Tag Archive: album

Porter Ricks, Biokinetics

Type Records’ first “proper” techno record comes in the form of a reissue of Biokinetics, the fabled work of Porter Ricks and Chain Reaction’s first CD release.

Nuel, Trance Mutation

Nuel confounds expectations with his full-length debut for Further Records — an album that exists outside the techno sphere while feeling comfortable in its orbit.

Space Dimension Controller, Pathway to Tiraquon6

Since Thrillz there’s been talk of an SDC album, and in typically gratuitous fashion Jack Hamill and R&S ended the year with a 49-minute “prequel” to said long-player.

Planetary Assault Systems, The Messenger

The Messenger finds Planetary Assault Systems pulling back on the throttle after the all out blitzkrieg that was 2009′s Temporary Suspension.

Teebs, Collection 01

Less composed than 2010′s Ardour, the mixtape-like feel of Teebs’ Collection 01 offers a snapshot of one period in his progression as a producer.

Rebolledo, Super Vato

Rebolledo’s debut LP, Super Vato, is a deeply collaborative work emphasizing a certain laid-backness we don’t find very often in club music.

Pinch & Shackleton, Pinch & Shackleton

Two lone wolves, Shackleton and Pinch, come together to blend their bass weighted sensibilities into an unsettling LP, Pinch & Shackleton.

Sepalcure, Sepalcure

On Sepalcure, the duo now feels like two distinct personalities combining forces, suddenly shifting from an underdog odd couple to a supergroup.

Damu, Unity

Unlike its predecessors, Damu’s Unity frequently resembles a kind of Frankenstein amalgamation of every imaginable post-dubstep trope of the last few years.

Portable, Into Infinity

With Into Infinity, Alan Abrahams hasn’t changed his sound as much as polished it, arriving at his most mature, consuming work to date.

Alex Cortex, Kihon

On his third album, Kihon, Alex Cortex comes through with something typically eclectic and quietly brilliant.

Various Artists, Amsterdam Allstars

Rush Hour’s Amsterdam Allstars features a cross-section of the city’s talent, and while the city’s funky warmth pops up quite a bit here, the results are comfortably diverse.

Modeselektor, Monkeytown

There is a fine line between cohesion and discontinuity. Thankfully Modeselektor’s latest album, the self-referentially titled Monkeytown, trends toward the former.

Yves De Mey, Counting Triggers

Yves De Mey’s Counting Triggers continues Sandwell District’s trajectory into the abstract but brings the quality right back up the level of Feed-Forward.

Jonsson/Alter, Mod

Previous Jonsson/Alter releases offered a refined, flowing vision of deep house sounds entirely primed for a full-length, and with Mod they make good on that promise.

Emika, Emika

Emika is an album about sounds and spaces, with haunting, fragile vocals that flit through wide open rhythms and melodies that echo resoundingly over top.

Scuba, DJ-Kicks

Scuba’s DJ-Kicks is a solid sequel to and essentially the next logical step from Sub:stance, showcasing a scene that has pretty much jettisoned its dubstep roots.

BNJMN, Black Square

The Black Square LP finds BNJMN returning to Rush Hour Direct Current with a more somber outlook.

Martyn, Ghost People

Ghost People finds Martyn trading the wistfulness of his Great Lengths debut for more floor-focused compositions.

Zed Bias, Biasonic Hotsauce – Birth of the Nanocloud

Biasonic Hotsauce – Birth of the Nanocloud boasts 12 collaborators over the course of 18 tracks and it feels very much like a mixtape.