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Kwartz
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Review: A trusted horseman of Spanish techno next to the likes of Reeko, Mulero and Christian Wunsch, Kwartz supplies his first title to the Trauma Collective label established in 2019. Going for a heavy and percussive, Regis-like sound, "The Nature Of Our Anger" pairs the effect of colliding sticks with a brazen attitude towards '90s techno sound design. Going deeper and streamlined on a title-track designed for mind control, Mick Harris' ZET project Monrellastrips it back for something rawer and more metallic. And for that airfield techno vibe get your bassline dub outta "Beneath The Surface" that's reminiscent of Marcel Dettmann's killer remix to Planetary Assault Systems's "Function 4".
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TRM 003
19 Mar 21
Techno
19 Mar 21
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Launched back in 2015 as a platform to feature artists like Sleeparchive and Developer on Weekend Circuit, the third instalment in the Ground-Fault-Interrupt series has the same lofty aims. Kwartz kicks off the EP with the pounding, pummelling "Trapped In Reality", which features concrete beats supporting tranced out riffs, while Rommek's "Movement of Inertia" is a visceral, metallic banger. On "Universe Forms", label owner Michael Wells chooses a less direct but equally effective approach, with broken beats providing the basis for haunting, swirling textures, while Positive Centre steers the release back to the dance floor with the tough but atmospheric banger, "Mesquinhata".
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WCR 022
08 Jul 19
Techno
08 Jul 19
Techno
Review: Pole Recordings, as it was known back in 2014, was one of the first labels to release material by Kwartz aka Mario Campos. Fast forward three years and a number of EPs later, and the Spanish producer returns to Oscar Mulero's renamed imprint. "A Tragic End" starts the release in somewhat reflective mode, as Campos brings together atmospheric textures with a dense, stepping rhythm. There is no musical element on "Right Discipline", where a rolling, hammering groove and metallic drums collide. The release takes an intense turn on "Dissociation of Body and Mind", where waves of electronic fury unfold over a rough, mangled rhythm and pile-driving percussion. By the time he reaches the relatively serene "Theory of Emptiness", Kwartz's fans will be craving its dubbed out nuances.
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POLEGROUP 047
06 Oct 17
Techno
06 Oct 17
Techno
Reeko / Various
Review: Oscar Mulero's Polegroup label closes the year with a mammoth compilation that defines the current state of the techno nation. As Unknown Landscapes shows, it is a diverse place. There's droning ambience from Daphne RXX, while Reeko, Reggy Van Oers and Mike Parker deliver bleep-heavy, hypnotic groove that draw on the influence of F.U.S.E and Sandwell District. Heads-down loopy fare is also catered for - with the spiky percussion and bleak filters of Jonas Koop's "Fu Factor" standing out - and the form also revisits the rough, analogue sound of the 90s thanks to Karl Bult and American scene veteran DJ Hyperactive's contributions.
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POLEGROUP 42CD
09 Dec 16
Techno
09 Dec 16
Techno
Review: Here's more heavy techno sounds on Bas Mooy's label, this time courtesy of Spanish producer Kwartz, known for releases on Warm Up and Pole. The Zooloft-inspired title of "Uncontrollable Process Of Self-Destruction" reveals itself to be for more than an exercise in poor English with FUSE-style bleep-notics fused with dreamy hardcore synths. By contrast, the aptly-named "Ultraviolence" is a thing of extreme danger as its wiry, broken rhythms and lashes of percussion seep over and gnaw at the listener's synapse. Two versions of the title track are also included, with Kwartz laying down the kind of dark, slightly distorted pulsing rhythms and steely percussive builds that Mord has become synonymous with.
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MORD 028
06 Jun 16
Techno
06 Jun 16
Techno
Various
Review: Oscar Mulero's other label celebrates its fifth anniversary with this mammoth compendium. For fans of the Spanish imprint's club techno there is no shortage of material to get excited about; the Lewis Fautzi remix of Exium's "Nucleoid" is a hypnotic groove par excellence, its confluence of acid and droning pulses arcing to a tantalising climax, while Christian Wunsch and Exium once again represent the tough industrial and dub-meets-noise sound of the label on "Emission Lines" and "Biolag" respectively. However, there is also a more musical, reflective side to Poelgroup's sound. In this regard, 5 Years delivers most impressively with the chilling strings of the Architectural project from Reeko as well as the Spanish producer's cinematic, break beat-led reshape of Jonas Kopp's "M31".
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POLEGROUPBOX 1
09 May 16
Techno
09 May 16
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: This is Mord's most ambitious venture to date, with a box set of seven records laying out the Dutch imprint's tough techno agenda. Regulars like UVB and Radial set the tone, with the former dropping brutish kicks and jarring riffs on "Someone Calling Cut" and Radial veering into a pumping direction on "Cru".Label owner Bas Mooy moves the compilation towards a more streamlined approach with the dense, linear Klockworks-like "Owl In Daylight", but Herdersmat also shows that the label has succeeded in attracting some heavyweight international talent; Eomac's "Phisk" is a disorienting rave-flecked stepper and Sleeparchive drops the bleep-heavy bomb that is "Evicted".
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MORDBOX 001
01 Feb 16
Techno
01 Feb 16
Techno
Review: Kwartz aka Mario Campos is the latest in a long line of Spanish techno producers to emerge over the past decade and his tough sound is at home on Warm Up. At times, it feels like Spain's techno sound has been caught frozen in time, in a place where the more hypnotic end of the loop sound has been left to coalesce with stepping, broken beats. Rite is very much in keeping with this approach. From the dense, heavy beats and wild stabs on the title track to the demented, Lost-style panel beater that is "Black Horse" and Mulero's own rumbling, rolling take on "Rite", this is heads-down, peak-time material in the finest Spanish tradition.
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WU 43
18 Dec 15
Techno
18 Dec 15
Techno
Review: Two new-school producers share the duties on Sonntag Morgen's sixth release. The Italian label has chosen wisely and Mario Campos aka Kwartz delivers two peak-time, 90s-themed tracks. "Lost Signal" is based on tough, metallic drums but features powerful pulses rising up through it, while "Tension" is a more visceral affair, with noisy kicks providing the backdrop for churning filters and screeching riffs. Oaks, who has released on labels like Mutewax and Key, provides "Solarmental", which starts deceptively deep before picking up the intensity level with machine gun claps. "That Morning Upstairs" has a similar approach; it begins with deep house melodies before Oaks drops devastatingly powerful percussive bursts.
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SM 006V
04 Apr 15
Techno
04 Apr 15
Techno
Review: Spanish outpost Polegroup is the archetypal techno label, and Kwartz is a purveyor of the finest techno workouts. After having released artists such as the US' Developer, the nomadic Kwartz touches down on the label with two daring and sublimely bleak tracks for the midnight hour. Both "Form & Void" and "Breakage" are perfect Berghain tracks for the likes of Dettman or Klock, but that's not all - Reeko and Exium remix the former and the latter respectively, turning up the power considerably and making things that little bit heavier.
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POLEGROUP 026
15 Sep 14
Techno
15 Sep 14
Techno
