When listening to the first track “Maandub” (translates ‘touches down’), immediate neighbourhood of Chain Reaction and Deepchord would be the right shelf position for the new record by Rando Arand. Providing a tranquil flow of dub techno with a pinch of microhouse and glitch, the artist connects to the mildRead More →
Bass Agenda has been on a roll lately and the spring has arrived with several releases from electro’s darker end. “Necrophilia” from New Zealand’s Go Nuclear or “This Darkness” from Dutch project RXmode don’t leave any questions open about the dominating mood. Now electro tremors are coming with Zeta Reticula’sRead More →
A long player both in terms of time and essence, Marco Bernardi’s new release on Brokntoys is a cause for celebration. When thinking of his output in this decade, the artist seems to be in a continuous process of reinvention, in a natural and credible way lending distinct sound toRead More →
After much-appraised “Ocular Animus” last summer, Ultradyne’s Pi Gao Movement has commissioned a vinyl release of secret UFO committee sound files that were recorded by the Majestic 12 alias in 2011. “Descendants Of Starfish Prime” is written with the blackest ink and comes from the junction of dark electro andRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Bent Crayon (US) DMX Krew is well in the limelight with a forthcoming new album Hypercolour and a new EP titled “Sweatisfaction” on his own Breakin’ Records that was on hiatus since 2011. Actually the electroRead More →
Ajukaja – Mhmhmh (Bergerac BERG011 – 2018) Ajukaja – Mhmhmh (Bergerac 011) by Bergerac Buy vinyl from Juno (UK)Buy vinyl from Decks (DE)Buy vinyl from Biit.me (EE) Raul Saaremets is a godfather of DJ culture and electronic music in Estonia, known as a member of the acclaimed Hüpnosaurus. In recentRead More →
The first part of the 1998 in review can be found here. Michael Knight – Knight Ryder (Devon Records) A recent aftermarket purchase and unconscious realisation of a teenage dream, because Ed DMX’s electro release is a tribute to the Foundation’s heroes with whomRead More →
Human Erosion Field EP by Dj Spider Buy DJ Spider vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Delsin (NL) Buy vinyl from Jet Set Records (JP) DJ Spider, NYC’s ruler of drums in thundering moods Rob Hampton aka DJ Spider, co-founder of the labels Plan B and Sublevel, continuesRead More →
The two-tracker by Cloak was hiding in my collection’s so-called back row – an incidental purchase years ago that I had almost forgotten. The black vinyl in a paper sleeve is credited to Alex Rodriguez who recorded the tracks for Backdoor Records. It was a short-lived label that operated out ofRead More →
Buy vinyl from Aufnahme + Wiedergabe (DE) Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Technique (JP) Masterpiece from an industrial knight The special appeal of Ancient Methods lies in the combination of archaic and modern. In 2009, when I became aware of this industrial techno legend, the wayRead More →