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Review: Fill yer boots for the ravers out there that ain't no stranger to the club and kick drums, yer tech house fillings are here, a whole year's worth. Deep Dish's label out of Washington has been prolific as always on the release front this year with a stream on sunwashed Ibiza compilations coming out alongside EPs from CJ Jeff, Olivier Giacomotto and Sinisa Tamamovic to name a few, all of which feature here. Alongside other influential label member Sharam, Made By Pete delivers two cuts with the synth driven 'Hawkins' and Enamours' deep tribal mix to 'Aikido'. Our pick though being Dubspeeka's remix to Sharam's 'Secret Parkway' which sounds like a 2019 remake of Mike Huckaby's legendary track 'Sandcastle'. Review: Kirk Degiorgio and Coyu's Suara label are probably not names that one would normally put together, but Arc Mode sees the revered techno producer deliver a tougher than usual release. On the title track he delivers a series of frazzled acid lines, realised against the backdrop of a firing rhythm, while 'Redeemer' sees him venture farther down the rabbit hole, courtesy of a panel beating, pounding rhythm.
By contrast, 'Astral Cell' is deeper and more tripped out, thanks largely to its hypnotic pulses and rolling groove, but this release is all about the peak time, as displayed so effortlessly by Mark Broom's tough, metal-plated take on 'Arc Mode'. Review: It has been quite a year for the Toolroom institution.
Celebrating their 15th birthday last year, they weren't ones to rest on their laurels, instead going full steam ahead with a bunch of genre defining compilations this year. But most importantly they have been instrumental in the comeback of funky house after a 20 year dormancy, with killer releases by the likes of Weiss, Cashio and boss man Mark Knight himself. Add to that one banging party at Chicago Social Club for Amsterdam Dance Event and it's evident that these guys are proper 24 hour party people. With a glorious year sadly coming to an end, celebrate a wonderful one that was on Best Of Toolroom 2019 with highlights not limited to: the rework of the Cevin Fisher classic 'Freaks Come Out' by Jack Back, Hannah Wants & Kevin Knapp's deep down and dirty 'Call Me' (extended mix), UK heroes Alan Fitzpatrick & Wheats delivering the certified banger 'M27' and New York legend Todd Terry teaming up with Tuff London on 'Psychodrama' featuring Jasmien Nanhekhan. If that was not enough, ascendant producer Maxinne delivers two mixes compiling all the tracks: one smooth House mix followed by a thumping Tech House mix.
Review: Bergsonist aka Selwa Abd follows 2017's From Dualism To Monism long player with this collection of left of centre tracks. Drawing on her Eastern roots, Middle resounds to organic drum sounds. At times chaotic and dense, audible on the title track's clattering arrangement, in other instances club-friendly and direct - just check 'Gaza Border Violence' or the electronic groove of 'Otology' - it marks her out as an artist with a unique approach. In case you are in any doubt about Bergsonist's capabilities, on 'Magnesium' she deconstructs beat down house and adds extra, textured layers that are nothing short of hypnotic.
Review: Laurent Garnier hooks up with Berlin producer Chambray for his first production in a few years. The fact that it has landed on Rekids is no surprise, as Garnier has been a longtime supporter of the label. In its original form, 'Feelin' Good' sees the duo lay down a dramatic piano melody that surges and swells its way over a tracky rhythm and dramatic, building filters.
It's both uplifting and functional. Radio Slave delivers two remixes: the first is a tough workout designed exclusively for maximum dance floor impact, while on the second 'Revenge' remix, the Rekids boss turns 'Feelin' Good' into a thing of Balearic beauty thanks to the addition of rolling break beats. Review: Originally conceived by Adam Beyer as a platform to release music that he couldn't fit into Drumcode's regular schedule, the A-Sides series has reached its eighth volume. Comprising a vast array of styles and sounds, this 25-track compilation puts a spotlight on new and established artists.
