All Together: Mate Records drops a tasty birthday comp
Byron The Aquarius, Javonntte, Garrett David, Gari Romalis and more appear on a double 12 inch marking Spanish label Mate Records' 5th anniversary, a multi-flavoured collection of reliable, and reliably underground, deep house.
Recreational Kraut: emotive electronics from Move D & Jordan GCZ
A collaborative album from techno musician David Moufang (Move D) and musician/composer Jordan Czamanski (Jordan GCZ), Recreational Kraut uses a pretty lean sonic palette of Fender Rhodes, synths and fretless bass on an album in Amsterdam over a few days in 2018 and '19.
Love Makes Magic is a classic-album-in-waiting from JIM
The first album from UK producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jim Baron (aka Ron Basejam, aka Crazy P co-founder) under his JIM persona sounds to this writer like a triumph.
Big room beats & choice remixes on Lefrenk’s Plastic EP
A seven track techno EP from Lefrenk that is made to be played loud, with remixes from Francois DIllinger, Pablo Funk, Kim Cosmik and Adrien d'Elzius.
Settling: Disclosure runs in circles on Alchemy
On Disclosure's fourth album, the lads wind up circling around back to where they started.
Music In Motion is Detroit House at its best from Upstairs Asylum
Norm Talley's vinyl-only label continues its march through the racks with another killer V/A featuring real house music for working DJs.
Karizma & China Charmeleon remix “You Take Me High”
The Baltimore king Karizma casts a spell over "You Take Me High" by T. Williams featuring Tendai, the original of which was released in March.
Fanon Flowers looks back on an age of chrome & steel on “Detroit Automation”
Released in 2020, Fanon Flowers' seven track album Detroit Automation is a masterpiece of minimal but visceral ambient and machine-tooled techno.
Afterhours vibes from Eddie Leader & Chez Damier on “Pressure”
For some people "Pressure" is late night music. It's early morning for some and some of us live our whole lives at an afterhours tempo. The Eddie Leader and Chez Damier collaboration on wax is a treat for whenever you're up and ready to vibe.
Nachtbraker drops 4 tracks of high tempo deepness on “Dondoni”
Holland's Nachtbraker's latest release on his self-titled label delivers four high-paced and futuristic deep house tunes on Dondoni.
Dave Lee remixes the Saturday Night Band on “Come On Dance, Dance”
Commissioned by Unidisc, Dave Lee gives "Come On Dance, Dance" from flashly 1970s studio project Saturday Night Band a 9 minute rubdown, including bongo-riddled breakdown that will be catnip for DJs and dancefloors.
Raw Midwest techno from Minneapolis’ Autokinetic
Carrying the torch for Midwest Techno, Autokinetic drops a rude and raucous four track EP on vinyl and digital from Fixed Rhythms.
Dubbyman and Dan Piu are Age of Rage
Dubbyman and Dan Piu channel an almost mystical vibration on Credo Tracks Vol 1, on vinyl from new label Sole Aspect.
Cinthie & Ian Pooley remix a primal scream called “PPPPP”
The incendiary Diva 2022 mix is the lead and centerpiece for PPPPP The Remixes Part 1 on Rhythm Cult, a label that does not cut corners and certainly didn't spare any expense on the first of what is implied will be a series of remix packages.
Album Review: Retromigration brings jazz & house together on Straight Foxin’
Retromigration drops Straight Foxin' for Wolf Music, an organic-sounding, musically rich album full of jazz-flavoured club and club-adjacent jams.
Bright & breezy house grooves on Steve Mill’s “God Given”
Steve Mill's God Given EP is four track, smooth, slightly-disco-ish deep house affair, featuring spoken word vocals from Bongani Mehlomakhulu on Dirt Crew Recordings.
6th Borough Project returns to Delusions Of Grandeur on “Rhythm & Truth”
With little more than some gentle filter tweaks, you get seven minutes of relentless glitterball disco-tech. On Rhythm and Truth, 6th Borough Project drop a quality example of how to do loop-filter house well.
Wareika channels the Holy Ghost on Tizinabi
Ornaments makes some beautiful vinyl and Wareika recorded some beautiful music for this one. The live electronic trio create a vivid tapestry for explorations in deep, dubby and esoteric sounds on new album Tizinabi.
Music from the deep archives of Marco Repetto comes alive on the Planet Love Trilogy
The Planet Love trilogy is a three 12" set pulled from the early 1990s archives of groundbreaking Swiss electronic music producer Marco Repetto.
Brine, HATT.D & Naconda remix Blazers’ deep & rude “Stingray”
French producer Blazers has been stepping out in 2023, with original tracks that shine on this remix pack from Sengiley Recordings.
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