Review: Berg Audio presents the third installment in Djoko's Endless Explorations series and it's an extended affair of seven quality tracks and a remix. The German producer obviously focuses on the dub techno side of things throughout the release; whether it's the cavernous and glacial groove of opener "Final Checkpoint" or the late night mood music of "Cellular", through to the acid-soaked tech house of "State Of Mind" and of course Youandewan's retro techno rework of "Heavn" - the Cologne-based producer certainly demonstrates a wide variety of moods and styles within the constraints of the subgenre.
Review: Following the inauguration of his new imprint The Brane last year, Ewan Smith returns with a new EP on Aus Music - his first for them in a couple of years since 2016's brilliant There Is No Right Time LP. The Berliner by way of Scotland serves up some flavours that are very much a product of his new environment, and will appeal to followers of minimal techno new wave - as heard on the retro flavoured mini-funk of the title track. We can't quite pronounce "Thewizzwasfordillysmissus" but can best describe its vibe similar to what labels like Traffic or Time Passages are pushing at present, while the aptly titled "Sicko" is deeply beeping and glitching groove that's for perfect afterhours dancing at Club Der Visionaere - a club he frequently DJ's at.
Review: Scotsman in Berlin Ewan Smith aka Youandewan is back, after releases on the likes of 2nd Drop, Ornaments and Secretsundaze but this time for Australian label Voyage. Kicking off with some high tech soul in the form of "Ciel" traversing that same universe as Space Dimension Controller, he then gives us the emotive, slow-mo deep electro of "Vessel" featuring spacey pads, huge bass pulsations and dreamy melodies. Finally "Stranger (Glad Eye mix)" gets into some dusty, jazzy/soul business but still keeping that beautifully bittersweet melancholia intact like before. Watch out for his upcoming LP on the mighty AUS too!
Review: Yorkshire's Ewan Ewan (drum roll!) has relocated to Europe's new capital of electronic music; Berlin, like most ambitious young producers do these days. Despite being on a roll previous to his relocation, there's no doubt that the vibes and sounds of the German capital have rubbed off on him, as clearly heard on his new LP entitled There Is No Right Time. The dusty and lo-fi sounds of hip-hop inspired/disco-fied Berlin deep house are aplenty on this fine EP which covers a wide variety of moods and grooves. Highlights not limited to: the emotive deepness of "10405", the rusty and vintage lo-tech soul of "Waiting For L" or "Left On Lucy" (featuring fellow expat Steve Huerta) and the wonderful "Earnest Kelly" which you could imagine playing during a car chase in an '80s action film.
Review: Oh my, it's number six in the Patterns series for London's Hypercolour! The previous compilations have all been absolute gold, blending house and bass-heavy clusterbombs like there's no tomorrow, so we're pretty psyched about this latest affair. There's plenty of exciting from all over the sphere on this one, namely some new appearances from Analogue Cop Lucretio and his lovely and soulful "Do It Forever" track; an absolutely cracking house-electro hybrid by Marco Bernardi in the form of "Japanese Firecracker", and a whole load of other bangers by the likes of West Norwood Cassette Library, Canada's Kevin McPhee, Luke Vibert and even Smallville's Christopher Rau! Essential comp vibes!
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