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SOF 009DS1
19 Jan 24
Techno
19 Jan 24
Techno
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KNK 003
04 Jun 23
Minimal/Tech House
04 Jun 23
Minimal/Tech House
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KNK 002
04 Jun 23
Minimal/Tech House
04 Jun 23
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: For the past 10 years, the Berlin-based, Bulgarian-Turkish producer Alper Durmush aka Imperieux has been meticulously cultivating his artistic style and steadily building up an international profile. His new EP named Extensions on KiNK & KEi's Sofia Records is filled with brisk, forward-looking breaks, raw jungle attitude and highly combustible house across five tracks. The evocative title track brings on the zeitgeist of early '90s UK dance music, while the off-kilter stepper "Desert Viper" reimagines drum 'n' bass aesthetics for today's dancefloors (and given the epic remix treatment by KiNK shortly after), as does the more minimalist and restrained roller "Show".
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SOF 008D
24 Mar 23
Experimental/Electronic
24 Mar 23
Experimental/Electronic
Review: KiNK returns to his Sofia imprint with a release that ties together a range of influences. "Wake Up", which is inspired by Laurent Garnier's 1993 classic of the same name, careers along at over 140bpm, powered by a buzzing bass and peppered with stuttering vocal samples. On "Beep Beep", KiNK delves further into the past, and looks to Chicago house, as a jacking rhythm and pounding kicks provide a platform for acidic blips. There's a similar approach deployed on "Room to Jack", where KiNK solders a gurgling 303 to tough drums, but further surprises are in store on "Scrambler", which is led by soaring chords and hardcore vocal samples.
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SOF 007D
15 Jul 22
Techno
15 Jul 22
Techno
Review: KiNK is one of the best live performers in the techno world, and Clap On 2 captures the dynamic energy that define his shows. "Disco Spectrum" is an upfront banger that resounds to bleeding acid lines and soaring synths, with these elements making for a compelling combination. On the title track, KiNK heads in similar albeit more rave-inspired direction, with stirring riffs fused with building 303s. "Turbo" is faster and more intense, as horror riffs and relentless percussion unfold over a pumping rhythm. "Almond Break" sits in stark contrast; while still containing acid tweaks, these elements are realised against slow-motion breaks.
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SOF 006
03 Dec 21
Techno
03 Dec 21
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Bass
Review: The formulation of Kink's emergening Sofia label takes shape by giving young Bulgarian producer and DJ, Raredub (real name Petar Vasev), a full debut with the Moover EP. Delivering some energetic and emotion-fuelled electro music all the way, its five tracks feature two remakes from Kink himself. Leading the EP though is the light-hearted and melodic spirit of title track which sees this EP flirt with notions of fidget house in "Drivebuss" next some bassline house in "Hijacked" - as if lifting its motif from a mid-2000s sound. Keeping it steppy and deep in "The Brothers Lionheart", Kink personally doubles down on "How The Fire Started" in both a vocal stuttering dub and rave centric vocal mix. Raredub mooves in.
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SOF 005D
18 Jun 21
Bass
18 Jun 21
Bass
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, MAN2.0, Marcel Vogel, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Deep House, VIGI, Clive From Accounts
Review: Strahil Velchev AKA KiNK has successfully done his own thing this year, eschewing the advances of long-established labels in order to release music on the Sofia imprint he co-founded in 2019. Toplo is the third and final instalment in a trilogy of EPs he kicked off with Nagore way back in January. It's a suitably varied, analogue-rich affair, with the long-serving artist flitting between fuzzy, driving heaviness (see the star fall synth sounds and booming, metronomic bass of '101 Reasons'), sub-heavy, post-dubstep seduction (the hard-to-pigeonhole 'Set The M'ood Right'), and angular and atmospheric up-tempo deep house (the startlingly evocative 'Dreamer'). Noted house eccentric Frits Wentink is given the task of remixing 'Dreamer', resulting in a jaunty and quirky re-wire full of oddball sample edits, jumpy stabs and swinging beats.
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SOF 004D
27 Nov 20
Deep House
27 Nov 20
Deep House
Review: A master of the machine and legend of the scene Kink delivers a third release to his newly minted Sofia imprint that he runs out of Bulgaria with label-mate Konstantin Petrov. It follows the Nagore EP they released at the beginning of 2020 and sees Kink showcasing his ability to touch on bleep-era themes between a heavy yet uplifting synth in "Call Nasco (feat Rachel Row)" alongside more dubbed-out, spacious and atmospheric tubular bells in "Kobudai". Rocking the club with '90s-style techno drums and some high voltage lead notes in "Aerotrim", check the dirty phase action set to spin cycle over a raw bassline and cooling deep house pads this EP's title-track "Pista". A master at work, don't sleep on the funked-up rave action on "Chaka Raka" either!
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SOF003D
28 Aug 20
Deep House
28 Aug 20
Deep House
Played by: Doorly, Jimpster, DJ Mau Mau, Juno Recommends Minimal Tech, Claude VonStroke, Gettoblaster
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SOF 002D
28 Feb 20
Minimal/Tech House
28 Feb 20
Minimal/Tech House
