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DJ DEEP DEEPLY ROOTED HOUSE HOUSE BEN ARNOLD [email protected] QUICKIES Hemi JNT MONEY Discotexas SHOT! 8.0 A glisteningly-produced rolling groove from 's Hemi on Lisbon's Discotexas, the Da Housecat kind of glorious workhorse-type track that Founders Of Filth Volume One might not hit 's top 10 but can turn a Founders Of Filth good great. 9.0 has started Fouk his new label Founders Of With Lasers EP Filth because "I just got Heist Recordings so tired of fighting labels 7.5 and for my people to shine, Bumpy, bleepy, cosmic house from Dutch it went on deaf ears". -heads Fouk on Swindle's Heist to understand how Recordings. F3000 is the one, a driving force of output like 'In Thee Now' dancefloor nature. Very nice indeed. could have fallen on deaf ears. It's a thunderous, Jimpster low-slung masterpiece. The Sun Comes Up feat. Jinadu ( 6am It sounds simple. But you mix) know it's not. Flipping into for some serious fire on Strictly punctuated by disco percussion, Freerange his Aphrohead alias, he and , back in the days when while from Golden 8.0 's Clarian then crank men wore caps backwards, Soul's James Rod and Alkalino Amazing work here from the burgeoning an earthy, tripped-out, and house were house (ie. swing things low and lo-fi, Peggy Gou, delivered for Freerange main-man chug-heavy groove on 'Know 1991). Here, he pulls out some respectively. Jimpster. 'Buy all her stuff' appears to be a Thyself', before hooking up scorching, looped up Balearic good rule of thumb. with the legendary Jamie in ''Bout Love Again', AudioHell with Tania Principle for the brooding while 'Influence Is Bliss' Vulcano & Jose De SISTRUM RECORDS anthem 'It's Your World'. jams together angular bleeps Divina PATRICE SCOTT Stunning. with deep pads, before Acid indulging in a proper - Get Physical wig-out. Winding up, 'Need 9.0 Christophe Each Other' is a peak-time disco Italian producer AudioHell (Theme From) Dance Party EP stunner. Acquire. teams with regular Lovecrimes collaborators Tania Vulcano and 8.0 Patrice Scott José De Divina for this sizeable 's Christophe turns Soulfood EP proposition on Get Physical. out for release number six on Sistrum One gets the feeling that they Lovecrimes. 'Dance Party' 8.5 know precisely how big this might be the tentpole track, but The maestro Patrice Scott turns track is. It has a certain assured head directly to 'Vibration' for out three slabs of girthsome swagger to it. It deserves to. depth and post-rave pads. rump- from his Sistrum 'Acid' – which despite its name imprint. Title track 'Soulfood' is pleasingly devoid of any Fort Romeau blends Rhodes-style chords tired 303 squelchery – brims Reasons EP with blissful synth twinklings, with drama and atmosphere. It Fort Romeau 01. HANNA ‘The Never End’ Apron Records while a chugging groove churns manages to be sparse without “Hanna, aka Warren Harris, is one of my favourite producers of all time. He 8.0 and tumbles beneath. 'Feels ushering in the second coming has always put a twist on his music to separate himself from the norm.” Already getting heat from your So Good' goes deep with lilting of minimal, and holds you in a 02. BLAK PUNK SOUNDSYSTEM ‘Red Cloud’ Future Vision Sascha Funkes and your Robag chords and quietly clattering vice-like grip for a near-seven “ does not release many others on his imprints but when he does it’s Wruhmes (not to mention percussion, while the slightly minutes despite being largely certainly a treat. Although this sounds like it could be Trent himself.” your Red Axes), Fort Romeau, 'Instant Gratification', uneventful. Subtle and brilliant. 03. LARS BARTKUHN ‘Elysium’ Neroli author of repeatedly excellent contrary to its title, rewards “I love to hear true musicians making house. Lars adds a touch that not many can. What a talent!” work on imprints like Running repeat listening. He's a class Honey Dijon feat. Cakes Back, Cin Cin and Ghostly act. But then you knew that Da Killa 04. K15 ‘Speed Of Life’ Wild Oats “When I listen to this young talented producer’s broken-beat style, it sends International, begins his own already, obviously. Catch The Beat tingles down my spine and he always inspires me.” label journey with the lush, Classic Music Company 05. KAIDI TATHAM ‘Changing Times’ First World hypnotic and (later) rather Planet Jumper 9.0 “Another one of my favourite producers, who always adds a splash of jazzy dramatic 'Reasons'. On the flip, Beware The Beast In We EP An unashamedly massive release variety rather than just the traditional four-to-the-floor beats.” 'C.E.M.' heads for more angular, Sprechen Music from Chi-Town's inimitable 06. ALTON MILLER ‘Bring Me Down’ Sound Signature bleep-laden territory, building 8.0 Honey Dijon, something of a “Legendary producer Alton Miller has been delivering great music for a long time. Here he does it once again, and the translation doesn’t to an ecstatic climax, while Compounding the fact that Classic regular in recent years, disappoint either.” 'Satellite 2' rounds things off could scarcely be and this is likely to make her a 07. RON TRENT ‘Touch’ Music and Power on a gorgeously ambient tip. hotter right now, Aussie pair bona fide major leaguer (and “In my opinion, Ron is a musical genius. He does it over and over. Release Planet Jumper (aka Steve about time too). Busting out after release. It just keeps getting better and better.” Son Of Sound Ford and Drew Schapper) tip scattershot, wayward rhymes 08. WU15 ‘Wu15 EP’ Eglo Records The Love Up Beat Down up for the 10th release on is 's own Cakes Da “What a great EP. This young talented duo take us on a proper journey of Classic Music Company house/broken-beat jazz. Let’s hope for many more collaborations from 's Sprechen. And Killa, over a relentlessly huge these guys.” 8.0 'Here My Troubles Began' is wall of percussion which builds Unstoppable vibrations from laden with cosmical vibes, and drops with deft subtly. 09. AZYMUTH ‘Fenix’ Far Out Recordings “When I first heard this track on the Azymuth , I was amazed. This is Son Of Sound on the peerless relentless arps and satisfying This one will be studiously jazz/funk/soul at its best. The Ron Trent is no sleeper either.” Classic. Real name Henry slaps of . The titular packing terraces the whole 10. PATRICE SCOTT ‘Soulfood EP’ Sistrum Recordings Maldonado, he was also one 'Beware The Beast In We' summer long, and well beyond. “For myself, this is my best EP to date. I am proud for the simple fact that on of House 2 House, responsible revels in its murky bottom-end, Deservedly so. this release I try to show some range rather than the usual stuff from myself.”

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Detromental QUICKIES Move CPU Miller & Keane 8.0 Remnants Of A Technologically Advanced Society Here’s a record with an interesting Radio backstory; ‘Move’ was originally 8.5 released back in 1991 by bleep Miller & Keane deliver an EP on Delta Funktionen’s tech act Detromental. When CPU label — from the deep pulsing ‘Probe 2187’ to the approached them to re-release it, [email protected] eerie acid of ‘Markarian’ and the tougher, drum- they could not find the original heavy ‘As The Orbit Fails’, this is a fine, smartly DATs. This led to a ‘rebuilding’ pro- executed EP. cess that saw Detromental piece together ‘Move’ and ‘Rewind’. Now Unidata more linear and DJ-friendly than Untitled (Unidata 190- 2090) originally conceived, they still fea- RICHARD BROPHY RICHARD Wave Memory ture the original versions’ spacey 7. 5 synths, mad subsonic bleeps and Pulled from Unidata’s archives, these tracks date on ‘Rewind’, a Mayday-style bass back as far as the early '90s, and see the mysterious that hasn’t aged. artist focus on Plaid-style ambience (‘Manifesto’ and ‘Boco Ramax’) as well as beatsy Elitechnique work-outs (‘Masks’ and ‘Internal’). ’Azur Bordello A Parigi Blake Baxter 7. 5 Acid Life EP So few acts do modern Italo well Kille Kill — but Elitechnique belong firmly 7. 5 to that minority. 'Disco D’Azur' Detroit veteran Blake Baxter delivers a killer old is a monster track, based on an school-referencing release for Kille Kill. Combining omnipresent bass rumble and a dark acid lines, rave stabs and ponderous vocals, dramatic synth-build — but it also the whole thing unravels over dense . features mesmerising acid gurgles MONEY and some guitar. It SHOT! sounds like a recipe for a muddled DEREK CARR FOR THOSE THAT KNOE disaster, but this euphoria-induc- drums and insistent percussive ing concoction will melt even the licks. All share the ability to rock Mihail P coldest techno hearts. On the flip, dancefloors — from the Welsh Sleeper EP ‘Riva Riviera’ manages a similar hinterland to Berlin bunkers. Seventh Sign feat, but this time with a more 9.0 HENRY VOGTPic: HENRY linear and a breezy Jacks People As debut releases go, ‘Sleeper’ synth hook. Laptop Cafe is out on its own. The original Clone Aqualung tracks from Mihail P, ‘Theta Keita Sano 9.0 Wave’ and ‘Semblance’ cover Not Too Late EP Clone has unearthed a DAT with reflective, brittle As One-style What Ever Not unreleased tracks that James Stin- jams and bass-heavy deep 8.0 son, one half of , recorded techno, while Gnork turns Sano is one of the most talented around the time he wrote material ‘Semblance’ into a slinky electro artists to emerge in recent years, as The Other People Place. Despite work-out. The standout cut is and he brings a range of influ- being slightly more corrosive in ‘Sonder’; label owner Domenic ences to bear on his productions. places — ‘ 1’ and ‘Song 4’ Capello has been tasked with The Japanese producer kick-starts are imbued with a hyperactive editing the track and rises 01. HYPERSLEEP ‘Reedale Rise - Broken Land EP’ Where We Met “Hard to pick a track from this EP as they are all outstanding, but this is my this release with the swirling undercurrent — this is among magnificently to the occasion. favourite. Beautiful chords and use of the TR808.” chords and hypnotic wind-chimes Stinson’s most musical work, result is a hypnotic of 'Magic Ritual'. 'Slow Flight' evidenced on the flowing chords of techno anthem, centred on a 02. S.A.M ‘S.A.M’ Delaphine “An artist that I’ve only recently become aware of and one I will be keeping an revolves around a muddy bass ‘Song 6’ and the spellbinding bells similarly unforgettable bass as eye on for the foreseeable future — luscious music with stabbed modulated chords over a simple drum pattern.” and is more functional, while 'Yah of ‘Song 2’. This release is not just ‘Positive Education’ and ‘Altered Yah' is a drum-heavy, tracky affair. for completists, but anyone with a States’. Expect it to enjoy the 03. OCTAGON BLUES ‘Garrett David’ Distant Hawaii “The rolling does it for me on this lush track from an equally lush EP.” However, is nothing if he is love of deep . same longevity. not diverse and the title track’s 04. MANDAT ‘Mandat’ Oscillat sluggish groove, woozy disco Newworldquarium “A fine five EP box-set. Beautifully packaged with a wide variety of styles, and the standard is high throughout.” filters and deranged preacher sam- Chubby Knuckles EP ples show why he is so respected. Nwaq Justin Cudmore 05. ERP ‘Summer Nights’ Tuppence “An electro track straight out of ERP’s top drawer. B-side to the eerie ‘New 8.0 Acid Series Vol.2 Roads’, which is equally good.” Steevio It’s been eight years since Jochem Interdimensional Transmissions

06. JANERET ‘Traveller’ Illusion Wye Mist Peteri last released material 8.0 “A double 12” compilation of some of the finest names in /techno, Eye Shadow as Newworldaquarium, but his IT’s ‘Acid Series’ records are a ref- the Janeret track is a lush chunky deep house excursion that’s right up my street.” 7. 5 focus has not changed. The Dutch erence to the No Way Back events Steevio is one of the organisers of producer’s sound falls into two that the label throws. As party 07. CASEY TUCKER ‘Whatever Comes To Mind’ For Those That Knoe “More Detroit goodness from the vaults. Not as house-orientated as the other the Freerotation festival and runs broad categories, and ‘Knuckles’ soundtracks go, Justin Cudmore’s two cuts on this magnificent EP. More streamlined electro-soul — wonderful.” the Mindtours label. Moonlighting does a superb job of showcasing contribution is impressive; from here for Eye Shadow, he delivers both; there’s the funk-bass and the stripped-back ’11:11 Live’ to 08. B12 ‘Carriage’ Firescope “B12 with a downtempo twist on their classic sound. They’ve really stripped four tracks that are typical of his vocal sampling title track — which the slow, grinding BK Acid Mix of the layers back for this EP, and this track in particular.” machine-driven approach; ‘Lies’ is contains nods to classic Relief ‘Outsider’ to the full-on acid may- 09. PLANT43 ‘Light The Way’ Verdant a slinky, slightly detuned minimal and Peacefog — while on ’42’, hem of ‘Flirt’, this release is sure “The best of a very, very good bunch; in fairness, I could have picked any of the four tracks from Plant43, John (Shima), Mihail P or Leigh (Dickson). Top-notch groove, both ’Wye Mist’ and the Peteri descends into the kind of to spread the party’s 303-focus far melodic electronics.” remix by Cleer Consortium centre swirling, dubbed out netherworld and wide. If you’re in any doubt, on rolling drums and noisy - that characterises his Strike 154 just let the EBM-influenced ‘Duck 10. LOST TRAX ‘144 4096’ Emotions Electric “Acid-splashed machine , aggressive and contemplative in equal sions, while ‘Lost Circuits’ is the side-project, ebbing and flowing Hunt’, with its screeching riffs, measures. A fine EP.” toughest track, focusing on grainy hypnotically for 12 minutes. wash over you.

