LUCCI KINDISCH Thoroughly arresting house but this bootleg of the former's music here from German/ track 'When I Come Back Venezuelan/Austrian, Around' from his majestic 2005 Eduardo A. Arreaza, aka Finishing up, 'FUHP' (MORE album 'Multiply' is special. Moony Me, and Klamauk's CAPS! ARRRGH!!) is solid warm- Knocked up by Herbert in first salvo of the year. It sets up gear, to be underestimated 'laptop-in-a-hotel-room' style, the bar perilously high, mind at your peril. he's been dropping it in sets you. 'City Of Storms' busts to general hysteria for a while, out warming, slightly wonky Lost City Of Atlantis and now it’s being unleashed pads before Iron Curtis gets Melted Ice Exposed Treasures on Accidental Jnr, his spin-off his hands on it, delivering Slow Town Records imprint for club gear. And club 01. HOWL ENSEMBLE ‘Rave’ Nila a scorching, peak-time 9.0 gear this most certainly is, “Perfect after-hours track, lined with loose drums that have a punchy kick, tear-up. Both deserve to be This mysterious release on heavy with tribal percussion, classic sounding hats, random FX and interesting organic sounds.” future classics. Meanwhile, Rhythm&Soul's eminent Slow dark rave pads and Lidell's 02. PETE BANDIT ‘Dirschauer’ Times Are Ruff 'Glass Jungle Chant' hurls Town imprint is reputedly from a soulful delivery. This is just “An intricately created after-hours track with a little more bounce.” out some delirious digital 'well-known Chicago producer' essential. 03. WEISS ‘Keep On Locking’ Weiss samba vibrations, among the under a nom de plume. Pared- “This track by UK house producer Weiss is a nice combination between brilliantly weird jazz samples. down, dark, funky and slightly Patrick Conway looseness and a clean, straight-up rolling house track.” Just brilliant. weird, we reckon we might Sandy Lane 04. DAN SHAKE ‘Claudias Trip (Radio Slave Remix)’ Shake Rekids “Everyone knows the productions of Radio Slave are genius. This remix is just know who it is. And yes, another one of his trademark-sounding tracks laced with organic, gritty it's probably who you think it 8.5 elements.” Rich NxT is too. 'Secret Code Of 7' is a There's not much known 05. CASSY ‘Keep Trying (Radio Slave Feel Raw Remix)’ Aus Music NxT003 brooding workout, flecked with about this debut from Patrick “Another raw, loose, dirty, classic Radio Slave trip.” NxT Records burbling acid, while 'Microchip' Conway for Radio Slave's ever- 06. MARQUIS HAWKES ‘Sweet Temptation’ Aus Music 8.0 drops in gospel organs among impressive Rekids. Save to say “I’m a huge geek at heart. Every now and then I love playing with classic Despite making people flip the shuffling percussion and it comprises three tracks of vocals. Marquis Hawkes reworks a very classic-sounding vocal into a magical mess of modern house.” excessively between upper a mucky bassline. Last track heavyweight dancefloor gear. and lower case if they want to 'Four' is the one, though. A The title track is pinned down 07. HUXLEY ‘Weapon (Dub)’ Aus Music “Dirty, unassuming techno teased with a classic house vocal. These qualities document his progress or put freaky, robotic work of certified with bass enough to rattle together always feel right for me in a busy room.” his name on a flyer, there's still genius. Superb stuff. your fillings, a pulsing synth 08. MIA LUCCI ‘Chocolate Meister’ Kindisch enough goodwill left to doff squeezebox eventually giving “I love the loose and random FX I used in this track. The drum patterns also. one's cap to Fuse London ressie James Hadfield feat. way to a girthsome break which This track for me works well at the beginning of a night or during an early afternoon set.” Rich NxT, this third release on Danny Linton will have you and yours reaching his NxT imprint providing ample Soak for the lasers. Over, 'Orbit' is 09. MIKE WITCOMBE ‘Almond Rough’ Kindisch Me Me Me “Mike is