This Side Of Paradise (feat DJ Optimus/Shycop) - (4:10) 110 BPM
Wednesday Afternoon Sunshine (feat DJ Optimus & Nicolas Kummer) - (3:20) 94 BPM
I'll Trade You My Sunglasses - (4:27) 95 BPM
Das Abendland (feat Erwin Vann) - (4:38) 78 BPM
Alone & Never Lonely (Generation A) - (3:51) 100 BPM
Still Base (Coco Bryce refix) - (4:55) 92 BPM
It's A Beauteous Evening (feat DJ Optimus/Mete Erker) - (3:46) 90 BPM
The Magnificent Attitude Of Not Giving A Damn (feat DJ Vindictiv & Rena Everts) - (4:31) 95 BPM
Rungs On The Ladder (feat DJ Optimus) - (3:19) 105 BPM
Occupy Utopia (feat Freq) - (2:51) 98 BPM
From Houston With Love - (2:32) 100 BPM
Kees De Rauwe Bonk (feat DJ Vindictiv) - (3:32) 110 BPM
Charlotte & Kirsten (Prelude To Zauberhulk) - (2:53) 98 BPM
Transit Line Ecstacy (bonus track) - (3:41) 102 BPM
Review: Originally, the tracks on this expansive full-length by Dutch turntablist-turned-producer DJ Mace were all released as separate EPs under the Fremdkunst pseudonym. It's perhaps surprising, then, that they sit together so well as an album. With a multitude of guests and collaborators in tow, Mace lays down tracks that meld jazz, hip-hop and soul with blunted beats, smoky chords and atmospheric melodies. In the old days, it would have been called trip-hop, but that's perhaps a dirty word nowadays. Either way, if you like your beats crackly, slow, atmospheric and peppered with jazz horns, it's well worth a listen.
Review: The label arm of Dutch techno distributor Triple Vision delivers a fine compilation. It starts off in understated, sombre mode, with the rolling drums and woozy synths of tracks from Amotik and Refracted, before Codex Empire delves deeper with an atmospheric, break beat-led take on KAS:ST's "Raving Alone". That's not to say that Volume 8 is shy of dance floor tracks; from the rolling tribal groove of Setaoc Mass' "Light Falls" and the rave-infused "Generation X" from Deep Dimension to Remco Beekwilder's banging, chord-heavy "90's Mayhem", this is an expertly weighted and executed collection of modern techno.
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