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Review: Third Ear deserves kudos for putting together this massive, 28-track compilation of Thomas Brinkmann's released and rare material. It serves as a reminder that the veteran German producer has been one of the most influential - but sometimes overlooked - names in European house and techno. From the wild cut-ups and rolling snares of disposable "Sur Ace" and the noisy, ebm-style "2 Sun" to the lopsided, melancholy grooves of "Crazy" and "Souls", the scope and range of Retrospektiv is impressive. The compilation also succeeds in providing a reminder that Brinkmann's dance floor credentials are impeccable and the quirky "What You're Doin" and the toy town synths and gentle white noise of "Isch" are as impressive as anything that Akufen produced.
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3EBOX 201701
27 Oct 17
Techno
27 Oct 17
Techno
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3ESING 201701
20 Oct 17
Funky/Club House
20 Oct 17
Funky/Club House
Review: Ricardo Villalobos remixes Deardrum from Alejandro Mosso's album Isolation Diaries, recently released on hi-tech soul merchants Third Ear. Villalobos worked up a 40 minute jam from this nine minute section, which moves from a gentle pattering of sounds into a full on Villalobos style groove; taut and slinky at the same time, but irresistibly funky. The jam then subsides into chattering noises before the groove begins again. Burnt Friedman's remix of "Isolation Diaries" is a slow burning/super funky jam with classic dub elements you've come to expect from the German artist: laced through the track together with a twisted and phased melody. The closing track from the album "Mounivers" completes this fine release.?
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3 ELP201702
09 Jun 17
Minimal/Tech House
09 Jun 17
Minimal/Tech House
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3 EEP201701
26 May 17
Minimal/Tech House
26 May 17
Minimal/Tech House
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3 EEP201608
03 Mar 17
Techno
03 Mar 17
Techno
Review: Motor City techno legend Alan Oldham returns as DJ T-1000 and he's right at home here for British hi-tech soul merchants Third Ear. The guy behind such seminal imprints as Generator is in fine form and flying the flag for the timeless sounds from The Motor City: techno the right way! Starting out with the straight ahead, self aggrandizing groove of "1 Liquid Metal (Acid version)" which repeats the man's name continually, there's also "Shapeshifter" or "Air Berlin" which respectively are tough and funky: more reminiscent of the artist's classic sounds when he was formerly known as X-313 or The Neon Sex Fiend. The emotive "Marina 2" is the deepest and most uplifting offering on here and closes out the EP in nice style. Another fine release by techno's 'Renaissance Man'.
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3 EEP201607
17 Feb 17
Techno
17 Feb 17
Techno
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3EEP-2016_ 03
28 Oct 16
Techno
28 Oct 16
Techno
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3 EEP201510
11 Feb 16
Techno
11 Feb 16
Techno
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3EEP-2015_ 07
23 Oct 15
Techno
23 Oct 15
Techno
Played by: Tom Demac
Review: It's been six years since US producer Alland Byallo's debut album was released, but not much has changed. That's not necessarily a bad thing; the former San Francisco resident excels at making soft-focused, organic electronic music and Bones Flesh is full of such moments. From the hazy ambience of "Looking Long" through the mushy chords and melodies of "Sah" and into the blissed out "Fool Me Twice", Byallo's second album is full of seductive, melodic textures. That's not to suggest that he shies away from the dance floor - as the warbling synths and rubbery groove of "Beguine" and the drunken bass of "Singularity" both demonstrate - but this album's real strengths lie in the blurred sound scapes and murmuring vocals of "Periphery" or on the haunting chord sweeps of "Tomb Tomb".
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3ELP-2015_ 01
06 Feb 15
Deep House
06 Feb 15
Deep House
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3ELP-2014_ 08
24 Oct 14
Techno
24 Oct 14
Techno
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3EEP-2014_ 05
06 Jun 14
Deep House
06 Jun 14
Deep House
Review: Radiation is not a typical Third Ear release, but Why Sheep aka Japanese producer Gaku Uchida has a long-standing relationship with the imprint, having released an album on Guy McCreery's label back in 2003. Both versions of "Radiation" favour experimental textures and extreme sonic diversions. Bluesy guitar shards are combined with bursts of noise and creaky effects on the first take, while the second version is just as warped. There, waves of spiky percussion and crashing drums provide the basis for jazzy licks and vocal chants. The remixes from Kare San Sui are less intense, with the first "Radiation" reduced to an atonal sound scapes and "A2" turned into a jazzy broken beat workout.
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3EEP-2014_ 04
11 Apr 14
Balearic/Downtempo
11 Apr 14
Balearic/Downtempo
El Prevost feat Dham
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech, Audiojack, Matthias Tanzmann, Chus & Ceballos, Doorly, Resident Advisor, ACID MONDAYS
Review: One of the tracks from Lincoln Prevost's Ash release from last year gets the remix treatment. French house producer Dan Ghenacia delivers an offbeat groove littered with oddball vocal samples, while his colleague Shonky's approach is far darker and more jacking, led by powerful bass licks and an insidious vocal sample. The best versions of "Allez Ally" come from the author himself; the original version is a tripped out affair featuring a hypnotic organ solo, while the 'Deptford Dub' sees Prevost strip the groove back and introduce a series of subsonic bleeps that will floor even the most discerning club.
