2012 starting hectic and extremely strong.
- Machinedrum - SXLND EP: Bass
- Sense - AXxil of Macial EP: IDM
- Matthew Dear - Headcage EP: Pop tech
- Todd Terje - Its the arps: Disco
- Blind prophet - Skeleton Key EP: Bass, future garage
- Futurecop! - The Movie: 80s nostaliga, instrumental electronic cheese pop
- Diskjokke - Now Dance: Disco
- Errors - Pleasure palaces: Indie electronics
Wowowow.
Released by: Imbalance Computer MusicExcerpts of all tracks of the upcoming Monolake album ‘Ghosts’ in one go. More info here: www.monolake.de/releases/ml-026.html. Expected release date mid/end february. Formats: CD in nice digipack, double vinyl album + naked CD, mp3 download - and : 96k/24bit high resolution download !
Release/catalogue number: ML026
Release date: Feb 27, 2012
New HUGE EP on its way out on Stroboscopic Artefacts.
With SA012 Dadub carefully collate legacies of philosophical thought and transpose them into a brilliantly deep EP. The vinyl opens with ‘Perseverance’ a slick slice of bass that writhes and twists around a syncopated core. On A2 ‘Temptation Of Maya’ seizes at the act of perception and what is captured is perfect for the mellow confusion of a Sunday morning. On the flip side the search for transcendence goes further with ‘Beyond the Veil’ which crackles towards a sense of enlightenment. The EP closes with a golden moment of contentment, ‘Moksha’. The track titles hint at the search for revelation, which is rendered in countless experimental layers and finely wrought details. SA012 is a peek into the conceptual framework that Dadub engage with to create their vision. And just as their central image, Maya, is intangible in the perceptible universe, the tracks seem to erupt from an equally mystical place: molten, dark and fathomlessly deep.
SA012 was craftily mastered by Artefacts Mastering, Berlin.
Words: Clare Molloy
Released by: Stroboscopic Artefacts
Release/catalogue number: SA012
Release date: Jan 20, 2012
Oh and be sure to check EE’s Dadub show - always the treat.
Not new really (December 2011), but so so strong. Massive electro.
[01] – Bintus – Corrosion Control – [Forthcoming ‘Power Vacuum’]
[02] – Dave Monolith – My Nunk – [Rephlex]
[03] – Anthony Rother – The Machine Room Part XII – [Ambient World]
[04] – Byetone – Topas – [Raster Noton]
[05] – Lego Feet – Part 2 – [Skam]
[06] – ANBB (Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld) – Mimikry – [Raster Noton]
[07] – DVS NME – SCSI – [Transcient Force]
[08] – -UHU- – Mission – [Transient Force]
[09] – Trust the Machine – Pretty Basic – [Unreleased]
[10] – Blawan – Peaches – [Clone Basement Series]
[11] – Randomer – Stalker – [Numbers]Clatterbox - The Influences ‘eclectic 35 Mix’
01 – NIN – corona radiata
02 – Kraftwerk – numbers
03 – Flying Turns – crash course in science
04 – Raymond Scott – night and day
05 – Liaisons Dangereuses – peut etre pas
06 – Space – magic fly
07 – John Carpenter – assault on precinct 13
08 – The Neon Judgement – the fashion party
09 – Kraftwerk – metropolis
10 – Raymond Scott – toy trumpet
11 – Metro Pakt – nenestraBen
12 – JM Jarre – zoolook
13 – Vangelis – blade runner (end theme)Rob Booth (con’d)
[12] – Addison Groove – An We Drop – [K7! Records]
[13] – Boddika – Acid Battery – [K7! Records]
[14] – El Kid – Hypnosis (Walton Dub) – [Left_blank]
[15] – Tessela – D Jane – [Forthcoming ‘Punch Drunk’]
[16] – Kuhn – Back ‘N’ Forth (DropDead Remix) – [Civil Music]Clatterbox – 45 min studio set
Barry Gray – space 1999 theme
Clatterbox – rosetta complex – TRUST – [2007]
