MUSIC MERCURIAL MIXING DJ Harvey brings the White Isle to your living room with his comp for the newly-founded Pikes Records... p.146 DON’T STOP THE MUSIC The latest tracks reviewed p.122 FOR THE LONGEST TIME The best albums of October p.142 PHAT COMPTROLLER The compilations to gobble up this month p.146 Pic: DAN REID djmag.com 121 HOUSE BEN ARNOLD QUICKIES Urulu The Armadillo EP [email protected] Amadeus Records 8.0 Taylor Freels, aka Urulu, drops some first-rate balearic house music in the gently marvellous 'The Nautlus', while the busted-up beats of 'Cold Ravioli' will warm the soul. Dudley Strangeways & Luke Black MONEY Split EP Chord Records Iron Curtis SHOT! 7.5 Lights EP Proceed directly to 'Even Tides' from Dudley Hudd Traxx Strangeways here, via Luke Black's Chord 9.0 Records. It crunches and shuffles in all the right This is flawless work from places. Iron Curtis — aka Nürnberg- native Johannes Paluka — Gina Breeze delivered on the inimitable, from Scotland's Lord Of The own vinyl-only offshoot 22 After Dark EP Huddersfield-founded Hudd Isles and Frank T Butters are Digit LTD; a message of unity Classic Music Company Traxx. 'Lights', being the title excellent too. layered over bass thick enough 7.5 track here, is indeed a peak- to stand your spoon up in. Cracking debut on Luke Solomon and Derrick time colossus, all string stabs Felix Da Housecat Appleblim pulls out a brilliantly Carter's Classic from Homoelectric's very own and spine tingles. But there's Founders of Filth Volume Two disorientating, vaguely spooky Gina Breeze. Firm, acidic and percussive. so much else going on too. Founders Of Filth reinterpretation, which wanders 'Captured' rolls deep before 8.5 off on a psychedelic trip before Sven Weisemann dropping a rave breakdown Another outing for Felix Da locking back in with a clunk. The Bilateral Relations EP par excellence, while '22 Housecat's ‘Founders Of Filth’ epic Alland Byallo mix is equally Echochord Records Days' is an earthy jam for project, following a previous out there, while 'Pete's Track' is 8.0 the late night floors. 'My Money Shot on this page. 'The crisp, dark and delicious. Dreamy, glistening and understated production Humming Machine', however, Devine', under his Aphrohead from Berlin's Weisemann on Echochord. burbles and bubbles in ways alias, is an ethereal, trance- Cottam Mr. Heard would be proud of. house masterpiece — a I Can't Carry On ASQUITH LOBSTER THEREMIN Top drawer. perpetual, driving bassline FCR provides foundation, while pads 8.5 float above. Then Moonroom The legendary Fat Cat Records Karl Fraunhofer comes with the spooky 'Hold/ launches its new imprint FCR 'Santa Cruz EP' Release', a deep, dark and dirty with this unctuous number Sprechen Music workout for wrong'uns. Lifting from Cottam, a consummate 8.0 the mood are The FOFtréaL slow-burner made in Preston, Pulsating, life-affirming Quintet, with some spaced-out or thereabouts. It's gloriously house music from Oslo's very disco, imbued with blissful hypnotic, making the complex own Karl Fraunhofer via the bursts of synth gorgeousness sound stunningly simple, excellent Sprechen. Santa Cruz and trippy psychedelics. Bravo. spread over an epic 12 minutes. 01. VIOLET ‘Togetherness’ Naïve crunches together rasping Detroit's Todd Modes takes the “Violet is also an absolute production whizz. Breaks, jungle and hardcore get discoid synths with soaring Fort Romeau bones of the track and somehow spun through the techno washer and still come out scuffed and ravey AF.” pads and a throbbing bassline Emulators EP conjures further delights, 02. SLIM STEVE ‘Another Random Morning’ Blood Money Club Traxx to devastating effect. On the Running Back adding soothing pad chords and “A stomping ‘n’ hammering drum banger with rough breaks and chippering flip, ‘Tone’ slows the pace with 8.0 a mildly unsettling wonkiness acid lines. Any club, anywhere, every night. Play. This. Track.” some Space: 1999 blasts of joy, Fort Romeau has a new toy, it to proceedings. It's masterful. 03. DJ CENTRAL & ERIKA CASIER ‘Drive (DJ Sports’ Club building to a mucky, boogie- would appear — a vintage E-MU It all is. Mix)’ Regelbau “More miniature break-y, floating house music from Regelbau crew. DJ Sports esque climax. Remixes arrive II — from the '80s. And this, switches up a soulful number into a proper UKG pumper. Total bliss!” from Leo Mas & Fabrice, who for Gerd Janson's venerable DIY 1990 04. LUZ1E ‘I Wanna Thank You’ UGONGETIT retool ‘Santa Cruz’ for the late- Running Back, is the delectable Room 202 “One of the most startling producers to emerge recently, with an arsenal of night dancefloors, while Neil fruit it has offered up. 