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3EEP 201402
31 Jan 14
Minimal/Tech House
31 Jan 14
Minimal/Tech House
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3EEP-2014_ 01
17 Jan 14
Deep House
17 Jan 14
Deep House
Review: Manuel Gonzalez has put out a diverse range of music, but this release for Third Ear is his most out there venture to date. "Fiber" is little more than a series of pitch-shifting tones, held together in the loosest sense by jarring rhythms, while "Meanwhile" is more subdued, its dubby beats seeing Gonzalez at his most laid back. The other tracks sit at opposing ends of the US producer's sound palette: "Extort" is a grainy banger, its rolling drums and stomping beats sitting somewhere between Omar S and Purposemaker, while "Mask" is a beautiful house groove, its chiming melodies unfolding over a fragile rhythm.
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3EEP-2013_ 10
04 Nov 13
Electro
04 Nov 13
Electro
Played by: Simonlebon (Luv Shack Records)
Review: Swedish producer Patrik Skoog throws a curveball on his debut album. Eschewing the dance floor for the large part, Exit Earth is located at techno's fringes. "Cluster 34" and "Inside Jupiter's Eye" are deep, space transmissions, while "Voyager, Part 1" and "Voyager, Part 2" start as atmospheric arrangements before evolving into teased out, acid-drenched dub techno grooves. There are some nods to Skoog's more conventional techno leanings - with the deep, metallic early-Sterac groove of "Cygnus A" and the droning "Death Of A Pulsar" impressing most - but as the white noise hiss and crackle of "Radio Emissions" shows, for this outing, Skoog remains at Earth's outer limits.
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3ELP-201311
25 Oct 13
Techno
25 Oct 13
Techno
Review: The first Brinkmann release in three years under his own name finds him in decidedly playful form. Opening track "Tt" has a jittery rhythm and a sense of urgency thanks to its grinding bassline and trancey chord sequences. "On Edge" is even clubbier; behind a buzz saw bass that grinds, builds and drops there lurks a stop-start, abstract rhythm. Guy Martin also shows what happens when Brinkmann gives full vent to his melodic side. "Blackhill" is a gloriously mellow, melodic arrangement, its kooky hooks unfolding over gentle broken beats, but with the kind of processed clicks and whirrs that defines every Brinkmann release.
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3EEP-2013_08
26 Jul 13
Techno
26 Jul 13
Techno
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3EEP-2013_07
21 Jun 13
Deep House
21 Jun 13
Deep House
Played by: Mental Overdrive, Joachim Spieth, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Techno, Deadmau5, Oxia, DJ Hell, Coyu
Review: Third Ear continue their fine form by giving us a remastered reissue of two remixes which have inspired just about everyone in the game. Both versions of "Falling Up" are given an ante up by Stefan Betke and although there isn't really a way to make these tracks any better, the man does a fine engineering job indeed! Carl Craig's take on it is almost too much of a classic to be described into words - if you haven't heard it then shame on thou! Theo Parrish has similarly created a timeless infusion of atmospheric broken beats and deliciously placed sample snippets.
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3EEP-2013_02
15 Feb 13
Techno
15 Feb 13
Techno
Played by: Shadow Dancer
Review: With his preferred tools of a 707 and a Nord Modular, Benjamin Brunn is unquestionably devoted to the out-of-the-box approach, but fortunately for him it has been many a year his fluid and exploratory sound has emanated from Hamburg, the place he calls home. As such, an album such as A Sun Life gives new light to the possible places you can go with such tried and tested sounds as these. Expect brave forays into the unknown as the album progresses past lively and colorful techno into such beatless dubby space as exhibited by "Pankhom Memories" with its pneumatic bass hits and gently building percussive harmonies, moving through distinguished key changes and dynamics that require the most wisened of touches. "ISS" is similarly bold in an entirely different way, oozing refinement as a single synth fills the dynamic range with an engrossing melodic progression. If there was any proof needed that Brunn's employment of old-skool hardware is rooted in something deeper than hype, it would be in the quality of production on the whole album. There's never a moment of distortion or fashionable scuffing, instead aiming for quite a pristine end result (albeit more attractive than a similar end pursued without the benefit of analogue gear). It's quite refreshing to hear a distinct lack of tape hiss behind the gorgeous swathes of synthesiser and machine beats, whether they intone a dancefloor message or extol an experimental virtue.
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3ELP-2012_10
07 Dec 12
Techno
07 Dec 12
Techno
Review: British imprint Third Ear drop this ace EP of "re-imagined" classics from the label's back catalogue. The headline track here is Rabih Beaini's Upperground Orchestra remix of Theo Parrish's "Falling Up" - the cosmic jazz outfit have remade the classic from the ground up, recording a new version live in Italy earlier this summer. "Falling Up" of course has already been on the receiving end of one of the most revered remixes of the past decade from Carl Craig and is quite the dusty, quantize shy delight in original form too. The Orchestra's contribution to Third Ear Re-Imagined follows the recent release of The Eupen Takes, a six track live album released on Beaini's own Morphine Records. The producers involved in this project were given the opportunity to select their favourite tracks from the Third Ear catalogue to remix; Red Rack'em chose one of his all time favourites in Ibex's 2008 beatdown cut "Spiritual War", while XBD has taken on Benjamin Brunn's kick drum shy "No Kicks". Dummy and left_blank producer Lorca - who remixed Recast's "Consensual" for Third Ear in 2011 - decided to remix Pirahnahead's underrated "Self Conscience". Class all round.
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3EEP-2012_09
30 Oct 12
Deep House
30 Oct 12
Deep House
