Review: Following well-regarded contributions to compilations and split EPs on Loose Lips and Piraiso, Silvestre returns to Diskopia with his first solo missive for nearly three years. He seems to be in a reflective, semi-horizontal mood, which is no bad thing given the quality of EP opener "Ir A Sagres", a gently tropical mid-tempo bubbler that sees him expertly fuse elements of deep house and spacey nu-disco into one attractive workout. You'll find more warming drowsiness and deepness in the shape of "Deptford Bus" - all slowly shifting chords, gentle deep house drums and rich sub-bass - while "RC Shuffler" is a pitched-down chunk of deep house/dancehall fusion that could well be the EP's most arresting track. Should you need a little more energy, revivalist dream house number "Everybody Is Happy" will get you shuffling towards the dancefloor in no time at all.
Review: Tokyo imprint Diskotopia comes through with some dusty EBM acid from newcomer Messiah Syndrome, a young producer who is all about the post-modernist dance flex. "Your Whole Style" is a banging, hypnotic swarm of hard-edged 303 craziness, loaded and charged with a dark-core bass that has something in common with the d&b sound of the late 90s; "Roses XVI" is no lesser evil, spewing out a similarly bad-tempered techno roll with a distinctive industrial edge. Killahs!
Review: Shy One's output on DVA Music has been nothing short of breath-taking, but we're loving what we're hearing now with this new EP on the exciting Diskotopia imprint. For starters, "Other Side" is a house tune with just about everything we love about UK street culture - a dash of grime and a noticeable garage swing - and is followed swiftly by the wobbling 4/4 pace of the heavy-loaded "Mic Man". "Beans" is a more heads-down house chugger complete with a disjointed tribal percussion in the same tone as Kyle Hall's Wild Oats productions, while "That Certain Something" waves its deep, mystical wings with a more dubbed-out approach.
Review: Always a reliable outpost for wild adventures on the fringes of grime and other bass-laden electronic music, Diskotopia welcome arguably the current champion of such concerns over for a short but sweet track. Visionist's original of "Can't Forget" is as esoteric as you would expect from the maverick producer, with a spread of vocal samples calling out a mantra-like melodic chant while oddly displaced kick drum thuds keep things moving along at half tempo in a daring and futuristic manner. Moire steps up for a remix that keeps the same teasing fractious rhythm in place, with a different melodic lilt to the samples and a few extra smatterings of percussion trickled in for good and equally experimental measure.
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