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Review: One More City follows Red Axe's self-titled long player from 2020. In terms of direction, it sees the duo move away from electronic music to focus on a more guitar-based approach. Of course, they haven't completely departed from their roots, and "Beast", featuring ECHO on vocals is a wonderfully sleazy electroclash-style jam. Elsewhere though, guitars prevail. "Bring It On", with Cole Alexander's vocal tones, is awash with surf-style solos, and "Goodbye Mary" resounds to a frazzled punk guitar that wouldn't sound out of place on late period Jesus & Mary Chain. Best of all though is the post-punk strut of "Kid Caffeine", replete with Clams' nasal drawl.
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5060845 322793
27 Oct 23
Techno
27 Oct 23
Techno
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5060845 323110
26 Sep 23
Indie/Alternative
26 Sep 23
Indie/Alternative
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Following successful collaborations with Yuksek and Channel Tres, Hamburger Records regulars Polo & Pan join forces with the mighty Red Axes. The headline attraction is title track 'Mumia', a bass-heavy bounce through mutant Afro-house territory featuring hallucinatory, echo-laden horn sounds, wonky electronic lead lines and an infectious groove. Fittingly, both artists provide personal interpretations too. Polo& Pan successfully re-imagine it as a sun-soaked, effects-laden Balearic bouncer with a jaunty-as-anything, reggae-influenced beat, more horns and sun-splashed melodies, before Red Axes take it into druggy, early morning, acid house-with-added-percussion territory. Also worth a listen is Sunoco sporting bonus cut 'Desperado', a low-slung, mid-tempo, dub disco influenced shuffler that's as positive sounding as they come.
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PERMVAC 2781
07 Jul 23
Deep House
07 Jul 23
Deep House
Review: After a run of releases on Phantasy Sound and Shall Not Fade, psychedelic house specialists Red Axes make their bow on Crosstown Rebels. As the title hints, 'Relax Shiva' is a hallucinatory affair that makes extensive use of exotic Eastern instrumentation and vocals. These are combined with mind-bending TB-303 motifs, a doom-laden bassline and hypnotic beats with predictably trippy and loved-up results. Alongside a bonus instrumental mix, you'll find two top tier remixes: a percussive, bass-heavy and tribal-tinged take by Parisian veteran DJ Gregory (who successfully channels the spirit of his legendary Africanism series) and a chugging, immersive, saucer-eyed revision by Sidartha Siliceo and Heiko Dijker.
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CRM 291
09 Jun 23
Deep House
09 Jun 23
Deep House
Various
Review: DJ Kaos's latest offering combines reworks (many previously unheard) of tracks from his catalogue, with a variety of reworks and original productions from many of his buddies in the scene. It's an eclectic and wide-ranging selection, with highlights coming thick and fast throughout. The set begins with the chunky cosmic house throb of Softwar's 'Afterhours' and ends with a wonky, stripped-back, after-party friendly Solomun rework of Kaos's 'I Want To Be There'. Sandwiched in between you'll find such must-check gems as Luke Solomon's nine-minute 'raw mix' of Richard From Milwaukee's glassy-eyed turn-of-the-90s breakbeat house gem 'Clear Water', the Italo-goes-proto-house throb of Red Axes' 'Promo Only', and the heavily dubbed-out, effects-laden disco headiness of Napoleon's 'Love Spell'.
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JJ 083
31 Mar 23
Deep House
31 Mar 23
Deep House
Various
AK Sports - "Accept That All Things End & Your Life Will Improve In These Five Ways" - (7:55) 140 BPM
Review: Shall Not Fade's annual birthday compilations are always worth a look, not least because they tend to be packed with plenty of previously unreleased material from label regulars, friends and newcomers. This seventh birthday edition - the label's fifth compilation in total - is another epic, with 28 high quality tracks jostling for your attention. The track listing reflects the label's eclectic but largely dancefloor-focused approach, with highlights including the stomping big room techno darkness of Alan Fitzpatrick and Reset Robot's 'Alpha', the organ-rich New Jersey style peak-time house bump of Lis Sarocca's 'Oasis Floor', the bumpin' speed garage revivalism of 'All The Girls' by Main Phase, the warped, MC-sporting two-step wobble of Killjoy and Kwam's 'Active', and the deep and dreamy breaks/two-step fusion of 'Overcome' by Adam BFD.