These include label regular Layton Giordani with the moody, tranced out 'Chrome', newcomer Juliet Fox, who delivers the rolling, grainy drums of the Berghain-primed 'Was Beautiful' alongside veteran artists like Secret Cinema - representing here with SAMA on the driving, dubbed out 'Diviner' - and Joey Beltram, with the dreamy, old school groove and vocal sample-heavy 'Can You Feel It'. Review: Initially materialising as a fully fledged happening, Stil Vor Talent's latest compilation kicks off 2020 with a big bang. The Last Trip is a mini-compilation of party-friendly styles under the techno umbrella, rolled into 12 exclusive tracks - featuring legends and newcomers alike.
There are two selections from Malandra Jr, with the seething banger 'Poison' leading the charge, Citizen Kain is no stranger to the label either and his two contributions come in the from of the moody hypnotiser 'Crush' followed by the adrenalised peak time groove 'Balance'. Elsewhere, Heerhorst get on his tunnel vision on the dark journey 'Hydra', Transcode explores classic trance melodies and Reese basslines on the epic 'Molecular Cloud', the ever reliable scene stalwart Olivier Giacamoto serves up the minimal tech house jam 'Bonobo' and Made In Paris wraps up this fine package in style with the slick nightmoves of 'Conjure'. Review: Produced in the early part of this year, 'Destination Mars' marks Maceo Plex's terrific return to Drumcode for the first time since 2014.
The track is a powerful main room thriller: steely and barrelling with equal parts tension and suspense, plus featuring vocals by the legendary Josh Wink of Ovum Recordings. On the remix front, we have label staple Raxon delivering a slinky and adrenalised rework which sees the Emirati producer at the top his production game, while the hypnotic perspective by Argentina's Shall Ocin is perfect for those heads down moments - and will draw you further down into the vortex. Review: For those who've been buying house music since the '90s, 'Sixth Sense' may be familiar. It was first released as a single way back in 1997 and saw Josh Wink joining forces with beat poet/spoken word artist Ursula Rucker on a typical deep and dark house workout. These are entirely fresh remixes, with Schlomi Aber and Louie Vega delivering decidedly 21st century revisions. Vega's vocal, dub and instrumental versions are surprisingly moody by his standards, wrapping Wink's acid-style stabs and mind-altering aural textures around a bouncy, cowbell-driven rhythm track rich in live percussion. Aber takes the track into ultra-deep, sub-heavy techno pastures on his clandestine and alluring 'Remix', before stripping back the beats and pushing up the bass on the arguably even more intoxicating 'Hidden In The Dark Mix'.
Review: Israeli producer Yariv Etzion aka Stereo Underground has been very active within Tel Aviv's electronic music scene over the last decade. His musical output began 2009, and in his debut year he received high praise for his hypnotic, progressive sounds. Fast forward to the present day, he now presents his full-length debut album The Art Of Silence via esteemed Australian label Balance Music. It is the natural culmination of his efforts over the last decade, taking him 10 months of recording in a studio set up in the countryside. The project has always shown a great sense of musicality and ambition and it is sure evident on tracks like the title track with its slinky melody, subtle rhythms and soothing tones, the euphoric high octane dancefloor drama of 'Above The Sea Of Fog' with its powerful trance inflections, or get lost in the moody and atmospheric progressive house epic 'Echoes'. Review: The third instalment of Alden Tyrell's 909-centred, techno-basedVorm Variaties series gets a digital release.
'Payload', with its clanging metallic bass and pumping rhythm, is a proper warehouse techno affair, similar in style and execution to the type of cavernous but deft approach that you would expect to hear on a Peter Van Hoesen record. On 'Take it Slow', Tyrell heeds his own advice; the groove is less insistent, but a similar clanging bass and high-pitched tonal loops are still audible. This combination ensures that the Dutch producer will keep his audience focused on these effortlessly crafted dance floor techno tracks. Review: With a slew of inter-threaded releases to her name since 2012 Brazlian DJ and producer Anna has slowly ascended through the ranks of techno by the way of releases for Novamute and Kompakt Extra. This has come by the way of labels like Twin Turbo and Terminal M with her arrival at Drumcode coming with three deep and driving techno tracks designed for warehouse play.
