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RSSP 004
12 Jun 06
SNM 003
21 Dec 12
BCN 03
13 Mar 12
BOR 096
06 May 13
KM 023
08 Feb 12
Review:
Rivet is yet another masked techno producer, but on record he has far more to say than his anonymous peers. Roar, his first release on Ulf Eriksson's excellent Kontra label, sees him flirting with classic techno influences but also and more crucially, mapping out some new ideas. A dark, resonating bass that recalls Kevin Saunderson's Resse project is the central element on "Metrist". The key difference though is whereas the Saunderson project was oppressive and ominous, the bass on "Metrist" is jaunty, merging with insistent stabs and rasping percussion to create a lithe, DJ-friendly track. Anyway, it sounds like Kontra left the responsibility for techno clout to Marcel Fengler. The underlying rhythm on the Berghain resident's remix of "Metrist" is pumping and dense, in places almost claustrophobic. Coupled with a wall of building synths that have the same gothic grandeur as the architecture in the Berlin club's grandiose main room, it casts irresistibly menacing peak-time shadows. But the track of greatest interest is "Sleepwalker". There, Rivet forgoes the merciless 4/4 kick and instead crafts oaken off-beats as dense as a cathedral wall. To this solid base Rivet weaves in swirling synths and ghostly textures that loom in the background before disappearing as quickly as they emerged. It's subtle, quirky and shows that there's real substance and thought being put into this project. Long may he/she continue to nail it.
DDC 015
06 Dec 10
FRL 002
02 May 11
FRL 011
12 Mar 12
ONOFF 022
19 Jun 12
NIGHTLIGHTDIG 060
11 Mar 13
BRMX 001
17 Mar 08
CR 014
09 Jun 11
VEZOLTD 003
12 Jan 08
PROPDIGI 002
08 Jun 09
BE 10R
14 Sep 06
SADIGI 011
23 Mar 11
UDZ 004
17 Apr 09
PT 060
09 Oct 07
PT 018B
29 Aug 06
FUNKMEDIG 001
31 Jan 11
PROPDIGI 013
19 Sep 11
PROPDIGI 013X
17 Oct 11
TRS 001
25 Jan 12
VVR 010
29 Mar 10
STRXXD 16
21 Oct 09
SMM 00200
06 Jan 07
HB 20
27 May 08
FAC 002
29 Aug 08
S044
05 Feb 07
SMM 00199
29 Dec 06
SUBCULTEP 23
25 May 09
SUBCULT12DEP 8
06 Sep 10
SUBCULTEP 27
31 Aug 09
SUBCULTEP 42
02 Aug 10
GWRX 019
08 Aug 11
SUBCULTEP 41
12 Jul 10
SE 020
04 Oct 06
EYE 054
25 Nov 09
POOL 067
29 Sep 11
LOR 046
06 Mar 12
RSTRU 016
05 Apr 13
LOR 31
15 Aug 11
CONT 039
20 Feb 13
RSTR 056
25 Mar 13
361015 0010902
11 Aug 11
EYE 015
20 Nov 08
EYE 009
31 Oct 08
882567 007469
15 Apr 05
CREME LP-06
23 Jan 12
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.
AR 1
02 May 12
VIM 016
07 Jan 13
BAK 004
27 Feb 13
SUB 030
11 May 12
NPR 0074
20 May 13
SUB 083
27 Oct 12
100516 43
15 Feb 13
BPM 021
17 Sep 12
RAW 012
04 Jan 13
STH 005
28 Mar 13
ANEC 7046
20 May 13
DASR 043
15 Feb 12
ANDROID 099
03 Jul 12
IAR 95
18 Feb 13
IAR 66
21 Sep 11
BRM 008
21 Jan 13
FLR 029
22 Mar 12 |