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SNFLP 013D
17 Feb 23
Minimal/Tech House
17 Feb 23
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Although they've released music on countless labels (they were initially associated with I'm A Cliche, Correspondant and Hivern Discs), many of Red Axes' most potent dancefloor workouts have appeared on Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound imprint. This tidy compilation rounds up the best of their material for the label to date, flitting between certified bangers (the frankly mind-melting, extra-percussive 'Some Lights', the hypnotic and hallucinatory 2018 anthem 'Sipoor', wonky electronic disco workout 'Shabak Shalom', the rushing gorgeousness of 'Rhythm Passage' and the deep, sub-heavy throb of 'Sound Test'), and lesser-celebrated - but no less trippy - B-sides (the bleeping and creepy '20 Min', angular acid weird-out 'Sound Text XoX', and frankly insane 'Oh My Arp').
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PHLP 22
27 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Following releases for Dark Entries, Phantasy Sound and K7, Red Axes drop this fine, tripped out release for Shall Not Fade. Drawing on ebm and post-punk influences while guided by techno and house music's rhythms, the duo deliver, the squelchy acid of "The Electric". "Next One Is Bill" also contains 303 bleeps, but the arrangement's real focus is on freaked out vocal samples. In contrast, the buzzing tones of "The Bee" centres on a funk bass and live, dusty drums, while "Axes In The Sky" is a soft-focus slice of dreamy disco, led by swirling filters and a driving, insistent groove.
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SNFCC 015
18 Nov 22
Techno
18 Nov 22
Techno
Mind Against / Various
Review: Mind Against have released on well-known labels like Hotflush and Afterlife - now they bring their distinctive sound to this collection for Fabric. "Freedom", the pair's collaboration with Dyzen, encapsulates everything that Mind Against are associated with; widescreen synths, dreamy deep house textures and crisp break beats. There are similarly hypnotic contributions from Yotam Avni and Marino Canal. However, this selection is not one-dimensional; it also features tough dub techno from Echonomist and Toto Chiavetta, as well as more left of centre selections like the organic, tribal drums of Aera's "Ketosis" and Red Axes' electronic disco, "Connector". That the Mind Against duo are able to integrate these disparate elements and put their own mark on the end result speaks volumes about their talents.
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5060845 321192
23 Sep 22
Techno
23 Sep 22
Techno
Review: The Israeli duo of Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi bring us an EP that, like much of their canon, evidences a wide range of influences from across the musical spectrum. It's 'Rhythm Passage' itself that sits most comfortably under the 'disco' banner, with its Italo-esque synths, vocodered male vocal and female "rhythm!" interjections. Elsewhere, the Clangers-tastic 'Oh My Arp' could just as easily be filed under 'techno' or 'progressive house', while '20 Min' drops down into an entrancing tribal groove but also packs plenty of space-y beeps n' bleeps. Put together, the three make for quite a journey - and one hell of an EP!
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PH 121D
26 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Red Axes feat Rami Fortis
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
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DJ 40508
26 May 22
Minimal/Tech House
26 May 22
Minimal/Tech House
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Review: Having lent a couple of the label's finest moments previously such as the Sipoor and Sound Test EPs, not to mention a killer self-titled full length last year, esteemed Israeli duo Red Axes return to Phantasy with another bunch of leftfield club tracks on the Some Lights EP. Features the tunnelling, acid house-inspired stomp of the title track, which leads into the transcendental and psychedelic dark disco journey of "Skulls" and proving there's plenty in the duo's sonic repertoire, they close it out on a low slung tip with the deep down and dirty "Professor Grasstov".
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PH108D
10 Sep 21
Minimal/Tech House
10 Sep 21
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Review: CircoLoco Records is a new record label forged in partnership with the iconic video game creators Rockstar Games. After four editions of colour coded releases, we now have the entire collection of 20 tracks compiled here in one package. From the Black edition there's the tunneling techno of Adam Beyer's powerful "Break It Up", from the Violet edition you have Margaret Dygas' majestic broken beat journey "Wishing Well", TINI with the neon-lit disco of "What If, Then What?" featuring Amiture (Green) and Sama Abdulhadi with the steely and hypnotic techno of "Reverie" taken from the Blue series - plus many more.
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CLR 001
09 Jul 21
Minimal/Tech House
09 Jul 21
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: A four-tracker here that will suit those whose dancefloor tastes lean towards the exotic and eclectic side. Red Axes' 'Maztomeret' tops a Moog-y cosmic disco groove with a nursery-like "la la la la la" chorus, Zillas On Acid comes on like 70s Indian sitar funk given a Solomun remix, Tyu flirts with African and Arabic flavours on 'Kongaloka' and then finally there's the oddity that is Manfredas's 'Meshugas', a quirky slice of Balearica with a hint of The Clangers about it. Peaktime tackle for big, glitzy clubs this most definitely is not, but leftfield spinners would do well to check it out.
