Love OD Communications Norway At Juno Download

Review: Stockholm based newcomer Boska delivers his first EP on Norwegian label Love OD Communications, home to disco oddballs Mental Overdrive. If it initially seems odd that this label is releasing what is, for all intents and purposes, bass music, then that initial suspicion soon gives way. Taking the light percussive nature and colourful analogue palette of Nordic cosmic disco and applying it to a template of bass and funky, Boska manages to create something quite unique; "Arrival" combines a bright kwaito style melody with rolling percussive rhythms not unlike Prins Thomas's more upbeat cuts, while "Extraperennial" is a more grounded production, utilising a punchy ring-modulated bass and 2-step skip.

Review: It's been a while since we last heard from Norwegian dance veteran and weekend situationist Per Martinsen, so it's nice to know he's still making music. Some may consider Everything Is Connected his most impressive work for some time - a four-track onslaught that touches on most of his familiar themes (techno, Norwegian disco, electronica). Lead cut "Time/Mind" offers ragged electronic disco thrills and a great "French Kiss" style stop/start breakdown, whilst "Shinjuku Station" sounds like a contemporary take on early YMO. "One Canada Square" harks back to Martinsen's early days on R&S, before "The Tower" wraps things up in a glistening electronic style. Excellent.