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DJ571.Music_Techno.indd 113 16/06/2017 13:50 TECH-HOUSE [email protected] LEON CLARKSON QUICKIES Stevie R & Delfin Jalemba EP Chapter 24 Records 9.5 Label owners and producers, Stevie R (Inside Out) & DelFin (Motek) deliver a huge package with the Chapter 24 Records crew. Matthias Schrober and Rancido offer excellent revisions.

De La Swing Champion Sound EP Lapsus Music 9.5 Quality nu-skool tech-house from the MONEY Music head honcho on tech-house heavyweight SHOT! imprint, Lapsus Music. A killer combo not to be overlooked. Marco Resmann Voyager EP CLIFF LOTHAR Upon.You the show. Sadly, this one’s for away from his usually thick low- E-String EP 9.5 the vinyl-lovers only. end tech style, but retaining his Unknown To The Unknown The prolific Berlin producer tribalistic flair for percussive. As 9.0 and creative mastermind of Felix Da Housecat with much of the label's output, Strong lashings of original era vibes. It's fun, A&R for Upon.You returns In Thee Now AJ supplies a sound with a but above all pumps hard — especially the DJ with the 'Voyager EP', his Founders Of Filth focus on keeping the danceloor Boneyard remix. Jeeez. first solo effort on the label 8.0 moving, whilst also being DJ- since the majestic '05:27 The house and electro legend friendly. ' Alexander Robotnik & Lore J EP' in summer 2014. Here, goes back to basics with his long-time friend Jesse Calosso Hot In November delivering four superb new label project, Founders Of teams up with Jean Pierre for a Hot Elephant Music productions, he lets his Filth. 'In Thee Now' is the lead 130bpm roller to seal the EP. 7.5 creativity run wild with his track off the debut EP entitled A high- two-tracker from these Italian archetypal production flair, 'Founders Of Filth Volume One'. Luke Black veterans that'll get your blood pumping. with each track able to suit It's a trippy, deep-set chunking The Buccaneers Boddice EP different moments of the house tool with affected spoken Tact Recordings ELLIOT ADAMSON EDIBLE night perfectly. Staggeringly and chopped vocals, and wild, 9.0 brilliant from start to finish. hazy synth-lines; an astute A huge amount of sub-bass introduction to his new project flows throughout 'The that includes collaborative work Buccaneers Boddice' that it The People In Fog alongside Clarian and Jamie almost takes the focus away Last Song EP Principle within the rest of the from the intricate percussive Sound Of Vast EP. construction Luke creates 8.0 but succeeds, characterising Japanese DJ/producer, DJ Butane, Alexi Delano, all three originals in this Sodeyama recovers his The Worldline EP. Powerful work from the People In Fog alias and makes Omega EP Berlin-residing Brit and an a sensuous return to the Alphahouse ear-catching return to Tact Amsterdam-based label Sound 9.0 Recordings for a solo EP. Tact 01. DSC ‘Coming Round (Rex The Dog Remix)’ Me Me Me Of Vast with a three-track vinyl This is the label's 44th and final co-founder (Richard) Fletcher “People keep asking me what this is and I keep telling them to fuck off.” EP, radiating deep subs and release, an end to 12 dedicated remixes the spacious and kick- jazzy, ambient tones, wrapped years to underground house. heavy 'Creaking Contraption' 02. DJ CIDERMAN ‘Be Mine’ This Is Our Time “We discussed changing my name to DJ Strongbow Dark Fruits before. I didn’t up in a hearty tech-house Label boss Butane collaborates into a rolling thumper. Overall, go for it, but fortunately he did — belter!” casing. The pick has to be 'Get alongside alpha028 artist one of Tact's finest releases to 03. FRITS WENTINK ‘Rising Sun, Falling Coconut’ Heist Recordings Funky'; a driving, chord-pad Alexi Delano for the twisted date. “I advertised on for an intern. This guy Max got the position and sent houser with a middle. sub-rumbling 'Bass Theory' and me some beauties — this is one of em!” keyboard tickling 'Jazz Lick', Few Nolder 04. ELLIOT ADAMSON ‘Still Workin’ Edible Traumer followed by two collaborations Porcelain (Octo Octa's Eyes Closed “New guy — you should check him out!” Gettraum 004 with Worldline. The aptly- But Drag Me On Mix) Gettraum Needwant 05. TURNTABLE ORCHESTRA ‘You’re Gonna Miss Me’ Republic titled 'How Deep' thuds low Records 9.0 and flutters in the mid-high 9.0 “One time in a Newcastle basement I played this three times in one night — Traumer's output since range. 'What We Do' completes There's a beautiful rawness may or may not have been drinking.” emerging in 2009 appears the EP with a touch of synth to Octo Octa's productions, 06. ALEX VIRGO ‘Sexy Boy’ Unreleased “One of his mates sent me a playlist of his tunes and they’re all absolutely considered, rather than routine. progression, but it's minimal executed perfectly on her recent wicked — my tip for best new artist!” His style searches the minimal and includes a vocal musing album, 'Where Are We Going?'. edges of house, whilst drawing about , which signs With this latest remix, she's 07. SPACE TRAX ‘Atomic Playboy (Beyond His Mind Mix)’ Stealth Records heavily on tech-house in the off the label in nostalgic style. taken two astute, archetypal “Can’t tell if this one is mint or class, but definitely up there with the process. Having graced Desolat productions from Needwant mentalist tunes.” and over the past eight AJ Christou regular Few Nolder, twisting 08. ELLIOT ADAMSON ‘Where The Fucks My Flanger At?’ Edible years, he's also found time to What You Think EP 'Porcelain' upside-down into “Still can’t find it, if anyone wants to help me out?” start his own label, Gettraum, Cuttin' an ethereal rave beast. Wide 09. DANNY L HARLE ‘Broken Flowers’ PC Music which now bears their fourth 8.5 plunging pads swirl in the mix “I’m still not sure if I actually like this record or not, but I’m putting it in here release. Three exquisite, Manchester's AJ Christou joins and the percussion is offset to ‘cause it’s one of my favourites.” groove-heavy cuts here, full of the Cuttin' Headz stable and swing, giving it a US garage-era 10. MBIRI YOUNG STARS ‘Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe (Batida 1977 percussive and ambient texture, delivers a trio of proto-tech- feel, whilst retaining a techy- Remix)’ Soundway Records with the lead track, 'Espala', house bullets breaching the focus, making for an instant “My girlfriend picked this one out, she knows better tunes than me.” just shy of 16 minutes, stealing 130bpm mark, seeing him move Needwant classic.

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Kiko & Citizen Kain QUICKIES Morning Bliss Suara Sky T 8.0 First Conflict Suara have a heftier and more Intricate versatile release schedule 7.5 than most, though every now Barely a month goes by when Intricate doesn’t and then it throws down a release a sleeper weapon that’s good enough to powerhouse record that’s made make it into these pages, and their latest is the purposefully for the peak-time. perfect example of its understated commitment ‘Morning Bliss’ is one such to quality. Trancey emotional breakdowns that record, with the menacing chug kick back into power electro/progressive. of its electro bassline recalling the industrial dancefloor, its stark handclaps deployed with (Hannah Holland Remix) laser-focused precision. Mute 7.0 Funkin Matt

[email protected] THOMAS PATERSON ANGUS Goldfrapp turned out a delicious new album this Aurora year and ‘Systemagic’ was the closest it had to Heldeep a big crowd-pleasing single, which means that 7.5 Hannah Holland doesn’t have to do too much and his to get the original chiseled into a bubblegum Heldeep stable highlight the MONEY explosion of dancefloor indie/electro. continued evolution of the big-room sound, which is SHOT! Sasha feat. Poliça gleefully mashing in a variety Out Of Time (Patrice Bäumel Remix) of dancefloor genres with Patrice Bäumel Kompakt a welcome lack of respect Glutes 8.5 for boundaries. Funkin Matt Afterlife While it was always going to be a task to top works within the paradoxical 9.0 the peak-time excellence of Sasha's original, '' camp here, Bäumel debuts on the Bäumel's remix deserves a mention for which is some undefined place Afterlife label with a record retaining the euphoria while also taking it a in-between mainroom house that fittingly features the little deeper. A perfect mid-level record that and the extremities of EDM. As same melodic extravagance holds back on its chorus synth stabs for just the such, he bounces back and forth label bosses Tale Of Us right amount of time. between these two polarities are known for, while still and throws in an extra sugary school driving progressive vibe, ensuring he represents his MARSH SILK dose of trance, the sum of his reworked to do damage with the own emotive approach to parts earning him plays from tech-house crowds. club bangers he’s fashioned Tiesto, Garrix and beyond. If the past few years. ‘Glutes’ the boundaries are gradually Justice opens on a wonky low-swung coming down in festival-style Randy ( Remix) bassline that wombles EDM, we’d have to consider this Ed Banger in and out of its sparse a good thing. 8.0 rhythmic backdrop, though Boys Noize gets his hands on it’s just the groundwork for Emerge one of the better singles from the unashamedly trancey Altruism Justice’s album from last year, extravaganza that arrives Future Sound Of Egypt and he does an accomplished with its procession of slow- 7.5 job of juggling the different build arpeggios. Bäumel isn’t 01. MARSH ‘Summit feat. Marcelle Antunes’ Silk Definitely a tougher, more vibes for maximum contrast. afraid to unleash the emotion “This is the lead single from my forthcoming artist album, ‘Life On The Shore’. When I first heard Marcelle’s vocal, it was stuck in my head for days!” progressive offering from Aly He loops the original’s chorus in his records, and you can & Fila’s more trance-centric vocal, filtered-disco style in expect Tale Of Us to exploit 02. TONTARIO ‘Solitude’ Anjunadeep “A masterpiece. The chords, vocal and overall emotion of this track are Future Sound Of Egypt label, the intro for maximum appeal, this to full advantage in sublime. Sets the bar really high for us and producers.” ‘Altruism’ kicks quickly into high before kicking into the tough, whipping crowds into a frenzy gear with a powering electro chuggy electro after the drop. over the summer. 03. MARSH ‘Me & You’ Silk “Probably my favourite track on my forthcoming album. I performed the vocal, grind, channeling a few icy A functional weapon that’s and the climax is well worth the wait.” melodic chills that coalesce executed with smarts. 04. ANDRE SOBOTA ‘Concluded (Marsh Remix)’ Proton into a gorgeous breakdown “The final release under his Andre Sobota alias, ‘Concluded’ was an honour to that doesn’t overdo it, with a Wide Awake remix. I particularly love when the square pluck is introduced in the later stages of the mix.” powerhouse blast of emotion Pequod Toolroom Trax after the drop. Predictable yet 9.0 05. FAIRCHILD ‘Evergreen’ Nu Ideals “One of those timeless tunes that is perfectly produced and incredibly infec- excellent, Emerge are working 7.5 With powerful records like tious. Fairchild is a super talent.” with some real emotion here. Another of the storming these, Filterheadz are situating 06. MATTHIAS VOGT ‘Nostalgia’ Anjunadeep progressive trance records themselves right at the center “Matthias has been putting out tune after tune. Nostalgia is 100% up my Audiojack that occasionally surfaces on of the zeitgeist in terms of the street. The bouncing beats and the sounds used in the track are lush.” Implications EP Anjunabeats amongst the fluff, ‘sound of now’ – essentially, 07. HOSINI ‘And U (Marsh Remix)’ Nu Ideals Crosstown Rebels it sees label veteran Sunny powerhouse progressive trance “This remix has been getting a lot of love. The original was so easy to remix, Hosini is certainly a name to watch out for — he is such a talent.” 9.0 Lax steering things deep while masquerading as The title track of Audiojack’s keeping it driving. A progressive techno. ‘Wide Awake’ is frenzied 08. MARSH ‘Your Eyes feat. Jesse Bullitt (Trilucid Remix)’ Silk “With support from Above & Beyond, what an honour to have Trilucid on the new EP on Crosstown Rebels bassline locks down its groove loopy techno that builds into remix for my recent single with Jesse Bullitt.” represents before the electro shenanigans a euphoric trance explosion, revisionism done right, with arrive after the drop, and he teasing a dizzying Pryda-esque 09.  ‘Fall Into You feat. (Eskai Remix)’ Wake Your Mind a stunning vocal from Kevin works in some beautiful subtle melody in the breakdown before “Eskai is one of those producers that just hits the nail on the head with each and every tune. His recent anthem ‘Tides’ is still on repeat and his Cosmic Gate Knapp plus a killer pulse that ambience underneath its slamming back into the driving remix is nothing short of magic.” finally unleashes the squelchy grind. Sunny Lax shows he’s techno, rinsing and repeating acid after a five-minute tease. a stayer who’s still extracting as a tension-building prelude 10. SAM DAVIES ‘Sunbound (Universal Solution Remix)’ Silk “Universal Solution continues to inspire me since I first heard ‘Yukon’ on Its B-side ‘6EQUJ5’ on the interesting ideas from the prog- for when the euphoria is finally Anjunadeep. His Sunbound remix carries a seriously hot bassline.” other hand boasts an old- trance formula. unleashed in the final minutes.

