Review: Matthew Watt aka Killawatt drops his debut LP on the UK's Osiris Music. Gnarly, psychedelic techno is the name of the game here, and there's a whopping twelve tracks up for grabs. Blending everything from UK bass to dubstep and even drone, Killawatt's particular brand of four-to-the-floor is both singular and caters to just about anyone whose into menacing beats and abstract sonics. We're particularly into the choppy beats on "Spinal Swarm" and the outsider techno rhythm that is "Excessive Hyperbole". This album is absolutely brimming with quality and singularity. More from Mr.Watt, please!
Review: Fresh from his appearance on Osiris's in-demand reissue "Habits", Monic rolls out a barrel of freshness with Donkey Kong proportions. Whether it's intended or not, the human patterns are evident in each track... The techno-flavoured "Blood Hound" pumps like a pre-fight heartbeat, all palpitating and turbo charged with nervous energy, the half-tempo flurries of "Blink" resemble an inquisitive human hand, exploring mysteries in the darkness while the human pattern in the slower, steadier "Viscous" can be likened to a cagey walk in an unknown neighbourhood at darkness. Finally we hit the title-track where the pattern is far less tangible; kickless and never endingly rising, the hazy, foggy pattern here is best compared to the strangest of dreams. Deep, undulating and full of techno science, Monic's served a delectably dark sonic tonic.
Review: Following releases on Black Sun Records and Candela Rising, promising UK techno producer Manni Dee gets seriously heavy on Simon Shreeve's (aka Kryptic Minds) Osiris Music. Manni Dee provides the label with three tracks, and the first, "Nicotine Kisses", is a rolling, but broken beat techno jam similar to Lucy's work before his Word Play For Working Bees album, while a bass rumbling but beatless "Man Is Free, Man Is Freedom" sounds similar to the cavernous sounds of Japanese duo Steven Porter. "Sister Nobody" is frenetic and beat down once again with Milton Bradley-like atmospheres only with a UK touch of sewer bass, while Monic (aka Simon Shreeve) throws down a syncopated remix that could also quite happily find a home on Perc Trax.
Review: Stepping up on Kryptic Minds' own imprint, Osiris Music, Matt U brings us a suitably deep, dark offering. "Empty Inside" is full of brooding melancholia and withheld angst; hollow, clip clop beats and a rumbling vocal echo bleakly in a dubbed out soundscape full of trembling subs and deftly placed beats. The accompanying "Unforgiven" continues the journey with a more yearning feel, the squealing SFX and warping atmospherics hover above the b-line eerily. Deep and hypnotic, this is a fantastic offering from Matt U. One for the heads.
Review: Unsurprisingly it's another top class release from Kryptic Minds' label Osiris Music as they bring Thelem & Killawatt to the table for their next release. The curiously entitled "Dualism" is steeped in mystique with juddering, pattering rhythms, eerie quirks, bleeps and rattles and plenty of murky bass rumbling below. Accompanying this is "Saturn Colour" - another deep, subterranean venture with a sparse intro with bongo-like beats juxtaposed with sci-fi sounding SFX, even more ominous than the first track. If deep, experimental bass music is your thing then you'll love this release!
Review: Although credited to both Biome and label co-owners Kryptic Minds, this excellent two-tracker is really a showcase for the former's growing production skills. "The Raven", for example, is a solo Biome production. Built around an impressive combination of low-slung dubstep rhythms and spooky, twinkling soundtrack melodies, it sounds like it should be featured in a gritty British thriller, possibly at the moment the film's hero realizes one of his family has just been killed by a gang of Serbian nutters. "Hybrid", meanwhile, sees Biome deliver a particularly creepy reworking of a Kryptic Minds original. More obviously dubbed-out than its predecessor, it's nevertheless intensely likeable.
Review: As hinted by their previous outings on Osiris, Krypitc Minds have definitely been bitten by a techno bug recently. Good for them; beat patterns don't come much more refreshing than the one on show on "The Divide". Steppy, insistent and utterly unforgiving, their newfound loop mentality works a treat when presented in a dubstep ideology. "Rule Of Language", meanwhile, is quintessential Kryptic Minds; a deep, sonorous halfstep beat arrangement and abyss-like spacious groove are the flavours of the day... Purist dubstep aimed directly at the darkest of nights, it's the perfect foil to the experimental vibes of the title track.
Review: Osiris Music UK head honcho Simon Shreeve returns with some more of the same brutal slabs of noise he fast become renowned for. "Contort" channels the same vibe as its coincidental namesake, Samuel Kerridge, with its sludgy downbeat techno of relentless sub bass and sinister atmospherics. The body bashing broken beat of the affectionately titled "Flustercluck" is pure sonic ultraviolence, plain and simple. Lastly "Gutter" is an unashamedly sadistic soundtrack for BDSM clubs. Listen at your own peril.
Review: Killawatt continues his long relationship with Osiris with this remix release. Bringing together some of the most respected names in left field techno, the release starts with Tommy Four Seven's version of "Zizi". Chiming bells and rickety broken beats provide a hypnotic combination that creates a haunting, ghostly mood. Eomac takes a darker tune on "Spiral Swarm", where robust beats and tick tock percussion provides the basis for swirling textures. Monic's take on "Excessive Hyperbole" sees rugged broken beats underpin eerie textures. Finally, Mannic contributes his own track, and as its title suggests, "Untitled Textures" features mysterious sounds flowing over a rolling, off-beat rhythm.
Review: Adam Winchester's roaring output has taken the experimental scene by surprise. After all, there aren't too many UK artists who are delving into the darker, more deranged iterations of drone and noise. Appearing on the ever-impressive Osiris Music, Interferenza kicks off with the steely power electronics of "Surface", before dissipating out into the ether on "Terminal Transition", and the more mechanical "Resurrection Effects". "Figure Ground" bleeps and clicks to its own, oddly-balanced beat, and both "Blue Ghost Tunnel" and "Extant" duck deep down into the ambient quarters. What a masterful collection of sounds - highly recommended!
Review: Another week, another debut! Osiris Music proudly presents The Things They Left Behind, an enigmatic new artist (or collective of artists?) who likes their dubstep deep and overcooked. As a matter of fact, so do we. "Life Through Sepia" is a special sort of debut, a tune which takes the very best of the dubstep era and develops its own sort of dystopian view of it - pulsating shifts of bass wrap around twisted beats of all flavours. "68" looms large thanks to a subtle, shape-shifting glow of sonics which never quite seem to fold into shape. But that's what we love about it.
Monic & Grebenstein - "Cutting The Ties That Bind" - (7:40) 64 BPM
Review: Simon Shreeve's imprint serves up a killer split release that ripples with barely restrained menace. First up is label regular Overlook, with "Former Self", a spooky stepper that builds and builds to a darkly hypnotic high. Shreeve himself dons his M?nic pseudonym for the low-slung broken beats and clanging metallic percussion of "Stampede". He also teams up with Jan Grebenstein for "Cutting The Ties That Bind", a drawn out industrial jam. Remaining in this general field is Pessimist, who has released on Blackest Ever Black and Creme Organization. He delivers the death march dirge of "Indigo", which brings this wonderfully eerie release to a close.
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