Review: Hold tight Bryan Gee and the family. Now rolling 30 years deep! Naturally they're releasing some absolutely exceptional music to celebrate. Next up in this epic three decade gully marathon are three utter tear-ups. Voltage goes old testament on the jungle slap-about 'Lion Of Judah', Krust and Need For Mirrors' Cloud Lord go ultra trippy and cosmic on 'Ghost Train' while Command Strange and L-Side get pure filthy on 'Angry Tune'. Many happy returns V!
Joy (Dubble D's Nostalgia Piano dub) - (6:32) 124 BPM
Review: 18 months on from his last outing on Exploited, 'Take Me Back', long-serving Mancunian drummer, DJ and producer Danny Ward returns to the popular German imprint with a double dose of dancefloor dubs. Opener 'Joy (Piano Dub)' more than lives up to the promise of its title, with Ward wrapping arms-aloft piano stabs and high-end electronic melodies around a chunky, mid-90s US house bassline and pleasingly weighty drums. He dons the alternative Dubble D alias on the accompanying 'Nostalgia Piano Dub', a hip-house breakbeat-driven re-interpretation that's every bit as rushing and excitable as the regular 'Piano Dub'.
Scout 22 & Joe Ford - "Underground Damage" (Joe Ford remix) - (3:27) 174 BPM
Review: And so Eatbrain's Divergence saga continues... With another 19 massive tracks from some of the most exciting and forward-thinking names in the neuro game! Honestly, we've not seen any VA series quite as epic, explorative and expansive as this. From the steamroller funk of Mob Tactics' 'Tonka' to the outrageous drama and impact of TRCD & Transforma's 'Kamikaze' to the ultra-fizzy fire of Mizo & 2Whales's industrial strength tear-up 'Party Jumper', this collection is absolutely teaming with talent. Utterly unmissable.
Review: On her latest release, Kerrie unpicks one of the defining topics of this age - the relationship between humanity and machines. The title track represents a dystopian take on this issue, with waves of droning noise fused with a robotic, stepping rhythm. "Symbiosis" is similarly inclined. Focused on the dance floor, it sees Kerrie deliver a raw, pulsating groove shot through with repetitive, growling riffs. "Technopoly Dream" goes down a different route, as Kerrie drops a stripped back rhythm track peppered with hypnotic vocal loops. "Ode to the D" marks another shift in style - as its title suggests, it's a futuristic paean to the city where techno started.
Review: Hey Cabrera! heats things up with "Italo Void," a scorching EP that blends electro disco, Italo disco, and house music into a perfect summer cocktail. Crisp drums and rhythmic handclaps form the base for infectious melodies that shimmer and pulsate throughout the title track. A remix by Lauer adds a touch of analog warmth with piano flourishes, infusing the song with a late-night, romantic atmosphere. Then "Forelskelse" takes us on a journey to Scandinavia. Here, disco and house influences collide to form an uplifting anthem brimming with emotional energy. David Bay's remix of "Forelskelse" is a masterclass in restraint. He strips back the original, letting the core melody and instrumentation shine through, resulting in a captivating and nuanced take. "Italo Void" is a superbly crafted EP that captures the essence of summer.
Review: Alexander Johansson and Mattias Fridell follow their debut on Blueprint from earlier this year with another killer release. Between them, they have decades of experience making techno - and this really shines through on Marvatten. "Distansminut" resounds to acrid 303s and a wiry, angular rhythm that is as insistent as it is repetitive. "Bidevind" is a harder track, with the pair dropping concrete weight kicks and powerful, filtered builds. "Sejnfall" is in a similar vein: it sees powerful tones set to heavy drums. Rounding off the release is "Styrfart". Shifting style to embrace atmospheric Detroit chords, the track is powered by a steam-rolling rhythm.
Review: A cheeky game of swapsie: earlier this year Basic Rhythm and Sully went side-for-side on this lovely Full Cycle-flavoured double A from Basic Rhythm's label Musique Nocturne. Now time for the second half as the guys pass parts rebuild each other's monsters. Both succeed in a beautiful ways; BR adds Krust Warhead style push and development of Sully's swinging 'XT' while Basic Rhythm's 'Woozy' is chiselled into a menacing stepper by Sully. Two absolutely exceptional remixes of two already stonking originals. Essential.
Audio & Black Sun Empire - "Disruptive" - (4:53) 172 BPM
Bedlam Axis - (4:13) 172 BPM
The Fang - (4:57) 172 BPM
Burnt Bridges - (4:55) 172 BPM
Nirmata - (5:01) 172 BPM
Ruins - (4:33) 172 BPM
From The Ashes - (3:29) 174 BPM
Review: Blackout are certainly raising the bar this year. We've barely started to recover from Ed Rush's album and look who we've got here... Audio laying down the foreboding futurist law with his seventh album Where The Chaos Lies. Created with a narrative and theme of AI (both his fear and interest in it), it's some of his rawest and intense work so far. His metal-flavoured collab with Akov's Aenygma project 'Blood On Our Hands', the scorching, brazen attitude of 'Rave Machine' (with Burr Oak), the breath-taking hurricane of 'The Fang' and the wild, fittingly-titled 'Disruptive' (with Blackout bosses Black Sun Empire) and the outrageous punk-like tear-out funk of 'Burnt Bridges' are just some of the mind-bending displays of raw power and technical tenacity on show here. King moves.
Review: If you're worried about producers spending too long in their studios and not getting enough fresh air, or producers inappropriately dressing for an occasion, then save those thoughts for another artist as Agro is most definitely okay: he's currently out on the piste and he's most definitely wearing the correct gear as 'Ski Mask' will get those cheeks nice and warm with every slope-bound slap. Elsewhere 'Murk Nothing' wriggles and rants with the energy and mischief of a young Tyke, 'Porridge' will heat you up with its sludge, warm oaty vibes while 'Scum' closes on an ice cold vibe. Wrap up warm from face to foot.
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