Hot off the heels of his debut album release via TEXT records,...
Brooklyn-based Infamous Boogieman put together four tracks for ASL Singles...
Many compelling moments in this three hour jam session from Move...
Project Pablo’s I Want To Believe full-length cassette for 1080p Collection dropped...
Here is a little preview of Lnrdcroy’s upcoming release for Edinburgh-based Firecracker Recordings …
Aquarian Foundation recorded this deep ambient techno set and shared it via Going Good Records for our listening enjoyment.
It is comprised of all-original AQFN material created live using 100% hardware.
Max McFerran, a.k.a. MCFERRDOG, brings us his Lawd Forgive Me LP on Jan. 20th via 1080p Collection .
ItaloJohnson took the decks for the eighth episode of Boiler Room’s Upfront mix series.
Point G – Kond [PG6]
Diego Krause – Peo Tharrish [DUB]
Stephen Brown – Deep In [DUB]
House Of Black Lanterns – The Smack (Mosca’s Dread At The Controls Version) [HYPE]
ItaloJohnson – 09 B1 [ITJ09]
Mr. G – What They Think [JJR004]
Crystal Bandito – Let It All Out [LVX014]
ItaloJohnson – 09 A1 [ITJ09]
Mr. G – TT Rum Bar [JJR004]
Auden – Xirox [HFT039]
DJ Steaw – Deepstep [RUTI006]
ItaloJohnson – 09 B2 [ITJ09]
Point G – Surdo [PG6]
Diego Krause – Dreams [APO015]
Blured – She Don’t Know [DUB]
My EP for ASL Singles Club is out today – have at it!
Also, check out the video Jason Voltaire made for “Bittersweet”:
John Talabot takes the decks for the latest episode of Studio Brussel’s Playground radio show.
Sasha takes the decks for the seventh episode of Sunday School Sessions…
Seth Troxler waxes philosophical over top of Deetron’s surly groove that ebbs and flows over six minutes.
Steve Bug provides a remix and an instrumental.
Order the 12″ here .
Eric Volta just shared this contemplative experimental ambient electronic piece via SoundCloud…
This is the title cut from Benoit & Sergio ‘s recent three track EP for Visionquest .
Upon first listen through the release, “Your Darkness”–with its moody vocoded vox and warm resonant synth arpeggios–was the star of the trio for me…
In anticipation of Burning Man, Crosstown Rebels has made this collaboration between Damian Lazarus and Mathew Jonson entitled “Going To The Desert” available for free download.
Autem just threw this one up–
“Eclipse” is a smooth understated ambient dub techno number that ebbs and flows delicately over almost eight minutes.
If you’re vibing, be sure to cop that free DL; (I did).
Mixmag premiered Seth Troxler’s remix of Douglas Greed’s “Driven”…
Swedish techno heavyweight Adam Beyer offered up a stripped-down interpretation of Tube & Berger’s smash hit from last summer – “Imprint Of Pleasure”.
Here is a taste of a single off SMD’s Whorl LP coming up September 9th on Anti Records… You can buy a digital copy of the track over here .
Budapest’s Imre Kiss has made his vinyl debut on London-based Lobster Theremin with his Raw Energy EP, which comprises five cuts that span from gritty lo-fi house and techno to ambient.
Have a little taste… And if you’re feelin’ it, buy the release in digital or vinyl format here .
Detroit Techno legend Kevin Saunderson joined host Sam Devine on the latest episode of Defected In The House Radio.
London-based trio Dark Sky just put up this single off their Brothers And Sisters LP forthcoming on Mister Saturday Night . Pre-order the 12″ here .
The folks at Ninja Tune and Thump have made Martyn’s new LP The Air Between Words available for streaming in full:
The latest episode of my mixtape diary– The Bootleg Tapes– is ready for your listening enjoyment. I decided not to include a voiceover on this one because I want you to become absorbed into the music and not get distracted by my voice.
You’ll hear unreleased music from Jamie Jones forthcoming on Hot Creations, from Lee Curtis forthcoming on Visionquest, from Celsius and Nacho Marco forthcoming on Madtech, and much more.
