For The Advent, electro is not a virgin territory although the act now solely run by Cisco Ferreira has been always regarded as a major player of the techno league. Having recently listened to the 1997 album “New Beginnings”, I found “Funkage” and a few more electro tracks there andRead More →
***** Various – Carebot$ (Carebots) (Bass Agenda BA105 – 2020) A cavalcade of electro artists, virtually a Who’s Who of the genre have been summoned by UK’s Bass Agenda, for a good cause of supporting NHS and Médecins Sans Frontières. Before embarking on this charity mission, the label head AndyRead More →
The following is kind of a top-six where I’m listing new releases in my collection, a few promos and interesting finds on Bandcamp that is becoming my favorite source for new sounds. It’s good to remind that on March 20th, Bandcamp artists netted USD $4.3 million, in a bright FridayRead More →
It would be pure guessing who would take responsibility for “STAUB005” as it’s credited only to unknown artists. The fifth of STAUB mini compilations is again curated by Berlin’s event series of the same name, which tends to practice blind-date nights in the sense of not releasing any advance line-ups.Read More →
A set of familiar and novel flavours is now up for grabs from ‘schmergasbord’, provided by a sublabel of Serotonin Records. Leaving the electro repertoire to the parent, Schmer is on a techno mission in the six-tracker “Serious Bidness”. We are driving off with the label’s co-founder John Selway whoRead More →
A new label, a new alias: Dave Henson has done further trimming of his moniker, after going through Nochexxx and CHXFX phases, and introduces NCHX on the fledgling Plastic Horse imprint. Henson’s output has never been a simple bite and current case is not any different as the LP “B•O•M”Read More →
A special of digital-only electro releases that all would deserve a crowdfunding campaign, for being pressed in heavy wax. ***** Any Act – Гражданский Акт EP (Any Act self-released – 2o19) Seismic tremors from Russia, a manifest of civil society by the means of bass and breaks from a (soRead More →
Monthly life cycle of Central Processing Unit (CPU) fans is well prioritised: first get a new record and pay your utility bills thereafter. It’s true that CPU’s incessant flow of new music keeps the label in the spotlight and despite of busy publishing schedule, no concessions are made to theRead More →
**** I Murdered – Blood In Blood Out (Reclaim Your City RYCL011 – 2019) After connecting dots on the global techno map – from Amsterdam via Tbilisi to Buenos Aires – , in a series of mini compilations, Reclaim Your City presents the label’s first solo release. Out on aRead More →
Random XS, one of Djax’s cult acts, was spreading acid techno bacteria up to the mid-1990s when they closed a short but prolific period with their only album “Braincloud”. Thereafter the group members pursued other projects until a comeback in 2015 with two long journeys on Shipwrec. This year aRead More →