Review: Stuttgart based trio hand in another slice of uber electro-pop infected house for Meant after a slew of releases for the likes of Visionquest and Items & Things. Start things off with the slow Italo grooves of "Too Forward" and "Hardcore" they turn up the heat for the infectious electroclash thriller "Overdosed" and the tech house groove of "Candy & Kong". There's a couple of killer remixes too. "Candy & Kong" gets a trippy techno re-rub by m_nus affiliated minimalists Click Box while "Too Forward" gets the treatment by BALD, making it more of a driving dub.
Review: Australia's Balance Music is known for its quality mixes by the very finest in the underground music circuit. With previous compilations by the likes of New York's Danny Tenaglia, Deetron and Funk D'Void, among others, this is as close to a Fabric mix as you can get without those shiny tin cases. Ex-minimal legend turned all-out techno queen Magda steps up for number 27 in the series, and it's nothing but vibes on this one. Amalgamating shreds of stripped back techno - Marcel Dettmann, DVS1, Samuli Kemppi - together with newer, more underground sounds from some of the most cutting-edge labels around - Marco Bernardi's Sandman project, TTT's Minor Science, XDB and Shackleton - the Minus legend shows why she's still one of the best in the game and a true expert at evolving her aesthetic. A great mix, dig in.
Review: French-Hungarian trio Rework are the ideal Visionquest act. They have a good understanding of how to mix electronic and new wave sounds; they make tracks that are both functional and hummable and in Sascha Hedgehog, they have a vocaost who exudes cool without being too aloof. On "Ask You", the detached, almost disinterested vocals are presented against a building acid groove, while on the title track they are cut up into an insistent loop as cowbells ring and techno chords build and build. Finally, "I'm Waiting" sees Rework revert to the fusionist approach that they are known for with rumbling basslines maried to primal tribal drums for a mutant disco outro.
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