'Emu I' Lobster Theremin insanely banging power house. Her DJ sets are fully mind-blowing. Crunchy, Diablo lends ‘Tone’ a delectably is a shimmering, towering slab 9.0 deep NY house with a pop-y edge.” Balearic, robotic flavour. of epic house music, thick with It's another scorcher from 05. DIY 1990 ‘Room 202’ Lobster Theremin “A new producer from Barcelona who popped up on SoundCloud earlier this drama. 'Emu II' brings the arps the Lobster Theremin camp year. This is probably the only ‘festival’ track we’ve released. Huge.” Man Power and the emotions. So many which, along with its various emotions. 'Emu III', meanwhile, subsidiaries, is releasing 06. LOCKED CLUB AND RLGN ‘Bosozoku’ Private Persons Tropical Bastard “Full on badman electro and arpeggiated doom. Post-Soviet dance Tropical Bastard goes all sprawling slo-mo, scorchers with an almost experimentation straight outta Russia channelling the spirit of The Hague 8.0 before (you guessed it) 'Emu IV' eye-rolling regularity. Sheesh. and UK warehouses.” The man like Man Power — aka gets its dancing trousers back Just put something shite out, 07. DJ DIFFERENT ‘Doin It Differently’ 1Ø Pills Mate “DJ Different has a lot landing in terms of releases but this is probably the Geoff Kirkwood — delivers this on for a final, uninhibited wig for pete's sake. This is from peak in terms of epic atmospheres. Weekend warrior material.” utter tropical bastardry for new out. Buy on sight. Spanish producer DIY 1990, Not An Animal Records spin-off previously unknown in these 08. RIMBAUDIAN ‘Listen Up’ Meda Fury Records “Solid club fodder from DJ Seinfeld. Stomping power house. Breaks, pitched Tropical Bastard. 'Tropical William Welt & here parts, but doubtless not vocals and rampant house stabs all over the shop.” Bastard 1' goes arp-heavy with Moodymanc for long. 'Room 202' is bathed 09. VARIOUS ARTISTS ‘DJ For Drinks’ Mana All Nite a driving, majestically ‘80s Ideal World EP in emotional Italo-style house “Shufflin’, shakin’, sample-heavy house. Various up and comers tussle for VA house groove from the Vangelis 22 Digit vibes, while on the flip, 'La supremacy with Maus & Stolle’s lucid roller and Full Time’s Ital-tinged edit are standout amongst the four cuts.” School of Pulsating Synths. 8.0 Nuit' mashes together 'I Feel 'Tropical Bastard 2', meanwhile, Manchester duo Welt and Love' bass arps with echoes of 10. NIGHT FOUNDATION ‘Memory Bells’ Lobster Sleep Sequence “One of the most moving pieces of music I’ve probably ever signed for the pulls out the Balearic pan-pipes Moodymanc provide driving, Carl Craig's Paperclip People Lobster Sleep Sequence offshoot. Think Steve Hillage, Pink Floyd, Gilmore and some gentle acid. Mixes twilight grooves for Welt's alias. Superb. & Gong.” 122 djmag.com DJ574.Music_House.indd 122 13/09/2017 16:36 Untitled-2 1 18/09/2017 12:37 PRODUCERBAG SMALL Fits MIDI controller, keyboard, laptop, headphone & accessories Untitled-2 1 18/09/2017 14:46 TECHNO Ksoul & Muteoscillator QUICKIES 12 Inches Of Sinergy EP Uzuri D_Func 8.5 Where the Waves Break ‘Sinergy’ is this duo’s first release Konsequent in four years, but it's worth the 7. 5 wait. ‘Hang On & On’ is available Veteran German producer Alexander Kowalski in two versions, moving from the returns with a storming release. Seagulls shriek jazz and acid-flecked bass-heavy [email protected] over the clanging, relentless rhythm on ‘Waves original version into a more Break 1’, while ‘Break 2’ sees Kowalski corral wigged out, percussion and the listener and lead them through a hypnotic, chord-heavy second take. The tunneling groove. real highlight here is ‘That’s How It’s Meant to Be’. Underpinned by Albrecht La'Brooy tight kicks and sharp hi-hats, it RICHARD BROPHY RICHARD Escape Velocity moves into a beautifully mournful, Voyage melodic segue that then morphs 7. 5 into a trippy acid climax, like Larry Recorded in one take, this four-track release shows Heard meets classic Herbert. why Melbourne’s Albrecht La’Brooy are gaining a Uzuri’s ear for talent is as flawless reputation with their introspective techno. From as ever. MONEY contemplative piano keys into hazy dub techno and SHOT! the spaced out ‘Gravity Assist’, this is another fine L-R left-of-centre release. L-R Matt O’Brien Null & Void Heal and Come Again Litüus 8.0 Offkey Industries 2236 s Wentworth Ave Talk about a match made grooves — the former reminiscent 9.0 Avian in analogue heaven; Keith of Aril Brikha, the latter Kenny As comebacks go, 'Heal' 7. 0 ‘Radioactive Man’ Tenniswood Larkin — and will have the most doesn’t reach Bobby Ewing-like Shifted’s label descends into chin-stroking realms teams up with Simon Lynch from appeal. However, for a real insight proportions, but it’s still great on ‘2236’. Some pieces, like ‘05052015_2236_001’ London Modular Alliance and into the UK producer’s talent, to see Matt O’Brien reviving are inconsequential, tone-shifting experiments for Monoak for this razor-sharp look beyond these undoubted Offkey Industries.