Glad to see Dez Williams back on Mechatronica with the second solo EP for the label and it’s another standout work of knotty breaks and bouncy thuds. Williams, a remarkable producer from a small Welsh island, has been turning heads in neighbouring genres, such as acid techno or IDM, butRead 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 →
“H+ Sexualis” is a marvel from Glasgow underground, conceived by the local artist Vickie McDonald who has joined Domestic Exile for the debut release under the Kleft alias. Formerly associated with punk and noise groups such as Divorce, Mourn, Zone Collective and Cartilage, McDonald now supplies an adhesive for unifyingRead More →
Down With Us by Westcoast Cruisers Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Clone (NL) Buy vinyl from HHV (DE) Straight outta La Haya When a maxi single with three versions of fat bass and breaks touches down, it feels like time travel to the eighties, toRead More →
Dubstep and bass music has not caught much of my attention. Perhaps I missed the first wave of innovative productions and didn’t find excitement in later releases, when the genre moved closer to dance music’s mainstream. However, my ignorance has neither been deliberate nor total because since Goth-Trad EP, I’m having a crushRead More →
Scottish two-man techno act Clouds has found an inspiring haven in Canada when they have released the debut album and four EPs, including two takes of “Tannhauser Acid Works”, on the Montreal-based Turbo Recordings. Now Calum Macleod and Liam Robertson are ready for another round, this time as curators ofRead More →
Release date is in May 2014 A new showing of veteran techno by two top acteurs active from the mid-1990s when Bill Youngman and Neil Landstrumm give with “Fry Up” a convincing proof of well-preserved skills.Collab tracks are found on the A-side and the EP gets a slamming start inRead More →
The debut of the Headless Horseman imprint is a worthy reincarnation of the 19th-century fiction hero as the dark raver. Anonymous three-tracker offers proper techno with fair amount of variations in the shadier side of the electronic music.Decapitated Centaur leads us to the territories covered by psychedelic dust when allRead More →
Ambassadors of blue light have descended on the Earth. They glimmer, they roar, they vibrate behind the controls and are full of microchips, delivering a message of electro. No sterile gloved research in a secluded lab, but a demonstration of spectacular blazing energy to the world. The first album ofRead More →