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Review: Having come to the fore with a quite superb outing on Speculator's WT imprint last year, Alex Israel adds another respected label to his discography with the Front Butt EP on Creme Organization. Described by the label as Chicago's own overlord of deranged deep house, Israel comes good on this with four tracks that align perfectly with the Creme Org aesthetic. Misty analogue textures sway rhythmically around the relative calm of opening track "Mongo Raw" which don't really prepare you for the outright jam that follows. "Habituation Micturation" is one of those effortlessly effervescent Motor City productions, raw and dusty and driven by the kind of uplifting melodic touches that tease your feet into action. It also features Detroit secret weapon Kevin Reynolds on speakerboxx duties revealing the frustrations of living in his neighbourhood, specifically some crack head relieving himself on Reynolds' garden fence. The title track adds a certain pensive mood to proceedings, as downtrodden melodic elements duke it out with the relentless jackhammer sounds of percussion before a delightful left turn into freeform ivory tinkling. Those craving some swampy organ sounds will be sated by the closing smudged jacker "White Monkey Holding Peach".

Review: The pioneering Italo producer is still prolific in the studio, but he also has a huge back catalogue, as this latest reissue shows. A good deal of the release focuses on trippy synth scapes - "It's Not My Life" and "Dark Side of the Spoon" - or grainy ambience, audible on the various instalments of "Salt Peanuts" and "Air Stack". However, what really makes this collection so valuable are Robotnick's experiments at the edges of the Italo Disco sound. "Mexicana" features a sassy electro shuffle and camp vocals, "Studio 01" is the kind of sewer techno that Unit Moebius went on to make and "Arabesca" sees Robotnick welcome Middle Eastern motifs to his spacey disco sound. It makes for one hell of a journey.

Review: Basic Soul Unit follow up their Tuff Luv EP with a stellar package of "Jak D Freq" from Dave Huismans, aka A Made Up Sound. The Dutchman, best known for his productions offerings under his 2562 moniker, kicks off with the Puur Natuur mix, which strips the jacking original into a mechanical, dubbed out affair. His acid rework creates a smorgasbord of crunchy beats, squelchy basslines and general motorik goodness.

Review: Toronto based Stuart Li, better known as Basic Soul Unit, returns to the Creme Organisation with a new four track EP of dirty, acid house. His releases over the last year, including his remix of Arnold Jarvis' classic house track, "Take Some Time Out" have proven his ability as a producer. This rep is only going to be further enhanced by the raw edged, Detroit influenced techno of "Tuff Luv".

Review: Robert Witschakowski clearly buys into the age-old love affair between techno and science fiction, judging by his track titles and the back story to his project The Exaltics. The tracks on They Arrive span a lot of different tempos, from the dubstep-meets-horror-film "See It Through My Eyes" to "They Arrive", creeping in with sinister, droney techno. "The Wrong Direction" is a brooding take on straight up electro, while "One Circle" kicks off on a solid house groove before unfolding into unabashed euphoria. It's not easy to make such varied vibes sound so utterly consistent as well being seriously good tracks, and here Witschakowski pulls it off with aplomb.

Review: Creme Organization proudly give us a digital version of Orgue Electronique's remix of "Our Discovery" by Henry Saiz - a certified booty-shaker in itself! Mr.Orgue is a master on those keyboards, and his densely italo approach stands out loud and clear in the mix, combined smartly with a contemporary house flex and manifested here by a swooping layer of low frequencies. It's one of those tracks for both home usage and dance floor destruction - the decision is yours, make of it what you will - recommended!

Review: With their output gaining ever more praise through the explosion in interest over Legowelt, Creme Organisation are well placed to showcase the more renegade approaches to gritty, analogue dance music. However, it's highly doubtful that anyone would be ready for their celebration of the F-104 Starfighter jet. The artist behind the vehicular geeking is none other than Rude 66, veteran of Bunker Records style acid and tweaked electro funk, a man with a rich experience in contorting synthesisers into creating paranoid ambience and rock solid grooves. As you might expect he's showcasing a slightly different side to his productions this time around, spreading this strain of his psyche across five chilling cuts of restrained techno. If there's one element which characterises this EP, it's the choral pads that dominate each track. The beats and acid lines, for the most part, drop in a polite and measured manner. The sounds themselves are rough and hissing, but neatly side-stepping unnecessary volume. Instead these disembodied wraith vocals ring out haunted melodies, which creates a consistent atmosphere of other-worldliness. The real skill of a musician is in taking one approach and creating five distinct and utterly engrossing tracks from it. Jagdstaffel 66 has more than proved his worth in that department.