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Full throttle Detroit acid rears its head at large in 'Dimension' while 'Phase Two' sends in a deeper sail of luminous scandic trance and linear Italian techno. The title track merges both previous styles substituting acid lines for percussive bass stabs, with the added touch of rave atmospheres and arpeggios.
Review: Delivering his first piece of solo produced music for more than a decade, Hot Creations welcome the legendary Danny Tenaglia with 'Don't Turn Your Back' - a sweltering and hypnotic tribal tech house workout that calls to mind the seminal sounds he was responsible for at the turn of the millennium. On remix duties are some equally legendary figures of electronic music: Harry 'Choo Choo' Romero of Subliminal fame injects some latin flair into the track, while the larger than life Carl Cox delivers not one but two renditions - the tough and functional main remix with dub techno inflections, and a slinky rolling groove on his 'ASW' remix. Review: With a hot run of records this year coming from Pan-Pot, Amelie Lens and Industrialyzer alone, Second State Audio closes out 2019 with a compilation taking in tracks from label regulars and newcomers, with highlights coming from Secret Cinema, Gary Beck and Carlo Lio.
The latter hooks up with John Rundell with a techy number of warehouse beats and neon synths in 'Parallax', while Beck turns in a booming slab of vocal dub techno with 'Rapture'. Raffaele Rizzi supplies some darker synth and rave inspirations in 'Fluorescence' with more '90s influnces abound in Hyperloop's 'A Journey'.
For something more industrial and militant there's JNO & Giovanni Carozza' 'Crispy' with Sara Simonit delivering some classy streamlined techno in '13 Guns'. Review: The ever reliable Frank Beckers and Sandrino Tittel (better known as Frankey & Sandrino to their Mums) return to Innervisions with with yet more of their epic dancefloor narratives - and taking up where they left off on 2017's Wega EP. From the emotive and melodic techno soul of 'Mercury' to the deep sonar transmissions of 'Gamma Ray' that will hypnotise the listener into submission with its complex arpeggiations this is some of the pair's finest work.
Finally making way for 'Zeta' to complete the package: a slow motion expression in minimalism that features classical musical motifs with linear synth sequences that were reminiscent of Robert Hood's earlier work. Review: Boysnoize may be seen as a mainstream label by some, but it was one of the first outlets to champion the work of Djedjotronic over a decade ago. Since then, the French artist has released a large amount of work on the imprint, each time with a defiantly underground sound. Boish is no different; it starts with the title track's bleak, rolling ebm groove. 'Rusted' is slower and more stripped back, but there is understated power on display in the low-slung rhythm. Most impressive however is 'Global Surveillance': pitched-down vocals ride acid-drenched, pounding 808s, while nocturnal rave stabs drop from overhead.
Review: As if encouraging you to feel good while feeling free, Rotterdam's Reinier Zonneveld throws down a gauntlet of gabba infused techno with 'Feel Free' and 'For The People'. Classic hardcore rave stabs and bursts of synth fire around the builds, drops and crescendos of the title track, anthemic in nature, with 'For The People' channelling some moodier frequencies from the realms of Chain Reaction and German dub techno. Two sure fire numbers for your techier, free flowing hard trance raves and warehouses techno sessions.
Review: Hardgroove have released some serious names in the techno scene before now - the likes of Mella Dee, Borrowed Identity and Charles Green. It's no surprise considering Ben Sims is at the helm, and that equally explains the fact that the legendary Mark Broom has graced the label with his latest set of taut, main room club cuts. 'Outta Sight' is a mean-tempered workout with a whiff of electro in the lead synth refrain, but it's not as outwardly malevolent as noisy juggernaut 'L4LV'. 'Five/Four' has big room chords and massive splashing rides to get fists shaking - the consummate peak time belter. 'TR1' takes things in a more dungeon-esque direction, using guttural rhythmic incisions to drag you into the depths of the night. Review: Next up on Maceo Plex's label is a killer release from Brame & Hamo.
