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Curses
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Played by: Private Agenda
Review: London based club night and newly formed label Snap Crackle & Pop's third releases comes in the form of a dark take on new wave influenced techno from Berlin based New Yorker Curses. It kicks off with a hypnotic techno stomper Another View which playfully tips its hat to early electro albeit through a visor of coldwave inspired guitars. Together In The Dark delves into even darker territores with ice cold organs reaching for the light through the grinding ambient yet groovy undertones. Then Inga Mauer ramps up the dancefloor tension with her machine like acid rework pulsating and crashing urgently Together In The Dark, whilst The Golden Filter turn out a low slung trip of brooding synths and haunting vocals before cascading down the rabbit hole in a swell of industrial motorik beats and percussive explosions in their take on Another View.
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SCP 003
25 Sep 17
Techno
25 Sep 17
Techno
Review: Following some great releases by the likes of Niv Ast, Tom Sharkett and Man Power, Optimo Music Digital Danceforce is back this week with an offering by a dynamite duo. This one is comprised of Duro chief Theus Mago alongside Curses of Ombra International fame on "Antidoto" , a chugging and hypnotising dark disco journey incorporating atonal guitars and wacky vocals, as well the lo-slung indie dance workout "Dafne" and finally Despo" which like the EP's title track fuses elements of new beat, punk and dub into the mix.
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OMDD 046
07 Oct 22
Techno
07 Oct 22
Techno
Various
Review: Founded in 2012, Madrid's Play Pal Music specialise in "new wave, post-punk, synths & guitars, fat bass, nu-disco, leftfield and anything in-between". That gives you an idea what to expect from this 15-track label compilation, as crossover styles like the punk-funk of late 70s New York, the new beat of late 80s Belgium and even the electro stylings of mid-00s Hoxton get thrown into the blender and mashed up into one gloriously sleazy, neon-lit, leather-clad dancefloor showdown that manages to be both a retro/nostalgic delight and forward-thinking at the same time. If 'Drop The Deal' or 'Walk The Night' are in your classics box, this is one to check for sure.
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PP 023
28 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Drop The Lime's housier project is enjoying some renewed attention from a producer more commonly enamoured with delivering tear-out hype-up electro business, although in this EP for Let's Play House you can still hear plenty of full-fat production tendencies working their way into the Curses sound. "Back in the Dark" may shuffle with a New York urgency, but there's a big-room European feel to the nagging synth stabs at the core of the track. Still it's a far more measured affair compared to the lairy bass sludge and manic bleep action of Naum Gabo's remix of the track. "Eyes On You" however shows a more sensitive side with its brushed drums and spooky keys, bringing some balance to the EP without diluting the wild ideas.
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LPH 029
04 Aug 14
Deep House
04 Aug 14
Deep House
Various
Review: Featuring serious numbers from Curses, Fabrizio Mammarella, Pin Up Club and more - this Borix compilation presents the Best Of Relish VIII. With two badass remixes by Robi Insinna not be be overlooked, Niv Ast drops in with a pumping and slightly tripped out electro number "Tatiana", next to UK beat-poetry of Bozzwell's haunted indie session "Isolation Underground". Fabrizio Mammarella turns up the drums in his contribution via "Magnesium", with a Curses remix of Younger Than Me something of a bonus track that turns in a darkly defiant post punk number that buuurns. Enjoy!
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RR 114
26 Nov 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Nov 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Headman's Relish label bring us the latest in their series of label compilations, with this one gathering together 10 tracks that were originally released over the past half-decade or so. Relish are 20 years old this year, so you should have a pretty good idea what to expect already: indie-dance and synth-led nu-disco with an experimental/leftfield edge have long been the label's stock-in-trade, and so it is here. Justine Forever's idiosyncratic cover of Siouxsie & The Banshees' 'Happy House' and the Cure-ish guitars on Mondowski's 'Surfin' Hell' evidence a slightly goth-y edge, too, but the standout for yours truly is Red Axes' remix of Gina X's 'No G.D.M' - think ESG meet The B-52s.
