Thomas Pahl is a visitor from Berlin on Brokntoys. When he’s not exactly busy at Vortex Traks, an electro label he runs together with Naks, Pahl is making music under the Vertical67 alias. The project’s first digital tracks came out about ten years ago and “Morphed Reality” is Vertical67’s second appearance onRead More →
DJ T-1000 – The Polymath EP (Third Ear – 2017) A strong reminder from Alan Oldham that he is not only an illustrator much in demand for sleeve designs, but a techno producer of experience. Already in the nineties, his Generator Records stood for Detroit’s rougher sound, with an impressive roster.Read More →
Insync Vs Mysteron was a nineties project that saw three British musicians collaborating on various occasions. Their works included the album “Android Architect” (1997) and a few EPs on their own 10th Planet imprint, as well as releases on labels like Plink Plonk, Peacefrog, Fat Cat. Lee Purkis was doingRead More →
TRUST from Vienna calling with “Rogue Intent” when Dan Lodig, who was behind last year’s Lok44 EP, returns to the label with Martin Sovinz under the project name /DL/MS/. TRUST is regarded as electro outlet and while the duo is not going to dispute its style preferences, their peculiar viewRead 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 →
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 →
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 →
Before the year 2017 breaks out, it’s time for a blast from the past that brings us to the present day. To start from the beginning, in 1991 I was pretty sure that techno can’t get much harder than Holy Noise, Interactive, Marusha, Channel X, T99, etc., because I wasn’t awareRead More →
Clouds – HTID: Heaven-sent Tekno Impakting Dancefloors, or Hardcore Till I Die (Electric Deluxe EDLX053) Release date: May 2017 For me, Electric Deluxe’s output has remained unnoticed recently but the Scottish techno tandem Clouds restores my faith with a strong double pack that will be published on the sameRead More →