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MC 054
21 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: As minimal house continues to hit the mainstream, there's no denying the likes of Rockstar Games and Ibiza hot house CircoLoco have something to do with it. Combining to create CircoLoco Records, it continues ist summer run of releases with a new various artist EP in Dreamin' Violet - featuring future classics from Luciano, Red Axes, Carl Craig, Butch and Margaret Dygas! With Luciano going deep, stripped back and minimal in "Mantra For Lizzie", Red Axes sends in a frenetic number of drum machine and synth laden mayhem. Carl Craig delivers a bass heavy, beat free and epic synth number "Forever Free", with Butch throwing down a stuttered rave vibe in the broken beat, drum and bass centric "Raindrops". With a slight Detroit mode surfacing too in Margaret Dygas percussive "Wishing Well", she keeps it slightly abstract to complete a package that presses all the right buttons - peak time or after hours.
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CLR 001EP3
18 Jun 21
Minimal/Tech House
18 Jun 21
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Review: Celebrating ten years of his Life And Death label, DJ Tennis delivers a diverse compilation. Schwarzmann's "Octave Two" is a groovy, stripped back track that resounds to a bubbling groove and dayglo bleeps, while on "Agua", Prins Thomas delivers a searing, 303-led disco track. In stark contrast are Byetone and Gera Akate's electro breakers, while Red Axes veers into punk-funk territory with the wiry guitars and dubbed out FX of "Rasss". There really is something for every tate here, and the slamming techno of Fango's "Trattore", followed by the cosmic Italo of Vivian Koch's"Find Your Way Out" shows that Life And Death is a truly eclectic label.
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LAD 055D
20 Nov 20
Techno
20 Nov 20
Techno
Various
Review: To the Robert Johnson club, Andrew Weatherall was one of the Frankfurt institution's most beloved residents. 'Lifesaver 4' is a compilation dedicated to the memory of the veteran DJ, featuring young talents and seasoned companions that have paid their musical tribute in order to commemorate the club's 21 year anniversary. Highlights not limited to: Perel's psychedelic off-kilter opener "Feuer & Wasser", the low slung sunset sounds of Panorama Bar resident Massimiliano Pagliara on "Before I Let You Go", club mainstay Gerd Janson delivering a typically neon-lit rendition of Portable's "Unity", the surprising addition of nearby Offenbach-based talent Cedric Dekowski on the afterhours minimal funk of "Livius" and Fort Romeau delivering his idiosyncratic style of hypnotic house on "Another Dymention". "Fail we may, sail we must".
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PLAYRJC 064D
09 Oct 20
Minimal/Tech House
09 Oct 20
Minimal/Tech House
Review: A double dose later and we're welcomed into a Red Axes latest Trip, a multimedia project at large that's giving cross platform to music, film and travel documentations that seeks out far-flung collaborations from the countries they visit. Finding themselves in India for this EP (following excursions through Vietnam and Africa), the epicly charged, psychedelic-tinged and acid-dubbed burner "Pad Yoga Raga" delivers arguably the best track in the series (at 11-minutes long). Keeping it in the mangroves still is "Little Prince (Bangalore Rave version)" with its continued panpipe influences and vocal morphing techniques while the EP finds its clubbiest passages in the percussion-concussion of "Mumbai Syndrom". And for the real deal, Beatles and Ravi Shankar fans alike, all roads lead to "Delhi Little Prince". Please come again!
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K 7390D
25 Sep 20
Deep House
25 Sep 20
Deep House
Various
Review: It's been twenty years since Sven Vath's Cocoon operation set up in Ibiza; since then the label's annual alphabet-themed compilations have also come to define techno's stylistic twists and turns. According to S, 2019 clearly saw the re-emergence of trance in its various forms, from Love Over Entropy's wide-eyed abandon to Stimming's more musical approach - audible on "The Gift That Never Stops To Give". Musicality is also a common theme on the house and techno that features on Compilation S, with Emanuel Satie's "Planet XXX" resounding to melodic chord stabs and Giegling artist Edward's "End Days" favouring chattering samples and a soaring bass - inspired by E-Dancer with a modern, Teutonic twist.
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CORLP046 DIGITAL
23 Aug 19
Techno
23 Aug 19
Techno
Review: Israeli duo Red Axes has produced some of the most interesting left-of-centre dance music of recent years, delivering essential releases on Hivern Discs, ESP Institute, I'm A Cliche and Correspondant [sic]. Happily, this latest outing - their first for Permanent Vacation - is another must-have EP. With its' cowbell-heavy tribal percussion, drifting flutes, throbbing bassline and exotic marimba melodies, opener "Sun My Sweet Sun" is particularly potent. "Way To Neptune" pushes dreamy, sun-kissed organ melodies to the fore, with hazy vocal harmonies emphasizing the duo's effortlessly Balearic vibe, while "Cockroach" dreamily joins the dots between blazed dub-disco, experimental '80s pop and yearning Californian psychedelia.
