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Rommek
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Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Originally issued on vinyl back in 2018, this three-part release from Rommek Boyer is now available digitally. Trilogy covers a lot of ground. There's the hypnotic drones of "Komatiite", which will appeal to fans of Abul Mogard. The dense muddy drums of "Obsidian" are also shot through with dreamy tones. On "Rhyolite", Rommek ventures down a different path, with rickety broken beats underpinning menacing synth sweeps, while the brooding bass-led "Greywacke" follows a similar path. On "Scora", Rommek delivers a masterclass in slow, building techno as brooding tones and jagged feedback are set to funereal drums. Blueprint also commissioned remixes, with Makaton's angular rhythmic take on "Obsidian" and Broken English Club's death march version of "Komatiite" really impressing.
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BPD 02
11 Aug 23
Techno
11 Aug 23
Techno
Various
Review: Bas Mooy's label brings together an impressive cast of producers for its latest compilation. The ominous bass on Mascon's "Nenner" lends the track an ebm sensibility, while Exium's "Dark Voids" is more in keeping with convention, fuelled by powerful filters and a steely, slamming rhythm. While there are intense contributions - in particular, Antony Doria's "Uprite" is visceral hard techno at its finest - Herdersmat impresses most when contributing artists provide their own interpretations of sub-genres. Takaaki Itoh's "Implement" is a mesmerising piece of hypnotic, droning techno, while on "Hdmt" UVB delivers a compelling version of Downwards' broken beat sound, replete with swirling textures.
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MORDBOX 004
28 Oct 22
Techno
28 Oct 22
Techno
Various
Review: To celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, Blueprint has delved deep into its back catalogue. "Post Traumatic Son", a collaboration between label owner James Ruskin and Karl O'Connor, features three times in remixed form, with DVS1 dropping a deep take, Robert Hood turning the track into an angular, metallic jacker and Marcel Dettmann remodelling it into a grainy Berghain stomper. In as much as dance floor tracks like "Son..." and the coruscating, gnarly rhythm of Outline's "Encounter" have defined the label since the start, so too does its more abstract work. A shadow of textured sound looms over Ruskin's "Correction Centre A"; Samuel Kerridge's "Operation Neptune" is a trip into the world of grungy electronics, while Lakker's "Static & Amp" fuses haunting vocals with a hissing, humming groove.
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BP 2021
29 Oct 21
Techno
29 Oct 21
Techno
Various
Review: Hex celebrates its second anniversary with this exhaustive hard techno compendium. Rebekah sets the tone with the pummelling, ebm-themed "You Be The Leader" and Cleric ramps up the intensity on the deranged jack of "The Puppet Master", before AEIT brings this sound to its logical conclusion with a pounding, visceral banger laced with feedback on the ominously named "12 Gauge",
There are some less intense contributions, with Rommek's "Mezcal Worm" drawing on a niggling electronic groove and sawtooth bass. But in the main, this is a compilation full of high-octane thrills as the dark trance and grainy, concrete weight kicks of AnD's "Fearless" so effectively demonstrate.
There are some less intense contributions, with Rommek's "Mezcal Worm" drawing on a niggling electronic groove and sawtooth bass. But in the main, this is a compilation full of high-octane thrills as the dark trance and grainy, concrete weight kicks of AnD's "Fearless" so effectively demonstrate.
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HEX 008
13 Aug 21
Techno
13 Aug 21
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Launched back in 2015 as a platform to feature artists like Sleeparchive and Developer on Weekend Circuit, the third instalment in the Ground-Fault-Interrupt series has the same lofty aims. Kwartz kicks off the EP with the pounding, pummelling "Trapped In Reality", which features concrete beats supporting tranced out riffs, while Rommek's "Movement of Inertia" is a visceral, metallic banger. On "Universe Forms", label owner Michael Wells chooses a less direct but equally effective approach, with broken beats providing the basis for haunting, swirling textures, while Positive Centre steers the release back to the dance floor with the tough but atmospheric banger, "Mesquinhata".
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WCR 022
08 Jul 19
Techno
08 Jul 19
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: This is the final instalment of Rommek's Set In Stone project and sees Blueprint call on some of techno's best known artists to provide remixes. First up is Makaton's take on "Obsidian", with the UK producer dropping razor-sharp metallic riffs over a dense stepping rhythm. Oliver Ho's Broken English Club project is next up with a radically different rework, turning "Komatiite" into a slowed down, atmospheric dirge. Label owner James Ruskin steers the release back to the dance floor with his hypnotic, orchestral take on "Grintstone", while he pairs up with Karl 'Regis' O'Connor for a menacing mid-paced stepping take on "Flint".