Track List
The Pressure (Frankie Knuckles Classic Mix) – Sounds Of Blackness [Perspective]
Get Me Down – Parkcity [Svoque Muziq]
Drink Tickets – Lee Curtis [Visionquest]
Never Without You ft. Stella – NTEIBINT [Eskimo]
Forget – Patrick Topping [Hot Creations]
Lacerta – Paji [Kittball]
Psychodelizia – T Raum [J.hruza]
Time – Nacho Marco [Mad Tech]
Knight (Electric Jones remix) – Igor Vicente [Hot Creations]
Scream ft. Danique – Distorted Beauty [Perception]
Flume – Traumer [Herzblut]
Ecstatic Truth – Helmut Ebritsch [Lucidflow]
Devotion – Celsius [Madtech]
In And Out – Atapy [Subjekt]
Following up his Lunatic Fringe EP, Lee Curtiss offers up two singles via his very own Visionquest imprint, one of which is a collaboration with Nick Bassett.
The a-side, “Drink Tickets”, hooked me upon first listen through with its mean modulating bass riff… I had the chance to play this out this past Friday night and I can attest to its capacity to make people dance.
Order the 12″ here .
On Mirror Image EP, Toronto-based duo MFR orchestrate a moody melodic ambient techno symphony.
“Window To Vertigo” evokes a sense of rising suspense. The TB-303 carries the bass lead duties while another higher pitched lead line dances over top and the 909 chugs along. The distant morphing pads instill an air of gravity and desperation. I mixed this track into the last episode of Low-Life’s mix podcast series–The Bootleg Tapes | XIX.
“Three Points” establishes a weird ambient mind-space. (Suffice to say, this one is not a tech-house dj’s secret weapon.) It’s dark, abstract and discordant. A dark analog synth pulses steadily while another lead synth and a guitar rattle off improvised melodies.
“Other Storm” is moody brooding and bittersweet. It builds slowly witholding the bass progression from us until the right moment at 2:45. This heightens our anticipation throughout the intro. Delayed analog synth arpeggios spiral off into the abyss. The 909 makes another appearance with it’s insistent funky groove. Glimmering synth pads fill the space in between the drum hits.
With their releases so far this year, (such as Flowers & Sea Creatures’ Afternoons and Afterhours EP, MFR has won my heart. I’d say that it is one not only one of my favorite Canadian dance labels, but one of my favorite labels.)
Mirror Image is forthcoming on their MFR imprint this month.
E2 is the second part of a quarterly EP series from German duo Klartraum , with the following two instalments due to follow later this year. Supposedly, the “E” in the title stands for Enneagram, which is “a model of human personality that allows you to describe or to find out through which lens you see your reality.” Author Stephen Wolinsky has written a book on the subject and it is something that permeates the work of Klartraum.
Klartraum is composed of Helmut Ebritsch and Nadja Lind . They founded Lucidflow in 2009.
With the title ‘Sky Fall’, the duo makes reference to Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the stratosphere back to earth last year, which was sponsored by Red Bull. The track has a spacious epic soundscape, a funky smooth feel and a cheeky bittersweet mood. The duo weaves together driving electric guitar chord stabs, soft Fender Rhodes melodies dressed with airy reverb, and a driving four-to-the floor groove. The club mix makes for an excellent tool for the dj, but my personal preference is the “cinematic mix”. I love the way the arrangement slowly unfolds, which is why I used it to open up the last episode of my podcast series– The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. XIX .
On ‘Celebration’, the duo offers up polished understated tech house with a palette of crisp 909 percussion, warm jazzy chords, short speech samples, and funky disco synth plucks.
‘Tree of Life’ is slower than the other two tracks, and it’s clear that this one is meant for a more mellow context. It’s a lonely contemplative walk into the dark forest of your mind. It feels like I’m surrounded by the canopy of tall trees; I can hear the wildlife buzzing, rattling, and chirping.
E2 is a moody cerebral organic ambient tech house journey. It will be out May 20th on Lucidflow.
Based in Austria, Nauruan Stranger follows up his debut ‘Bot / Human’ EP with a new offering for Berlin-based Konstruktiv imprint, which includes a remix of the title cut by the label’s founder Rekord 61 .
The title cut evokes a mood of profundity and anticipation. On “Inka” Nauruan Stanger blends a muffled broken beat, a muted acid bass line, a dance of glowing synth pads, and indecipherable pitched-down vocal snippets.
“Akbar” is a dark acid trip. In other words, the focal point of this tune is a sinister warping Roland TB-303 riff that wiggles over top the driving four-to-the-floor groove. It features soft hypnotizing re-pitched vocal loops and chops.
On “Holga”, Nauruan Stranger lays down another broken beat overlaid with short vocal chops, a solemn choir section pad, a brooding muted 303 line, and distant otherworldly synth pads.
Inka EP is sublime. (And I love the art.)
Nauruan Stranger ’s Inka EP is out on Konstruktiv on June 2nd 2014.
