Review: Hailing from Cape Town, 23-year old producer D Know has steadily risen through the ranks of the South African scene and is now breaking through into the international one. His initial inspiration came from the early sounds of IDM, jungle and trance, but here on the Bottleneck EP it's very much all about house and techno. The title track features a rumbling low end with a dubby lilt and escalating housey samples and percussion. Meanwhile DJ Vox adds thrusting arpeggios and a certain heaviness in his remix. Lastly "Progress" ends with a deep, throbbing excursion of techy progginess.
Review: Pablo del Monte is the East Recordings head honcho, based out of East London of course! On the Throw Your Love EP we soon discover that the name is actually a combination of the release's two titles, so allow us to explain. First track "Throw Your Hands Up" is the kind of massive rave anthem that's made for blowing up superclubs with its dirty 'wump' bassline and rap rhyming drenched in reverb, supported by a tough rhythm section; Hugo Massien eat your heart out. Second offering "Love Is A Fool" is more suited to Ibiza open air parties; this tough rolling peak time groove is reminiscent of the sounds on Gruuv or Saved. There's a killer remix coming up next by fellow Londoner Sagia, who takes the track down deep and hypnotic progressive house territory; a fine remix indeed!
Review: London based producer Caramen is on to good things after his debut earlier this year on Fracture and appears for the next instalment of the Brick Lane Radio affiliated East Recordings run by Pablo Del Monte. Starting out with the dark tech house joinery "She Called" which features some pretty advanced sound design accompanying a seething groove, this is perfect for setting the tone early in the evening. Second offering "A Land Less Known" is much more energetic and rolling on this highly engineered dancefloor bomb that will appeal to fans of the SCI + TEC or Octopus futuristic sound.
Review: The Ibiza/Rome/Berlin connection that is Thallulah, William Medagli & Jose Maria Ramon team up again for the deep dark and dirty progressive house anthem "Calling Your Name" featuring emotive elements, acidic synth leads and angelic vocals. Rodrigo Ferrari's reduced and minimal remix takes it to its bare bones but still packs a wicked groove. Second original track "Misano" goes for more of an eighties synthpop crossing into hi-NRG kind of vibe while "Gianicolense" finishes things off with a dark journey track complete with a wonky synth lead which will fit in the with current status quo just nicely.
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