Raiders of the Lost Arp returns to form on the Battlestar EP by finally releasing the long anticipated “Night Theme” on Lunar Disko Records.
Author Archive: Kuri Kondrak
Alex Israel, Walking To Guntersville
August 3, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Alex Israel’s first physical 12″ displays a confident versatility which compliments the already heterogeneous back catalog of W.T. Records.
Global Communication, Back In The Box
May 31, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Global Communication’s Back In The Box mix is essentially a look at what they were measuring themselves against and spinning during their burgeoning production years.
MD, It Ain’t What It Used To Be
May 27, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Add MD’s It Ain’t What It Used To Be to the list of white labels that offer pure quality in the place of identity.
Leonid Nevermind, Light Is Here EP
April 26, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Three years on and Leonid Nevermind’s Light Is Here EP for Nowar appears to be a major course correction pushing him in the right direction.
Jorge C, A Little Beat
April 8, 2011 – 12:01 AM
A Little Beat, the newest release from Ojo de Apolo, strikes a path somewhere between the label’s early minimal techno and its newer deep house sounds. DJ Sprinkles is on remix duty.
Various Artists, Abstract Art Vol. 1
March 31, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Abstract Art Vol. 1 features Keith Worthy and also two new names to the label — Michal Wierzchowski and Nick Agha — who are likely unknown to even the most dedicated house/techno heads.
DaRand Land, Foregrounds And Backgrounds
March 18, 2011 – 12:01 AM
After several years and a cross-country move, DaRand Land’s Foregrounds And Backgrounds for Downbeat finds the producer picking up right where he left off.
Talking Shopcast with Delsin
January 31, 2011 – 1:01 AM
LWE caught up with Marsel van der Wielen to reflect on the long, strange journey Delsin has taken and where he sees it leading to next. We also drafted Delsin/Ann Aimee signing Delta Funktionen to mix together Talking Shopcast 10 as a special treat.
Brendon Moeller, Close Up EP
November 2, 2010 – 10:01 AM
With the Close Up EP, Brendon Moeller’s dub strains help bring Ann Aimee a littler closer to the label’s roots.
Arne Weinberg, Integrity Constraint Part 1
September 22, 2010 – 9:01 AM
The first in a series of singles for aDepth Audio, Arne Weinberg’s Integrity Constraint Part 1 continues his explorations of a rich vein of deep techno.
BBH: Vincent Floyd, I Dream You
September 15, 2010 – 9:01 AM
Vincent Floyd’s 1991 release for Dance Mania, I Dream You, stands as one of the deepest examples of Chicago house.
LWE Podcast 55: The Oliverwho Factory
August 9, 2010 – 12:01 AM
The Detroit duo of Daryl and Shone Caliman, better known as The Oliverwho Factory, have developed a sound that while rough and raw production-wise, is beaming with warmth, character and soul. In our interview The Oliverwho Factory acknowledge that substituting of limelight for midnight oil is not in the cards. And while neither is exactly a DJ, the pair recorded their first exclusive podcast mix that narrates where they’ve been and where they’re headed.
Red Rack’em, Exhalt/Underground
June 10, 2010 – 10:01 PM
On his first release for London-based Shift, Red Rack’em shows a deft hand at keeping us guessing on what actually qualifies as deep house these days.
BBH: Ross 154, Until My Heart Stops…
May 18, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Listening to Delsin’s reissue of Until My Heart Stops… by Ross 154, born as Jochem Peteri but best known as Newworldaquarium, trying to pin down its exact origins blindly gets a little tricky.
BBH: Projekt: PM, When The Voices Come
May 11, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Kuri Kondrak considers Edgar Sinio’s When The Voices Come EP as Projekt: PM, which helped put Guidance Recordings on the Chicago house map in 1996.
KiNK, Rachel EP
April 26, 2010 – 10:01 PM
After listening to the track “Existence” from KiNK’s Rachel EP for Ovum Recordings, I found myself slightly appalled. Essentially it’s a rework of “Changes of Life,” a 1992 cut by Jeff Mills, done as a tech-house wind up. Fitted with a new set of filters, delays, and freshly phased drum rolls, “Existence” dices up that signature piano riff to closely resemble its exemplar but remain just different enough to warrant being called its own.
Jamie Read, Never The Future EP
April 21, 2010 – 10:01 AM
After digging into the origin of the Joe Louis’s Back To The Beginning release for last year’s BBH review, I realized Jaime Read hadn’t fallen off the face of the earth after a few solid releases in the ’90s and a trickle of collaborative material with Felix Dickinson as L.H.A.S. Inc. (short for Larry Heard Appreciation Society). Contrary to my speculations, he hadn’t given up producing after a few frustrating encounters with the shadier side of the music business so much as fallen into the obligations of domesticity and let music take the backseat. So it came as quite an exciting discovery to learn he was working on new material to be released on UK label Elektrosouls Recordings.