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Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Vibraphone Records kicks off its 2024 with a mighty release that pays great tribute to the city of Detroit. Basic Realities is the artist behind the originals and the first is 'B-9', a percussive, loopy tech roller with vocal sounds and dreamy pads drifting in and out of focus. Motor City icon Kevin Saunderson then steps up to remix and does so with more warm and surging basslines and thudding drum funk. 'Viento Lunar' cuts loose on some inventive melodies and cosmic rays of energy that unfold over tinny beats and 'Endless Clouds' rounds out with some more dusty drums and nice spangled synths that surge through the cosmos.
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VIBR 026
01 Mar 24
Minimal/Tech House
01 Mar 24
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Don't be confused; Silicon Minds aren't channelling hate into their music, even though a title like 'IHY' would almost certainly suggest as much to netizens well-clued up on their acronyms. Rather, here 'IHY' stands for 'Interstellar Hypnotic Yama-Biko', and given our coincidental encyclopaedic knowledge of Japanese folklore (a Yamabiko is an elusive mountain or canyon deity), we now know everything we need to know about this new EP from one of the many spiritual alias-essences of the house music collective Vibraphone. With a legit original version as well as a stellar remix from Derrick May, which fleshes out that legitness twofold, prepare to join the Yamabeko on a melodic-analogous house journey; through music, its Cheshire smile evinces deep concern for the sublime forests, mountainscapes and other natural formations we've neglected.
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VIBR 025
05 Jan 24
Techno
05 Jan 24
Techno
Review: Bring on the resurgence of Stefano Curti aka 49th Floor - an Italian producer, musician and trance DJ whose career can be traced back to 1983 via post punk and goth bands out of London. Under the Nebula alias too you will also find a release with Vibraphone most recently with Robert Owens, or as 49th Floor all the way back in '92. This new and slamming Zamani EP brings with it classic refrains of Robert Miles trance influences alongside rocksteady techno and electro beats - just wait for those pianos on the Body mix. Big Juan Atkins gets paid some dues in a Gherkin Jerks testimonial mix while the Deep mix does what it says - next to the riffing sample loops of the Sylvester dub.
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VIBR 024
01 Sep 23
Deep House
01 Sep 23
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Minnesota by-way-of Rome's seminal Vibraphone returns this week with more classic and timeless house from its extensive archives. Continuing on with some of the greatest hits and near misses in The True Underground Sound Of Rome series, with have an outtake from
2016's more recent Liquid Time EP and it is the absolutely euphoric track "Body Multiple". This one's a driving, Detroit influenced groove powered by addictive dub chords and emotive sax lingering in the background - choice!
2016's more recent Liquid Time EP and it is the absolutely euphoric track "Body Multiple". This one's a driving, Detroit influenced groove powered by addictive dub chords and emotive sax lingering in the background - choice!
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VIBRD 010
28 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
28 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Hot on the heels of the recent Basis Realities EP comes this killer release from Tai Davis. Returning to the label after a five-year hiatus, fans of Vibraphone's warm house sound will find much to love on "Synth Love". Based on a warm, squelchy bass and robust tribal drums, it also sees Davis conjure up a tripped-out chord sequence that transports the track to house music's outer most limits. Like a fusion of 90s UK deep house and Underground Resistance at their most mellow, "Synth Love" is one of those rare tracks that is destined to transcend genres and scenes.
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VIBRD 009
28 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
28 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Basic Realities follows last year's fine Summer Love EP with another sublime deep house release. Inspired by Chicago deepness, topped off with Italo melodies and Lone-style psychedelia, Celestial Shadows will lift the spirits, even in the depths of winter. The original version resounds to sweeping, tripped out chords, while the 'Deep Night' take sees Basic Realities lean more towards Chicago house with hissing percussion and a robust rhythm to the fore. Adding to the celebratory feeling are the layered vocal samples that unravel throughout the arrangement. "Cosmic Garou" also has a dance floor feeling, but on this occasion, soulful vocals are combined with new age pipes to create a distinctive club track.
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VIBRD 008
21 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
21 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Previously known as The True Underground Sound of Rome, Stefano Curti alongside Mauro Tamino and Stefano De Carlo were Minimal Vision and were responsible for a couple of the classiest and most ear-pleasing Italian deep house records of all time on Vibraphone. Here's another previously unreleased techno epic that's once again full of soul and emotion titled "4 AM" and it's a true zeitgeist of the magical early '90s which comes with two more different mixes, while the hi-tech soul of "La Propriete Industrielle" once again features that distinct Detroit style energy throughout.
