Review: Rooted in what Die Orangen call indigenous psychedelia, the Australian three piece have coined their unique style of body music as Krautback, a combination and play on German electronica and body music that meets with that idiosyncratic yet clever irony of Australia. The result here is a third squeeze which sees a Reichan-esque neo-classic remix come from Ivan Smagghe and film composer and pianist Rupert Cross, with Norweigan duo Mungolian Jet Set (think Smalltown Supersound) sending in a heavy 9-minute mix of nefarious vamps and basslines, percussive vocal loops and strafing synths. And given sweet honours to remix Krautback in its original form is an epic, EBM twisted version by Full Circle in the 'Fail We May Sail We Must' mix. Freshly pressed.
Review: Kyle Martin and Guido Zen's Vactrol Park project has been on standby for a little too long now. We'd been missing the sound they had proposed via ESP Institute, and so we couldn't be happier to see the pop up on the fiery Malka Tuti imprint, one of our top picks for this year's new leftfield labels. "Caustic Tones", as the title implies, is a cavernous, oddly placed bundle of atmospherics, while "Adria" knock out a subtle house beat underneath another wave of sinister yet alluring sonics from outer space. "Don't Speak Its Name" simply morphs the house gel tighter together, forming a clearer and more dance-centric framework that is perfect for the tail-ends of a DJ set. Welcome back, boys.
Review: Following two fine teaser singles on Malka Tuti, Tapan (AKA Belgrade-based producers Nebosja Bogdanovic and Goran Simonosk) are finally ready to unleash their debut album, Europa. A genuinely unique proposition, the set sees them flit between mind-altering Middle Eastern dub-jazz (the trippy title track), delay-laden late night soundscapes (the brilliant "In My Heart"), woozy post-punk dystopia ("Bogovi"), percussion-rich, horn-heavy weirdness ("Trouble") and the kind of dubwise, other-worldly fare that we'd once have expected to hear from early '80s Bristolian bands such as Maximum Joy. It's naturally hugely atmospheric, but more impressive than that is the duo's imaginative approach. While the influences are easy to spot, describing the results is pleasingly tricky.
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