Review: Damon Wild and Dave 'Function' Sumner have been close allies since the early 90s, so it's no surprise that Sumner has managed to persuade Wild to release his first album in 13 years on his Infrastructure label. Cosmic Path lives up to its title and sounds like an intergalactic journey on a starship. By turns menacing, thanks to the hyper speed bleeps of "Red", tripped out (check the stepping "Distant Carrier" ) and functional - the drum-heavy "Marslander" and the aptly named "Sparse" are among the finest drum tracks that he has produced - this album proves that the veteran New York artist remains at the very top of his game.
Review: Gynoid Audio has become a recognised name in techno largely down to the sheer output of music the label delivers on a regular basis. This week Gynoid reach their 100th release milestone which they've turned into a compilation featuring a trusted collection of emerging and well-established names. Starting with the former, Mary Velo, Lee Holman, 88uw and Wata Igarashi, each provide a deep, reverb-laden club track, with Holman providing the most colour with the acid spurting "Operative". Schooled support comes from Synwave boss Damon Wild and the dark control room bleeps he brings with "Lost Base", while Aubrey delivers the funkiest production of the compilation, "Trigger 45". But before any of this takes place, it's Advance Human, aka Gynoid's CEO, Simon Hi-Shock, that begins proceedings with the dubby "Reincarnation".
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