Rating: 9/10 In my view a surprise collaboration on Chris Liebing’s label CLR. Emptyset did the album debut a few years ago, searching for experimental hardness and since that not much have been heard about the duo. Would not have tipped CLR the label that welcomes new material by EmptysetRead More →
Have to return to “LX3” that keeps spinning in my head. Lucy and Xhin have made a real masterpiece for the techno floor and the video captures mechanical spirit of the track.Read More →
Chris Liebing’s label has arrived to the 31st release but this is the very first in my collection. B-side is clearly the downside of this 10-inch: Monoloc serves us a “Pumpkin” that does not taste at all. It’s a common-sounding and dull techno track that’s going nowhere, despite of havingRead More →
EXPERIMENTAL / NOISE / POP *** Whirling Hall Of Knives – Glossolle Quarter (self-released) Keeping up a good tradition, Irish creative powerhouse Whirling Hall Of Knives aka WHOK celebrates the last day of the year with a new release. The original offers psychedelic flow of renegade strings and effects,Read More →
TECHNO/IDM/ELECTRO *** Empath / Halvtrak – Let Other Visions Exist (EABE) Two artists from Finland are in abstract mood in the first tracks that could be called the IDM part of the digital EP. Whereas Empath’s “Panpsykism” surprises with subtle trance leads over erratic beats. In “Fohat” the artist continuesRead More →
Twenty years ago to the day, I was standing at 2030 Grand River, Detroit, in front of a metal door. A friend I was visiting in Troy had given me a lift to the city, to catch sight of the downtown before heading to techno’s sanctuary Submerge. Before that I made a stopoverRead More →
Let us start with the obvious: Techno history is unthinkable without Tresor, the club and the label, and both are more than two decades after the inception still up and running. Sometimes the label looks like a heritage preservation society, if to think about Drexciya and Transllusion reruns that always generate worldwide acclaim.Read More →
1. Honest Jon’s Records Might be a surprise to learn that London-based Honest Jon’s Records (HJR) is the best label in a techno-focused blog. A surprise not because of Damon Albarn, former charts star of Blur fame, who co-runs the label and does it very well. It’s because of versatileRead More →