Review: Amentec have done a great job in assembling this top level collection of new school breakbeat action, welcoming no less than 14 artists inside across 13 hard hitting creations. The exciting thing about the project is that it leaves no breaks-inspired stone unturned, featuring the likes of Sound Synthesis, Inkipak, DAWL, Flatliner and more. From the intense, arcade style arrangements of Sub Oscillator's 'Ketzer' remix from Difool, to the more abstract acidity of Bobo's bulging 'Club Proxima', we see such an exciting range on display. Our highlights therefore have to include both the classy club-ready bops of Ova Doce's 'Keep On', next to the cloud-lining euphoria of MOY's 'Jovian Sunrise'. A truly top quality collection.
Review: Berlin label Vitus' Curse delivers another fine, diverse compilation. Hedchef's "Defeaning Silence" is a tough electro roller, powered by tight claps and a low-slung rhythm. Mr Dello's "Dizziness" and Aethernal's "Lazarus" inhabit a similar space. In both instances, the sound is cleaner. Mr Dello's track features hypnotic vocals unfolding over a lithe rhythm, while "Lazarus" revolves around a swaggering low end. There are other flavours on offer: Not Modest ventures into drum'n'bass on the atmospheric, break beat-led "Pathos", while Katnada's "The Last Day" is an epic techno track, full of blustering chords. If you're looking for a compilation that offers many different interpretations of electronic music, your search is over.
Review: More straight-to-the-point and no-fuss electro from Pulse Drift, who this time welcome Lloyd Stellar to their charge. 'Randomized Lifeforms' is the conceptual underpinning of this horribly dystopian electro EP: for those who are confused, anyone who's seen any of David Cronenberg's latest films will have an idea what the term 'randomized lifeform' means and looks like in practice. Back to the sonic content: 'Implantable Brain Machine Interface' sounds like one of old Croney's psychedelic imaginings, with slippery wet sounds undulating between cage-like beats, a dialogue between the organic and the inorganic. 'Modular Planets', similarly, speaks vocoded English to us, robotically banging on about entire planets which we might be able to subject to our digital whims.
Review: Erik Griffioen slips into his Lloyd Stellar electro guise to deliver a superb EP for French imprint Ukonx .The title track, with its queasy bass and oppressive beats, opens the release in menacing form, while the tripped out "Gravity Vortex" sees Griffioen maintaining a moody undercurrent while voyaging deeper into abstract territories. On "Unify", Griffioen demonstrates a more esoteric side to his canon, with steely drums and dreamy, ERP-style synths coming together to make for an atmospheric arrangement. This deeper mood continues on "Floating", where the Dutch producer conjures up haunting textures that ebb and flow over laid back 808 patterns.
Review: Miami imprint Devine Disorder delivers the fourth instalment of its One Nation series, with the original artists from the electro imprint rubbing shoulders with the new generation. Supreme Ja's "Outer Space" is a killer slab of electro funk, replete with, hip-hop scratches and robotic vocal samples. Dark Vector continues in this vein as he drops the dark bass-led "Desperta", which is also full of robot vocals. Dwellz' take on electro funk is more nuanced, as the stripped back, spaced out "Another Time" demonstrates. The new school also impress, with Lloyd Stellar adding some warbling bass to "Space-A-Delic" and The Droid opting for a more industrial direction on the bruising drums of "Allies".
Review: For the past few years, Hilltown Disco has shone a spotlight on left of centre dance music, - and Zadkiel is the latest instalment on the label to put a focus on electro and beyond. The outer limit can be measured by The Spy's "Blood Trail", the kind of broken down industrial workout that one could imagine Intergalactic Gary spinning. The pounding break beats of NICOL's "Lucid" represent a more dance-floor friendly take on this sound, while Drexciyan influences swim to the surface for the acid-soaked hyper-speed funk of Efemme's "In A Pirahna-Filled River". Not to be outdone by the overall tone is Sarmigetusa with the moody beats of "DOYOUKNOWME" and Lloyd Stellar, who conjures up the bleak horror film soundscape of "Through The Smog".
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