Known primarily for their work on their own label as well as Eps for Feel My Bicep, the pair bring old-school influences to bear on 'It's Time.' The title track revolves around a repetitive male vocal sample and is underpinned by a buzzing bass, coming across like a modern riff on Panash's classic Jack 2 Jack. Ellum has recruited Steffi to rework the track, and she does a fine job; going deeper with swirling synths and irresistible acid lines, she turns it into a esoteric but dance floor-primed gem. Review: The Glue EP by Irish power duo features two new tracks embodying the same dramatic and evocative vibes from their recent, highly acclaimed self titled album. The title track here unashamedly explores rave nostalgia, with its tough breakbeats, euphoric chord progressions and gated vocal samples taking you all the way back to '92. 'Metro' uses phased acid house style drum patterns with roaring rave synth leads on this slow burning but heavily building dancefloor destroyer. Finally 'DLR' soundtracks those divine moments of truth loved up in the chill-out tent, with this emotive ambient house cut with a nice tint of 303 acid for good measure that's reminiscent of classics by Orbital et al.
Review: Those with a good knowledge of Melbourne's vibrant club scene should already be familiar with Escape Artist, a producer who has previously released suitably psychedelic deep house club cuts on Salt Mines. This outing on Kalahari Oyster Cult picks up where previous EPs left off, first offering up a fine slab of psychedelic acid/electro/breakbeat/deep house fusion ('Another World'), before charging on to symphonic, hybrid broken techno/electro (the rather fine 'Digtal Natives') and soaring, string-laden breakbeat-house lusciousness ('Inner City Pressure (Relief Mix)'). A must-have EP is completed by Florist's fine re-imagining of 'Another World', which is deep, groovy, hypnotic and spaced-out while remaining formidably dancefloor friendly. Review: In the info accompanying this single-track release, Leon Vynehall explains that 'I, Cavallo' is 'aimed squarely at soundsystems', adding that he wanted to explore 'psychedelic corners of the dancefloor'.
It would be fair to say that the track achieves both of those aims, building from an extended, beat-free start - all slowly shifting electronics and pretty synth lines - towards locked-in techno hypnotism via a gargantuan bass drop and all manner of strange, effects-laden noises. It's cleverly constructed and by the time the track really hits its stride midway through, it feels like a dark and hallucinatory experience tailor made for dark spaces early in the morning. Review: It's been a few years since Roberto Capuano released on Drumcode and in the interim, he has put out material on Suara and Second State. The Walker sees him return to Adam Beyer's label in style; the title track resounds to visceral riffs and pitch bent vocals over a stomping backing, while 'On Your Skin' is a cleaner, streamlined affair; centred around a pulsating groove and firing hi hats, it features high-pitched vocals and searing, building tones.
'Segment' is denser, with a murky drum sound - that is redolent of Klockworks - combined with a building synth riff and spiralling 303s. Rounding off this memorable release is 'Sirio', where Capuano mixes a sinewy bass with frosty synths.
Review: Rekids boss Matt Edwards hooks up with emerging producer Patrick Mason for another outing as SRVD. 'The Yard Man' is a banging affair, with a discordant riff at its centre, while deranged vocal samples and wild chants serve to add to the track's individualistic - and effective - appeal. 'Brotha' is a less upfront affair, but once again the pair draw on reggae/dub influences, as a swirling, spacey filter underpins soulful vocals over a chugging dub techno groove. It's a laid-back counterpoint to 'The Yard Man' and sets out this project as one of the most innovative in modern electronic music. Review: It's the onset of a brave new era for Ostgut Ton as Panorama Bar 06 signals the label's decision to halt the manufacturing of CDs for their much loved series of mixes. Due for free download via the Ostgut site on August 11, the Berlin operation have not forgone the vinyl format with all the exclusives gathered by mix curator Ryan Elliott pressed up across a pair of 12' samplers. And boy did Elliott call in the favours with this first sampler featuring new and unreleased music from Neworldaquarium, Roman Flugel, Terrence Dixon, Tuff City Kids and Borrowed Identity.
