Levon Vincent’s sole 12″ of 2012, Stereo Systems, contains three cuts that each approach the dance floor on their own terms.
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In Aeternam Vale, La Piscine
January 30, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Minimal Wave’s further excavations yield a second single from the French duo In Aeternam Vale, this one even more relevant to contemporary audiences.
Moon B, Untitled
January 29, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Released at the end of 2012 while everyone was looking back, Moon B’s Untitled album is a boogified house album that shouldn’t be missed.
DIVA, Paris Stabbing
January 29, 2013 – 1:01 AM
A project devoted to the spirit of Jocelyn Brown, Lolleatta Holloway, and other such vocalists, DIVA in fact takes a freeform, analog-sounding approach to composition on Paris Stabbing.
Burial, Truant / Rough Sleeper
January 25, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Burial’s dramatic shift towards making longer pieces with multiple movements picks up steam on his late 2012 release, Truant/Rough Sleeper.
Aybee, Worlds
January 24, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Worlds is a unique mélange of deep house, Sun Ra, hip-hop, and the radioactive background glow of Autechre’s Amber, among other coordinates, but stands out as a work of deliberate individuality.
Sankt Göran, Local Legend
January 24, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Crime City Disco’s sixth record, by Gothenburg’s Sankt Göran (“Saint George”), is neither deep nor slow — it’s positively hands-in-the-air.
Motor City Drum Ensemble, Send A Prayer
January 23, 2013 – 1:02 AM
After a relatively quiet 2012, Motor City Drum Ensemble returns with the four track Send A Prayer EP which stalks confidently throughout admittedly familiar territory.
Factory Floor, Fall Back
January 23, 2013 – 1:01 AM
That Factory Floor’s Fall Back arrives during a moment when their brand of post-industrial acid-sheen is très en vogue couldn’t be more opportune for the three-piece UK outfit.
DJ Kaos, Kosmischer Ruckenwind Remixes
January 22, 2013 – 1:02 AM
DJ Kaos’ Kosmischer Ruckenwind from 2009 is an enticing take on guitar-based kosmische musik, but it’s this remix package by Quiet Village and Elitetechnique that really delivers.
Anom Vitruv, Untitled
January 22, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Anom Vitruv packs an abundance of ideas into a small space, and does so with grace on this new, untitled 7″.
JiMMi Hendrik, Snappy Bizzness
January 18, 2013 – 11:21 AM
Snappy Bizzness is, incidentally, far and away German DJ and producer JiMMi Hendrik’s most high-profile release to date, and is a markedly mature one at that.
Silent Servant / Santiago Salazar, Mi Alma
January 17, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Silent Servant’s split 12″ with Santiago Salazar offers two beautifully sinewy techno sides, both imbued with differing shades of melancholy and bite.
Garben Eden, Romantic Archive
January 17, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Only his third release, German producer Garben Eden’s Romantic Archive EP for Lampuka Records sounds more like the work of a long established producer.
Crazy P, Heartbreaker (Remixes)
January 16, 2013 – 1:02 AM
If any track on Crazy P’s most recent LP deserved its own record it’s “Heartbreaker,” and it comes paired with new takes by buzzed about producers Huxley and Mark E.
G. Marcell, Sound Extravagance EP
January 16, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Chicago’s G. Marcell plays up his experimental side on Sound Extravagance, his first solo release for Hakim Murphy’s Machining Dreams label.
Ben UFO, Fabriclive 67
January 15, 2013 – 1:01 AM
As a curatorial effort, Ben UFO’s Fabriclive mix exults, unsettles, and satisfies, with a daring and adept understanding of the power of contrast and dynamics.
Manhooker, Wheels In Motion EP
January 15, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Proving to have the same versatility as its parent label, Unterton shifts gears into proper house song territory with Manhooker’s flamboyant debut.