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DJ571.Music_Electro.indd 117 06/06/2017 16:41 DISCO JONATHAN BURNIP [email protected] QUICKIES Turbotito It's Always the Same (inc. Mondowski & Max Pask remixes) bORDEL 8.5 New offering from production talent, Filip Nikolic aka Turbotito, who delivers a seven-track EP spanning no-wave, pop and kosmiche. Club focused remixes from Mondowski and Max Pask.

Yello Frautonium ( Remixes) Blank Media 8.5 Club-ready remixes from Yello’s polished MONEY electro-pop opus of last year delivered in a steely, death-disco style by Andrew Weatherall. SHOT! Picking his favourite from the post-punk duo’s ‘Toy’ album, the opening ‘Frautonium’ gets Dimitri From & made-over four ways, with snappy electro DJ Rocca beats, skittish, analogue touches and growling, Erodiscotique EP4 acid bass. Stand-outs being the ancestral, Gomma Scandinavian sound, ‘Time are sounding a little more tribal trance of the ‘Half-Life’ version and the 9.5 Machine’ blends cosmic synths refined and sophisticated — for modulating ‘Battery’ mix. Munk’s long-standing and galloping, discoid example, the soaring, dreamy mutant disco label goes to dazzling effect. Head for the ‘Bayerischer Wald’ and melodic TURBOTITO TITO RECORDS high-gloss with this bold lead track, the appropriately opener, ‘Die Nibelungen’. production from the ever titled ‘Stellar Ascension’ for A classy EP with a personal excellent a slick, Italo trip that drives highlight being the pulsating and seasoned producer/DJ, as hard as Scotch’s ‘Penguins’ EBM of ‘Virtuosic Mechanic’. Rocca. This new instalment Invasion’ or Mr. Flagio’s ‘Take of the duo’s ‘Erodiscotique’ A Chance’. The mood switches Moscoman series opens with an old nicely on the giddying kosmiche Donkey Jumps Ahead school, Italo-house style of ‘Time Machine’, which’ll keep Treisar shuffle entitled, ‘One For the Lindstrøm and 8.5 Frankie’ followed by the fans fixed to the floor. Moscoman appears again, pumped, disco bruiser, ‘Don’t prolific as ever, on his new You Feel The Same’. Standing Blondie Treisar imprint, launched early out is the rubbery boogie of Long Time (Hercules & Love Affair 2017 and now five releases ‘Zanzibar’ that nods to the Remixes) in. This cryptically titled big man Tony Humphries with BMG release plugs more of that zapping, Visual ‘The Music 8.0 familiar, new-wave sound that Got Me’-style synths. Second single taken from we’ve heard from the likes of the post-punk pop troupe’s Lovefingers’ ESP Institute (plus energetic album return, the more exotic for Oli Warriner ‘Pollinator’. The rousing ‘Long his Disco Halal label). ‘Big Jack The Humans Go Hungry Time’ goes full circle with Arbon’ has a bouncy Afro- Night Hercules & Love Affair taking electronic groove with a catchy, 8.0 things right back to the club Lagos disco-inspired melody Sage words from Oli Warriner sound of early '80s NYC; their and is the pick of the bunch who was last heard releasing hard, strobing, electronic disco alongside the excellent, dub of the emotional house gem ‘You mix evokes the mood of the ‘Things Forgot To Be This Way’. Know I Can Hide’ on Hhatri Danceteria, Limelight et al., (alongside catalogue material and the Hi-NRG production style John Davis & The 01. ALESSANDRO ALESSANDRONI ‘Alessandro Alessandroni’ Four Flies by the great ). of Bobby O. Comes as a lengthy, Monster Orchestra “Lost tapes from the ‘70s that sound like they were made today. Amazing.” The mood changes a little as seven-minute extended version Up Jumped The Devil (Louie Vega 02. SEBASTIEN CHENUT ‘Baiser Froid (Turbotito Remix)’ bORDEL he releases for Amsterdam’s for the DJs and an edit that Mixes) “My first remix for bORDEL.” Night Noise Music with an EP condenses all the ideas for Nervous 03. AYBEE ‘Notes’ Dogmatik of disco-noir and those who want a quick fix. Ace. 9.0 “So cool.” that would’ve had the Blitz Kids Louie Vega gets to work on popping back in the day. Extra this slice of classic disco from 04. RON BASEJAM ‘We Walk To War’ Delusions Of Grandeur Martin Matiske “Slow and thumping.” remix production comes from Your Time legendary producer, Bird of Paradise and an acid fix Vivod and MFSB , 05. TORNADO WALLACE ‘ Odyssey’ Running Back from Buran; but don’t miss a 9.0 John Davis. Focusing on the “Deep, percussive and trippy.” killer version from ESP Institute Another rock solid release on percussion, Vega rolls out a dub 06. TURBOTITO FEAT. BABY ALPACA ‘Different’ bORDEL “This one happened pretty randomly but now it’s one of my proudest regular, Ian Blevins. reliable Euro-disco/synth-wave version with tight brass phrases moments.” label, Vivod. Martin Matiske and snappy, “Jump!” vocal 07. L. PEARSON ‘PSR1170’ Cong Burn Popscile (last heard a decade ago on DJ hooks. An alternate remix hints “Awesome and weird.” Time Machine EP Hell’s notorious, International more at the original with a loop Opilec Music Deejay Gigolo label) has, in the dropping in and out, working in 08. REVERSO 68 ‘Piece Together’ Special Interest “Just rediscovered this one, feels even better now.” 8.5 past, made club tracks clearly the way that both members of Another strong Italo-disco inspired by the icy cool, minimal do best. Pure 09. LIZARDS ‘Aloof’ Futureboogie from Opilec, synths of Dopplereffekt and class all the way that’ll save any “Super nice production, so many cool details.” this time from the brothers the electronics of floor from the tightest disco to 10. FUGA RONTO ‘L’oumo Invisible’ Phantom Islands Popscile. Taking cues from the , but this time, things the bigger room house clubs. “That crazy loud koto is perfect.”

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DJ571.Music_Disco.indd 118 19/06/2017 14:35 Untitled-1 1 15/06/2017 14:38 Untitled-1 1 14/11/2016 14:37 DRUM & BASS QUICKIES Cause4Concern Below The Horizon C4C Recordings [email protected] 6.5 This track is a twisting, metallic shard of neuro — the type of well-rounded track which could easily slot into a variety of sets.

WHISKY KICKS Concealed Identity Hermetica Narratives Music 7.5 Bird and delicate, sparkling bells are slowly clouded by an air of hazed anxiety — a wonderful piece of music which is weighted heavily with emotion. The natural- sounding finger clicks and sense of light and space bring a solitary, mediative element too.

Disprove MONEY Origin SHOT! MethLab Recordings 7.5 Dubstitutes As is the theme of the BNKR series, 'Origin' is Margari’s Kid track ‘Make Em Know’ is broken, Takeover straight out of a tech-riddled dystopian future Halt pounding and old skool, and NexGen cast somewhere on a distant world. It’s glitchy Cosmic Bridge Records completely for the headz. 8.0 and itchy, and has an infectious drum pattern 7.5 This is the type of track we which will have the floor nodding in unison like These tracks are beautiful, Filip Motovunski like, drawing influences some weird robot army. serene and atmospheric, as Lion King from old and new — there’s to be expected from tracks Bad Taste Recordings a distinctly jungle/ragga DEXTA DIFFRENT MUSIC released on Om Unit’s label, 7.0 vibe here, with a touch of to mind the likes of Scrolling though a barrage of funkiness and an edge that , but dancing subtly in the similar-looking artwork, and comes from new school low- realms of 170. The warm bass ever-famous baboon Rafiki ends. The vocal and overall lies gently beneath an echoing pops up — it’s gonna get some summery feel remind us of half-time pattern as flashes attention. Throw in the words a modern Mutt. The mix of of light come from flutes and ‘Free Download’ and you’re nostalgic sampling, crashing electric pads. Margaria’s Kid onto a winner! While this track amens and a sweet, sexy- describes his artist preference has a killer, pounding core and sounding vocal make for an as “broken rhythms, depth and its simple hard-hitting bass is intoxicating track, perfect for message” and says he makes ready to tear down the floor this time of year. music “primarily as therapy”. with as much power as Mufasa’s paw, we feel the monkey noises 01. MAUOQ ‘Jungle Frog’ Diffrent Music and very prominent ‘Circle Of features the recurring sound of “One of them guys who’s constantly keeping the burner on. Killer track with a Benny Page & David very basic drum pattern and a moody murder bassline — grande Mauoq!” Boomah Life’ sample are slightly too what you would assume to be a Come Follow We much — fun all the same. gun being locked and loaded. ‘Hostile Transmission’ Diffrent Music 02. FEARFUL & PHEEKZ Dub Shotta “This tune here... It’s a d&b update, you’ve got the old synth samples, heavy Altogether, the track delivers a sub-bass but with a super-crisp, fresh offbeat half-time drum track, one that’s not leaving my box for some time!” 7.5 Hybrid Minds feat sense of being under real threat Benny Page and David Boomah Charlotte Haining and an urgent need to escape 03. CONDUCT ‘RDM’ Music have been making tunes for Brighter Days it. The simple-sounding beat “These boys nailed their debut album last year, and this is the only tune I’ve got from the follow-up, but it’s sick — watch out for Conduct!” over a decade, so it’s fair to say Hybrid Music is full of space but clearly has they know what they’re doing. 7.5 many layers, and is emblazoned 04. DJ EARL & FRACTURE ‘Satisfyee’ Astrophonica “I think this is the perfect pairing. Bridging the gap officially between According to the lyrics: “David We are absolutely loving Hybrid with echoing ticks and claps and and drum & bass. Earl brings the Teklife flavour and Fracture kills it Boomah has a music degree”. Minds right now. Their soft, a fresh collection of futuristic off with his Astrophonica style.” Summer vibes from the get-go, rolling take on is perfect cinematic sound effects. 05. SENSE MC ‘Elephant In The Room’ Diffrent Music even through the intro the easy listening and just on the “This album is quite special. The guy has such a great flow, and his pen skills are amazing. The bill of producers on the record is full of forward-thinking track is ready and raring. The right side of corny, meaning Total Science & FD talent.” backbone of this track is rooted we’re excited for the release Found A Reason CIA 06. STILL ‘Grecha 1’ Diffrent Music firmly in ragga, and it’s been of their new LP. On this, their “Light-years away from your traditional d&b record, this is one dark, glitchy, expertly fleshed out as happy- last single to be taken from the ambient area of the scene that I am really enjoying at the moment — keep ‘em 7.5 peeled for this Russian newcomer!” go-lucky jump-up. So much fun! album, Haining’s emotive vocal Dark and rolling and definitely takes the lead and steals the different, this track has so 07. LAKEWAY ‘Old School’ Diffrent Music “One of the freshest talents at the moment just dropped a bomb on us. SCAR show, with delicate chords and much to love about it. There’s Radioactive beats, warped bass and hyper vocal stabs fused with Lakeway’s The Wrong Side airy atmospheres creating the elements borrowed from every trademark flavour.” understated backdrop. If you’re side of the spectrum, from the 08. BOKEH & LOWQUID ‘Carbon (Crypticz Remix)’ SweetBox 8.0 looking for something deeper, lulling liquid piano chords and “Crypticz has been on my radar for some time now. This one landed in my inbox very recently, love the arpeggios and deep atmospherics, keep ‘em peeled for It’s Naomi Pryor’s haunting check out the Alibi remix. the warm omnipresent bass to all involved on this one!” vocal on ‘The Wrong Side’ which the techy samples and reverb 09. SAM BINGA FEAT WARRIOR QUEEN ‘Wasted Days (Sully brings this track into highly Mikal vocal, the uplifting strings to Remix)’ SBSLS accessible territory, but the Broadwalk the dirty descending focal point “Been killing this tune for so long now, it’s not leaving the bag anytime soon. Dispatch Recordings Great rhythm, big-bad bass and them Sully breaks can f*ck off!” EP shows versatility too — an — everything just works. It’s a uplifting, euphoric vocal which 8.0 gloriously eclectic mix coated 10. DEXTA & EHT ‘Amythist (Malfunction Mix)’ Diffrent Music could easily transfer from the This one has some real in a wash of weirdness, and one “Shameless plug of my next release! I basically mashed up the original track by EHT and she loved it. It’s pure wonky madness, good luck trying to mix in or darker floors to festivals to momentum, it’s as alarmingly you’re sure to hear over the out of it or attempting to dance to it...” freshers fairs, while the second dark as we can expect and summer months.

