Review: Earlier this year, Nigel Rogers returned to record stores as Perseus Traxx following three years - an eternity in musical terms, especially considering the regularity of his releases during the first decade of his career. Here he makes his bow on Chiwax with an EP that boasts a quintet of killer cuts. He sets the tone with 'Adriatic Influences', where sparkling, sun-bright piano motifs and deliciously dreamy chords cluster around a tactile, off-kilter deep house groove, before going ultra-deep and sub-heavy on the immersive brilliance of 'Aquatic Adventure'. Elsewhere, title track 'A Different Approach' blurs the boundaries between spacey, late 90s UK tech house and melodious deep electro, 'Remembering Bari' is a lightly dubbed-out and decidedly intergalactic deep house treat, and 'Boogie Box' is a jaunty, spaced-out dancefloor delight.
Bad Outfit - "Convergence Of Four" - (5:03) 127 BPM
Perseus Traxx - "Hi-Tech" - (5:43) 124 BPM
Review: Weapons Of Desire kick off what is presumably a new series of various artist releases under the Machine Funk banger, and do so with a right royal collection of dance music punks. Drvg Cvltvre, for example, is a Dutchman who makes dirt, sleaze and noise an art form in his techno tracks, and the brilliantly brainless 'I Hate Thinking' is proof of that. UK hardware lover Perseus Traxx also brings plenty of lo-fi brilliance to his 'Hi-Tech', while Rennie Foster's 'Deposition Acid' achieves some hypnotic brilliance with the 303. Add in more rough and ready excellence from Type-303 and Bad Outfit and you have a hefty EP.
Review: After two stunning rounds that featured the likes of Mark Hand, Lerosa and A Sagittariun, Bristol label Innate returns with another various EP of advanced techno ruminations from emergent talent and established names alike. Perseus Traxx leads in with a dense and expressive body popper that channels a little vintage B12, while Ewan Jansen takes things deep and aqueous with the gorgeous "Sinders". Rising electro star Reedale Rise serves up more of his sleek and refined machine funk on "Coral", and label boss Owain K unfurls a shimmering blanket of melancholic house with the sublime "Teifi".
The Exaltics - "Do I Have To Repeat Myself" - (4:42) 130 BPM
Helena Hauff - "Culmination Of Frustration" - (5:23) 140 BPM
Perseus Traxx - "MK-Ultra" - (4:50) 126 BPM
Drvg Cvltvre - "The Dead Envy The Living" - (6:23) 120 BPM
Ekman - "Landmarks" - (5:08) 140 BPM
Review: Artwork of the week goes to this Solar One 12", with the label enlisting Lowlands don Mehdi Rouchiche to work his Godspill magic on the collective talents of Helena Hauff, Perseus Traxx, The Exaltics, Drvg Cvltre and Ekman. Perseus Traxx's moustache is quite something! These artists join forces for the Signs Of Decay 12", a powerful collective statement on the desiccation some "hard and dirty acid tracks" can do to a dancefloor. Don't come here looking for any lofty concepts, this is just five of the best banging their boxes in the name of all that is grotty and lysergic. Fans of Hauff's Panzerkreuz material will be delighted with the demonic, red lining sounds of her contribution "Culmination Of Frustration."
Review: The ever-prolific UK producer supplies a four track EP of heavily sequenced drum machines, warm-fuzzy basslines and lightly grilled acidics for Chiwax. Where so many fail to recreate house and techno from a halcyon era, Perseus Traxx never fails to deliver, and he opens the A Girl Named Rebecca EP with "Finding You", a track that combines an uplifting deepness with gurgling acid to form a contrasting yet cohesive production. The snappy rim shots and clave work on "She Blows My Mind" would no doubt attract the attention of Neville Watson, while structured claps and rigid drums of "Anticipating Your Touch" give structure to a throbbing bass pulse that undulates in time to high-pitched woozy synths. Perseus Traxx closes the EP with a revving and spaced-out "Communications Blackout", adding a tinge of drawn out Balearica similar to that heard in the recent music by Tornado Wallace.
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