DUST OFF: Top 15 electronic tracks from 1996
2016-12-07
It’s time for the end-of-the-year lists and this one is of different type. About 12 months ago I selected some almost vintage tunes, my favourites from 2005. Already then it was hard to resist the temptation to delve into the nineties, a really golden era of electronic music. Now itRead More →
REVIEW: RX-101 – EP1 (Suction Records suction032 – 2016)
2016-11-27
At the end of 1990s, Suction Records garnered much support for its synth and wave magic from Lowfish, Skanfrom, Mitgang Audio and others. Although in the last decade, the label from Toronto has been less in the limelight, it recently brought out a few notable records from the EBM and industrialRead More →
REVIEW: Reade Truth – A Bump Of House (Path Records Path-009 – 2016)
2016-11-17
Reade Truth is an offspring of Big Apple’s legendary Sonic Groove and a true American techno hero. Maybe not as lauded as NYC fellows Adam X or Frankie Bones, the producer with civil name Reade White has been equally keen in spreading the message of electronic music since the beginningRead More →
REVIEW: Jack Murphy – Knowing Something 1 (KS 1 – 2016)
2016-11-01
After only three solo EPs – on Frozen Border sublabel Reference and Don’t Be Afraid’s Special Editions series – San Francisco resident Jack Murphy has decided to become a music publisher and launches his own Knowing Something imprint with a self-titled EP. The label debut can be only conditionally called techno becauseRead More →
Terminal 313 for Lower Parts mix
2016-10-26
In recent years, Lower Parts has become one of my favourite labels that has not only engaged international talents but also boosted a new generation of electronic producers from native Greece. When the label founder Panajiotis aka Asty Tekk asked me for a mix I felt really honoured. Now the resultRead More →
REVIEW: Dez Williams – The Vanta Series (VANTA 001 – 2016)
2016-10-19
Acidbanger, yes it is. The opener of Dez Williams’s recent twelve that launched Killekill’s new Vanta Series is a 303-based onslaught with ripples of human voice and biting synth squeaks that promise floor domination. The next track “Hornet Tea” is equally caustic with tidal waves caused by drilling groove while “Offonone” is howlingRead More →
DUST OFF: VCF – Neon EP (Magnetic North magnet 005 – 1993)
2016-10-09
Since the early nineties, Russ Gabriel has been a driving force of the UK techno scene. He’s mostly known as the founder of Ferox Records, a label that is still around after more than two decades and just released Cottam’s new EP. Latest addition to Gabriel’s own immense catalogue was aRead More →
REVIEW: Komarken Electronics – Expanded Consciousness (Brokntoys BT 15 – 2016)
2016-10-05
Brokntoys is not taking any breathers: after recent twelves by IPTWDIP and London Modular Alliance, the UK label resumes the stream of splendid electro releases with “Expanded Consciousness” by the Swedish act Komarken Electronics. Along with an album on Stilleben, an EP on Solar One Music and appearances on various other labels,Read More →
REVIEW: Eomac – Bedouin Trax (Bedouin Records BDNX 001 – 2016)
2016-09-30
Ethnic music has served as a source of inspiration for many artists and when speaking about Arabic flavour in electronica, the most merited producer might have been late Bryn Jones aka Muslimgauze. Radical both in his pro-Arabic views and sound writing, Jones contributed to the evolution of a particular subgenre without targeting too clearlyRead More →