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DJ571.Music_D&B.indd 121 06/06/2017 16:40 GRIME [email protected] MARTIN FELICITY QUICKIES Skelecta Princess Peach EP Pear Drops 7.5 Wearing its heart on its sleeve in terms of its video game sonics influences, Skelecta’s trio of weaponry arrives as all stabbing synths and addictive, clap-heavy pieces.

Artan Opposite Interests White Label 5.5 Artan is one of the freshest faces in rap at the moment, set on doing the whole singing- thing that’s so omnipresent right now, and ‘Opposite Interests’, while a bit on the fat- MONEY free side, sees the MC on promising form. SHOT! Murlo YGG Club Coil EP Three IC3s Mixpak KeepinItGrimy 8.0 9.0 Murlo has always pushed the boundaries of Chasing up their massive club-destined , and ‘Club Coil’ DJ Q-assisted ‘Bad’, which while on the flipside ‘Princess Door’, Tizzy Gang have dropped stretches them even further. This neon-coloured took grime to new garage- Anna’ is a searing, space-age another single to whet our pack of club constructs hints very subtly at inflected heights, PK, Saint soundtrack to the video game of appetites. This time the line-up grime, while showcasing Murlo’s wide, genre- and Lyrical Strally are back, your dreams. is Vic Santoro, Merky ACE and spanning lens. on a cut that cleverly tackles Cadell — so no Tre Mission police, Stop & Search, and Dave on this one — and Zomby’s DICE RECORDINGS the use of ethnicity codes 100M's production, all icy synths and in . With Swindle on Dave low-slung 808s that hark back the buttons, the punchy, 7.5 to his ‘With Love’ era, is colder fast-paced production might OK, so while Dave’s not strictly than cold. seem like a bit of a -up a grime artist, he’s quickly of their style, but ‘Three IC3s’ becoming one of UK rap’s most Fekky x provides a nice showcase prominent voices. The SG Lewis- Call Me Again for each of their flows, and produced ‘100M’s’ is yet another Island luckily there’s no weakest link notch on his belt, a self-assured 7.5 in these three IC3s. outing from the 18-year-old Waving in the release of ‘El from Streatham that’s peppered Clasico’, Fekky’s debut album on with cheeky pop culture and the brink of release, the prolific Izzie Gibbs football references. It’s another artist drops a collaboration with Yin Yang EP step in the right direction from Ghetts, an MC who has reached 01. BIG NARSTIE ‘When The Bassline Drops (feat. )’ Dice Dice Recordings an MC that we’ll be seeing more cult status by now. The ‘Call Me Recordings “One of the biggest tunes to come out of the UK for a long time. Narstie and 8.0 and more of as the year goes on. Again’ instrumental bears more Craig created pure vibes with this one.” Since signing with Dice than a passing resemblance to Recordings in 2014, Izzie ’s ‘Underground’, 02.  ‘T N Biscuits’ Unreleased “Slowthai is one to look out for. I promise you, any show I’ve been to this song Gibbs has gone from strength Instagram Girls (feat. Konan) with its vocal chops — which has shut down every single venue. Proper hype tune.” to strength. The six-tracked Underrated Legends makes a whole lot of sense when 03.  ‘Pull Up feat. Bowzer’ Unreleased project, ‘Yin Yang’, sees the 6.5 you realise it’s a Rapid “Proper grimey track. Feels like Jaykae, with help from Bowzer, found his own spitter at the top South Londoner Cadet has kept production. Judging by the sound with this one.” of his game, sparring with the his fans waiting for a hot minute energy and rapid-fire nature of 04. TREMZ ‘Mad About Bars’ Dice Recordings likes of Donae'o, Big Narstie, — since the end of 2016 in fact, Fekky’s delivery on this cut, ‘El “This song makes me want to be from , Tremz proper repping his city Tremz and Young T & Bugsey. when he dropped a teaser for Clasico’ could just live up to its with that raw Scouse accent and a cold flow to go with it.” The Donae’o-featuring ‘Chillin’ ‘Instagram Girls’, and now the name. 05. DIZMACK ‘Therapy’ Unreleased is a highlight, showcasing track’s finally seeing the light of “One of the realest tracks to be released in a long time. Emotional heartfelt the young artist’s ability over day. Featuring Konan of Krept 67 song — this one takes you on a journey.” some hectic production, Netflix & Konan fame sitting pretty Before Tour IZZIE GIBBS ‘Think About It’ Dice Recordings 6ix7even 06. references and crow-like ad libs. on the hook, it’s a playful cut, “I think bar-for-bar this is one of the most lyrical songs to hit the Internet in a minute. Listen to this I’m telling you — the patterns, flow, bars are second approaching the topic of models 7.5 to none.” Lloyd SB that just “keep popping up, 67 have earned their stripes 8ths,16ths/Princess Anna man”. It’s our first taste of ‘The as one of the rawest crews in 07. IZZIE GIBBS ‘Mini feat. Big Narstie & Prynce’ Dice Recordings Gobstopper “This one was undeniably one of the biggest songs to land this year. We all done Commitment 2’ EP, which we can UK rap, as well as one of the bits on this one.” 8.0 expect in July. hardest working. ‘Before Tour’, Leading light of the the first slice of forthcoming 08.  ‘Whipping Excursion’ SN1 Records “Giggs didn’t play with this one. Super sauce on this one proper style and I’m instrumental grime scene, Tizzy Gang ‘The Glorious Twelfth’ project, not lying because this song has shut down every single place it’s reached.” -born Lloyd SB makes SHEKEL sets out the promise that the assertive club music for both Hill collective are going 09. XXXTENTACION ‘Look At Me’ Empire “As soon as this song hit the internet it killed off everything even charted on the chin-strokers and all-out 8.5 to keep this momentum up, as the Billboard Hot 100 without a . This song caused such a buzz, it’s ravers. Landing on Mr Mitch’s Tizzy Gang on a Zomby- well as “chasing Elizabeth’s just an instant shutdown.” ever-experimental Gobstopper produced beat? Erm, yes please. faces”. The five-man crew 10. MANGA SAINT HILARE X LEWI B ‘Slew’ Unreleased Records, ‘8ths, 16ths’ is a Soon to release their hotly- clearly aren’t going anywhere “Manga no doubt has released the best project in the UK so far in my opinion. cinematic, glistening cut above, awaited album, ‘Opps Next any time soon. This track right here is a head bopper and I’m sure is going to cause moshpits.”

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[email protected] Roska Kicks & Snares 9.0 Silky funky-influenced beats from the excellent UK bass producer Fish. This one combines

BEN CHILD rudeboy b-line bravado with killa diva vox, MONEY sumptuous, soulful synth-work and hyper- SHOT! infectious drum energy — do not miss. SaidWho Jay Robinson Noise Complaint EP Dafuq 877 Records Billions 9.0 9.0 Proper grimey darkness here Muscular bass house here from Nightbass's from Bristol's SaidWho, Jay Robinson, combining a funky knack for sending down a scattershot beat programming with fearsome low-end and of snares and percussion intelligent use of the original's intense and laced with heavy, heavy bass threatening movie sample. smacks and vocal one-shots on the title track. Completing Deep Impact vs 601 Ghstghstghst garagey breakbeat deep-out, the EP, 'Warpaint' is more of Going Out The Anthemic EP sumptuously combining wistful a clever little drum work- Hot Cakes Hot Cakes Bass chords and half-heard vocals out, all tidy percussive 9.0 8.5 with a booming drop and programming and technoid Classy minimalistic breakbeat vibes here from Bruising EP of UK bass and superbly constructed drum- groove, while 'Night Cap' dips the new partnership of UK producers Deep breakbeat from the Northern work. Keep an eye on these, into synthy stop-start bass Impact and 601. 'Going Out' has an old-skool -based badman. they might just take it to the music territory, off-kilter rave vocal sample over fizzing bass hits, 'Anthemic' and 'Nova' drop next level. beats playing off against dropping percussion-style leads and crisp some seriously fizzy b-lines noisenik hits, percussive breakbeats, while 'Raggamuffin' throws down over tough four-four beats, the Various stabs and snatches of badboy noisenik low-end, snatches of ragga vocal and a latter also throwing in Bingo The LDN Selection Plumps DJs vocal. Some insanely good four-four section for the heads-down crew. Beats-style “Go” vocals. 'Door sampler production here. Beef' plumps for scattershot Punks Music snare action and spooky synth 8.5 VITAL TECHNIQUES SECOND TO NONE washes, while 'Bae Drop' Here's a classy little sampler atmospherics to keep the vibe delivers funky brass stabs, for the new compilation from raw and industrial yet strangely wobbly bass attacks and a breakbeat icons the Plump DJs, euphoric in places. gloriously cheesy female vocal kicking off with the glistening sample. 21st century electro-bass of Bromley their own 'World Click', before Luggin'/Know Deekline & Tony diving headlong into the grimey Boomting Records Quattro New Club-influenced 'Booty 8.5 Deep In The Jungle (UK Bass Clap' from French bassmonger Bristol badman Bromley returns Remixes) Badjokes. Next up is the with a double dose of classy, Hot Cakes Bass percussive trap-influenced atmospheric and minimalistic 8.5 kick-and-clap groove ' music. 'Luggin'' blends 01. VITAL TECHNIQUES ‘Gunfingers In The Air’ feat. MC The of up-and-coming Sweat' from Big Daddy, then the techno-influenced hi-hats with Pean Second To None UK bass producers here take minimalistic breakbeat dirt of deep, deep kicks and snatches “This track is our next big release and it shuts down every single rave without failure! Creepy intro and strings lead you into a false sense of security before on Deekline and Tony Quattro's Daze Prizm's 'Struggle'. Finally, of half-heard vocal for a vibe we lick off ya head top! Watch out for the video coming soon.” classic 'Deep In The Jungle the sampler's rounded out by that sounds like rolling through 02. SHAUN DEAN FEAT. ZEO ‘Emergency’ Second To None EP' to impressive effect. My the classy old-skool groove of the streets of some “Absolute carnage this one... MAN BETTER CALL THE POLICE!” favourite here is DJ Spookz's DJ Icey's 'Stringray', the moody extra-terrestrial urban jungle,

03. TAIKI NULIGHT & MIKEY B ‘Everybody In The Club’ Night Bass reworking of '3 Minutes To four-four bassline stompathon while 'Know' dips into a heady “This link-up was always going to be dangerous — doesn’t disappoint.” Midnight', an elegant little of Slowbody's 'No More' and yet downbeat dystopian groove, badboy of a breakbeat banger, the ravey b-line destruction of determined kicks and unusual 04. VITAL TECHNIQUES ‘Mucky VIP’ Second To None “A twist to the original that catches everyone off guard and draws for the with Fish and Lucent's bonkers Stranger's 'Take Me Higher'. An percussion combos linking up very best screwface from everyone in attendance.” bassline rerub of 'I Can't Wait' excellent selection all-round. for a track that feels like an 05. BASSBOY ‘Definitely’ feat. Bru C Crucast coming in a very close second. early-hours acid trip in the year “Bassboy is on fire right now and this track steps it up yet again, with Bru-C bringing his usual madness to grace the beat.” Fish's darkling, dubwise remix B-Phreak 3000. of 'Deep In The Jungle' and Drop 06. HYPHO ‘Minzu’ feat. MC Pean Second To None Pelikann and Lucent's noisenik Klub Kids Mafia Kiss “MC Pean rides something a little different in the form of a Hypho bass roller on this one. Beats and bars for days! Pure flows.” reworking of the same track 9.0 Raise round-out the EP. Main room breakbeat sounds Punks Music 07. DEEKLINE ‘I Don’t Smoke Da Reefa (Deadbeat UK Remix)’ Hot Cakes Bass here from the towering talent 8.5 “Deadbeat strikes again with his twist to a UKG classic. Big beats and round SOLV that is 's B-Phreak. Here's a down and dirty low- fluttering bass make for a sick drop. One for the skankers.” 192 EP Title track 'Drop' shakes out a slung beat from the mighty 08. VITAL TECHNIQUES ‘Spin The Dubplate’ feat. MC Pean Second Low Pitched Records trappy slice of monstrous 808 Mafia Kiss, whose journey into To None “How could we not include this one!? Smashes it everytime and we’ve had so 9.0 bass that simply thunders out deep, underground 808 bass much love for this one since it dropped. The video was jokes to film as well!” Ascot duo SOLV deliver a of the bins with all the heft continues. 'Raise' combines double dose of wildly divergent and firepower of a Sherman a pitched-down New Yoik 09. PALIZE FEAT. K DOT & GINO ‘Party All Week’ White Label “This is a shut-down ting! Grime bars and a simple bass pattern make for the flavours. Title track '192' is Tank, while 'Get Loose' is a house-style vocal with perfect combo. Rave killer.” ravey four-four bassline with glistening, throbbing neutron old-skool percussion, rough- 10. PHATWORLD FEAT. CREATURE ‘Captain Hook ’ Off killa snatches of ragga vocal and bomb of a track — utilising a edged bass motifs and killa Me Nut jackhammer bass attitude, while soulful hip-hop sample, rugged atmospherics. One for the 3am “Old-skool sound brought right into 2017 with this bassline warper.” AA 'All You' is a gorgeously b-line attitude and intense heads-down crew.

