Review: For its latest split release, Planet Rhythm welcomes some regular names and new faces. Re:Axis, who has released many times on the label, opens proceedings with the wonderfully tripped out "Protoportal", where a sleek, pulsating groove is fused with insistent percussion, creating a cavernous effect. Petter B's "Transporter" is denser, as firing hi hats underpin a relentless, tonal groove, while VSK's "Wrap" marks a shift towards glitchy, bass-heavy territory, with gut-busting low end combined with abstract metallic sounds. Rounding off the release, Re:Axis teams up with Scalameriya, another Planet Rhythm regular, with the duo upping intensity levels on the linear, driving "Spectra".
Review: Tommy Four Seven's label celebrates five years of releasing uncompromising techno with this fine compilation. It gets off to a clubby start with Killawatt's rumbling, tribal "Champagne Prerogative", while on "Threads", Carrier drops a Regis-style broken beat stepper that resounds to rumbling bass and ghostly textures. Meanwhile, Headless Horseman occupies the middle ground between straight techno and stepping rhythms on the multi-layered, mesmerising "Sand Mountain". NN takes this approach to its brutal, logical conclusion on the electronic feedback and cranium crushing kicks of "Deception", while the label owner teams up with Ancient Methods to deliver the pounding industrial rhythm and static crackle percussion of "XIX".
Review: Tommy Four Seven's eponymous imprint returns with more bleak and dystopian techno tools of industrial strength grade. Featuring the always ferocious Ancient Methods and the wonky drones of "System", Berlin duo Oake hypnotise you into submission as always with their esoteric imaginary soundtrack entitled "Anaxamines" before Italian producer VSK delivers the EPs finest moment on the rather Surgeon sounding broken techno stomper "Breaking Symmetry". The man himself T47 closes this fine EP out with the shredding body bash of "Dromod" that's mangled up amongst metallic textures, grinding sub bass and generous servings of clipped distortion; business as usual!
Review: Following on from their joint release on Power Vacuum, VSK from Italy and Scalameriya from Serbia join forces again for this release on Perc's label. The title track is an intense affair; based on a groove that rolls relentlessly, it features screeching riffs that are so powerful they could strip paint at 20 metres. Perc has drafted the fast-rising Bas Mooy in to remix "Haka" and he doesn't disappoint; centred on a straighter arrangement, the Dutch producer rains down bone-crushing kicks and a relentless industrial rhythm. There is no letup in the intensity levels and the closing track, "Cydonia", is a pulsing, cyber-punk style workout, supported by panel-beating drums.
Review: Quality Berlin electro imprint run by Milo Smee that has previously released the work of his own Bintus project, Ed DMX and Cyclob this time sees releases some stomping industrial techno from Scalameria and VSK. Firstly ?Codex? recalling the fierce and relentless vibe of British Murder Boys or Ugandan Methods. ?Melting? is cyclical peak time techno for clandestine warehouse raves while ?Arise? features Rrose style drones on this hypnotic slow burner. Things get more upbeat with ?Realgar? with its grating, buzzing electro bassline pouncing on top of a tough rhythm shuffle that will appeal to fans of Ancient Methods.
Review: How do you make banging techno sound interesting? If you're Greek producer Emmanuel, then you take a leaf from late 90s house music to turn the drummy, clap-heavy techno of "Profile" into a filtered affair. Like DJ Sneak or Daft Punk beefed up on steroids, "Profile" is subjected to more panning than the average river in the Wild West during the gold rush. Abstract Division also takes an unexpected approach on "Inducement", lacing his percussive track with frequency-shifting bleeps. However, if you're in search of some good old-fashioned banging techno, don't fear because that's also available here courtesy of contributions from VSK and Re: Axis & Scalameriya.
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