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Dmx Krew
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Review: Ed Upton has long been one of British dance music's most prolific producers, with his latest album on Hypercolour - the typically vibrant Spiral Dance - marking his 24th full-length excursion as DMX Krew since 1996. Its' 13 tracks are typically vivid, inventive and entertaining, with the Bedford-born producer rushing between intergalactic electro ('Always Hats'), sub-heavy UK techno futurism (the bleep-influenced 'Bathtime Bobby'), house-tempo dancefloor IDM ('Spiral Dance'), Spacetime Continuum style ambient techno (the chill-out room friendly 'Back To '92'), synth-laden analogue cheeriness ('Is This Normal'), heady beat-free soundscapes ('Hammer Slowly Forming'), early Autechre style electronica ('Ankle Grinder') and sweaty acid house ('FM Assembly').
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HYPELP 026
05 Apr 24
Minimal/Tech House
05 Apr 24
Minimal/Tech House
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BYR047S
20 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: DMX Krew deserves praise for enticing Blak Tony to appear on Night Creatures. With a catalogue that stretches back over 30 years, the Aux 88-afiliated producer is one of US electro's unsung heroes. He delivers a suitably futuristic contribution to the title track, where Ed DMX weaves his vocal narrative about 'creatures of the night' into acid tones and a stark rhythm. The Breakin' boss ups the tempo for the rave-focused, clubby electro of "Bounce Your Body". "Dynamic Jit" is faster still. The lean, steely rhythm features sped up Kraftwerk samples and insistent cowbells - a paean to part of the rich Motor City sound that Blak Tony has played a key role in.
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BRK 67
10 Nov 23
Electro
10 Nov 23
Electro
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: Peggy Gou's label delivers a compilation that features regular contributors to her label. Mogwaa's "11khz" resounds to a fusion of rolling, shaking drums and lush synths. Exploring this theme further, Salamanda's "Mockingbird" is more contemplative thanks to its combination of swirling melodies and downtempo drums. In contrast, the wonderful Hiver duo drop a crystalline electro track in the shape of "Lunar". The compilation also serves up some fine dance floor tracks: DMX Krew weighs in with the clubby, angular rhythms of "One Take", Brain de Palma's "Road to Tatooine" is a fine, wonky acid track - and Closet Yi's "Sonder" is a shimmering break beat track
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GUDUFRIENDS 001
16 May 23
Electro
16 May 23
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: Operation Madness is a new label, and it opens its account in style with an EP from DMX Krew. While some of the veteran producer's recent releases have focused on techno, Time Holes follows more diverse paths. "Local Off" is a wonky, lo-fi rhythm, while "More 606Es" is a frenetic melange of spiky techno rhythm and relentless metallic percussion. Given DMX Krew's heritage, it's no surprise that electro also looms large. There's the warbling bass and acid-spiked tones of "Trigger Warning" and "Software User Guide". Showcasing his versatility, "Distress Signal on Mars" is a harder, more stark iteration of the sound, as DMX Krew delivers a dance floor track that is reminiscent of Drexciya at their most abrasive.
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OPM 01
27 Apr 23
Electro
27 Apr 23
Electro
Review: After a whirlwind 2022, with releases on Super Rhythm Trax and Furthur Electronix, DMX Krew returns to Gudu. The title track puts a heavy focus on Detroit techno, with a jerky bass and whooshing synths providing the stage for Ed DMX to drop a warbling, UR-style acid sequence. On "Altered Chords", that Motor City connection continues, as he deploys a walking funk bassline with chilling strings. In contrast, "U Ain't Really Down" is an outlier. Harder and distorted, it resounds to coruscating analogue riffs rather than studied musicality. However, it's only a temporary divergence: the snaking groove of "I Love Juan" is right up there with the Model 500 innovator's own creations.
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GUDU 014
30 Mar 23
Techno
30 Mar 23
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, Juno Recommends Electro, Casino Times, MR ABSOLUTT, Daniel Watts
Review: Ed Upton's DMX Krew output as always been heavily rooted in electro, but he's not averse to turning his hand to vintage-sounding synth-funk and synth-pop when the mood takes him. It's this end of his output that the Bedford-born producer explpres on Party Life, his second album for Permanent Vacation. Featuring his own spoken and sung vocals, pleasingly authentic '80s-sounding synths and bubbly basslines throughout, Party Life very much lives up to its title, delivering a swathe of catchy, ear-pleasing cuts that are more fun than, well, something extremely fun. Highlights include bubbly P-funk pop number 'Show Me', revivalist new jack swing number 'Anything' and the memorable, radio-friendly title track, which is also presented in a deliciously delay-laden 'Dub' mix mode.