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VIBRD 007
14 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
14 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: First released way back in 1992, Stefano Curti, Mauro Tamino and Stefano De Carlo's first 12" as Minimal Vision (they'd previously released numerous as The True Underground Sound of Rome) remains one of the classiest and most ear-pleasing Italian deep house records of all time. For proof, check 'Magic Staircase', where picturesque synthesizer melodies rise and fall atop skittish beats, 'Pacific' style chords and a chunky Korg M1 bassline, and the bleep-sporting Chicago deep house tribute 'Prelude'. Those searching for something a little more energetic should take a listen to the warm and beautiful 'Milky Way' and 'Night of Love', whose programmed percussion, fizzing synth solos and jaunty bassline doff a cap to Detroit tech-jazz.
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VIBR 021
15 Apr 22
Deep House
15 Apr 22
Deep House
Nebula feat Robert Owens
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Having initially returned to action to deliver digital reissues of classic cuts from the label's 1990s heyday, Vibraphone Records is now delivering new material in a similar sonic vein. 'Same As Me' from Nebula - label stalwart Stefano Curti and modern Italian house revivalist Nick Anthony Simoncino - is undoubtedly an attractive offering, with honey-voiced Chicago house singer Robert Owens providing a typically soulful and evocative vocal. The track is available in four different forms: the chunky, driving, bass-heavy and heavily electronic stomp that is the 'Sunset Mix'; the dreamier, ambient-tinged tribal deep house roll of the 'Dawn Mix', the sparkling, melody-driven, ambient style 'Atmosphere Mix'; and the throbbing, progressive house style 'Nick Mental Dub'.
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VIBR 022
21 Jan 22
Deep House
21 Jan 22
Deep House
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Previously, the reborn Vibraphone label has concentrated on delivering digital reissues of many of the melodious deep house gems the Italian imprint released in the 1990s. Here they flip the script, serving up a selection of previously unheard 21st century gems from up-and-coming producers. Tai Davis kicks things off with a quartet of cuts that variously touch on vintage Chicagoan jack-tracks ('That Acid'), classic deep house ('Crazy F', 'Watching the Clouds', and intergalactic acid ('Fusion'), before Daisuke Kondo delivers the wonderfully druggy 'Mental Crack' (a tipsy, off-kilter, late-night delight) and slick 'Telepathy'. Elsewhere, Shatalov's 'Its Not Exist' [sic] is a crackling trip through spacey deep house and Tade Kop's 'The Rhythm' is a glitchy, Isolee style minimal house delight.
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VIBRD 002
26 Nov 21
Deep House
26 Nov 21
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: For their latest deep dive into the back catalogue, reborn Italian house label Vibraphone has trawled through the vaults of hard-working producer Stefano Curti, who released a wealth of high-quality material under a variety of aliases throughout the 1990s. There's much to enjoy from start to finish, with Curti's then trademark style - think a mixture of organ-rich US deep house, Italian dream house, the psychedelic colour of early Goa trance and warming, head-calming ambient house - guaranteeing ear-pleasing fun throughout. Our picks of a very strong bunch include the sleazy, acid-sporting techno-jack of 'Lemon Loop', the buzzing-but-spacey warmth of 'Mono Lite', the early morning wonkiness of 'They Do Exist (Dub Trip Mix)' and the melodious deep house sunniness of 'Cosmic Wind'.
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VIBRD 001
19 Nov 21
Deep House
19 Nov 21
Deep House
Review: UK label Vibraphone bring us this two-track deep house release from the mystery man known only as 'Ricardo'. In its Original form, 'High Flyer' opens with a big 90s-style Korg M1 organ riff, before introducing lightweight percussion, keyboard risers, pads, string sweeps and a scat-heavy soul/R&B-style male vocal. The resulting concoction has something of an early 00s soulful house feel, while the accompanying Angel Mix is essentially the same only without the M1 organ, allowing the track's ponderous, throbbing actual bassline to punch through. For dancefloor appeal it has to be the Original all the way, but the Angel Mix will be useful for warm-up or very late sets.
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VIBR 020
02 Aug 19
Deep House
02 Aug 19
Deep House
Review: One of the deepest reaching projects from the multifaceted Vibraphone stable resurfaces for an extended trip through ambient sonics that marks possibly the most daring departure on the esteemed Italian label to date. The harmonious tones undulating throughout Sketches From Space are instant soothers, taking the odd cue from techno but defiantly beatless and meditative. It's a surprising addition to the long and winding Vibraphone story, but also feels like one of the strongest steps forward the resurgent label has taken since returning to the fray. Just try sinking into "Lagrangian Point L4" and you'll see exactly what we mean.
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VIBR 018
30 Jul 18
Experimental/Electronic
30 Jul 18
Experimental/Electronic
