Cultivated Electronics, a key player in the electro armada, continues the vinyl-only series “For The Floor” on its limited-editions branch. As before, the four-tracker is split between two projects. The A-side belongs to the French electro hardliner Umwelt who wears full armour in “Memoryscape” and “Morphing Sequences”. Noisy and untamed,Read More →
First, in one aspect I fully don’t agree with Jeff Mills. “Thirty years ago, Techno music was still in its infancy, still formulating itself and attempting to find firm footing in the genre of Dance Music”, he says about the seminal DJ session at Tokyo’s Liquid Room, which will beRead More →
Welcome to the deparment of reptiles, as these species have been close to the heart of Vesa-Matti Kivioja aka Vesu’s. In 2019 and 2020, the Finnish artist released two volumes of “List Of Lizards”, in total 12 tracks, on the UK label Going Good and Finland’s Vieno, respectively. Now, theRead More →
I’m not sure when I did it last time. If ever. Car windows down, stereos up in a sleepy suburb, while driving slowly down the alley. And blasting loud “Faith Elsewhere”, a mesmerising album by Kinlaw & Franco Franco. Such a feeling after decades since my hip-hop fandom. Time spentRead More →
The US producer fleet.dreams follows up his own label debut, the second EP “Limbs Of A Lion” turning out as another fest of drums. The opener “Masked In Porcelain” shows the direction: gentle yet booming deep house with dub and progressive touch. Thinking of the past, I would draw parallelsRead More →
A mini album by Taavi Tulev aka HAPE is born for summerly playlists. The Estonian returns to the Finnish label EABE, after the EP “Night Life” in 2024, to explore the sizzling side of electro. The opener “Normal Track Name” gives a flying start to the five-tracker. In a blindRead More →
“Acid Floresta”, the title of the debut album by gladKazuka, would easily promise 303 driven house with Andean flavours. The assumption is true to some extent: In the first two tracks, “Cruces y Esquinas” and “Dolores”. But the sound spectrum is wider than that, the Colombian artist showing his talentsRead More →
The track “Surkit” has seen several reincarnations since its first, white label release in 1990. Written by Martin Bonds for his Reel By Real project, it represents the raw and a bit clunky phase of Detroit techno. Now the original track, along with the pumping “1991 I-102 Version” has beenRead More →
The wait for the comeback of Sandwell District (SD) has clearly outscored the active phase of the collective. After the maiden album and absolute techno classic “Feed-Forward” in 2010, SD and their self-titled label gradually pulled the plug for an uncertain time. Though they weren’t totally quiet, teasing the publicRead More →
Vivid side of dub techno dominates the third instalment of “Reflexions”, put together by the Canadian label Echo Locations. Last year an EP of its co-founder Mark Adam Paul caught my attention and the new four-tracker helps to keep the imprint on the radar. The first shift belongs to XyizRead More →