Experience speaks when Oscar Mulero, acclaimed protagonist of the Spanish techno and DJ since 1988 comes with his first solo EP for the hometown outlet Semantica. Having done a split release with the label head Svreca in 2009, the man from Madrid keeps the party going, starting with the coldRead More →
The debut of the Headless Horseman imprint is a worthy reincarnation of the 19th-century fiction hero as the dark raver. Anonymous three-tracker offers proper techno with fair amount of variations in the shadier side of the electronic music.Decapitated Centaur leads us to the territories covered by psychedelic dust when allRead More →
Once again I would like to meet Zakaria in Sefrou. On a Friday night, when the harira stalls were open in the dusky side streets, we bumped into each other amid lively noise of the central market. He, with a smile short of some teeth, he demonstrated a good commandRead More →
Release date is February 2013 Too many space-themed metaphors are used in relation to techno but they are really justified when the mystery man from Stockholm Abdulla Rashim reveals the fourth release on his own label. Because in the very moment the 2012 DA14 surpassed the Earth above Indonesia atRead More →
Ancient Methods is now a one-man operation of the Berlin producer Trias who designed a mix for the Secret Thirteen webzine. The selection largely deviates from Ancient Methods’s annihilating techno war funk and presents the introspective side of the artist’s mind archives, for example featuring contemporary classical guru Arvo PärtRead More →
Not many people might have heard about Gnod but the group tells us there is life in Manchester after Happy Mondays and Joy Division. So far residing in the alternative and krautrock camp, the collective from UK Northwest now knocks on the door of strobe-lit clubs with a new pulsating LP.FreshlyRead More →
Some interesting finds from a box of vinyl stowed between kitchenware and 1990s jumpers in a second hand outlet. Because of limited time for browsing I just grabbed seven items and now I’m pretty happy with the outcome. Really no techno but the first one, “Supertrax Vol. 1” from 1983, featuresRead More →
Clearly filed under synth-pop, White Blush release smells like Commodore and 808. Originally from Chicago and now hailing from Los Angeles, Carol Rhyu, is obviously fond of vintage gear and neon sounds when she, the mind and soul behind the White Blush, presents a definition of urban daydreaming on the self-titledRead More →
One might say: Techno, oh yes, we know all about that but in fact it’s constantly re-inventing itself. Another proof was given when Svreca, the head of Madrid label Semantica, dropped DJ set at the Deep Space Helsinki (DSH) party along with DSH residents Samuli Kemppi and Juho Kusti.DSH isRead More →
Behold, it’s V. Hold from Philadelphia, one half of the experimental techno duo Metasplice, about to launch their second release “Churn / Decant” on Morphine Records.But honorable Mr V. Hold has decided not to limit his range of action to unconventional sound processing for Morphine and addresses the cassette andRead More →