Review: Next up from DJ Physical, a fiery four track display expanding across the new school realms of breakbeat, coming to us courtesy of Unknown To The Unknown. We open up with the heavily arpeggiated synthesiser lines and intense 4x4 drum slaps of 'Red Scarf', followed by a switch up in pacing as the more footwork inspired arrangements of 'Still On A Mission' give us a new combination to enjoy. From here, 'A Little Deeper' focusses on dripping percussion and hardcore low ended drum roles, followed by the spacey chord progressions and moody subs of the title track 'Midnight Marauder'.
Review: Pyramid of Knowledge makes its debut on UTTU, following a string of releases featuring captivating, psychedelic-infused house tracks on labels such as Craigie Knowes, Hard Beach, and Dream Ticket. This release offers three original tracks, accompanied by a remix from e-freq, with the originals delving into deep, acidic and Detroit, Drexciyan electro vibes. With "Diffusion" the show stealer here, get your deeper, gnarlier slices from "Oerc" with flashes of positivity coming through in "World Heroes" that in remix form is stretched out to something linear with darker house vibes.
Review: Falty DL back in the haus for Unknown To The Unknown only gaining more charm, wit and colour to the somewhat legendary producer name. Straight out of the blocks is "Mount Sinai", a frenetic streamlined flex of moving keys and pads, flurrying percussion and clubwise speed and breaks. Up there as streamlined trance as much as it is speed jungle, rave elements give tinges of euphoria and hardcore to "Wef EX 2C". The title track is more of a frenetic computer jam, with DJ Shadow sample culture combining with subtle Aphex tropes perhaps, while "Please Below" the unofficial B2 cut sleeper cut is a deep and floaty ID request for the person who hears it next. DJ!
Review: Claws for thought... Tommy The Cat returns to Unknown To The unknown for the fourth instalment of his Cosmik Connection series. Each cut laced with cavernous space and big atmospheric flurries, from the opening blasts and star-lit shards of the intro 'Destination Unknown' to the final wistful pads of the closer 'Reminiscing', this is Tommy at his deepest and more emotional. Music that will have you purring with glee, Tommy The Cat is on some timeless tackle right here. Feline good.
Review: Unknown To The Unknown presenting Naone with her debut release! It follows up her recent collaborative EP Separate Ways with Timothee Victorri's S.O.N.S project which allows the artist to spread a healthy dose of new age electro and bleep to progressive trance, techno and downtempo across four tracks. The best examples of this come through "Space Duck" and the '80s-esque "X-TDB133" with its subtle acid line next to the more overt "Center Creek" and epic title track. Delivering a record full of emotive content spoken through a subtext of old school machines and electro, Bliss Inc goes semi-industrial semi-balearic is its remix to Falling Sun. Out now!
Review: Delivering a fifth record for your stash of hardcore electro and house music wares in 2020 is DJ Haus, continuing to fly the flag high for Unknown To The Unknown during these modern times. Sending in three tracks here, a highlight almost without saying is the melodies and sweet tones of "Analog Chime" in combination with Haus' trademark gnarly acid progressions. "WiFi Network" adds a new spin to what a dial up modem might sound like in 2020 thrown amongst some splashes of Drexciyian electro while the title-track is a righteous piece of deep sea dwelling computer music. Dial up. Plug in. Download.
Review: DJ Haus has always known which way the wind is blowing musically. That much is evident not only from his on-point, retro-futurist productions, but also the tracks he signs to Unknown to the Unknown and the remixes he commissions. For proof, check out this new set of re-rubs of tracks from his IDM-infused house mini-album, Data Dump. Coco Bryce is arguably one of the world's leading proponents of jungle and '90s D&B revivalism, so it's little surprise to find that his crunchy, sub-heavy take on 'Catch Your Breath' is a rough, Amen-powered peak-time delight. Meanwhile, Holding Hands main man Desert Sound Colony does a bang-up job in turning 'Bleep Bots' into a spacey, dubbed-out chunk of deep techno eccentricity.
Review: De Sluwe Vos in Dutch translates to The Sly Fox. He goes for some old Chicago hard house flavour reminiscent of Green Velvet's seminal Relief Records imprint on the deep down and dirty "Insert Track Title Here". "Basement Workout III" continues on with said aesthetic with its thunderous 808 drum machine workout, meticulously programmed to good fashion. Then, finally, Person Of Interest's '90s rave remix of the last track injects some smashing breakbeats, hoovers and mentasms to take you back to Heaven, London circa-'93 with Fabio and Grooverider on the decks.
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