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Benjamin Muñoz [email protected] And Its Variants EP Push And Run 7.0 With a rather clustered and very dense sound palette, Benjamin Muñoz’s first EP for Push & Run feeds on a little of that early Pangaea formula of pianos, snatched vocals and garagey skip, but his execution makes it sound completely his own. MONEY SHOT! Squane x Rees Illuminating Gila Jelly Bean Farm Pick Six EP 7.0 Deviation Think of Squane x Rees latest EP as a mission 8.5 statement for their Jelly Bean Farm label and Finally, the day hath you’ll be enlightened indeed. They’re content dawned when Benjamin just surfing that axis where bass meets techno Benstead’s Deviation and producers get nutty with their percussion empire starts releasing patterns. records... and although the first thing I muster might Major Grave be a smug ‘what took him Evacuate so long?’, the second is a Jikuroux really do channel a bastardized Never Ready grunt of recognition: dude Cradle Bay EP version of Shadow. On 7.0 was probably waiting for Decisions ‘Synapse Cluster’ it’s all heavy While they're not breaking that many something to slap his shit the 8.5 stuttering drum lines full of boundaries, the four cuts on Major Grave’s latest same way this EP from Denver There’s a welcome grandeur to unpredictable fills and rattles, 12” are all lithe, skippy mutations that native Gila does. 'Pick Six' is Jikuroux’s melody on her new whereas ‘Labyrinthian Contours’ are just begging to be cut between some giant a slew of three cold, icy hip- EP’s title track that is a little devolves itself from garage to Mala meditations. ‘Take Charge’ and ‘If You hop cut loud betrayed by the drum-work. hip-hop to edit heavy space Want’ are the tips. for the club, and three spacey At the one-minute-twenty funk in three majestic parts. wanderings. mark that succinct three-note, Peverelist-esque riff comes Batu IG CULTURE FIRST WORD RECORDS in and gives the synth stabs Marius EP Herva a supple counterpoint that Hessle Audio Smania the snare hits all but eclipse. 9.0 All City ‘Cracked’ illustrates the exact Having gone out on a limb in 5.5 opposite aspect of my gripe support of Batu’s production If you’ve ever started a review perfectly, the drums back off work on this page several times with words to the effect of and let that melody do all the before, it’s a very sweet and “I had to go back and check heavy lifting. Devil mix me and just feeling to be able to report it wasn’t two things playing it’d be a 9.5/10. that his debut for the lauded simultaneously”, I feel bad Hessle Audio label is as singular for you, son. But go listen to CRIMES! and as rounded as all of you Herva’s latest six-track mini LP Lords EP hoped it might be. ‘Off Court’’s on All City and then come back 20/20 LDN percussion sounds like it’s to me. Bemusing isn’t really 7.0 submerged in oil, ‘Nosema’ is a the word. The thing seems to Portland-based CRIMES! flat-footed pounder of a stepper stutter, stunt and shimmer contributes music to the 20/20 and ‘Marius’ is sheer and clinical 01. EKAMBI ‘Brilliant Soul Castle (Silkie Edit) ‘ Africa Seven at will, without any concern LDN imprint for the first time tech. “A bad little bruk/ re-edit taken off ‘Afrosonique Vol 1’.” for structure or quantizing. and, again, that quality label 02. THE KONDI BAND ‘Titi Dem Too Service’ Strut Records ‘Smania’ is impossible to judge, association means it comes with Akkord “Serious African house on an uptempo flex.” but it is oddly fascinating. some pretty lofty expectations RCVR/XMTR 03. MIRA ‘Didi’ Dubplate that are hard to live up to. Houndstooth “Unreleased remix pressure from NameBrandSound (myself and Alex Phounzi).” Lyfeforms ‘Karma’ is definitely an absolute 8.0 Things Betwixt EP jam but ‘Lords’ and ‘Videowarp’ Houndstooth’s production 04. COOP ‘Quango (EVM128 Dubplate Mix)’ CoOp Presents “New breed bruk soldier EVM128 on refit with the bruk dancefoor .” Keysound Recordings might a little too leviathans Akkord return with 7.5 bombastic. Trying to balance a two new drilled out cuts that 05. VARIOUS ARTISTS ‘CoOp Presents: Selectors Assemble EP’ First Word Records Lyfeform’s 'Things Betwixt’ EP ton of these overly synthetic, build on the jungle promise “Big bruk music from Seiji, Sonars Ghost (Domu), Henry (Crucial) Wu and stands out from the current glut laser-powered bass riffs with hinted at in some of their more.” of hard-edged, jungle-inspired, serene chords leaves very little earlier work. ‘RCVR’ (or receiver 06. STAS ‘Bluebird of Freedom’ Babylon Records drone-heavy releases like a sense of space. if you’re a fan of vowels) “Very raw, very rude... bad percussive beats and Indian vocals on the track sunny day might in between two is a fucking gutsy growl of ‘Neon Blue’.” weeks of solid rain. Actually, Etch breakbeats set atop clouds of 07. CENGIZ ‘Original Workz Vol.2’ Best of All Worlds that’s probably just a reflection Synapse Cluster distortion and drone. There’s “Some raw beats from this up-and-coming bruk soldier.” Gully of my promo listening habits, no real semblance of melody 08. NAMEBRANDSOUND ‘SPELL T.H.I.S.O.N.E EP’ Arena Yard but his cuts like ‘Dead Angel’ 8.5 on B-side ‘XMTR’ (transmitter) “Our latest and best EP to date: a mix of footwork, brukwurx, brukbeat and jazz.” and ‘Bright Night’ show the It’s already obvious that Etch is either, unless you count the same kind of individual promise a bit of a don when it comes to different pitchings of the 09. MAJOR NOTES ‘Afro Bass Vol.1’ Lossol Entertainment as early E.M.M.A. releases did sampling and re-programming choked bass noise, which I “Very serious dutty Afro rudeness from the man Major, out on his own label.” — all cheap sounds, drums, he’s proved that time don’t, because I’m not that 10. SONARS GHOST X NAMEBRANDSOUND ’B.A.N.G’ Reptown overlapping chords and hyper- and again already, but these petty. “Brukbeat has caught its second wind and nuff tracks are hitting road...” aggressive arpeggios. latest two cuts on Gully Records

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Alex Di Stefano QUICKIES Never Back Down/What’s The Catch? Pure NRG Kearnage Recordings Cala Blanca 8.5 If you’re hanging out for Alex 8.0 to produce something bigger In their short but storied release history they’ve than ‘I’ve Got The Power’, well, reinterpreted Hollywood soundtracks, name- you’ll probably be waiting a checked Hollywood stars and most recently while. This pair however will dropped an event anthem. Now, thematically, more than serve as a stop-gap. [email protected] STARK and turn their ‘Never Back Down’ flirts with attentions towards the Med. ‘Cala Blanca’ the same incitingly looped, sounds like ‘Arcobaleno’ getting drunk on chanting vocal dynamic as Sangria and making out with ‘Seven Cities’. ‘Power’, setting it against Basically, fabulous! some brutal LFO and synth- slash. If anything, ‘What’s The Project 8 pres. Shane Kinsella Catch?’ that follows is even Serenity more relentless and enjoyably VANDIT Recordings reckless. MONEY 8.5 SHOT! There’s a definite air of cool to ‘Serenity’. Activa Powerful without having one truly showboating Telic (John Dopping Strategy Mix) Protoculture element and phasing rather than arpeggiating Discover The Descent its way to glory, it binds its trance-progressive 7.5 Armind sequences together brilliantly. While Activa may be less, err, 10 ‘activa’ these days, we at least than the last, ‘Pequod’ is so Neither particularly deep nor KhoMha get regular updates of his close to perfect as to make no trying to be that uplifting, Dance Electric back-cat. To that end, the never difference. Protoculture’s gear typically A State Of Trance less-than-noteworthy John sits in the punchy, thrusting, 7.5 Dopping adds his ‘Strategy’ mix Kyau & Albert set-transitioning mid-range. Despite a similarity to its chorus hook, not (in to ‘Telic’’s story. Throughout Trace Until now that is. Cast the so far as we can tell anyway!) a cover of the the intro, Scot Project-y acid Euphonic Records mental imageries that ‘The Prince track. On ‘Dance Electric’, KhoMha works belches toughen the original’s 8.0 Descent’’s title conjures the pitchwheel like a man possessed, drawing stance, coolly reigning in No finer voice in male-sung aside, they’ll do you no every ounce of tough out of its trance. its uplifting inclinations. trance? Well that, at least, is favours. With its immense Unchained from those in the debatable. A more distinctive break-side stabs, bursting, PERFECTO break though, this is only going one however, really, it’s no radiating synths and one way. contest. Stephen Moebius whopping third-act bassline Albert’s voice once again intervention (worth the Peter Steele provides the decisive, defining admission price alone), this Gull touch to a K&A production. cannot fail to race the pulse. Pure Trance Recordings As non-conformist as it is 8.5 emotion-conveying, and with Any track that troubles itself to just the right equalization of the rounds this month. And place a genuinely interesting lift, lament and lyrics, this is that of course makes ‘Machine sound inside its first four bars is the German duo back at their Language’ stand out all the already making the case in my origin-sounding best. more. Built atop a red-lining book. The curiously evocative , by turns William hurls call/response beep of Steele’s Various Artists binary bass notes, a blizzard ‘Gull’ immediately invokes Bursting Out EP Vol. 7 of distortion and heaps of seaside atmospheres… and Outburst Records Picotto-ish bleepy-ness into not necessarily sunny ones. 7.5 its fray. With only the most A squally ride to the break As you might guess from cursory of midpoint harmonies supports one impressive synth, ’Throwback’’s title, A.R.D.I. & to counterbalance, suffice to say string or part after another. If Dennis Pedersen’s offering on its primetime intentions could 01. PAUL OAKENFOLD ‘Dreamstate Theme’ Perfecto “My new single, which comes along with the first ever ‘Dreamstate’ compila- ‘Gull’’s guilty of anything it’s this four-pack won’t snaffle hardly be writ larger. tion that I mixed.” having too many ideas. Doubt any originality gongs. The 02.  ‘’ Deconstruction you’ll hear many complaints energy’s all there though. pres. “No need to comment further. Rest in peace.” though. ‘Outrun’ from Stephane Badey Dakota feat. Bev Wild skews the tone compellingly 03. ZED WHITE & ROALD HUGHES ‘Precious’ Perfecto “Great new one on Perfecto for warming them up.” Sunny Lax in the psy direction, while Coldharbour Recordings Pequod Paul Cook’s feisty ‘Ferox’ does 8.5 04. PAUL OAKENFOLD ‘Munich’ Perfecto Anjunabeats “Another exclusive made for my ‘Dreamstate’ compilation.” largely the same for the tech After the marching techno of 9.5 quarter. Striding totem-tall his last outing, this is a tangible 05. SOLIS & SEAN TRUBY ‘Feel It’ Flashover Recordings “Excellent driving trance.” ‘Pequod’ (the whaling ship from through the EP’s stylistic middle gearshift from the exceptional Dick... Google’d it so you ground though, Soren Andrews’ danse macabre of ‘Mota- 06. ORKIDEA ‘Higher State’ Pure Trance Recordings don’t have to!) kicks off with pick-of-the-pack ‘Circa’ whips Mota’. Any cover “Does great things for the floor. Love the vocals.” grooving bass, sophisticated production aces from out of its will live or die on the strength 07.  ‘Colored Glass’ In Charge Recordings percussion patterns, sweeping sleeve, seemingly without end. of its vocalist. In Bev Wild, “Killer track. Getting plays on my radio show. Big fan of Marco.” FX and wrought lower-end Schulz has found a singer who 08. JOHN O’CALLAGHAN ‘Two Trees’ Subculture Recordings distortion. Its midpoint sees William Daniel Presents instinctively strikes an almost “Great for later in the night.” it go a bit future-doomy and Fu2ra alchemic balance with her 09.  PRES ‘Venera’ Flashover Blade Runner-ish, before the Machine Language delivery. Referential and tonally Recordings clouds part — in nothing short Damaged Recordings channelling, but without being “Classic Ferry.” of astonishing fashion — for 7.5 slavish or simulating, all things 10. DARK MATTER ‘Why So Afraid Of Me’ Perfecto Fluoro its face-the-sun final reel. Unusually, not a great deal of considered this walks the line “New one on Fluoro. Works well .” Each sequence better even the tech-trance business doing brilliantly.

