Endian At Juno Download

Review: It seems like you can't move at the moment for erstwhile drum & bass producers experimenting with techno forms - this time it's the turn of George Levings, better known to most as Commix, but arriving on Boddika's Nonplus label it's not quite techno in the strict sense of the word. "Birdhouse" certainly displays some of the rolling rhythmic tendencies and atmospherics of his more familiar genre, but its 130bpm thump has as much in common with Blawan's brooding industrial clatter in tone than anything out of the Metalheadz handbook. The much more languid "DBPLT01" on the other hand lets itself open out slowly like an inky blackness spreading throughout clean water, creating a sinister and all encompassing murk which echoes Kassem Mosse's releases on the same label. Another genre smashing essential from Nonplus.

Review: Wily party promoters Electric Minds have secured the services of another talented new producer. There's no information about who Endian is, but this release is up there with the finest deep techno and house productions. The title track centres on a throbbing, raw bassline that reflects a series of shimmering synth lines - and sounds like Efdemin jamming with Omar S. "Doze" opts for a different tact, but is just as good. Built on a techno-cenric rhythm and hissing, nagging percussion, billowing chords unfold over tumbling dubby drums, and in the process makes the majority of so-called deep techno producers sound redundant.