Clatterbox – solar phase – Z-BOP – [2004]
Clatterbox – multipak – CLEAR – [1995]
Clatterbox – taiko – DJK PRODUCTIONS – [2010]
Clatterbox – argonaut – Z-BOP – [2010]
Clatterbox – science fraction – Z-BOP – [2004]
Clatterbox – unhuman science (clatterbox remix) – SOLAR ONE MUSIC – [2010]
Clatterbox – tipping point [unreleased]
Clatterbox – sentinel – Z-BOP – [2010]
Clatterbox – peripheral vision – TOUCHIN’ BASS – [2006]
Clatterbox – street blues – OPEN CONCEPT RECORDINGS – [2010]Rob Booth (con’d)
[17] – Airhead – Wait – [Forthcoming ???? very soon]
[18] – Eleven Tigers – Stableface – [Forthcoming ‘Soul Motive’]
Shawn O’Sullivan – Free Flight
For it is a Techno ritual: the soft cloth of synthetic tones gliding between the monolithic pillars of throbbing bass and their gargoyles of snare. The mere playing of its file, a portal to the half-remembered temples of bass. This is cavernous dance music that requires a concerted level of spiritual submission that would put various theisms to shame.
Shawn O’Sullivan (of Led er Est fame) is responsible for this slice of salvation. Coming very soon on WT Records.
Truly magnificent techno featured on 20JFG.
Unquote - Reverberation Box
01. FaltyDL – Atlantis – Ninja Tunes
02. Marcel Dettmann – Transition One – Ostgut Ton
03. Function – Descending – Sandwell District
04. Norman Nodge – Body To Body – Ostgut Ton
05. Sarp Yilmaz – Don’t Leave me – Minimal Kidz
06. Zov Zov – God – Thema
07. Matador – Korrado – Minus
08. Matador – Mambo – Minus
09. Rrose – Shepherd’s Brine – Sandwell District
10. The Advent & Jason Fernandes – Control – Alchemy
11. The Black Dog – Bass Mantra (Remixed By Perc) – Dust Science
12. Blawan – Melting Flesh (Black Dog Remix) – Unreleased
13. Tobias – We Stick To The Plan – Ostgut Ton
14. The Black Dog – High Rise Choir Reprise – Dust Science
Domo Genesis - Stray Bullets
The Odd Future member Domo Genesis has a new jam called “Stray Bullets”. If there is one thing we love about hip-hop in general, it’s those jazzy oldschool beats and a chilled out delivery combined with lyrics that don’t include the word “faggot” or “bitch” and themes such as gang rape. This jam reminds us of tracks such as “Souls Of Mischief - 93 Till Infinity” and “A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation”. Keep it coming Domo!
In other news, there are two more new Odd Future tracks stream them here:
+ Mellowhigh feat. Juicy J - Lift
+ Hodgy Beats - BKLYN
Quality!
Machinedrum - No Respect
January is off to a great start. Does the term “banger” still get used when describing electronic music. This is more of a rolling banger I think.
‘Ere we go. #6 all up in here.
- Drexciya - Journey of the deep sea dweller I: Electro of course.
- Para One - Mother EP: Hmm, whatcha call it? Upbeats.
- Byetone - SyMeta: Techno on Raster-Noton.
- Raime - Hennail: Druggy and experimental.
A slightly shorter list this time. Let’s cross our fingers for a superb 2012.
Yup, yup - the year hasn’t come to an end yet. However my spotify playlist collecting the best songs from 2011 is near completion. Sadly spotify’s catalogue is lacking some heavy hitting stuff (Kuedo - severant, machinedrum - room(s), autonomic stuff). Consider this a “best of 2011 available on Spotify”.
A warning might be in order. This list covers many genres, some which I rarely cover here. There’s some indie, hip hop, r&b(!) in addition to the regular Vorce servings of future garage, techno, IDM, electro, house, dubstep, experimental shit.
Enjoy!
