Review: Mark Broom teams up with Patrik Carrera for this hard-hitting four track release. "KOS" is a tough minimal track. Powered by insistent metallic percussion and visceral kicks, it's primed for peak-time use. The partnership yields a different result on the title track. Focused on a throbbing groove and an insistent, grungy loop, it makes for a powerful roller. Broom and Carrera remain in this general territory for "Track 4". Fuelled by a driving rhythm and merciless metallic percussion, its deft filtered twists and turns are sure to have the desired impact. There's no let-up on "F9" either, where the pair drop a tough, insistent workout.
Review: Opal Tapes and Lobster Theremin aside, S Olbricht has landed on some of the most interesting independent house and techno labels over the last three years, and so this new EP for Lee Gamble's UIQ seems like a natural fit. This guy's style of house and techno is as loose and leftfield as you can possibly get for club music, a starting from the slithering beats and swamped sonics of "137x3brk" we get an instant picture of Olbricht's freedom behind that mixing desk. This open-minded take on the genre is yet more evident on the gloriously off-kilter "Ktyring", and reaches a total climax of abstraction though the nearly beatless "J UC". "F1oa1" is a hard techno missile in terms of its beats, but the melodies gliding high in the mix have more in common with ambient than anything dance-based. It's a real excursion...the sort of EP that makes the whole 'outsider' moniker seem credible.
Review: Returning to his own label, Rolando drops a release that is steeped in his hometown's musical heritage. The title track sees the Underground Resistance affiliate travel down a less familiar path than usual. Drawing on Detroit's electro sound, he delivers an atmospheric, breaking jam. "Would You Just Listen" is more in keeping with his trademark sound. Over a dense, swung rhythm he drops insistent stabs and dissected vocal samples. One of Rolando's peers has been tasked with remix duties; sounding more like Jeff Mills than his trademark ghetto tech, Godfather drops an acid-inflected chord-heavy techno take on "Where You From Foo."
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