Hello office slaves – this is Uncle Anger arriving with a bag of goodies to make you jump up and down. Strongly fuelled by nineties influences from the gritty ends of Chicago and Detroit, the UK producer Luke’s Anger impresses with a four-tracker on Co-Accused Records. In the pumping, snareRead More →
“The Endless Pattern” is a wholesome electro album by DVS NME and Krypton 81, when the US-Danish collaboration pays homage to the late German producer Marcus Mumm aka Das Muster. Both artists contribute with seven tracks, going in shifts across the split album full of convincing old-timer electro. The sonicRead More →
In 2023, Taavi Tulev introduced his new album “Äike / Thunder” in Tallinn’s coveted record shop Biit. For the LP, Tulev had collected field recordings of two thunderstorms in August 2017, which sounded both extravagant and hazardous. After such nature-bound minimalism, the Estonian artist now takes the next ride under theRead More →
It’s difficult to slip away from any release where Scan 7 is involved. Especially when the Detroit collective is seriously in the business. Last year, they launched own imprint SCAN with an update of the 2012 “Resistance”, including a striking remix by Underground Resistance. For the label’s second instalment, theyRead More →
Flawless and diverse EP on the self-titled debut of the Valis label will be among main takeaways of 2024. It features a somewhat unexpected coalition of two Spanish producers. Juan Rico aka Reeko, with releases on Pole Group, Modularz, and own-founded Mental Disorder, has been an epitome of 4/4 techno,Read More →
About fifteen years after the premiere of “Star Wars”, Underground Resistance conceived an EP that could belong to the soundtrack of the space opus. Already the visual side makes a connection when the typeset of the record’s center label reminds of the movie’s opening titles. Speaking of sound, “The FinalRead More →
A potent collaboration of The Exaltics and Paris The Black FU, the latter known as Mack Goudy of Detroit Grand Pubahs and Techmarine Bottom Feeders (oh, how much I like this name). After a few meetups on labels like Solar One and Clone, they reunite on new digital EP that bringsRead More →
Tropical September in the shores of Gulf of Finland is suitable time for giving a spin to the new various artists record by Meltdown Deejays Recordings from Helsinki. Grab your mocktail for an easy-going and warm session, conceived by four producers from Scandinavia. Two merited artists are playing it safe.Read More →
The CV of Nathan Plante is extraordinary for a fledgling electronic artist. His life in music started with the handbell choir at his family’s church near San Diego, California. In the elementary school, Plante took up the trumpet and ‘never looked back’. After studies at the San Francisco Conservatory ofRead More →
Finally, two greats of the Toronto’s scene – a label and an artist – are getting together. Despite a close connection to Suction Records, the city’s industrial and electronics pioneer Heiki Sillaste, or just Heiki, only now makes the label debut with the album “Valley Beyond”. In fact, the founderRead More →