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 →
Split One. SEMANTICA 102 by Newa / Mariska Neerman Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Rush Hour (NL) Tripping and dreaming between Georgia and Belgium Semantica’s catalogue has exceeded an important milestone of one hundred releases and the label is stepping intoRead More →
D. Tiffany “Feel U” by Planet Euphorique Buy vinyl from Boomkat (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Clone (NL) A breeze of change from Vancouver When thinking about electronic music from the Vancouver area, firstly the ambient outpost Silent Season comes to my mind, even whenRead More →
Present Tense by Glass Knot Buy cassette from Bandcamp Buy digital from Juno DL (UK) Human experiments on clubbers With Danish roots and operations in Berlin, Foul-Up label has been around for a few years and most recently brought to us notable electro oeuvres from Galaxian and BeastieRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Hard Wax (DE) Buy vinyl from Jet Set Records (JP) Down the Grand River Ave. at nightfall John Selway’s and Jason ‘BPMF’ Szostek’s imprint Serotonin has sent obvious signals of being back from what seemed a retirement. A crucial roleRead More →
Humanity Plus by Komarken Electronics Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Toolbox Records (FR) Buy vinyl/digital from Bandcamp Rising from the shores of tranquillity Sweden’s one-man electro manufacture is at it again. After in 2016 a brilliant EP on Brokntoys opened my eyes for Komarken Electronics, I’ve turnedRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Hard Wax (DE) Buy vinyl from Further Records (US) Long-awaited comeback of Heath Brunner and his label Vmax must be taken seriously, now affirmed by the new EP under the artist’s Silicon alias. Brunner’s production ideas have matured well over the years andRead More →
Subatomic Collision Ep by Conan_ & Pineal Navigation Buy vinyl from Bandcamp Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Ready Made Distr. (DE) Real deals with a barbarian touch One has to be careful for not missing Xerophkz’s output, because of the one-record-per-year publishing pace, the DublinRead More →
Shams Dinn – شمس دين by Smiling C Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Rush Hour (NL) Buy vinyl from Discogs Maghreb funk from a sufisticated mind On the album photo, Shams Dinn may look like another raï or pop singer from Northern Africa, only there isRead More →
Buy vinyl / CD from Dominance Electricity (DE) Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Clone (NL) Panoptic view of worldwide electro Dominance Electricity is far from being a fruit of the current electro boom, because the German label run by Matthias Weise kicked off almost 20Read More →