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PERMVAC 1431
01 Jul 19
Minimal/Tech House
01 Jul 19
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Review: We delve into the undergound sound of Leszno here, as Poland's Exotic Refreshment serve up Chapter 4 in their 'Time Traveler' compilation series - pretty impressive given that Chapter 1 only landed in May! With 13 cuts coming mostly from up-and-coming artists (Badin Brothers, Luca Bacchetii and Red Axes being better-known exceptions), it's quite a wide-ranging selection, but generally speaking we move inexorably from slow-moving, experimental deep house cuts like Ulises's 'Pewunguen' and Dandara's 'Y Bot', to more overtly floor-friendly jams, often - as in the case of Enoo Napa's 'The Eclipse', Shimza's 'All Alone' and Mozaik's 'Clerka' - with a proggy/melodic twist.
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EXRC 035
24 Jun 19
Deep House
24 Jun 19
Deep House
Played by: Jimpster, DJ Mau Mau, DJ Luiz Pareto, PBR Streetgang, Juno Recommends Deep House, Kenneth Bager // Musicfordreams, Fontrodona, Hot Chip
Review: Red Axes continue to roam the world, stopping off in studios and colleges in far-flung locations to collaborate with local musicians and pass on advice to students. This time they're in Vietnam, offering a second volume in their "Trips" series packed full of exotic, cross-cultural treats. They begin with the spacey dub disco shuffle of "Ho Chi Min", where ear-catching Vietnamese vocals and South East Asian string instruments ride a chunky groove, before stripping things back on the bass-heavy late night exoticism of "Hanoi". "Phu Quok" sees them brilliantly chopping up, mangling and manipulating vocals and snaking solos over a druggy groove, while "Hue" is warm, deep, groovy and almost Balearic in its' deliciously loved-up way.
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K7 386D
24 May 19
Deep House
24 May 19
Deep House
Laurel Halo / Various
Review: Over the course of numerous albums and Eps, Laurel Halo has made a name with her experimental, uncompromising take on electronic music - can she do the same with her DJing? Listening to this, the 68th instalment of DJ-Kicks, the answer is a resounding 'yes'. It moves from the abstract chimes of her own "Public Art" to the bruising rhythms of Stallone the Reducer and Red Axes' low-slung electro into the next-wave Detroit techno of Fit Siegel and the bleary European sound of Dario Zenker, representing here with "Koraimer Bro". However, Halo is also aware that to understand where electronic music is going to, you must first understand its past - and the inclusion of tracks from Jeff Mills' Final Cut band and Blake Baxter's catalogue showcases her deep knowledge and passion.
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K 7375DTM
22 Mar 19
Bass
22 Mar 19
Bass
Review: (Emotional) Especial heralds its 30th release with a killer package from an all-star cast that takes in label regulars and newcomers alike. The vibe starts heated and heavy with modern acid champ Roy Of The Ravers taking a blunt instrument or two to Junior Fairplay's "End Of Love," firing off the kind of bludgeoning b-line and fizzing drums that makes his direct approach to the dancefloor so potent. It's somewhat surprising to see Freeform Five pop up on this 12", but Jamie Paton's remix of "Throwing Stones" sounds utterly natural in the habitat - a brooding, simmering trip shot through with noirish synths. Kris Baha gets busy with Red Axes' "Waiting For A Surprise," twisting out an exotic bubbler perfect for the low tempo chugging crowd, and then Bal5000 wraps things up with the gorgeous electro-disco delights of "Kids".
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EES 030
19 Nov 18
Electro
19 Nov 18
Electro
Review: Tel Aviv's Red Axes duo have been snapped up by !K7 Records, and this is no surprise to us given the quantity - and quality - of material that they have released to date...names like ESP Institute, Dark Entries and Permanent Vacation coming to mind. This new EP focusses on tribal aesthetics from the first moments, with "Abidjan" rolling out a gorgeous groove of poly-rhythms and tropical sounds, with "Addis" heading further East thanks to mystical flutes interlocked with locked percussion groove, and "Musica Electronique" getting down with a much grittier bass attitude. Some ethereal business, right here...
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K 7371EPD
03 Aug 18
Deep House
03 Aug 18
Deep House
