MUSIC SONGS OF PRAISE Which tracks to worship this month p.130 LONG TING Breaking down April’s albums p.152 COMPILATION EDUCATION All the comps you need to know p.156 MIDNIGHT SNACKS John Talabot and Axel Boman unite for an expansive, genre- blending journey through ‘The Night Land’... p.152 djmag.com 135 Untitled-1 1 16/03/2017 16:43 HOUSE Anthony Naples QUICKIES Us Mix EP Proibito James Curd 9.0 Cause You're Too Chi Chi New York's Anthony Naples James Apollo clatters his 'Us Mix EP' out of the 8.0 park, via his own Proibito imprint. "Beats on acid, they beat the rest/ Girls on acid, 'Sky Flowers' is pure Balearic [email protected] they move the best,” reckons James Curd's MC joy, languid in its bpm count but Likasto. He might be onto something. Four tracks of high as a kite, complete with proper boompty gear. Go. pulsing pads and rippling bass. 'At Ease' drops dusty piano chords BEN ARNOLD DJ Octopus over a shuffling groove, while The House Of Pain EP 'Seeloo', with its ravey stabs, is Metal Position Records a delight. 'Us Mix', underscoring 8.0 this supremely skilful selection, Earthy, old school bleepery from DJ Octopus on hangs high strings in the air for his new Metal Position label. It's all good, but the drama, and creates dancefloor mucky, rolling dub vibes of ‘Praha’ really are choice. devastation with the simple introduction of a single off-beat Caucasian Boy snare. Superb. Force Of One Rhythm Graffiti Trooko 8.0 True Work EP Crispin J. Glover returns from the attic, having Reptile Dysfunction dusted off his Caucasian Boy alias. 'Force Of One' is 9.0 the result — a murky acid bombshell. A dusty, shuffling, thoroughly inspiring groove from Doorly's Marquis Hawkes new Reptile Dysfunction imprint Sweet Temptation EP from LA's Trooko. It's only the Aus Music label's second release, but the bar 8.0 appears to be being set perilously MONEY 'Sweet Temptation' from the man Marquis works high. 'Don't Work' melds filtered SHOT! out some classic Loleatta Holloway over driving chords, soul-soothing guitars, percussion, but elsewhere the euphoric piano distant vocals into a 21st century 'Biospan' is deep space-funk, Terrence anthem wins the day. disco anthem. It's superbly good. while 'Minimal Violence' ups the Parker Over, ‘True To Myself' jacks its pace with a pounding rework. Gratiot Avenue Piano way to glory, staying very much Local Talk DOORLY REPTILE DYSFUNCTION the right side of wonky. Doorly's Nhar 9.5 sturdy re-rub isn't too shabby Surface Detroit legend Terrence either. Darkroom Dubs Parker delivers a stone-cold 8.5 masterclass here for Mad Mats Javi Bora & IAAM Anyone who's a sucker for and Tooli's Local Talk. There Where Is The Tape the emotive pad will find a lot are organs. There are earthy Music For Freaks to love in this latest journey 909 drums. And yes, as the 8.5 into blissfulness from French title might suggest (a tribute Blazing work from Space resident producer Nhar (his 2011 stunner to the once-grand trunkline in Javi Bora and the enigmatic Carlos ‘Innerplace’ scarcely leaves the downtown Detroit), there are Aguilar, aka IAAM. Boarding box). Finding fans in the likes of rip-your-shirt-off pianos. This Justin Harris and Luke Solomon's Ripperton and Kölsch, ‘Surface’ is not 'vintage house' music. 01. TROOKO ‘Don’t Work’ Reptile Dysfunction “Trooko is a new signing to my label Reptile Dysfunction and a big priority this veteran Music For Freaks imprint, will have you reaching for the Simply house music executed year. This kid is the future, watch this space!” this lean two-tracker boasts the lasers and professing love for precisely as it should be. On 02. JUSTIN MARTIN & CHRISTIAN MARTIN ‘Midnight (Doorly glorious 'Where's The Tape', an all mankind come the mid-point the flip, 'Unconditional' is a Remix)’ Dirtybird airy, understatedly funk-laden chord change. Over, 'Sentience' is loose, vibe-heavy groove that's “The second I heard this track I called Justin and begged him to let me get my grubby little hands on the stems. It’s such a lovely piece of liquid voyage into the deep. On the flip, equally weighed down with trance- impossible to resist. The utmost d&b-inspired house.” there's 'Willy Is On The Groove', house music feels. One to drop as respect is due. a sturdy, slightly wild trance- the dawn comes pouring through 03. TEE MANGO ‘Enjoy What We Have’ Millionhands “Sweet-ass Moodymann vibes. This is my fave track from his album, inducing freak out, complete with the windows. ‘Imperfections’.” some pleasingly acidic ramblings Parker Madicine 04. DOORLY ‘Tramp’ Cajual and sweet Detroit rides. Gertcha. Nightdrivers Voices & Drums EP “Back once again on my favourite label, Cajmere’s Cajual Records. I’ve got a Heist few EPs lined up for him already for this year, this one is nice and fun.” A Funny Thang Space Dimension Holic Trax 8.0 05. FREDDY BE & SAVI LEON ‘Lovin’ Under No Illusion Controller A new signing from Italy, Milan's “Great to see my LA pal Freddy Be making moves internationally. This will be a 8.0 heater for Ibiza this season.” Exostack Gibraltar's Mass Prod and Rufus Parker Madicine makes his debut R&S Two hit the leftfield for Tomoki on Detroit Swindle's Heist imprint, 06. DIGWAH ‘Somethin Else’ Digwah “The second release in this mysteriously wicked vinyl-only series, rumoured 8.5 Tamura's essential Holic Trax. 