Review: Having released on Curle and Tanzbar, Thomas Neyens' Far Out Radio Systems project unleashes its debut album on Nuno Dos Santos' label. It's an expansive affair that moves from the rumbling bass and stepping drums of "The Clathrate Gunmen" and "On Boolean Plains" to the blissed out ambience of "War Radio" and the static tick and hiss of "Cassini Titan". Along the way, there are also more conventional tracks such as the minimal house of "Do We Have A Cosmic Connection", but the experimental feeling is never too far away on this album, and this is audible on the Analord-style acid of "Queen On The Streets" and "Kuiper".
Love Over Entropy & Pete Blaker - "H1" - (7:21) 117 BPM
Review: Nuno Dos Santos enjoys referring to the tracks he releases on Something Happening Somewhere as "stories". Thus, NOWHERE01 - the first volume in a new compilation series - is billed as being full of "shards of tales long forgotten". In reality, it's a fine set of previously unreleased tracks and remixes, though Dos Santos's description is much more poetic. While the quality threshold remains impressively high throughout, highlights include Fatama Yamaha's dreamy and lucid, deep house-meets-Balearic synth-pop tweak of Kiani and His Legion's "Electric", the sleazy and percussive techno-jack of Tracey's "Stratosfear", the jazzy deep house dreaminess of Love Over Entropy's "H1" and the deep space electro brilliance of Versalife's interpretation of the same artist's "Off The Grid".
Dust In Your Eyes (Mark Du Mosch remix) - (7:59) 118 BPM
Review: After Nuno dos Santos' striking Trigonometry of Love EP, Something Happening Somewhere presents a killer four track remix pack that lets others give their perspective on the tracks. Far Out Radio Systems turn in a gentle and evocative deep house rendition of "Prosa", as do fellow Dutchmen Polynation - who give the track a more soulful vibe reminiscent of early Innervisions or Diynamic. Fader From Borneo give "Storm Inside" a taste of the acid life on this pre-peak time stomper. Finally the Tabernacle and Pinkman affiliated Mark Du Mosch is a surprising addition, we must say! He gets bittersweet and emotive as ever in lush and (dare we say it!) kinda prog-house fashion with his remix of "Dust In Your Eyes".
Review: Something Happening Somewhere label and events by Nuno Dos Santos out of Utrecht Netherlands now presents Amsterdam rising star Presk. "2bxprzd" is a dark and brooding journey track optimised for some proper dancefloor drama. The bouncy and uplifting "Starets" is a positive change of attitude but with equal pizazz on the dancefloor until finally the remix by label head honcho Dos Santos delivers something more dreamy and evocative.
Review: Nuno Dos Santos' label now presents another wonderful release by Quince following up equally stellar efforts by Love Over Entropy and the legendary Kurt Baggaley. On the Rif EP, the title track starts off proceedings in fine style on this soothing deep house journey on the techy side. He then throws us a curveball with the grinding EBM attitude of "Propheet" which features dirty analogue arpeggios and rusty minimal drum patterns. "CoAttus" goes for some Robert Hood style hypnotism of the minimalist kind, until "Stop" returns to the deep house side of things.
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