a favourite DJ and producer of mine from my home town. I love the bumpy thrills. '1=0' boasts beamed in from deep space, a way he uses old analogue drum kits and synthesizers to produce.” dreamy pads amid the skippy 8.5 spooky, rave-indebted number, 10. MR. G ‘Grind’ Phoenix G percussion, while 'Trumadog' Magnificent curation here from with a heavily syncopated re-rub “I love everything about Mr. G and this track. Its rolling percussion, classic cleverly ploughs a narrow Man Power's Me Me Me imprint, from Hessle Audio co-founder use of drums, the recurring vox stab and how it all comes together makes it furrow without getting boring. bringing a masterstroke from Pangaea. Bosh. a favourite.” 130 djmag.com Reservation + - - Address 中国 ·成都339 ·4F 424 Space(四川电视塔） 4F,ShoppingMall 339,chengdu,China www.chinaspaceclub.com Untitled-1 1 17/02/2017 12:03 TECHNO RICHARD BROPHY RICHARD QUICKIES Marshall Applewhite Go Home YoSucka! [email protected] 7.5 Slowing down ghetto techno by 10-15bpm was an inspired idea on Applewhite’s part. It adds an undercurrent of menace and despair to the slamming rhythm and ‘bitch go home’ exhortation on the title track and the gloomy acid of ‘I Need A Job’. MONEY Not Waving SHOT! Populist Ecstatic 7.5 Titonton Duvante Alessio Natalizia, aka Not Waving, could never Recapitulate Part 2 be accused of being a populist. ‘Vibe Killer’ Soul Research delivers on the skewed acid meets industrial he 9.0 is known for, and even the hillbilly screeches Titonton Duvante was one and EBM stomp on the title track or the of the most individualistic rumbling 'Control Myself' will do little to recruit techno producers during the the casual listener to his singular cause. '90s, and this release shows that the US producer has not Jacy lost his edge. The title track Somewhere In The Tapes revolves around staccato Kalahari Oyster Cult drums, a swung rhythm and 8.0 widescreen Detroit chords. and on ‘Twerp’, this manifests electro with its militant Jacy kick starts this label with a wonderfully It’s the most typical Duvante itself in the shape of a jerky, drums, but best of all is the deep release. ‘Parallel Trip’ has echoes of track here: ‘Get A Glimpse’ swung rhythm. Meanwhile, on dreamy soundscape of Ivna Ji’s Detroit ‘Network’ compilations and there’s sees him veer into tougher ‘Booyaah’, the pair infuse dark ‘Oscillating Universe’. a definite Ron Trent/Prescription vibe from territory, accompanied by minimalism with rolling snares, ‘Dreaming About Bebu’. Despite its unwieldy smart drops, pounding kicks while ‘Leave Your Body’ is old OL name, Kalahari Oyster Cult is a label to watch. and an acid-soaked bass that school bleep techno encased in Lada Passenger Fit Sound has echoes of Aphex Twin. titanium kicks. MARK AMBROSE CRAYON Keeping the listener guessing 8.0 ‘til the end, ‘Take Me Down’, GU In between putting out melodic with Rosina Kazi on vocals, Saviour Of Chicago techno by its owner and the is an atmospheric but Strictly Jaz Unit Music gnarly EBM of Stallone The nonetheless robust groove. 8.0 Reducer on sub-label Est. 83, With over 100 EPs to his credit, Fit Siegel's label also plays to Glenn Underground is one of the its established strengths. That Bill Converse most prolific Chicago producers, it comes from OL, a Russian 7 Of 9/Ahead but rarely if ever slips up. To artist, is a surprise. Nontheless, Texas Underground illustrate his consistency, this the title track here is decent, 8.0 release provides a Windy City mid-tempo fare, but on the Bill Converse was one of last masterclass. ‘Mr Heard’ is a flip, the author really earns his year’s most impressive emerging pretty if somewhat understated stripes. Both 'Sturdy Drum' and artists, unleashing an EP and deep house cut inspired by its 'Life Span' are the kind of hypo- album’s worth of freeform, namesake, but it’s all about the grooves you'd expect from the 01.