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BPC 222
11 Nov 10 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 239
09 Dec 11 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 237
29 Jul 11 Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Axer Rouf
Review:
As well as being a vocalist for peerless disco outfit Hercules and Love Affair, Aerea Negrot has a great sideline in more tech and dub-influenced songwriting. Following on from last year's debut single "All I Wanna Do", BPitch Control drop her latest collection of songs this week and they're a revelation. "Miss You" sees Negrot feed her vocals through a vocoder and duet with herself over a slow and sultry waves of synth pads, while "Right Body Wrong Time" channels the golden age of Chicago with her commanding vocals dipping in and out of a minimal-jack beat. "Childhood" is equally fascinating, with Negrot's swooping vocalisms strongly recalling Liz Frazer of the Cocteau Twins mixed with Grace Jones.
BPC 193CD
30 Mar 09 Experimental/Electronic
BPC 043
06 Oct 06 Electro House
BPC 097
06 Oct 06 Electro House
BPC 070
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 155
02 May 08 Minimal/Tech House
MEMO 01
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
MEMO 02
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 165
02 May 08 Minimal/Tech House
BPCD 006
11 May 12 Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal/Tech House
Review:
Camea resides in Berlin and its influence looms large on this release. It's audible on "Body Magnet", where a resonating bass and metal-plated percussion support evocative chords and half-heard vocals. It's like a halfway house between Berlin's techno and deep house sounds. There's a similar approach on the title track, with a dislocated vocal played out over a stripped back arrangement. However, it's "Only the Shadow Knows" and "Skitz" that best capture the mood of Berlin: in the case of the former it's the heavy sub-bass wound around a minimal house groove, while the latter brings Camea's love of half-heard vocals to the fore again - this time they are surrounded by forceful filters.
BPC 179
14 Aug 08 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 230
11 Feb 11 Deep House
Review:
In Chaim, Israel boasts a producer of genuine flair, quality and innovation. Alive, his debut album for long time employers Bpitch Control, is the equal to anything from Berlin, London or New York. What's more, there's a distinctive shuffle and melodic warmth that gives it real emotional resonance. This is electronic music that appeals beyond the confines of club dancefloors - it has that kind of timeless, far-sighted vibe that makes it a wonderful listen from start to finish. First and foremost, then, Alive is a proper album, with songs ("Wish", "Alive"), jolly instrumentals ("Popsky"), musical experiments (the strange pop-rock of "Robots On Meth") and stone-cold hits (the celebrated dream-like synth pop of "Love Rehab" and grandiose dancefloor throb of "U & Eye" and "Runaway Frequencies"). It gathers together diverse influences - synth-pop, German house and techno, nu-disco, ambient, even nu-jazz - and weaves them into something new and fresh. It's beguiling, bewitching and, most of all, beautiful. Don't miss out.
BPC 229
25 Mar 11 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 212
21 May 10 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 169
02 May 08 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 246
03 Feb 12 Electro House
Review:
Astral-slanted electro-tech joy from Israel's Chaim on this new release, with the seductive post-acid bite of "Levantina" and the chiming keys and The Cure-like bassline of "Robots of Meth" proving real treats. Remixes of the latter tune by David K Benzona add a bubbly and effusive Chicago flavour whilst keeping the creeping intensity locked in.
BPC 226
07 Jan 11 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 254
21 Sep 12 Deep House
BPC 245
23 Dec 11 Minimal/Tech House
Review:
The sassy French DJ delivers one of her most assured releases yet for Ellen Allien's label. The title track is powered by heavy, bassy licks and hissing rivulets of percussion, as well as subtle flourishes, like the pitch-bent hats that fold in on themselves midway through before promptly disappearing again. However, it's "Chatterbox" that will win most attention here, with Chloe chopping up vocals over a niggling acid groove. As the arrangement progresses, the vocals morph into strange bleepy tones, which lend the track the kind of lost it feeling that many producers strive for but rarely achieve. The whooshing reverb and shuffling drums of "The Shift" complete the package.
BPC 134
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 146
27 Apr 07 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 236
08 Jul 11 Minimal/Tech House
BPCWL 004
19 Nov 10 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 242
24 Feb 12 Deep House
BPC 240
11 Nov 11 Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Enzo Canale
Review:
After years of searching, it sounds like Ellen Allien's label has finally found an electronic music diva. Silence is based on understated but plaintive piano playing, brassy licks and some ambient interludes - most notably the wintry charms of "Track 7" - but the most striking aspect of this debut album is Dominique Dillon de Byington's vocals. Like a more endearing Bjork on the wide-eyed "Your Flesh Against Mine" or Kate Bush in free flowing mode backed up with infectious ivory tinkling on "You Are My Winter", there is still enough originality here- check the toy town melodies and daft lyrics about robots on "Hey Beau" - to ensure Dillon has a very bright future.
BPC 259
15 Feb 13 Downtempo
BPC 073
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 085
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 065CD
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 029
06 Oct 06 Electro House
BPC 116
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 232
25 Mar 11 Minimal/Tech House
BPC 233
18 Mar 11 Minimal/Tech House
Review:
The calibre of contributors to this remix album is a sign of the high regard that Bpitch boss Ellen Allien is held in. Aux 88 depart from their trademark electro sound for a tight, stabby techno take on "Ever", while Bodycode brings his eerie organ sound to the spacey "Dream", straddling this seemingly disparate mixture with snappy percussion. Meanwhile, Kassem Mosse delivers a beautiful, chiming bell and breathy vocal-laden take on "Our Utopie". There are also some fine left of centre versions, like Tim Hecker's organic ambient version of "Sun the Rain", John Roberts's gradually unravelling, tripped out melodic interpretation of "Should We Go Home", and the piece de resistance, the Ripperton take on "My Tree", which progresses from dense drums and foreboding trance riffs into soaring electro bass and epic indie guitars.
BPC 041
06 Oct 06 Minimal/Tech House | ||
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