The second part of the story can be found here. When browsing my collection for the annual review 1998, I was surprised how much everything felt like 2018. Of over 60 releases in my shelves, a large number is filed under electro, which tallies the genre’s revival we are experiencingRead More →
Human Erosion Field EP by Dj Spider Buy DJ Spider vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Delsin (NL) Buy vinyl from Jet Set Records (JP) DJ Spider, NYC’s ruler of drums in thundering moods Rob Hampton aka DJ Spider, co-founder of the labels Plan B and Sublevel, continuesRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Redeye Records (UK) Buy vinyl from Groove Distribution (US) UK techno from the glorious 1990s Former times are trendy in electronic music when vintage rave and hardcore riffs are returning to new productions, not to speak about fulfilling the dreamsRead More →
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 →
Buy vinyl from Aufnahme + Wiedergabe (DE) Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Technique (JP) Masterpiece from an industrial knight The special appeal of Ancient Methods lies in the combination of archaic and modern. In 2009, when I became aware of this industrial techno legend, the wayRead 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 →
Time And Place by Adel Akram Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Hard Wax (DE) Buy vinyl from Ready Made (DE) Detroit chords meeting ambient slumber After being a founding member of ZCKR, an experimental label of urbans sounds from Bremen, current Berlin resident Adel Akram hasRead More →
Buy vinyl / DL from Bandcamp Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Hard Wax (DE) A techno flagship breaking the silence It was a mid-nineties trip to London when I picked up both parts of Air Liquide’s “Abuse Your Illusions” and since then these two slabs of vinylRead 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 →