Review: De:tuned now welcome UK techno pioneer Steve Pickton aka Stasis, who has delved deep into his archives to present two previously unreleased recordings from the early '90s on From A Falling Light. Both "Of All The Worlds" and "The Embrace" are Detroit influenced jounreys into future funk both that are produced in Pickton's idiosyncratic style, while Nuron's evocative remix is an exploration in straight up hi-tech soul.
Review: When it comes to unearthing timeless nuggets from techno's past, De:tuned has few peers, and this proves to be the case on 7 Songs. The work of Brian Dougans aka Humanoid, this collection draws on the same acid house spirit that fueled his classic late 80s work such as Stakker Humanoid. Powered by gurgling acid and robust break beats, it's an exciting journey. At times hypnotic and exhilarating - thanks to the warbling 303s of "Truc" - and other times eerie and haunting (the ghostly synth wails of "Pyramid 17" and the hardcore-referencing "Swerver"), this collection is never short of captivating.
Review: Rounding off its series of tenth-anniversary celebrations, the De:tuned label serves up a mixture of the classic and the modern. This split release starts in firing mode, with Plaid departing from their usual script to deliver a wild 303 reshape of Humanoid's "St18818R", which had appeared on a previous tenth anniversary release. Erik Van Den Broek aka Shiver follows with the reflective deep techno of "Primerose" - a new version of a track also previously issued on De:tuned. Remaining in this mood is Steven Rutter's "Formulate", where the former B12er wraps airy melodies around a steely rhythm, before Lone brings down the curtain with the mellow break beats of "Dream Ache".
Review: While a cynic might argue that De:tuned's tenth anniversary celebrations have been more prolonged than Liberace's last party, it has nonetheless resulted in some truly unforgettable electronic music being issued. Here, the selection moves from Spacetime Continuum's atmospheric ambient techno on "Only One Sky" and the dreamy textures of Ross 154's "Eath To Our Freinds" [sic] before a slightly darker and more ominous approach prevails on the slow, nightmarish beats of Scanner's "Mothlit". Closing out this seventh instalment of De:tuned's tenth anniversary celebrations is a more mellow piece - the loose drums and dreamy melodies of Leo Anibaldi's "Crion".
Review: Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the De:tuned label digs deep into the world of 90s ambient to mark the occasion with three sublime cuts. "Every Now And Then", courtesy of Thomas Fehlmann's Sun Electric project, is a wispy, ethereal affair, while on "Shift", the brilliant - and often overlooked - Higher Intelligence Agency deliver a glorious slice of acid-soaked electro. It's the kind of track that inspired the current penchant for the glitchy end of electronic music. However, the real highlight here is Deepchord's "Garden". Led by breathy, textured synths and a gentle, rolling groove, it's the definition of deep music for the head and feet.
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