Climb: Automat & Barbie Williams craft hazy, heavy trip hop
"Climb" features the hazy, dreamy and ethereal vocals of Argentine artist Barbie Williams backed by the live four piece Automat band, crafting trip hop as intricate and delicate as a spider web.
Shaw Cuts drops a moving tribute to Jasen Loveland of Serenace
Jasen Loveland from Serenace and Infinite Refractions passed away in May of 2021; this rabid record that dismantles genres phrase by phrase represents a tribute and memorial of sorts by Serenace partner C. Cumby and the label Shaw Cuts.
Super Star: Miles Away reissues cosmic soul rarity from Ruth Waters
Stepping away from cutting-edge 4/4 beats and bleeps, here's an interesting reissue: high-paced disco-soul from Ruth Waters, originally released in the late 1970s.
Remembering Deejay Deeon on Chain Pulse Pt 3 from RAWFILA
It should fill us with outrage that some of the most brilliant artists that lived on this planet and in our time spent their last years scrambling for cash for medical expenses while confined to their sickbeds. That Deejay Deeon was able to produce anything of consequence amid these circumstances is beyond belief.
Dead Tech: Deep house & jazz from Retromigration
Four finely-wrought, deep house cuts along with a distinctly un-house, gorgeous slow-paced piano and sax soul-jazz excursion on Retromigration's Dead Tech EP for LYAM.
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.
Deep house perfection from Lehto and Risperson on “Lovers”
Risperson's remix of "Lovers" is gorgeous, glorious underground deep house, punchy on the low-end but with a sunny sheen that catches your breath in your throat.
MAL.E emerges with a new techno identity on Something Manufactured
Fixed Rhythms drops this crash between high tech and low tech soul from MAL.E, the new alias of Mali Mase.
Chicago’s DJ Threejay & Patrick Wayne release the bangin’ “I Found Love”
"I Found Love" sounds like a freight train driving through your living room and blowing open a tunnel to the discotheque next door.
Green Velvet: Bigger Than Prince (10 Year Anniversary Remixes)
Prince was still alive when Green Velvet released Bigger Than Prince, and that's just a little of what's changed in the last 10 years
The hidden gems of Heist Recordings
Heist Recordings' V/A of previously released material is, no shit, the best album I heard this month, with tracks from Fouk, Felipe Gordon, Dam Swindle, Demuir, Crackazat, Nachtbraker and more.
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.
Noncompliant launches new label Giant Arm with Momentum Shift EP
Listen to the first track from Giant Arm, the new label from beloved techno producer and DJ Noncompliant. "Symptom Onset" is premiering with 5 Mag now.
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.
Carlo celebrates summer’s last days on the sun-worshipping “Tides”
Tides is a vibe - sparkling, hazy, incandescent eclectic tracks from Carlo on his Aterral label.
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