Review: Last year's fourth volume of the From the Vault series was largely an in-house affair, but for the fifth edition, Dynamic Reflection opts for a wider approach, bringing newcomers into the fold. It means that there are deep techno contributions from Cocoon producer Kevin De Vries' "Samarev" sitting beside spaced out dub tracks from Italy's Tozzy. Despite this proliferation of newer artists, Part V also plays host to familiar names. These include Stefan Vincent in reflective mode on "Torch" and label founders Abstract Division, whose "Metropolis" is turned into a solemn but beautiful slice of underground techno by former Sandwell District founder Function.
Review: Delsin has been a purveyor of deep electronic music for the best part of two decades - and as this compilation demonstrates, 2018 was no exception. It moves in sound from re-issued electro classics by Lost Trax and VC-118A - the latter's chilling string-led "Sepia" is particularly beautiful - into Yagya's brittle deep house/techno and the gentle dub techno of Vril. Even on the more uptempo tracks, such as the throbbing acid of Artefakt's "Falling Into The Light" and the robotic, clanging rhythms of Yan Cook's "Dead Satellite", there is a subtlety and depth of sound absent in most labels' identities. Here's to another twenty years.
Review: Cook is a relative newcomer in the techno community, yet on Brood Remixes 2 he attracts an impressive list of remixers to re-interpret his work. The best know of them is Singapore's Xhin, who delivers a suitably warped take on "Professor", his trademark splintered beats supporting blasts of black sound as the arrangement lurches between glitchy IDM and straight techno. Subjected of Vault Series fame follows with a straight big room techno take on "Murk", the concrete beats underpinning razor-sharp percussion and a wild rave horn riff. For those seeking a more conventional approach, Measure Divide's remix of "Knot" and Tom Laws's take on "Rage" are all white noise whooshing and massive breakdowns.
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