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PERMVAC 2291
06 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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HYPEDIGICD 015
28 Jan 22
Experimental/Electronic
28 Jan 22
Experimental/Electronic
Various
Review: Some 15 years after Benjamin Frolich and Tom Bioly launched their Permanent Vacation label with a fine compilation of the same name, the Munich-based pair return with a seventh showcase of treats from the imprint's now sizable roster of artists. As you'd expect, it's an eclectic and uniformly high-quality affair, with the 22 included cuts touching on everything from cheeky electro covers of Chris Rea (DMX Krew's rather good take on 'On The Beach'), deep nu-disco (the star-fall synths and Italo-disco bass of Kendal's Basorexia') and sun-soaked, 80s synth-pop-meets-dream house bliss ('Digital Joy' by Rees), to sleazy slow acid ('Lose Your Soul' by Zilas on Acid), late-night proto-house revivalism (Felice's 'Just Passing By') and rushing, breakbeat-driven dancefloor dreaminess (Dharma's 'The Epiphany'). In a word: excellent.
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PERMVAC 2271
30 Jul 21
Minimal/Tech House
30 Jul 21
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Review: A confirmed presence within the landscape of UK dance music for the best part of 15 years, Hypercolour has cultivated its own constellation of artists while becoming a port of call for those hitting their peak within pseudo-mainstream house music. It's Patterns compilation series has always offered rare cuts and remixes from its roster of artists and from the get go here a lesser known Zodiac impresses out of the blocks with a banging dub techno joint "GhostNet". Sebastian Mullaert & Boelja go hardcore Swedish bleeptronic in "Who Are You Really?" with FRAK also included with an old school and lo-fi 909 workout "Berga Magic". Roman Flugel hits a sweetspot as usual next to some lowly jackin tracks by London Modular Alliance, a vocal breakbeat number of classical drum and bass refrain by Mathew Herbert to some tongue cheek rave by Luke Vibert and much much more! Approved.
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HYPEDIGCD 013
02 Apr 21
Breakbeat
02 Apr 21
Breakbeat
Review: The second release on Peggy Gou's Gudu label comes from a reliable source: long-serving electro/techno fusionist Ed Upton AKA DMX Krew. Upton is in predictably fine form from the off, sprinting his way through the atmospheric late night chords, garage style organ motifs, bustling acid lines and jacking drums of "CJ Vibe". He moves further towards vintage Motor City techno territory on the lusciously melodious but percussively punchy peak-time skip of "DXIOO", before reaching for the boogie synths and proto-house drums on futurist electrofunk number "Don't You Wanna Play". To round things off, Upton brilliantly dips the tempo and layers up spacey melodies over classic analogue bass on "110 Series".
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GUDU 002
04 Oct 19
Deep House
04 Oct 19
Deep House
Various / Peggy Gou
Sly & Lovechild - "The World According To Sly & Lovechild" (Andrew Weatherall Soul Of Europe mix) - (8:21) 120 BPM 
Review: On the latest instalment of the long-running DJ-Kicks series, Peggy Gou paints a vivid picture. It starts with the widescreen ambience of Space Time Continuum's 1993 debut, "Fluresence", before moving into her own, cosmic "Hungboo" and the niggling acid of Pearson Sound's "Earwig", a contemporary cousin to Plastikman's Musik. There are other endearing oddities here, such as Andrew Weatherall's seductive house version of Sly & Lovechild's "The World According To..." and the raw drums of Kyle Hall's "Flemmenup". Gou has also included a Detroit techno classic, Psyche's "Crackdown", but balances this out with new, unreleased tracks from I:Cube - "Cassette Jam 1993" sees the maverick French producer deliver a frazzled, hazy affair - and Hiver's pulsating, acid-flecked "Pert".
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K7 382D
28 Jun 19
Techno
28 Jun 19
Techno
Played by: Philthtrax
Review: Jerome Hill's imprint welcomes DMX Krew back to Super Rhythm Trax with another EP crammed full of future classics. Following up some great releases of late on Hypercolour, Shipwrec and Abstract Forms, the UK electro legend delivers a few jams in his renowned style, plus goes old school techno here and there. "Grand Tour" modelling his style on 'Magic 'Juan Atkins' exploits as Model 500 in the late '80s, while the booming smack techno of "Death Blip" sounds like an old Djax Up Beats record on -8. "The Wiggly Worm" gives us a taste of the acid life, complete with wobbly arpeggios and jacking vocals until it all comes to a fine close with the classic, neon-lit, hi-tech soul/funk of "Old Groove".
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SRTX 018
20 Oct 17
Minimal/Tech House
20 Oct 17
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Honey Soundsystem
Review: A new DMX Krew album is exactly what we needed to hear on this fine Friday morning. Needless to say, we've been big fans of this guy since his days on Rephlex, and he's clearly respected not just by us, but by certain influential figures in the enlarged techno game. DMX has also invariably represented the UK when it comes to all things 4/4 and, moreover, he's pushed the limits of what that formula can do. This new LP for the excellent Hypercolour, Strange Directions, is a wild and diverse piece of work which feels impossible to boil down to one genre of style. Its fourteen tracks span a range of styles, speeds and vibes, but the crucial thing is that DMX Krew maintains a certain air of mysticism throughout - a lingering sense of psychedelia represents each and every one of these endlessly deep slabs of techno-not-techno. Explore and drift...
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HYPELP 009D
01 Sep 17
Experimental/Electronic
01 Sep 17
Experimental/Electronic
