Review: The ever-prolific UK producer supplies a four track EP of heavily sequenced drum machines, warm-fuzzy basslines and lightly grilled acidics for Chiwax. Where so many fail to recreate house and techno from a halcyon era, Perseus Traxx never fails to deliver, and he opens the A Girl Named Rebecca EP with "Finding You", a track that combines an uplifting deepness with gurgling acid to form a contrasting yet cohesive production. The snappy rim shots and clave work on "She Blows My Mind" would no doubt attract the attention of Neville Watson, while structured claps and rigid drums of "Anticipating Your Touch" give structure to a throbbing bass pulse that undulates in time to high-pitched woozy synths. Perseus Traxx closes the EP with a revving and spaced-out "Communications Blackout", adding a tinge of drawn out Balearica similar to that heard in the recent music by Tornado Wallace.
Review: Iranian producer Amidi is a stalwart of the Dubai house and techno scene, as well as running vinyl-only label Volt Music. Here, he comes to Germany's Chiwax with four cuts from the more minimal, experimental end of the deep house spectrum. All four come packed with glitches and odd beeps n' bleeps, making them best suited to small-hours play: 'Craft 07' itself is a trippy affair full of sub-aquatic sounds and assorted otherwordly noises, 'Minute Grande' leans towards 'melodic' territory, 'Sloppy Gravity' owes a debt of inspiration to Detroit techno and 'Catnip' is a mellower, late night jam.
Review: Since ditching his juke-focused "Murderbot" project a few years back, Chris "Chrissy" Shively has found success as a producer of giddy, good-time dance music shot through with references to all manner of classic UK and U.S styles and sub-genres. "Resilience", his first full-length as Chrissy, continues on this theme, delivering a whirlwind trip through three decades of sweaty, party-starting UK and U.S dance music. Shively begins with the smile-inducing rave revivalism of "Like A Fantasy" and the "Sweet Harmony"-esque "Do What You Feel", before in sequence turning his hand to 1980s piano house ("Your Ghost"), heavy London hardcore ("We Need Love"), acid-fired ghetto-house ("U Can't Stop"), Kariya (the "I Want You Tonight" style brilliance of "So I Go Dancing") and early jungle/drum and bass ("Call On Me").
Review: If the title here has you expecting forward-thinking house grooves that are nonetheless firmly rooted in the Windy City tradition, then congratulations, because you're spot-on. 'Madness' is an eyes-down number with that chugs along in Moroder-esque fashion, 'Post Modern Chicago' itself is bleepy and vaguely dystopian in feel, 'Trying To Yesterday' is pacier and owes as much to Detroit as to Chi-town, and 'Human Minds' is one for the synth lovers and brings early Human League to mind. An EP that'll suit DJs who like to take a few chances, rather than those who just like to hammer it out.
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