djmag.com 129 HARD [email protected] KUTSKI DJ the arrangement of the original before dropping a second time QUICKIES with an even bigger, more traditional pitched Alex Prospect kick. This is what remixes should Never Forget You be, a complete reinterpretation TBC of a track by a different artist. 9.0 Great work. Awesome UK hardcore remix of a commercial dance hit. No plans for an official release at the time of LNY TNZ writing but for sure try and track this one down Set You Free by the time you read this. It makes you realise the Big & Dirty original should have been a track! 9.0 This Dutch duo have taken Yellow Claw & Cesqeaux the world by storm with their Legends (Dr Rude Remix) unique trap/hardstyle crossover TBC sound, and have even more 8.0 impressively been accepted and Dr Rude takes this trap hit from last year and adds embraced by both scenes. This his unique freestyle flavour, bouncy drop and latest offering is more on the uplifting ! hard side of the fence this time, with a super-catchy vocal and Nowaxx EDM-influenced melody before Dripping Sweat dropping to a bouncy four-four POW! kick-drum. The second drop 8.0 ticks the trap box for several A super-simple build and drop track that I just fell bars before switching up back in love with. There isn’t too much to say other than to the hard beats. A really great a rap vocal, steady build and minimal freestyle drop track that would work in pretty that is just so damn cool I can’t stop playing it. much any modern electronic DJ’s set DR RUDE DIRTY WORKZ Antolini & F.Zeta Hate United Styles 8.0 Two Italians collide on this one, bringing back the classic Euro hard-trance sound. It consists of deep, thumping kicks and basslines and opts for a bleepy/ MONEY techy build and drop as opposed to a super melody — this makes SHOT! for a great tension builder for Audiofreq early in your sets. With the Stampede classic UK sound Audiophetamine having somewhat of a revival 01. DR RUDE FEAT. JESSE LYONS ‘Out Of ’ Dirty Workz 10 in the tech-trance scene at the “This track is a little different from my previous work, but I was in love with these vocals since the moment I received them. You can just feel the 2017 is the year of the psy- moment, it will be interesting emotion!” trance crossover, and hardstyle to hear how sounds like this is no exception. Many tracks progress into the greater picture 02. AUDIOTRICZ ‘Let There Be light’ Be Yourself Music “The duo that never disappoints! Crazy first tek drop which will make every have tried this already with of dance music. crowd scream, and closing with a powerful melody just like you can expect by results varying from hardstyle pounds away at 160bpm with an the Audiotricz boys.” with a rolling baseline, to erratic rolling bassline, bleeps 03. ZATOX & LE SHUUK ‘Basswall’ Unite “This track gets the most amazing crowd reaction you can imagine! Catchy psy-trance at 150bpm, but for and breaks. The track pauses Heaven (Isaac Remix) old-school melody followed by more subbass than anyone can handle. me Audiofreq’s new Stampede for breath at the midpoint with Armada Dancefloor banger!” track takes things to the next a broken trap break before 9.5 04. DR RUDE ‘SNPR 2017’ Dirty Workz level. This track shows an reloading and dropping with Trance purists may have “Little update of my original SNPR release from last year! Amazing vocal-work with a big trance melody, which gets an awesome response whenever I play intelligent understanding of the pounding beats yet again, snapped optic nerves rolling it!” the elements that make both this time with a triplet groove. their eyes when psy and hardstyle work in their A simple dancefloor track that they saw Dash Berlin cover 05. REFUZION ‘Follow Me’ Dirty Workz “Only Refuzion knows how to set an atmosfear like this! Touchy vocals and respective ways and fuses them does everything intended DJ Sammy’s chart cheeser an insanely catchy melody. Keep your eyes on this guy. I predict he is going in a way that sounds completely perfectly. ‘Heaven’, but let’s face it, to be huge!” unforced and natural. This has music is supposed to be 06. DR RUDE X RANSOM X MC ALEE ‘Hostage’ Dirty Workz “I teamed up with the boys from Ransom and MC Alee, which turned into been the opening track for my & fun and everyone loves a an awesome collab without any rules! Psy-trance vibes combined with a big sets in all different types of Believer (Frontliner Remix) catchy uplifting vocal on the freestyle melody. Festival stuff, for sure!” clubs and it never fails to get Skink dancefloor… especially in 07. CLOCKARTZ ‘Rockafella’ Roughstate the biggest reaction on the first 9.0 the hard dance scene! Step in “Awesome work by the Italian boys! This track has it all. It’s rough, fresh and drop. You must check this out! Ex-hardstylers Showtek show DJ Isaac! This Dutch legend’s full of energy. Set to be one of the biggest hits this summer!” their continued love and remix is an absolute hardstyle 08. SUBZERO PROJECT FEAT GLDY LX ‘Basstrain’ Dirty Workz support for the harder styles by monster — impeccable “Subzero Project is on fire! Every track they do is dominating the charts. Freshest ‘raw’ act of the moment. Big drops, hard kicks and badass sounds!” Zero Hero officially releasing a remix of production and pure dancefloor Bass Drop their latest collaboration with gold. Music is like toast, better 09. KSHMR FEAT. SYDNIE TIPTON ‘Wildcard (Coone Remix)’ TBA Monster Cat “Only Coone knows how to rework an EDM track like this. Perfect melody for Major Lazer from the melody with a bit of cheese on it. If the the summer and a vocal nobody can hate!” 8.5 man himself, Frontliner! The club isn’t singing along to this 10. HARD DRIVER & WARFACE ‘Criminal Intention’ Dirty Workz Darren Styles and Stonebank breakdown is kept intact before one, you go to the wrong clubs. “Hard to pick just one of those great tunes on Hard Driver’s new album. But team together on this new dropping with a huge kick and this one just gets me. Raw, but with a super-catchy melody.” project for Monster Cat. It reverse bass. This remix follows

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Daredevil (LOVE the thieve from Verses Eye Spit [email protected] Scorzayzee's 'Double Dragon') High Focus Records and some gratifyingly rasping 7. 5 rhymes punching in all the right Trailing the new RB album soon-come on HF — places. Keep an eye on this guy. 'Hypnodic' — this track showcases Badbonez' customarily catchy rhyme skills and great cuts from The Mouse Outfit feat. DJ Fingerfood that keeps the vibe retro but fresh. Ellis Meade With Jam Baxter & Strange U, High Focus have Bring Me Down already given us two of the of the year thus TMO Records far. I expect 'Hypnodic' will be another one. 8.0 Great mellow vibes from the Mancunian crew, hopefully from Mount Kushmore a collaboration that will flower Doggy Style Records MONEY into a full-length TMO album by 7. 5 the end of the year. There's a crisp Loving the full-phat vintage G-funk production on SHOT! perfection to the beats here that this, loving the cameos from B-Real, and sits with the flecks of scratchy Meth, loving the 'hey summer is nearly here, lets guitar and the beautifully oozing smoke trees for the next six months' vibe. Barbecue Shabazz Palaces bass perfectly. Ellis doesn't spit — music, party music par excellence. A good hint that Shine A Light rather he rhymes with an almost- the new Snoop album 'Neva Left' might be a corker. Sub Pop nonchalent confidence that's 8.5 Oso X Bis X M-Brucky far more compelling than more Ashnikko 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Hella Splashings bristling verbals would be, a style Sass Pancakes Star' is one of two albums Madness that suits his message of positivity Digital Panic Shabazz Palaces are releasing 8.5 and struggle with grace and guile. 8.0 this year and this lead-off Harlem Spartans’ Oso and Bis Glad to hear Mouse Outfit back This is a groovy little EP — I like Ashnikko's poise leak from it promises a lot hook up with Kuku's M-Brucky again after their splendid 'Step and power and humour, I like Raf Riley's widescreen — exquisite production that to align their forcefields on this Steadier' set from 2015. Check this trap production and I see no reason why Ashnikko trembles within every pellucid absolute banger. Great flows, immediately. shouldn't be a major star. The only thing holding facet, the edges of the sound a punishing drill beat that her back is precisely what makes her interesting — mix rippling with dappled like Chi-town drill takes trap Sh8peshifter her refusal to play the usual games females have to light, the centre held by a and textures and turns Abracadabrakafrika play in music. Hope she's given a chance. bone-crunching yet diffused everything black'n'white, grainy, Sh8peshifter Records Inc and heavily reverbed guitar rain-lashed. The interesting 7. 5 BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY STYLES UPON STYLES lick, all lounging on some plush thing about UK drill is its almost Powerful single from Sh8peshifter, orchestral psyche worthy of total disengagement with UK aka Zakiya Harris, that pulls trap, Edan/Adrian Younge. Other hip-hop, the way it's directly rock and hip-hop together into an tracks I've heard from the made connections with big names intoxicating sonic fix reminiscent album suggest there is not a without seemingly any industry of MIA, Santogold and Janaelle single track which gives you a interference or any trace of Monae. Love the audio-fripperys full picture of what the album crossover as yet. I hope it keeps in the edges of the mix here but contains cos it's so dazzlingly its integrity for as long as possible crucially LOVE the agit-pop push of diverse. Nice to have 'em back. cos this is some of the most the lyrics and the “BLACK WOMAN Get your tongue wedged in and compelling music being made in IS GOD” hook. The kind of record a start lapping. the UK right now. Essential. 20-something Grace Jones would be making right now. Hold tight 01. KINLAW ‘Putitdown’ Reckno Records Harlem Spartans for the album. “Off the ‘Chorus Mysticus’ LP. Untouchable head-fuck trap with something that Future feat. Metro No Hook feels like a keen pop sensibility but buried in unpretentious abstraction.” Mixtape Madness Boomin Madison Washington 02. 7DEGREES (PAUL SCHUTZE & ANDREW HULME) ‘Rain Of Mask Off 8.0 Code Switchin' Rust’ Epic Records Def Pressé “Off the ‘Fell’ CD. Ethno-sonic transportations to places I am not sure exist, UK drill leading-lights Harlem but I visit frequently.” 6.0 Spartans relaunch a long-heard 8.0 KIIIIIIINDA digging it (Metro banger — the crucial thing that "No forgetting we at war/we in 03. BANDALU ‘Original Scientists’ Infonet “Off the ‘Antimatters’ LP. An ear-opening exploration of pure techno and dub Boomin's production is killer makes this work is the attention the trench" — an odd combo techniques for me.” as usual and he's laced a weird to detail, not only in the sound- between house DJ ThatManMonkz 04. GOLDFRAPP ‘Pilots’ Mute fractured flute into the mix that matrix (which skulks with trap and Malik Ameer, an established “Off the ‘’ LP. Heartbreakingly gorgeous voice and sonics, off- will haunt your dreams) and I GET pace but finds itself strafed with all MC/producer in the experimental world by-and-large but with glimpses of very human machinations.”

that seeing as the whole track kinds of grime tricks and textures) rap/jazz scene in both and 05. ERIC B & RAKIM ‘Don’t Sweat The Technique’ MCA is seemingly about prescription but also in the rhymes of MizOrMak NYC. Odd combo but it works “Bad-ass summer bounce. Lately been enjoying this era of one of -time fave duos.” painkiller addiction you'd expect and Blanco which are fierce, funny beautifully — not a trace of house Future himself to sound a little and sharp throughout. I hope here, just tight and heavy modal- 06. WAYNE KRAMER ‘The Harder They Come’ Jungle Records strung out. Strung out I like — Harlem Spartans find a way to jazz grooves akin to a vintage “Detroit meets JA in a post-lockdown boogie mode.” when Chief Keef does it it's utterly stop the current cycle of leaks and D.I.T.C production, and fascinating 07. TWO SWORDSMEN ‘Rico’s Helly Retailored By Nouriza- compelling, but when Future tangential boosts and are whorls of mind-lint from Ameer deh & Teasdale’ Emissions Audio Output “From the ‘Swimming Not Skimming’ maxi EP. Unmatched pacing and restraint. does it... he's simply not got the able to focus on creating UK drill's sandwiched between a raucous There is a synthy lead bit that hurts my soul. Rewind every time.” lyrical skills or the poetic sense first classic album. Superb stuff. Outkast-style hook. Fingers 08. JESSE SYKES AND THE SWEET HEREAFTER ‘Air Is Thin’ Bar- to leave spaces, just mumbles crossed that this isn't a one-off suk Records this monotonic dull rhyme out C.A.M hook-up and that an album will “I have a deeply profound crush on this sound. Imaginary soundtrack to childhood memories of Tucson trailer parks.” with next to nothing that snags Act Like You Know soon follow cos 'Code Switchin' Soundcloud your brain. Perhaps better with a works a charm. 09. AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE ‘Hole In The Roof’ On-U Sound bellyfull of Tamazepam but for this 7. 0 “Densely flexible space science. Endlessly inspiring studio magic.” rock and roller, a little tiresome A new MC outta London with a 10. MOBB DEEP ‘Survival Of The Fittest’ Loud Records eventually. debut EP 'The First Move' ready “The crunch, hiss and smack of this dark narrative continue to blow my mind.”

