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Review: Affin does a fine job representing tough techno on Chosen. Samuel Session's take on Roberto's "The Land Of The Midnight Sun" is an anthem in waiting, its murderous bass supporting an insistent ringing bell and visceral percussion. The same could be said of Chemie's "Entropy", where waves of chords build over a stomping backing. This split release isn't solely concerned with the peak time however, and Joachim Spieth's take on Deepchild's "Glitches Ain't Shit" sees stripped back rhythms and hissing percussion splutter their way along to the sound of melodic climaxes. Truncate is also in a more pensive than usual mood and the shards of dissected drums that populate "1" show that he too has an experimental side.
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AFFIN 002LTD
30 Jul 12
Minimal/Tech House
30 Jul 12
Minimal/Tech House
Review: The German label delivers its most purist techno record yet with Module. The title track is a slamming, almost claustrophobic affair, lent some sense of light thanks to its surging chords. Roberto's take on "Module" serves to heighten the interplay between these elements with its dark, scuffled beats and insistent percussion prevailing over the chords, making for a jarring sound. Advanced Human explores dub techno on "Satellite State", but with a difference as the beats are pushed to the point of distortion as the reverb filters and ebbs. Finally, "Satellite Club" features loose, organic drums, but the end result is more tracky and upfront than "State".
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AFFIN 133
28 Jan 13
Techno
28 Jan 13
Techno
Played by: Joachim Spieth
Review: Angelo Mele will do Affin's techno credentials no harm. The title track is a tough techno affair, its heavy claps and dramatic chords underscored by a wall of hissing percussion and a dark, churning bassline. The Danilo Schneider take focuses more on a contemporary flavour, with tribal drums powering the loose groove and a sweeping filter building and building. Mele also impresses on "Room After"; deep keys and dramatic chords lend the arrangement an epic touch, but without losing any of its dance floor dynamism. Think a more melodic version of Spain's Psyk and you're close to the direction Mele is pushing in.
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AFFIN 137
22 Apr 13
Minimal/Tech House
22 Apr 13
Minimal/Tech House
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361705 7091911
24 Mar 23
Ambient/Drone
24 Mar 23
Ambient/Drone
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AFFIN 168
11 Apr 22
Techno
11 Apr 22
Techno
Various
Review: This compilation spans a range of sounds, but is testament to the fact that despite its diversity, Affin has always been a byword for quality underground dance music. From the stepping, understated "Minus One" by Truncate to the woodwind-led house of "Stalking You" by James Hunter and the gorgeous, jazzy, filtered groove of Jamal Moulay's "Le Push", 100 does a lot to showcase the label's penchant for deep dance music. Joachim Spieth's "Sensual" boasts hypnotic Basic Channel-style chords, but the beats are tougher and denser. Reggy Van Oers's "Centipede" veers further down this chord-driven, dubby techno path and Affin also celebrates the harder end of techno with the utilitarian, Berghain-influenced linear sound of Chemie & Ian Kran's "Nucleated Thought".
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100
21 Nov 11
Minimal/Tech House
21 Nov 11
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Like Superpitcher, James Hunter has an unerring knack for marrying the most sensuous musical elements with gentle dance floor nous. In this instance it's a subtle woodwind progression wrapping itself around understated beats as jazzy keys plink away seductively. "Stay Between The Lines" achieves a similar effect, albeit by different means. There, dubby beats and a sassy rhythm support reflective keys, and Daniko Schneider matches these moods with a great evrson of "Heart". Like the original version, jazzy keys weave in and out of the arrangement but on this version the groove is more rolling and club-friendly. Siz Da's take is also distinctive but pushes in the opposite direction as a plaintive guitar is strummed over clipped beats.
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AFFIN 107
20 Feb 12
Minimal/Tech House
20 Feb 12
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Jonnymiller, Audiolabor / S-Tek, Joachim Spieth, DIRK SCHOENHOEFER, Juno Recommends Minimal Tech, Sean Danke, Mattias Fridell, Siz.da
Review: Joachim Spieth shows that dub techno is an integral part of the German psyche on Sensualized. "Sensual" contains all those elements that Chain Reaction and Basic Channel pioneered - dubby beats, cavernous chords and epic basslines, but it's testament to Spieth's skills that it doesn't sound staid. The remixers also do a fine job of reshaping "Sensual". Jamal Moulay's take features harder beats and a more upfront, rolling groove, while Reggy van Oers pushes in the opposite direction, with dreamy chords unravelling over a languid groove. Best of all though is Brendon Moeller's take, where an eerie organ riff and swelling chords combine for an arrangement that's very much in the spirit of Maurizio.
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AFFIN 108
05 Mar 12
Minimal/Tech House
05 Mar 12
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Joachim Spieth
Review: Van Oers puts out his first record for Affin's sub-label in two years and it's a belter. The title track sees dubbed out chords wash over a choppy but brittle l rhythm, its mechanical nature the perfect counterbalance to the dramatic textures. By contrast, "Shunned" is a much more stripped back and linear affair, with a straight drum track underpinning a gradually building, hypnotic filter. Affin has chosen the remixers well; Italian techno producer Claudio PRC makes some slight adjustments to "Pristine", but the insistent percussion and more rolling groove make it more suited to the dance floor. Meanwhile, the Deepbass take on "Shunned" is a tripped out, echo-heavy journey into techno's darkest corners.
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AFFIN 024 LTD
11 May 15
Techno
11 May 15
Techno
