In a blind test, I would bet on Detroit and unreleased material by the city’s established producers, for example from “In The Dark” community. In fact, Kiji Suedo comes from Osaka, Japan, and (re)produces genuinely sounding Detroit beatdown on “Hosek EP”. The artist follows up his debut album “Riot”, whichRead More →
‘Normally’ an acclaimed electro producer, Emile Facey aka Plant43 once in a while switches into beatless spheres. “Silver Streams” is the third ambient album by the Londoner and it appears on the artist’s self-titled label in three formats – double vinyl, cassette and digital. Whereas Plant43’s ambient is not solelyRead More →
Recently at the formidable Crevette record store in Brussels, I asked for tips about Belgian labels and a friendly guy at the counter was glad to help. While De:Tuned and Nightflight Records were familiar to me, Basic Moves was a new acquaintance, and its first 2023 release found a placeRead More →
Deployment Strategies is a label from Portugal, with about thirty digital releases on Bandcamp. Now its founder Vitor Sousa aka YUOA comes with the album “Your Uncle On Acid” that eyes the dance floor. After cinematic intro tones, “Raindrop Forty-Three” embarks on a solid dub techno mission that isn’t entirelyRead More →
Over ten years have passed since the first digital release by YUYAY Records. The label from Leipzig, Germany was founded by Robyrt Hecht, who over the years appeared under several aliases inspired by great mathematicians, like Sophus Lie, Kurt Gödel or Gottfried Leibniz. “Yskayan Knowledge”, a mini-LP encompassing six tracks,Read More →
Mike Dearborn hails from the birthplace of house and debuted on Muzique Records in 1991. Soon he landed on Djax-Up-Beats, along with several other Chicago producers, and become a regular contributor to the label’s catalogue. Dearborn had a vital role in shaping the sound of Djax, with tracks like “Razorsharp”,Read More →
With determination and courage, Maxime Denuc set up a challenge between computer and organ. More exactly, in May 2021 the musician from Belgium steered electronically the organ in the St. Antonius-Kirche in Düsseldorf. Offering various forms of modern classical with an urban twist, “Nachthorn” would not sound out of placeRead More →
For a festive occasion – fifteen years of Affin – the label founder Joachim Spieth invited eight artists to create new versions of his archive tracks. For the beginning, Alva Noto follows minimalistic approach before more abundant textures appear in remixes by ASC (“Akasha”) and Bvdub (“Ultradian”), in sweet harmonyRead More →
“Waves Of Silent Whispers” is Lauri-Dag Tüür’s second ambient and IDM album, after “Polar Night Jet” in 2020. The new one landed in my inbox already in June 2022. Though not forgotten, it spent most of the year underneath the ever-increasing pile of unfinished business. Instead of white nights inRead More →
If the name Olivier Abbeloos doesn’t ring any bell, T99 and Quadrophonia certainly do. Especially if you remember the emergence of European techno many decades ago, when Abbeloos co-produced party bombs “Anasthasia” and “Quadrophonia”, respectively. With the fellow producer and promoter Analog Devices, the two seasoned players are full ofRead More →