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RR 113
27 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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DA 019EP 3
07 Apr 23
Coldwave/Synth
07 Apr 23
Coldwave/Synth
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541416512324 DS3
28 May 21
Coldwave/Synth
28 May 21
Coldwave/Synth
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IDI 012A
27 Jan 23
Coldwave/Synth
27 Jan 23
Coldwave/Synth
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DA 028S
26 May 23
Coldwave/Synth
26 May 23
Coldwave/Synth
Review: Peter Invasion & Panthera Kraus's Riotvan label bring us a two-tracker that couldn't be more redolent of 1980s Germany if it was hanging around the Bahnhof Zoo, wearing stonewashed jeans and a red, black and orange shellsuit top and worrying about nuclear war! In its Original form, 'Manipulation' is a sleazy, slow-moving synth throbber topped with a vaguely new wave-ish female vocal (in German), while Curses' remix nudges us a bit closer to proto-house territory and strips back most of the vocal in favour of a looped 'M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N" chant. For maximum enjoyment, add severe blusher, suck your cheeks in and pose under neon lighting in the rain.
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RVN 023
03 Jun 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Jun 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: The legacy of Throne In Blood is certainly not insignificant in the annals of recent dance music history, but they're reaching into new ground with this series of compilations. The first two volumes of Moon Rock were already highly worthy of attention, and so it continues on this new installment, where further investigations of ambient, new age and downright mellow techno are brought together by a host of top shelf characters. Steve Moore opens up proceedings in suitably epic fashion, while elsewhere Tempelhof, Pittsburgh Track Authority and Tim Love Lee all excel in various shades of chill-out with guts.
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TOB 050
11 Sep 15
Ambient/Drone
11 Sep 15
Ambient/Drone
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541416 512340D
04 Jun 21
Minimal/Tech House
04 Jun 21
Minimal/Tech House
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541416 512341D
04 Jun 21
Minimal/Tech House
04 Jun 21
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX marks the second electrifying compilation from Eskimo Recordings, masterfully curated by Berlin-based musician and DJ Luca Venezia, aka Curses. Spanning some 50 tracks - this extensive collection weaves a captivating narrative connecting the dots between industrial pioneers like Throbbing Gristle, EBM legends Nitzer Ebb, and the post-punk experimentation of Malcolm McLaren or Big Audio Dynamite, all the while introducing us to contemporary talents such as Boy Harsher, Nuovo Testamento, and Years of Denial. With direct inspirations coming from personal voyages through Luca Venezia's record collection during lockdown - DEUX transports us through a hazy, pulsating clubland from yesteryear where a sonic journey pulls together other talent like The KVB, Jennifer Touch, Kris Baha and a selections of Curses own remixes and revamps.
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541416667030D 2
20 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Teniente Castillo (Play Pal Music), Juno Recommends Disco, In Flagranti, Markus Schneider / Robot Scientists, Future Bones
Review: To celebrate five years of releasing new wave-inspired, left-of-centre goodness, Madrid's Play Pal Music has put together this celebratory compilation of previously unheard treats from the label's growing roster of artists. As you'd expect, the tone is dark, druggy and psychedelic from the word go, with Rambal Cochet's hallucinatory, slo-mo opener "Dark Caravan" neatly signposting what's to come. There are of course plenty less intense moments scattered throughout the compilation - see the tasty tracks by Did Virgo and Amevicious, Vereno and Club Bizarre, for starters - but a low-slung, heavyweight jam is never far away. To our ears, the best examples come from Curses (the wonky disco-punk of "More Cherry Pie"), Theus Mago (the Motorik throb of "Low Cost Interstellar Drive") and Nozz (grandiose soundtrack Italo throb-job "Clock").
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PP 016
19 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Given the impressive number of labels he's released on over the last decade (Safer At Night, Throne of Blood, Let's Play House and OFF Recordings amongst them), we were rather surprised to find that this is Curses' first outing on Bordello a Parigi. There are two original cuts to choose from: "Pedal To The Metal & Don't Look Bad", a wonky Italo-disco jam full of fuzzy rock guitar riffs and spacey eight-bit synthesizer melodies, and the EBM-influenced throb of industrial strength workout "Knife In Teeth". Both cuts are given the remix treatment, with Tarr providing a more muscular, peak-time Italo revision of "Pedal To The Metal & Don't Look Back" before Birds of Paradise re-imagine "Knife In Teeth" as a drowsy and unusual chunk of industrial/IDM fusion.
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BAPXX 2
27 Apr 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Apr 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