It is an overall exquisite selection, running from the ambience of NWAQ's contribution to Flugel's big room stomper and the sweeter, more playful sounds of Tuff City Kids and Borrowed Identity. Review: On his debut solo LP for Ostgut Ton, Leisure System co-founder Sam Barker turns his focus toward the psychology behind the musical decision making process, with solutions for 'quantifying pleasure, abolishing suffering, and the ethical use of drugs and nanotechnology' - being just some of the themes over its nine tracks, with a strong aesthetic of dub techno throughout. From thought provoking IDM cuts like 'Posmean' or the particularly cavernous 'Gradients Of Bliss', right through to moments of emotive techno-soul as heard on the title track and the transcendental ambience of 'Wireheading' - 'Utility' is a non-ironic musical approach to a whole spectrum of utilitarian and transhumanist ideas. Review: Existenz is Dave Sumner's third artist album as Function, and it partly ushers in a change in style. While there are echoes of his typical brooding, hypnotic techno on the mysterious, acid-tinged 'Nylon Mood' and the heads-down roller, 'Golden Dawn' - which features Stefanie Parnow - much of the album comprises a more mellow mood.
There's the wonderfully hypnotic 90s ambient of 'The Approach' and 'Sagittarius A (Right Ascension)', while Function hooks up with vocalist Robert Owens to do deep house on the layered, textured 'Growth Cycle'. It's without doubt Function's most diverse long player, and ranges from the rickety electro of 'Pleasure Discipline' to the dub shanty of 'Interdimensional Interference'. Review: It's been twenty years since Sven Vath's Cocoon operation set up in Ibiza; since then the label's annual alphabet-themed compilations have also come to define techno's stylistic twists and turns. According to S, 2019 clearly saw the re-emergence of trance in its various forms, from Love Over Entropy's wide-eyed abandon to Stimming's more musical approach - audible on 'The Gift That Never Stops To Give'.
Musicality is also a common theme on the house and techno that features on Compilation S, with Emanuel Satie's 'Planet XXX' resounding to melodic chord stabs and Giegling artist Edward's 'End Days' favouring chattering samples and a soaring bass - inspired by E-Dancer with a modern, Teutonic twist. Review: Hot on the heels of releases for Drumcode and Noir, Ramiro Lopez brings his distinctive party sound to Suara. This EP gets off to a flying start with the eerie organs and rolling drums of 'Ben Ben'. Within this framework, Lopez includes some looped vocal samples that add to the track's rousing nature.
On 'Universe', he ups the intensity levels as rave riffs dive bomb in and out of a stomping rhythm. 'Unwilling To Change' offers euphoric abandon, but this time via a different path, with a grainy bass underpinning a wild, shuffling rhythm and percussive bursts. Last but by no means least are the moody, pitched down vocals and dramatic drops of 'Nasa Is Sweating'. Review: Truncate debuts on Pets Recordings with a fine jacking release. 'Pressure' sees the US producer divert somewhat from his chosen script, dropping a raw, analogue track. Built on a skeletal rhythm and pile-driving percussive, these elements support a pitch-bent vocal.
The title track marks a return to the type of sound that Truncate is more commonly known for. However, in part, the aesthetic of 'Pressure' remains, thanks to the use of insistent percussion and intense siren riffs unravelling over one of Truncate's typical rolling groove. DJ Haus is tasked with reworking 'Pressure' and turns in an excellent version that focuses on fusing the vocal sample with a grinding bass. Review: It's fair to say that this release has been a labour of love. Five years in the making, label owner Emmanuel has chosen a collection of tracks from his dream team of techno producers.
This means that ASC's breathy ambience 'Stasis' sits beside deep, at times acid -soaked pulsing rhythms from Boston 168, Unbalance and Forward Strategy Group as well as peak-time rollers from emerging artists like Cleric and industrial bangers courtesy of scene veterans like Dustin Zahn. While the inclusion of producers such as Subjected and the fast rising I Hate Models is sure to put increased focus on this compilation, its real, lasting value are the more cerebral contributions such as Emmanuel's own 'Bridge of Quietness'.