Review: Shinedoe and 2000 & One's label has been one of the most consistent Dutch techno imprints of the past decade, and they gear up for this year's ADE with an incendiary collection. First up is 2000 & One with the slamming rhythm and pile-driving claps of "Bonus Beats Thang", while Intacto's other co-owner delivers a droning, cavernous groove in the form of "Shadow Boxing" and the muscular minimalism and snappy percussion of "Rubber Band". From there on in, the compilation focuses on other artists: Hybrasil drops the loopy "Breasal", and Atoll delivers a more spacey variation on this sound with the winding bass of "Home" and "Mental Madness", where eerie bleeps are added to the arrangement.
Review: The sixth issue from Jealous God, and the first of what promises to be another year of intrigue for the label, pairs up visual director Juan Mendez with 51717, aka New York artist Lili Schulder. Any fans of Schulder's 51717 cassette for Opal Tapes or her Shadowlust collaboration with Svengalisghost will be excited by the prospect of some new music committed to wax and she's on wonderfully abstract form here. Listening to opening track "The Glove" is an experience similar to being slowly covered by a viscous liquid to the point of suffocation, with her barely audible spoken word delivery only adding to the sense of foreboding. Complementing this, 51717 provides two shorter but equally striking compositions with "Regard" especially chilling. It's a mood that seeps into the two Silent Servant productions with "Severed Union" ripe mixtape opener material.
Review: Not only does this hashtag-brandishing banger sit neatly amidst the playlists of trap, breakbeat, bootybass and ghetto-funk, it's something of an all-star cast, too. To make things even more appetising, Rat have called up JFB, Afrowhitey and Dancefloor Outlaws for an array of equally heavy genre-bending rubs. JFB smelts notions of dubstep naughtiness with tight rolling beats, Afrowhitey throws down a series of massive trappist drama hits and licks while Dancefloor Outlaws opt for a more subtle, jacking house angle. In true Rat fashion each one tickles a totally different corner of the dancefloor with aplomb.
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