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BP 0522
26 Oct 18
Techno
26 Oct 18
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: This is the second part of Rommek's Set in Stone Trilogy for Blueprint and sees the emerging producer embrace a range of styles. "Greywacke" is a moody stepper, led by robust broken beats and a searing bass, while on "Grintstone", he lays down a straighter techno arrangement, one that is swathed in atmospheric textures and led by pounding kicks. In contrast to these pieces, "Arkose" is more understated; revolving around break beats, the rhythm is stripped back and the synths that shine through are eerie and creepy. "Flint" sees him shift gears once again, taking the tempo down a few notches to replicate the disarray that the troubled US town of the same name suffers from.
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BP 0521
13 Jul 18
Techno
13 Jul 18
Techno
Various
Review: Much like imprints cuh as In Paradisum a few years back, the Leyla imprtin is killing it on the space that resides between house, techno and noise, with artists from all three disciplines working together for a sound that is both unique to the label and highly representative of the times we're living in. It's a various artists compilation this time around, with names like Mondkopf, Codex Empire, Von Grall and Manni Dee all bursting through the speakers with their inimitably tenebrous approach to crafting dark, underground industrial music with a techno edge. Although you'll undoubtedly be peddled some hyped releases from other labels, you should not walk away from here without having listened to this because, in our opinion, this is the cr?me-de-la-cr?me right now. Sick.
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LEYLAVA 004
16 Mar 18
Experimental/Electronic
16 Mar 18
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Rommek previously released on Sonntag Morgen and Weekend Circuit, and doesn't disappoint on this, his first release on James Ruskin's label. Combining atmospheric textures with robust broken beats and tough kicks throughout, on "Forbidden Planet", Rommek ventures into the kind of territory that the Blueprint boss himself normally inhabits. There, eerie bleeps unfold over mesmerising percussion and cavernous off beats. "Arcane" is even more utilitarian and sees the upcoming producer lay down a full on, hammering industrial workout, albeit with some atmospheric textures playing away in the background. "Archetype" is just as intense, but for different reasons; a muscular, predatory bass weaves and insinuates itself over a stepping rhythm and bleak soundscapes. Rounding off this impressive EP is the eerie, broken down "Doldrums".
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BP 050
26 May 17
Techno
26 May 17
Techno
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno, Cristiano Balducci, Resident Advisor, Umek, Complikeyted Disorders, N-TER
Review: To mark the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of his label, James Ruskin has put together this massive compilation. It includes long-term friends and associates of the label - like Oliver Ho, Regis and Luke Slater - as well as newer additions to the roster, including Lakker and Rommek. Apart from uniting artists from different generations, the compilation also showcases the label's various hues; from the broken beats and intricate rhythms of Ruskin and Regis' O/V/R project and the hypnotic soundscapes of Lakker's "Orange" to the trace stabs and 10 tonne kicks of Regis' "Party Spoiler Too" and the chaotic industrial rhythms on Truss' "Wanastow", this compilation offers to newcomers an invaluable introduction to Blueprint, or to long-standing fans an indispensable reminder of why the label is unique.
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BP 2016
24 Jun 16
Techno
24 Jun 16
Techno
Played by: Rodhad
Review: London based producer Romek Boyer aka Rommek follows up releases on Weekend Circuit and Sonntag Morgen with a Berghain ready and absolute killer for James Ruskin's Blueprint. He wastes no time getting down to business on "Moth Hole", a pulverizing peak time monster with industrial strength groove, bleepy sonar aesthetics and massive menacing pads: sold yet? "Boiling Point" or "Solvent" are high octane peak time journeys in the vein of Rodhad or Post Scriptum; proper futurist groove assault! On the flip we have 'Beyond Desire", probably the most restrained effort on here. It's a dark and brooding, body bashing modern industrial workout that fans of AnD or Killawatt will appreciate.
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BP 043
22 Feb 16
Techno
22 Feb 16
Techno
Review: Canadian label Infinite Machine have been nurturing homegrown bass talent, but now they turn their attentions to the UK for the debut release for Rommek. Like producers Jack Dixon, George Fitzgerald and James Fox, Rommek's brand of house is one that flirts with garage and UKF rhythms. The title track takes a huge vocal sample and imbues its snappy percussion with a warm glow; "Maisie" meanwhile takes a delicate 2-step rhythm and glittering melodies, and firms them up with some deep subs, while "Turquoise" is another masterful slice of swung deep house, given some verve with its keen rave stabs and rippling arpeggio.
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IM 010
14 May 12
Bass
14 May 12
Bass
