Current nostalgia wave is not limited to numerous reissues and wide usage of decades-old sound templates. It also means that simultaneously several well-known names from the past are around. Among them, with a new album “Lethal” on Kniteforce, is Liquid – known from early 1990’s superhits “Liquid Is Liquid” andRead More →
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 →
“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 →
BFDM 017 // ONLY PROMOS MA POULE EP by BFDM Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from anywhere Vivid jungle revamps After having repeatedly enjoyed the company of The Pilotwings’ EP “Pour Faire Pleurer Les Chômeurs”, there is another urgent reason toRead More →
Fabric’s offshoot Houndstooth has brought to us knockout tracks from Paul Woolford aka Special Request. The A-side of the clear vinyl goes straight to the business with sweeping opener “Curtain Twitcher” where vitriolic braindance riffs are crashing into naughty hoover bursts. Bass-heavy stepper “Emutraxx” is saturated with quirky acid linesRead More →
While the influence of Dez Williams’ track “Only Way I Know” on the recent Mechatronica sampler is still hardly disappearing, the producer from Holy Island off the Welsh coast returns to Berlin’s electro imprint with a new EP, which is the label’s first solo effort after two mini compilations. AlthoughRead More →
Nikolajev, Robert. Despite of young age, he has become a reputed DJ in the Estonian underground and co-runs Lekker, a vivacious nightspot in Tallinn. A special mention deserves the fact that he has been part of the techno act Neue Einsicht that warmed up Ancient Methods at Kõue Heli Festival in 2013. After listeningRead More →
Sanys, a producer from St Petersburg (Russia), uses own outlet Downfall Theory for floor action and has reached his and the label’s sixth EP. Mid-paced title track “Dominance” does many things right with hints of Ferox funk, low-pitched vocal sample and clattering drums but it’s dwarfed by following cuts. ARead More →