Duplex is an essential European outpost for Detroit’s electronic music heritage. In their newest release for the Harbour City Sorrow imprint, Chris Aarse and John Matze have succeeded in producing a perfect set of Motor City influenced tracks showing the innovation one would expect from techno’s birthplace itself. Duplex hasRead More →
Release date of this reissue is Spring 2012 In 2005 several shakers and movers of the Detroit deep house scene were united in a compilation called “In The Dark (The Soul Of Detroit)”. Centered around Rick Wilhite and Marcellus Pittman, the release became a highlight of the season and fellRead More →
For a long time Chile has not been an uncharted territory in electronic music, if we just think of Cristian Vogel, Dinky, Matias Aguayo and others, most of them having found a creative home outside the native country.But it’s not quiet in Santiago de Chile either: Ojo de Opolo isRead More →
“Obscur. Final”, a follow-up to the first “Obscur” edition by Semantica label head Svreca, heads the Terminal 313 best-of list with a strong techno package, including the remixes by Regis, Orphx, Silent Servant and Skirt. Vakula dropped two fine cuts under the Vedomir guise, releasing “Orthodox Ambient” on Dekmantel andRead More →
Drexciya‘s much-anticipated compilation landed in the first position of the Juno chart in December – although it features only one unreleased track, the fact of having access to the back catalog of Detroit’s most prominent electro act deserves full respect. Italy’s Nuel abandoned droning techno for a while and releasedRead More →
Rating: 9/10 Update: San Proper performed at the Outline Festival in Russia in July 2023, In a country that launched genocidal war against Ukraine. Good thing about record stores is that you end up buying artists that you consider “unknown” until the act of purchase. San Proper did not ringRead More →
Rating: 8/10 Kann Records from Leipzig made a debut with impressive double pack in 2008 and current vinyl by Falke confirms the label on the top German deep house scene. “Undermyarms” is a track with two faces: first minutes are dominated by heavy bass heralding a tribute to darker acidRead More →
Rating: 7/10 Some good ones on this Groove compilation. Let’s start with a Mexican who loves machines and combines them with traditional instruments: like a godchild of Liaisons Dangereuses, Rebolledo rocks big time in “Steady Gear Rebo Machine” with monotone percussion – a pretty angry track that makes curious aboutRead More →
Rating: 9/10 A test pressing of Non Plus Records presents a new EP by Kassem Mosse, mainly known for his much-praised Workshop and Mikrodisko releases. Often difficult to file under any particular subgenre, Gunnar Wendel is an electronic artist who continues to pursue cross-breeding of techno, house, electro and others.TheRead More →
Rating: 7/10 A medieval story related to crows and castles is behind the 12-inch compilation but instead of gloomy stories we get six tracks filled with bright sounds from North Wales. Stamped, and stamped again, the grey vinyl edition might make suspicious but don’t worry, the bird-themed compilation has someRead More →