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DONT 038
22 Feb 19
Techno
22 Feb 19
Techno
Played by: Trevor Benz
Review: Hill traces his roots back to the days of free parties and it's no coincidence that this aesthetic is etched into his production style. Accordingly, "Toy Box" is a wild, lo-fi ride through some of the most primal iterations of what is called techno. On "Donkey Bite", Hill delivers a teeth-rattling ghetto workout, its stomping, relentless rhythm housing a repetitive vocal sample. The aptly named "Slither" sees the Don't boss drop layer upon layer of acid over chain mail percussion, while "Mr Worm" sees him descend into wild, frequency-shifting tones. Most impressive though is "Torque Talk", where he resurrects the noisy bleep'n'bass sound of early Neil Landstrumm for a riotous finale.
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DONT 035
19 Jun 17
Techno
19 Jun 17
Techno
Review: Retrovert Jerome Hill runs Super Rhythm Trax & Fat Hop in addition to Don't: which presents Toy Box Part 1: more snapshots of techno's heyday in the early nineties via London. Starting off with the powerful rave techno stomp of "Egg Roll" which calls to mind legends like CJ Bolland, Joey Beltram or Cybersonik, there's the then the roughneck breakbeat action of "Scez Princess" which will appeal to all UK ravers back in the day. Then, "I Know" goes for that wacky Green Velvet style of percolator jack as made famous on Relief Records that Hill has proven to be much a fan of over the years.
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DONT 034
22 May 17
Techno
22 May 17
Techno
Review: Chicago legend Robert Armani's influence lives on to this day, in house and techno alike and is certainly underrated. To his fans from way back, we'd be preaching to the choir but for younger heads: listen up! Here's an important history lesson, get up to speed on Lumberjack Disco Traxx. The release features a bunch of wicked re-issues such as the sleazy ghetto house of 1994's "Let Me Hit That" (which was recorded under the Traxman guise with Robert Johnson) while "Scoreboard" channels the Windy City hard house vibes of late nineties Relief Records and was previously only available on the 'Chicago Sound' cassette from 1997. Finally the fierce, attitude driven techno stomper "Up" is the kind of groove reminiscent of his timeless works on Djax Up Beats or ACV.
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DONT 033
13 Jan 17
Techno
13 Jan 17
Techno
Played by: Trevor Benz
Review: This is Chris Moss' follow up to his 2015 release on Don't and follows a similarly acid-heavy approach. On the title track there's a maniacal giggle that unravels over rough kettle drums and a primal grinding rhythm. There's a similar aesthetic at play on "DP Acid" with wild 303 tones surging over Chicago house rhythms. The UK producer ramps up the intensity on "Pumped Up MF" where air raid sirens hurtle in over Armani-style kicks - exactly the kind of track that label boss Jerome Hill would play. Moss ends the release with "Elektra" a moody electro workout led by a prowling sub-bass.
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DONT 032
22 Aug 16
Techno
22 Aug 16
Techno
Played by: Trevor Benz
Review: Jerome Hill is one of UK techno's best-kept secrets and on Sound, he shows why he de-serves far more recognition. The title track is a tough rhythm track, its pitch-bent vocal lend-ing it the same kind of tripped out sound as Hill's own DJ sets. "Scallywag" sees Hill borrow from rave and ghetto house in equal measure to craft a truly unusual track. The tempo is faster than "Lovely Sound" and the primal rhythm features a female vocal sample competing with a mysterious male - urging Hill to 'give it to them' - for the listener's attention. Closing track "Restraint" sees Hill drop the pace, but the screeching siren riffs and robust tribal drums are as powerful as the preceding tracks.
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DONT 030
28 Mar 16
Techno
28 Mar 16
Techno
Review: Martyn Hare has been around for a bloody long time, and the man's catalogue stretches back to 2002 when he was making hard and menacing techno for the club piste. It's safe to say that he hasn't changed so much as a pair of socks since then, given the fact that his latest EP for Jerome Hill's Don't label is as hard and nasty as anything he's made in the past. From "Zero Tolerance" - an all-out rave tune complete with those infamous stabs - to "The Future Of Everything" - a no nonsense techno bullet with bubbling bursts of acid - Hare's sound is both uncompromising and true to his roots. This guy has absolutely no time for outsider house, weirdo techno or art bass; this is just pure speaker filth in its purest form. Recommended for the techno heads.
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DONT 028
14 Mar 16
Techno
14 Mar 16
Techno
Played by: Warlock
Review: Tobias Schmidt is something of a legend around the techno circles and with a back catalogue that spans from Christian Vogel's Mosquito to Berlin's Tresor, there's just no denying that this dude knows a thing or two about techno. His latest EP lands utterly correct on the relatively younger Don't imprint - a label which Neil Landstrumm has laid his hands on - with three tracks: "Back To The Future (Again), a head-strong floor-filler which packs a mean punch; the totally deranged peak-time monster that is "Antimatter" and "Tuf Luv", a twisted and insanely off-the-wall clusterbomb ready made for any chest-bursting needs. Tough DJ tools for the gutsy DJ.
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DONT 027
14 Apr 15
Techno
14 Apr 15
Techno
Review: In case you didn't know, Chris Moss Acid is a dude from Bournemouth who makes music strictly on old Roland synths and drum machines, and not surprisingly, centering this passion for acid around the TB-303! After releasing on Jamal Moss' Mathematics and Net Lab, among others, Moss Acid turns up on Don't with these four new dancefloor drillers! "Acid 209" is a pretty straight affair featuring one mother of a kick, while "Shake Your But To The 101" sounds sits somewhere between big beat and breaks. "247 House" blasts out the squelching acid good and proper - alongside a pretty menacing artillery of analog percussion - and "The Acid That Ate Bournemouth" goes in for the kill with it's totally manic sonics and dancefloor mechanics. What a beast!
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DONT 026
02 Mar 15
Techno
02 Mar 15
Techno
Review: Prime wielder of the wobbliest, nastiest techno known to mankind Neil Landstrumm is never short of some fresh ideas to freak us out with, but now Don't have seen fit to remind us of some of the most floor rocking of his madcap ideas from the pinnacle of his 4/4 powers in the late 90s. Lifting tracks from Bedrooms & Cities and Scandinavia Sessions, this EP provides a neat snapshot of just why he's such a celebrated producer. There is simply no arguing with the swinging gutter funk of "Tension In New York", which comes boosted with a fraught "Tension Unreleased" version. "Scandinavia Sessions" meanwhile jacks like Chicago's bastard son, and "Minneapolis Bass Treatment" comes on all grinding electro techno, but not in the catchy sense.
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DONT 024
04 Nov 13
Techno
04 Nov 13
Techno
Review: Jerome Hill's resolutely non fashionable Don't Recordings imprint may have taken some twelve years to reach its 20th release, but they do it with typical style on a double headed EP that manages to glance both backwards and forwards. Regarded as a major influence on the label, the presence of Planet Mu regular Neil Landstrumm is no less than a coup, and the Scottish producer elects to do something special, reworking two classic techno tracks from Blake Baxter and Joey Beltram. Programmed entirely from scratch without a hint of a sample, both "Brutality" and "Energy Cash" are uncompromisingly brilliant in their execution. Rebel Intelligence main man Matt Whitehead is on equally unflinching form with his two contributions "To The Beat" and "A Is For Acid" - both of them all too potent rave filled 303 explorations miles away from what Legowelt referred to as "boring contemporary shit they call techno nowadays".
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DONT 020
04 Apr 12
Techno
04 Apr 12
Techno
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DONT 001
26 Nov 00
Techno
26 Nov 00
Techno
