In this decade, Yuji Kondo has been one of Japanese techno illuminates. He has been operating either under his own name, as Ducerey Ada Nexino or taking part in various collaborations. Including Steven Porter – Kondo’s project with fellow countryman Katsunori Sawa, and not an actual person as I thoughtRead More →
Another gem has landed on Hard Beach Entertainment, with the label’s second EP from DJ SCSI who is making a leap from relative anonymity to deep appreciation in electro community. Initially regarded as ‘new’ artist, DJ SCSI actually debuted in 1997 for the Detroit label D-Bass but thereafter the aliasRead More →
Dating back to the early 1990’s, Planetary Assault Systems has been Luke Slater‘s project for functional tracks ever since. In “The Light Years Reworks” acclaimed techno troopers are overhauling several P.A.S. goodies from the past, the seminal “Planetary Funk” series that appeared on Peacefrog from 1993 to 1999 being aRead More →
In recent years, Brokntoys has been a trusted platform for inspirational electro, often in its melodic form, and now the label expands the horizon with a techno-inclined offshoot called Eidetic. The sublabel’s first physically available release is the second by the catalogue numbers and comes from Russian producers Kovyazin D,Read More →
In its beginnings, Berceuse Heroique (BH) looked like an adolescent rebel aimed at shocking everyone around. In addition to sowing disorder with harsh, nonconformist sounds the London label was notorious for provocative visuals that went beyond any taste. Still it feels quite the same when – after a break sinceRead More →
An overview of recent Discogs buys. Brian Aneurysm – Propaganda (Iron Box Music IBOX014 – 2005) In mid-noughties I had some interest in Iron Box, a minimal label of better kind, which was run by Vienna-born US resident Bernhard Pucher aka Brian Aneurysm. Although being silent since 2008, theRead More →
In the second vinyl release, the young Mechatronica imprint sticks to the sampler format, which enjoys wide popularity in electro nowadays, and summons four acts for another release that nicely taps into the label’s debut from the last year. Extraordinary opener comes from Dez Williams, a Welshman from Holy Island,Read More →
Horsetail Horsetail from the UK are ‘makers of noisy outer space music’ from the abstract side of ambient and drone, which is well reflected in the title track and in “The Wound That Never Heals”. If to imagine it as a vinyl, the “B-side” turns out as the winner: distortedRead More →
The year 2017 started with two new release announcements from artists who have something common in sound. This explains why they both have appeared on the same label, Mathematics Recordings from Chicago. Now John Heckle and Giorgio Luceri are taking separate ways. The UK producer prepares for April a doubleRead More →
Tracklist Sven Grünberg – Hingus, I Osa (Мелодия / Bureau B) David Morley – Presto (De:tuned) Ioannis Savvaidis – IBM 2870 (Lower Parts) Puto Anderson – Domingo de Paz (Príncipe) Eomac – Same Heart, Same Breath, Same Life, Same Death (Bedouin Trax) Tanzania Soundsystem – Ngono Kijiji (Highlife) Reade TruthRead More →