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".
Review: Something Happening Somewhere, the label of Dutch DJ Nuno Dos Santos, welcomes a new artist to its roster. As the title track on this EP demonstrates, Joannes makes a particularly distinctive take on house music. The drums are rough and ready and acid licks gurgle and spiral their way over her spiky rhythms. In contrast, "Vrijdag" is cleaner sounding and deeper, with shiny synths un-ravelling over a growling bass. The label has commissioned two fine remixes; Melatonin Man turns "Got Needs" into a stripped back rhythm track, led by a sinewy bass, while in contrast, Nadia Stru-iwigh's take on "Vrijdag" is a bleak electro workout.
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