Review: Hypercolour boss man Alex Jones gets weird & wild on this Infin EP with four starkly different numbers that somehow all come together. "Infinity", the darkest, and hardest of the four, kicks out at a badass tempo for the heavier tech house heads out there, with something breezier, funkier and uplifting yet equally strange in vocally in "Gwilliam". As if cutting and screwing some lost Crookers tracks from the late 2010s "Passe" has squat rave written all over it, with vocoder of the year effect going to "Pressure Wash" and its distant drum pattern. An EP made unique by its oddball vocals and higher tempo beats. Wickedly strange
Jimmy Edgar - "Hush" (Kyle's Detroit Retro Metro remix) - (6:30) 124 BPM
Tom Demac - "Obstructing The Light" (feat Duncan Edward Jones - original mix) - (6:51) 110 BPM
Review: There's something quite insurmountable about the Hypercolour back catalogue, stretching as it does through vast swathes of quality house and techno material back to 2006. Thankfully the good folk at the label have consolidated some more of the finest gems off those releases and bundled them together for a one-hit fix of high quality gear that sits left of centre. Whether it's Space Dimension Controller remixing Luke Vibert or Rolando tackling A Sagittariun, the tones are rich and diverse on all fifteen tunes, without a single dip in the quality. Our pick would be the angular delights of JoeFarr's "Trapington" with its squashed soul in amongst rough and tumble drum science.
Review: Oh my, it's number six in the Patterns series for London's Hypercolour! The previous compilations have all been absolute gold, blending house and bass-heavy clusterbombs like there's no tomorrow, so we're pretty psyched about this latest affair. There's plenty of exciting from all over the sphere on this one, namely some new appearances from Analogue Cop Lucretio and his lovely and soulful "Do It Forever" track; an absolutely cracking house-electro hybrid by Marco Bernardi in the form of "Japanese Firecracker", and a whole load of other bangers by the likes of West Norwood Cassette Library, Canada's Kevin McPhee, Luke Vibert and even Smallville's Christopher Rau! Essential comp vibes!
Review: The ever reliable Germany imprint Connaisseur returns with this rock-solid four tracker. First up is Michael Sowbug's "Proof", in which a political speech is twisted in a drunken manner similar to Dinky's remix of The Royal We's "Party Guilt" and placed atop a sumptuous bed of cosy pads, before UK deep house ledge Jimpster turns in a typically stylish instrumental refix of Kollektiv Tumrstrasse's "Was Bleibt". Up next is Distortion's stargazing, arpeggio-driven "Ballte Your Music" and, finally, "Have It Your Way", a sultry collaboration between Alex Jones and Shenoda.
Review: With releases already racked up on Kindisch, Murmur and Hypercolour, it's obvious that Alex Jones isn't another generic tech-house artist. Jones's ability to squeeze new ideas out of existing forms becomes all the more apparent on "Have It Your Way", where doubled up, dubby claps and a pulsing bass frame Shoeda's off-centre vocals. Similarly on "30 Lengths", Jones does the unexpected and underpins a jacking, Chicago-style track with splurging bass tones. "5 Minute Warning" is also from left of centre, its delicate glassy bells combined with a mid-tempo groove and out there vocals for another offbeat gem.
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