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LEFTFIELD FOUND SOUNDS [email protected] FOUND Hot 8 Brass Band Bottom Of The Bucket QUICKIES Tru Thoughts 5.0 Lord RAJA As a concept, the Hot 8 brass Amadeus band are great. They have a MASAYOSHU SUKITA Pic: MASAYOSHU brilliant USP, a great back- 9.0 story and they are undoubtedly Eight-track EP soon to be released on cassette. fantastic musicians. On the Boy’s got melodic skills, with some tough plus side with such a distinctive programming to match. Try ‘Black Coffee’ to USP you certainly know a Hot wake you up. 8 track when you hear it, on the flipside however things COTTAM can wear a bit thin when every I Can’t Carry On song sounds like the last — give FCR or take a bit of tinkering with 8.5 arrangement, melody or tempo. New spin-off label from Fat Cat. Cottam goes The result is an unfortunate mix deep whilst Todd Modes adds a Latin shuffle. MONEY of familiarity, contempt and Lovely 12". boredom. SHOT! Laetitia Sadler If You’re Here Chris Coco and Peter The Woman With The Invisible Necklace Rostrum Records Green Drag City 8.5 Albatross 8.0 This is quite the piece. From Real Balearic There is a certain timelessness to this latest a standing start of sparse 6.0 track from US chanteuse Laetitia Sadler who reverbed keys, Cornelius Balearic is a much confused works her laid-back magic across this woozy, cooks up a melee that defies and misused term nowadays. psych-folk musical landscape. immediate categorisation. Too often it is used by clueless Part-electronica, part- PR folk to peddle their , The Demands organic and fluid, part- substandard brand of White Say It Again/Let Me Be Myself fractured, the details Isle tat. Needless to say then, Big Crown shape-shift into a perfect we approached this release 8.0 whole of what is essentially with caution, although given Another month and another fine release from a mellow love ballad. Future James Heather the names involved it seemed Big Crown. Here it’s this tasty re-issue 45. , Japanese style. Modulations EP1 remiss not to give it a mention. Shuffling quick tempo burner on Look out for the amazing Ahead Of Our Time So if you like your Balearic one side and slow, soulful number on the other. video too. 8.0 classic with a modern twist, Dove-tailing beautifully then this is for you. BOREDOM MELODIC RECORDS with the post-classical, Pearson Sound contemporary piano works of Snapped Ankles Robin Chasing Butterflies Max Richter, Bruce Brubaker Come Play The Trees Pearson Sound and Jóhann Johannsson et al, The Leaf Label 9.0 this new EP from Ninja cohort 8.5 The background on this is pretty James Heather marks another So much great music coming scant. But then why not just let great release for ’s out of the Leaf camp at the the music do the talking? Three re-invigorated Ahead Of Our moment. But let's be honest, tracks that traverse spatial Time imprint — “a playground that moment has lasted pretty breaks and delicate melodies for free expression and much past 20 years. So no reminiscent of early Plaid. The experimentation”. Personifying change there, then. What now? opener is a thing of delicate that mission statement in Proto Newman-esque punk-funk force. An evolving slice of well- no uncertain terms, this EP on overdrive. The rest of the EP 01. HOLDEN ‘Renata (Daphni Remix)’ Border Community thought-out electronica that finds Heather in beautifully follows suit. Foot to the bass “Verses, hooks, riffs and a shed-load of false stops all swamped in beautiful disguises its influences in the contemplative form as he pedal, cosmic FX and a nod weirdness.” background and delivers subtle switches through seven stark, to Mark E Smith. ‘Fukushima’ 02. ONI AYHUN ‘OAR003-B’ Oni Ayhun Records “Much lauded, but the simple reason is that it’s just too good. Pass the tissues, electro-tinged body-blows. beautiful, fragile and emotive would be our worldly-tinged tip it’s a tear-jerker.” piano compositions. here. Andromeda Mega 03. ROY OF THE RAVERS ‘Emotinium’ Acid Waxa “Feel like I’m listening to one big uplifting 303 raga. Summer evening vibes.” Express Orchestra Sebastian Mullaert J Schleia Get Lost All The Keys Are Here 04. CORTNEY TIDWELL ‘Don’t Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Alien Transistor Stones Throw Apollo Recordings Pearson’s Objects In Space Mix)’ R&S Records “First thing I heard from Ewan, it’s a masterpiece.” 8.0 8.0 9.0 It’s not often you can say with Lifted from his current album Quite the coup for Apollo, to 05. YOUNG MARCO ‘The Best I Could Do (With What I Had)’ Dekmantel “This is upbeat/downbeat, happy/melancholy nailed down. Club, field, such surety that you won’t have ‘’ — which draws have one half of Minilogue headphones, this is enjoyable anywhere.” heard anything quite like this in together an intriguing mix of gracing the release roster. 06. JAGO ‘I’m Going To Go ( Remix)’ Full Time a while. When it comes to this jazz, hip-hop, soul, house and As you would expect it’s “A perfect tune, that , those stabs... and an insane futurist-sounding amazing 18-piece band from general musical oddities — this the perfect hybrid between teased-in vocal hook.” Berlin, however, you certainly single on first impressions is a , analogue warmth 07. 1939 ‘Motiivi:Tuntematon’ Freundinnen can. Covering a whopping breezy slice of laid back four- and the decorative flourishes of “If an active and violent volcano somehow made a chugging techno banger, 12 minutes, ‘J Schleia’ (of four. Further listens however Mullaert’s roaming Rhodes keys. this would be it.” which incidentally there is no reveal a dynamic bit of shape- Produced in acres of space with 08. REAL D ‘Rhodes That’ Waxtefacts “Praise here needs to go to Alice Coltrane for the sample. But if the sun ever chance of getting bored) is shifting, percussive, blue-eyed the Reich-ian loops steering the shines in Manchester again, we’ll dance to this.” a shapeshifting masterpiece soul. Not necessarily the first track into areas unknown. Both that somehow joins the dots thing you’d associate with meditative and purposeful at 09. B.W.H ‘Stop’ House Of Music “A true Italo classic, euphoric and disturbing in equal measure, goosebumps between Daly Wilson Bog Band, Stones Throw, but then that is the same time. every time.” Kamsai Washington, Booker T & why they remain one of the best 10. SKATT BROS ‘Walk The Night’ Casablanca The MG’s, Fela Kuti, The Meters, labels around. “If you’re playing B.W.H it’s only right to mix straight into this debauched, ... No mean feat. gargoyle-vocaled, biker-gang classic.”

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DETROIT is a legendary city for many reasons; techno, car manufacturing, and the worst bankruptcy in US history being three of the biggest. The latter catalysed heroic local house-techno head Parker into making a new album, the overall message being that the big man upstairs must love the town in order for him to allow such economic devastation to wreak havoc and decimate the population. It’s an interest- ing idea. Regardless of where you stand on godliness, though, one thing is for sure. The 12 tracks featured on this LP prove that, even through visible hardships and genu- ine struggle, the spirit of ’s fi nest metropole — and the way that spirit is encapsulated in sound — seems impossible to destroy. Sure, not much here is particularly innovative or breaking new ground, but it doesn’t have to. And nor should it want to. Instead, then, we have an overwhelmingly positive collection of dance music that’s all about the energy. ‘GOD Will Provide’’s bouncing pianos and stepping drum-claps are underpinned by a subtle air of gospel — all it’s missing is the sample of a preacher. ‘Latter Rain’ is all pop sensibilities — anthemic, vocal, and universally accessible. Even at the most frantic techno ends of this offering — say the title number, or ‘Let’s Go’, with its heads-down, 3am rave tones — the album could well be called ‘Keeping On Keeping GOD Loves Detroit On’. A city, and its people, that will never be beaten, Planet E or at least refuse to down — instead getting back up and continuing to do what they do best. In this case that’s soul-infused electronic fl oor-fi lling tones 8.5 that place musicality and songcraft at the fore, two attributes that seem to have been all but forgotten by House hero so many in the game, here wonderfully recalled in a truly timeless fashion. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt

Lapalux Mike Dehnert Doldrums Laurel Halo Ruinism Providing Esc Dust Brainfeeder Fachwerk Self-released 8.5 7.5 8.5 9.0 Ruined and restored Brooding mood Escellent! Woozy and wonderful Stuart Howard’s last album, 2015’s Prolifi c album maker Mike Dehnert Montreal’s Airick Asher Woodhead Laurel Halo’s third outing for ‘Lustmore’, was loosely based (this will be his 11th in all, the last returns with his third LP under his Hyperdub represents a shift in her around the idea of ‘hypnagogia’ — being for the inimitable Delsin) Doldrums moniker. ‘Esc’ continues in sound and method. Past releases the hazy consciousness between unleashes another long-player, this the vein of noise-steeped, electronic erred towards experimental techno, the states of being awake and time returning to his own Fachwerk music that draws on elements of but ‘Dust’ is a departure towards asleep. On ‘Ruinism’, on FlyLo’s imprint. He's in some moody and drone, industrial, electro, and more warmer climes, aided by guests that Brainfeeder imprint, Lapalux mines brooding form. Title track ‘Providing paired with excellent songwriting include Lafawndah, Julia Holter and this concept even more heavily, Home’ fi nds him exploring deep, that places this album under a pop Max D. It’s a mellow and inviting suspending doom-laced strings and unctuous dub house from the Basic umbrella. Vivid and emotive vocal record of balmy bass, live keys and whispered vocals (including JFDR Channel school, while ‘Up’ wobbles performances are woven throughout pleasing chords, with poetry (as on and Louisahhh’s) in zero gravity. and swaggers, underpinned by a each song, lyrically focusing on opener ‘Sun to Solar’), dissonant Supposedly exploring the similarly growling bassline. The set pivots on listless themes of dehumanisation. saxophone (‘Arschkriecher’) and murky space between life and death, ‘Providing Home 2’, a wild, funky ride They provide the dramatic pillar of supple rhythms. There’s a depth the Essex beatmaker has ‘ruined’ into a swirling world of arpeggios and each song, while the metallic sheen here that recalls Arthur Russell’s sounds (all hardware and real ‘Starground’ recalls the syncopated of skittering percussion punctuating ‘World of Echo’ in atmosphere. instruments) before restoring them techno of the days when Hawtin's washes of ambient synth layers ‘Dust’ has a human quality at odds — akin to watching a glassblower Plastikman ruled supreme. It's all pulse on in the background. This is with the quantised perfection of twist a shape from a burning globule. rather impressive — bleak, steely and also the fi rst release that the artist much electronic dance. Laurel’s The moments of redemption (‘4EVA haunting, Mike Dehnert proves once is self-releasing on his own label, experimentalism remains, veering feat. Talvi’) appear as glistening, again he’s one of the techno’s purest which completes the DIY aesthetic into abstract zones, grabbing found mutated pop songs, before closer masters. Ben Arnold even more. Originating from a vibrant sounds like mobile phone misdials ‘Tesselate’ granulates everything to a Montreal warehouse scene more than and string samples (‘Moontalk’), distinct halt — unadulterated beauty fi ve years ago,Doldrums is as cohesive while her voice meanders woozily — in destruction. Felicity Martin today as ever. Zara Wladawsky lose yourself. Ben Murphy

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Washed Out Gunnar Haslam Si Begg Mister Mellow Kalaatsakia Boo Boo Blueprints Stones Throw The New York Carpark Records Shitkatapult 7.0 7.0 7.5 8.0 Spaced-out sounds Gunning for gold Tangled up Dropping science The ‘visual album’ doesn’t get too Before submersing himself into renegade Chaz Bundick is Where wrote tunes about much of a look-in these days, so production, New York’s Gunnar back with another slice of fractured motorways and pocket calculators, it’s nice to see it executed as well Haslam was trained in particle physics electro-pop, exploring his strung-out Si Begg gets even geekier here with as the third full-length from Ernest and signal processing, a role that sense of disconnection through a tracks called ‘Heat Resistant Alloys’ Greene, aka Washed Out. Each of requires precision and accuracy. suite of skewed songs that are radiant and ‘Thermal Effi ciency Of Power the 12, seriously stoner-friendly Putting his new-found skills of with life. It's the deliberate mismatch Stations’. If that sounds like the man cuts are accompanied by a similarly meticulous attention to detail into between the pristine textures of the who once produced warped electro- trippy animated fi lm, and while these music, his fi rst record on L.I.E.S in music and the low- downered funk has spent more time in physics animations certainly add another 2013 gained prolifi c status, leading nature of the lyrics that makes 'Boo textbooks than clubs recently, that’s dimension, ‘Mister Mellow’ also holds him to put his physicist career on Boo' work. Tracks like the divine because ‘Blueprints’ is actually based up purely as an audio work. Sonics- the backburner. His latest album 'No Show' and 'Inside My Head' mix on diagrams and sketches inherited wise, things drift through dream-pop, ‘Kalaatsakia’ is a journey through passages of almost-ambient synth from his engineer grandfather. psychedelic house, hazy hip-hop and abstract analogue movements and with pulsating ‘80s grooves and a Created on an analogue set-up, tracks occasional ambient bliss-outs — this far-fl ung melodies. He calls upon glut of heavily processed loops and like ‘Pressure Ratio’ feel smudged and is not music to hurry to. Fans of Toro infl uences from dub, live instrumentation. Sometimes the homemade, melodic tones rising like y Moi and will fi nd and calypso — blending them into effect is less cocoon-like than his dust blown off some creaky rhythms. much to dig (especially in the lush, the eclectic territories of techno. earlier work, more jarringly excessive, Much more ambient than his often- summery psyche of ‘Floating By’ and Tracks like ‘Kaltrees’ encompass too frantic with tangled detail to frenzied earlier material, the motorik punchy groover ‘Get Lost’), but there mind-bending melodies with tinges allow you to relax — this isn't a bad beat of Kraftwerk pulses faintly here, are also plenty of beat-heavy, sample- of acid and a subtle . thing though, it just shows that but ‘Blueprints’ also drifts into the strewn jams, for those seeking ‘Invariance’ is a slow burner, with Toro Y Moi have found a way out of hauntological world of the Ghost Box classic-era Stones Throw sounds — deep resonance that provides chillwave's reductive optimism into a label, as if Kraftwerk’s autobahn took baked, toasted and crying out to be atmospheric results not dissimilar to new more doubtful, darker and more a left-turn into an eerie overgrown kicked back to. Tristan Parker the works of Brian Eno. Anna Wall compelling sound. Neil Kulkarni country lane. Paul Clarke