'A and what an entrance it is. Usually to be from the Fuse camp. Banging, dark-room 5am fodder. The inimitable Jack Hamill tips up Funny Thang', with its off-kilter spotted on his own Ct-Hi label, 07. JODY FINGERS FINCH ‘Short Fat Skinny Tall (Brian Heath on his long-standing label home bleeps, strange flutes and this three-tracker humps and Remix)’ Let Puppies US R&S, dropping deep vibrations disorientating vocal snatches is bleeps in all the right places. “Route one Chicago boompty-boomp action!” on the Metro Area tip. 'Exostack' super-weird, but all the better 'Heartbreaker' busts out the 08. PBR STREETGANG ‘Opal Skies’ Lost Property is a groove-heavy delight, but for it. 'Stressedout' rips up Faith boogie-synth stabs likes it's '85 “The jolly nice PBR boys have started a super on-point vinyl-only disco edits its Studio Barnhus don Kornel Evans (via A Tribe Called Quest), again, with 'Zawinul' soothing series.” Kovacs' version which dominates; ushering in warms pads, while the soul, all pulsing electric 09. BORIS PUPUL ‘Teknow’ Deewee intelligent without being boring, 'Rising' is a quivering mass piano chords and twinkling arps. “Another absolutely weird and wonderful gem from the 2ManyDJs/Soulwax label Deewee. It’s always fun opening promos from these guys.” intricate without losing its of disco, sliced up to oddball 'Placebo', meanwhile, is just a joy dancefloor creds. Hats rattle, perfection. 'Funny Dub Ya Know' to be around, and its Byron The 10. ROUTE 94 ‘House & Pressure’ White “This is going to be a HUGE record this summer when it drops.” distant vocals call out, chords ebb dubs out the title track with Aquarius remix isn't too shabby and flow. It's masterful. Over, aplomb. either. djmag.com 137 TECHNO RICHARD BROPHY RICHARD sees label owner Luke Standing deliver a new take on his '90s QUICKIES techno-inspired sound. The trademark hyper-speed rhythms Flexure are replaced with greatly Shadow Puppets [email protected] reduced tempos, but the same Bastardo Electrico dreamy, musical textures are 7. 5 present. Both ‘Lost Illusions’ Bastardo Electrico resident Jamie Behan gets and ‘Aura 96 (Kino Mix)’ rumble together with Stephen Mahoney for a rough techno along to mid-tempo drums, but release. ‘703 39flr’ is a relatively straight affair, the stand-out track is ‘Gaia’s but the cluttered, noisy 'Callmecrazeey' and the Requiem’ itself, a string-filled, cranium-melting ‘Blizz’ draw on the legacy of Neil expansive ambient composition. Landstrumm and Cristian Vogel. Steve Stoll Evigt Morker New York Trax 4 Helmet Of Bones New York Trax Semantica 8.0 7. 0 In these times of uncertainty, Svreca’s label releases so much material that it who better to deliver the latest proves difficult staying up to date, but this release New York Trax release than by Evigt Morker stands out. Tough, metallic rhythms Steve Stoll? The US producer provide a backdrop for chants, effects and textures is a master at delivering tough that are more mesmerising than a TV evangelist in but cleverly executed techno, full flow. and this is no exception. ‘No Questions Please’ is all grinding Fiero riffs over a hard rhythm while Modus Operandi ‘She Rises Up’ sees him deliver Giallo Disco a relentless, EBM-fuelled 8.0 workout. Best of all, on ‘Train Daniel Olarte delivers a killer release for Giallo Of Thought’ he returns to the Disco. From the doom disco of ‘M-19' and ‘Rite Of grainy, gritty minimalism that Purity’ through the nightmare soundtrack of ‘La characterised his releases on Cathedral’ and the paranoid EBM of ‘The Siege’, Synewave. Hard music for hard 'Modus Operandi’ is a deliciously nocturnal affair. times. MONEY Plant 43 BINNY TORTURED Exhausted SHOT! Grid Connection Modern Shipwrec Hellenistic Thoughts 8.0 Eidetic predatory bass and tough Like the pylons that adorn its 9.0 kick-drums. On 'Echoman', cover, ‘Connection’ tingles and The people behind Brokntoys Kyo deploys abrasive acid, and fizzes with energy. The title have set up a sub-label, and even the soaring guitar-line track sees Emile Facey deliver ‘Thoughts’ is its first release.