Review: Featuring music from across the Americas, the latest compilation on Modularz sees household names line up alongside newer talent. Veteran producers Developer and Jeremy Caulfield both deliver understated interpretations of modern minimalism, led by subtle, snaking grooves. Remaining in that field, Juan Trujillo's "Massive Flood" serves up a more layered, dystopian sound, while Jonas Kopp's "Tremsixxed" leads the compilation into a loop techno direction, powered by dusty drums. This is also a collection of extremes: The Ripped's abrasive industrial techno on "Self Aware Image" represents the most intense iteration of the Modularz sound, while at the other end of the spectrum is Uun's wonderfully esoteric electro, "Book Of Miracles".
Review: Illegal Alien re-ignites its No Boundaries split series with a red hot release that brings together artists from around the world. "That's All We Know" is the work of Stanislav Tolkachev, Mari Mattham and label owner Ricardo Garduno, and sees them work together to deliver a gritty, bleep-led slice of techno. The trio ups the intensity levels and tempo on "That's All You Know"; powered by a raw, insistent rhythm and hypnotic tones, it's a hypnotic but dynamic peak time track. French producer DJ Saint Pierre also contributes two tracks: "Markarian 876" is a raucous broken beat affair, while on "Markarian 501", he diverts his energy to deliver a slamming, peak-time industrial workout.
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