AS FAR AS Norwegian electronica goes (and, sod it, dance music in general), this is a pretty titanic meet- ing of minds. The legendary Bjørn Torske — who was there at the incep- tion of the scene — and Prins Thomas — latterday pioneer of what’s become slightly lazily termed ‘space disco’ — coming together on the equally re- vered Smalltown Supersound imprint is something of a big deal. So like it or not, there’s a lot riding on ‘Square One’ even before the fi rst beat is laid down. Luckily, it’s a joy from beginning to end, from the dark and dusty break on ‘Arthur’ to the cosmic, alt-piano anthem ‘Kappe Tre’. ‘On U’ opens proceedings, a new-wave beat, plucked bass and hypnotic synths grasping the moody Balearic vibes. The aforementioned ‘Arthur’ is murky and marvellous, a languid, percussive downtempo trance-inducer, beamed in from deep space (reprised at the end with a distant four-four to close Bjørn Torske & Prins Thomas proceedings). ‘12 Volt’ spans a near Square One 10 minutes of building, sometimes cacophonous freak-out psychede- Smalltown Supersound lia, while the inscrutably entitled ‘Steintongt’ buzzes and whirrs like a rusty squeezebox, a languid dubbed- 9.0 out jam. While some will likely arrive hoping for a smidge more disco, Deeper than disco ‘Square One’ delves rather deeper than that. And is all the better for it. Ben Arnold djmag.com djmag.com 137

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Maceo Plex Ekoplekz Best Available Noga Erez Solar Bioprodukt Technology Foreign Light Off The Radar Lone Romantic Planet Mu Exposure Therapy Steeze City Slang 7.0 8.0 Styles Upon Styles 7.5 10 8.0 Ladbroke treasure Politically charged A sombre ode Spooky IDM (in dub) Static-drenched Carnival mainstay Noga Erez’ debut is There have been many different Lo-fi electronics might be (still) all experimentalism Toddla T’s third album deeply entangled chapters in the story. the rage, but that doesn’t mean Kevin Palmer’s is an exercise in with the politics of The American started out as a cult everyone does it properly. Bristol’s dedication to NYC mining the heritage her home in Tel Aviv, techno producer with a small but Ekoplekz does, part of the reason he’s boom-bap culture of the -via-UK though she’s decided hardcore following. Then he flipped so highly rated, and ‘Bioprodukt’ is is distilled through sound, while inviting to wear this on her the script and went down a much his fourth album on Planet Mu. Dub an abrasive filter, as some of the best new sleeve. As an MC she’s more populist house route with the studio techniques haunt his music, much inspired by gritty voices along for the equal parts pop and likes of Crosstown Rebels, and now he a sun-dazed update on IDM, though ambient and industrial ride (Coco, Stefflon hip-hop confrontation, is somewhere in between on his latest ‘Bioprodukt’ latches onto more techno. It’s gritty and Don) for dubbed out though her studio album, 'Solar', named after his son. club-geared sounds too. ‘Expedition’ glitchy and soaked , merciless grime work also shines, here It’s a fairly heavy listen, with moody is an eerie venture into a forbidding in feedback. Imagine and skizzy bass. It’s a fusing accomplished house, techno and electronica cave of drones and dripping acid Aphex making beats in welcome nod to some of songwriting and taking us through a world of pained stalactites, but the 303s, breakbeats a graffiti-covered ‘80s the best roots of the UK cutting-edge bass music emotions that are influenced by life as and distant echoing melodies NYC subway. Angus sound. Felicity Martin with wondrous aplomb. a father. There are plenty of moments of ‘Elevation’ suggest a collab Paterson Angus Paterson of longing characterised by droning between B12 and Augustus Pablo. synths and greyscale skies, dramatic ‘Consequences’ extends the early broken beats weighed down by a vocal Warp Records association, a slow four- sadness and a few moments where the four piece of blips and beeps you can clouds break and light rushes in after imagine emanating from Sheffield, the storm has passed. Coherent as it fed through mind-altering filters and is, the seriousness of it all sometimes FX. ‘Calypzoid’ is a skeletal, spooky begins to grate. Kristan J Caryl number. Immersive. Ben Murphy UNKLE Luca D'Alberto Peaking Lights The Road: Part 1 Endless 5th State of Songs For The Def 7K! Consciousness 7.0 8.0 Two Flowers Records One-off wonder Highly strung 7.5 After 25 years in Although it sounds Feels good man the industry, James like he’s used a full Hailed as a return to Lavelle’s UNKLE returns ensemble, Italian their psychedelic dub- for a fifth studio album. neo-classical composer pop roots plus an added His latest work is a Luca D’Alberto played twist, the LA duo deliver collaborative effort every instrument on a luscious 12-tracker Rodriguez Jr. Broken English Club alongside London poet this debut. Even more stacked with extended Baobab The English Beach , Primal impressive are the synth melancholies and Mobilee L.I.E.S. Scream’s Andrew Innes, emotions he plucks laidback vox. Dreamily 8.5 7.0 and Queens Of The from them, whether on creative throughout, it Stone Age drummer Joe delicate piano pieces or exudes an aura faithful Machine made Theodore, as well as a in strings that tremble to their own quirky Named after the ancient Tree Of Apparently inspired by Dungeness, new wave of up-and- and surge like grand recording methods and Life, the French producer’s latest the UK’s only desert, Oliver Ho’s coming acts. And he’s passions in the baroque vibe-finding ethos. offering is “about roots”. Mainly latest is littered with noises befitting created something truly drama they could Feels good. Morgan written while travelling and ‘needing the rusting gates, corpse buildings unique. Anna Wall soundtrack. Paul Clarke Jones to re-connect’, it’s a contemporary and barren industrialised landscape blend of tempos and themes stitched this idea came from. Don’t think that together in his emotive and clean means eerie minimalism, though. REPEAT THE LPS WE CAN’T LEAVE ALONE... signature style. Many musicians claim Instead, ‘The English Beach’ is more a journey process in their work, but about intimidating metallic techno, the sense of movement genuinely and the intensity of what’s there — echoes throughout here. Swirling thuds, bangs, screeching hooks, laser arpeggios and modulated repetitions bleeps. Yet there’s sparsity between all find their place among the wistful all that chaos, resulting in something soundscapes. Nothing rushed, strangely cinematic. Mainly focused nothing forced — every track building on stuff that’ll make dancefloors a bridge to the next. He states erupt, even downtempo moments like Robert Hood Goldie Ikonika the importance of guest vocalist ‘Concrete Desert’, ‘Rust Ballad’ and Paradygm Shift The Journey Man Distractions Liset Alea as the key “link between the electronic feedback-dominated Dekmantel Metalheadz Hyperdub different phases”, and her soulful closer, ‘Last Signal’, manage to retain 9.0 9.0 8.0 interconnect shines brightest on ’The that full-on atmosphere. Machines Dynamic machine The d&b icon drops his Far-our from Heart Is A Woman’. Other highlights rule everything you hear, making this music from the minimal magnum opus. the Hyperdub staple. include the Burial-esque ‘Take A Walk’ the best club soundtrack imaginable maestro. and the self-vocaled, chord driver of for a place where life has all-but died ‘Heal Me’. Awesome. Morgan Jones out. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt

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Various BADBADNOTGOOD Various Cameron 10 Late Night Tales Too Slow To Disco - Delsin Late Night Tales Volume 3 8.0 8.5 How Do You Are? Dekmantel Selectors Diverse, atmospheric GoodGoodNotBad 7.0 Dekmantel Delsin launched its Canadian band Slowly does it ‘Cameron’ series as a BadBadNotGood delve Fed up of the lack of 9.0 means of exploring into their eclectic summer sun? Just Pre-techno perfection house music of the dark record collections for whack on this collection and dense variety, and the latest LNT comp of pristine, gleaming its 10th release is a full- that traverses sounds pop jewels unearthed THIS MIGHT only be the third in- Kicking off with the stiff arpeggios length collection that geared for introspective from the late ’70s. stalment, but already Dekmantel’s of Front 242’s ‘Don’t Crash’ and delves into atmospheric post-midnight listening Lee Ritenour, The ‘Selector’ series has established foot-stomping robot rave of Force sounds that often sessions. Classic gems Fifth Avenue Band itself as one of the most interest- Dimensions’s ‘Algorythm’ immedi- veer well beyond the across funk, soul, hip- and even the Grateful ing compilations out there. After ately places you in a strobe-lit biker dancefl oor. Regulars hop, pop and more fl ow Dead provide the efforts from MCDE and Young Marco club thick with fog, leather outfi ts Shlømo and Gunnar into each other ending unashamedly smooth- that have touched on classic house and plenty of chains. Along the way Haslam lead the way for with an exclusive tender as-silk offerings — hop and disco, techno titan Marcel Dettmann includes his own edits of an eclectic collection cover of Andy Shauf aboard that yacht (erm, Dettmann steps up to go back to his A Thunder Orchestra’s ‘Diabolical that’s surprisingly by the group itself and if you have one) and childhood roots. In what he is aptly Gesture’ and ‘Low Cool’ by Cabaret coherent for an Lydia Lunch performing get grooving. Tristan calling a “pre-techno compilation”, Voltaire, and both show early unmixed compilation. a haunting spoken word Parker the resident shows us the hallmarks of what would become Angus Paterson piece. Zara Wladawsky building blocks of his sound. In do- his unrelenting four-to-the-fl oor ing so he serves up a stark selection style as a techno DJ. You can’t of industrial, post-punk, EBM and teach taste, and this compilation new-wave jams that are decidedly proves Dettmann has had it since retro yet make perfect sense in the way before he’d ever stepped foot current musical landscape. in a club. Kristan J Caryl Steffi Various Various 94 Somewhere III Friends Of Pets Fabric Something Happening Pets Recordings 8.0 Somewhere 10 Friends & fam 8.5 Pet sounds A fi rm stronghold of the So far so good With A&R duties on fi re, Ostgut Ton family, Steffi This release is a new Catz ‘N Dogz invite their is the next tastemaker chapter in the label’s friends to compile a to join Fabric’s highly ‘Somewhere’ series, sublime summer various revered mix series. which saw back to artists compilation. Pop Makossa Point G Her selection of tracks back to back editions From slower nu-disco, The Invasive Dance Beat of The Point G Experience are all exclusives from I and II drop in 2015. hands-in-the-air vocal Cameroon 1976-1984 Point G close friends and ‘Somewhere III’ brings and chord house, to Analog Africa 9.0 collaborators including together a solid zonal and dub-infused 8.0 the likes of Answer Code twelve-strong tracklist rollers and, in fact, G on point Request, Voiski, Dexter of expansive house and even to hedonistic hip- One nation under a groove Frenchman Grégory Darsa has been & Virginia. Intricately techno from a selection hop, this is probably As well as unearthing musical gems turning out essential house music weaved together, the of SoHaSo faces old the most enjoyable from across Africa, the Analog since the late nineties. As the more result is a deep, moody and new. Something mixed artist comp you’ll Africa label also track down and well-known DJ Gregory, it’s deep and dynamic listening very good is happening wrap your lug’oles interview the often-forgotten and jazz-tinged with round edges experience with broken here. check it out. Leon around this month. artists behind them. But extensive and warm chords. But as Point G, it beats and retro-futurist Clarkson Leon Clarkson and authoritative an exercise is crisp, razor-sharp, tech-guilted landscapes. Anna Wall in musical scholarship as their material that slices up the dancefl oor latest compilation is, the appeal and cannot fail to make you sweat. of Cameroon’s makossa style can Aimed originally at DJs, recent THE PICK OF OUR LATEST be explained in one word: funk. years have found it fawned over by ON THE POD PODCASTS & EXCLUSIVE MIXES Sinuous basslines both give each a wider audience, so now we get a djmag.com | soundcloud.com/djmag track a solid foundation and act retrospective of the project’s best as a sponge soaking up all kinds moments. And there are many on this of styles. In addition to Congolese bumper 18-track collection. Each is rumba rhythms, there’s also a clear economical and to the point, and they American infl uence in the jazzy all prove G’s ability to programme brass on Pat’ Ndoye’s ‘More Love’ or perfect drums, precise percussive the strut of Bernard patterns and knack for effective Ntone’s ‘Mussoliki', whilst Bill Loko sampling. It’s that slickness and even dips into disco for ‘Nen Lambo’. richness of design that elevates what Essential for anyone who has a funky are essentially functional tracks way PODCAST: FRESH KICKS: PODCAST: PBR STREETGANG SET MO RED D bone in their body. Paul Clarke above the norm. Kristan J Caryl 140 djmag.com Untitled-1 1 15/06/2017 14:39