Handing out the EPs “As Iron Sharpens Iron” and “One Verse Sharpens Another” to internationally acclaimed artists for remixing was not driven by the need to legitimize the music by Ricardo Donoso for the club use. As noted in a review – current work is his closest to dance canons,Read More →
Since the vinyl debut „Progress Chance” on Digitalis two years ago, Ricardo Donoso has been the label’s highly acclaimed artist and now the Brazilian returns with the newest contribution “As Iron Sharpens Iron, One Verse Sharpens Another”, which is a staggering mix of fragile layers, flaming arpeggios and shuddering bass.Read More →
All these old school ravers and racers complaining about insufficient amounts of monotonous techno are well served with a great dose by the late Swedish artist Ü aka Joel Brindefalk. As a long-time affiliate of the Börft clan, Brindefalk has filled the LP with the sound of rave-era tapes fromRead More →
“Papua New Guinea” might be called a chartbreaker in the Future Sound Of London’s catalog, finding a place in numerous best-of-90s compilations and being reshaped and remixed on various occasions. Take a dive into the blue waters of the Pacific with an entrancing track standing the test of time.Read More →
When I was reading “Der Klang der Familie”, a book about the foundations of techno and party scene in Berlin, it was the right time to recall some classics from the beginning of the 1990s. MFS, an acronym for Masterminded For Success, was an influential label back then, specialising onRead More →
From Ebay an unofficial release from the archives of Mainhattan, as the locals call the financial center Germany, at the river Main. Boasting American-size skyscrapers. Frankfurt has played a symbolic role in my music interest, as the birthplace of Groove magazine, Omen club, PCP posse, etc. The city still breathsRead More →
Five untitled tracks on a limited and stickered white-label release. A1 is an animal with teeth of steel: hammering minimal loops remind of earlier Sähkö and Sleeparchive and sweeping acid lines fly all over the place. It’s a hypnotic and massive start but the rest of the EP is easierRead More →
In the beginning of 1990’s Bruno Sanchioni and Giuseppe Chierchia filled global dancefloors with the captivating trance hymn called “Age of Love”, produced under the self-titled moniker. The number of different releases, reissues and remixes of this single competes already with some songs of The Beatles. The inaugural release ofRead More →
Raoul K, hailing from Côte d’Ivoire and Hamburg, presents a new gem of his (sub-)label. While Baobab’s first, “Le Cercle Peul” from 2008, was a smooth and unpretentious tribal house then especially the A-side of current outing is a fierce voodoo. More industrial than house, reminding of Jamal Moss’s rougherRead More →
A release from 1996 that feels like having baptised the Transmat sublabel – two fragile, extended sound excursions that hover between ambient and trance. In fact, it’s pure and deep chord-driven Detroit techno with dub motives, like we know from John Beltran or Aril Brikha. With only one difference: drumRead More →