Review: Silver Lake is DJ Physical aka Loyce Demellier's debut album, and it guides the listener on a high-octane journey through techno and electro. From the atmospheric, emotional acid of "Uranium", into the dramatic bass and string-soaked groove of "Gold Mines", it's clear that DJ Physical has carved out a distinctive style. That's not to suggest that this album lacks variety; as the seductive break beats of "Law Breaker" and the jungle inspired "Stay Forever" both demonstrate, Silver Lake is a diverse affair, but the common bond throughout is DJ Physical's musical approach, which bubbles to the surface on the title track's swirling techno.
Review: Over the last year or so Dylan Dylan has delivered a number of impressive contributions to split EPs and compilations. Lost Palms' boss Kieran Williams was clearly impressed, because he's snapped up her debut album, Euphoria. Thoroughly contemporary sounding whilst showcasing the richness and variety of Dylan Dylan's old school influences, it's a varied but coherent affair unified by a love of weighty bassline, shimmering synths and brilliantly programmed percussion. Highlights include the punishing intergalactic house squelch of 'I Got a Feeling', the rave-igniting breakbeat bustle of 'The Walk Through The Park', the ultra-deep instrumental hip-hop haziness of 'You', the ghetto-house thrust of 'FTA' and the pitched-down alien electro shuffle of 'Altered Ego'.
Review: The Lost Palms team seem to have a real knack for finding sonic gems, with this latest episode of their catalogue being another stunning selection, with Subjoi providing a gorgeous four-track display of atmospheric garage-inspired precision. We open up with 'In The Ashes', a beautiful harmonic display across emotive piano melodies and delicate drums, followed by a slightly quicker, more sub-driven creation in 'Steadfast', a very worthy title track indeed. Next, 'Count It Off' ups the pace again with a chime-driven harmonic structure and more intense drum processing, before the choppy basslines and intricate chord delays of 'Rapids' put a fancy bow on top of an already well designed selection. Lovely stuff!
Review: Justin Jay has quietly amassed an impressive discography over the last seven years, delivering a mixture of high-grade techno, tech-house and deep house cuts. On his first outing for Shall Not Fade offshoot Lost Palms, the Los Angeles-based producer cannily concentrates on the deeper, warmer and more atmospheric end of his trademark sound, bouncing between dusty, sample-rich jams (the S3A style quiet jazziness of 'Where Didya Come From?'), up-tempo deep space electro ('Lost Boy'), bumpin' and immersive deep house melodiousness ('Questions') and off-kilter, decidedly psychedelic post-IDM electronica (the acid-fired 'WTF Dude?'). We'd also recommend collaborative crew cut 'Ramen With The Boys', a deep and dubby excursion where Benny Bridges, Krywald and Farrar all lend a hand.
Review: Trudge is back on Shall Not Fade offshoot Lost Palms, almost a year on from the awesome 2017 EP When The Rain. Once again, the Parisian's lo-fi house exploits are in top form - from the raw and rusty locomotion of dynamic opener "Last Night She Left The Ground" that's awash in trails of plate reverb and celestial FM pads, the dark ambient interlude "Today I" which allows you to catch your breath until "Dust" gives your dose of deeply ethereal electro. Closing out proceedings is the euphoric/hypnotic acid epic "Inside Of Me" allowing for free fall motion down the vortex via the dancefloor. More promising stuff that follows up stellar work on labels such as Ave Traxx, Of Paradise and Dance Around 88.
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