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.
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Samoyed, Spit
November 3, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Scottish producer Samoyed’s debut for the Astro:Dynamics also marks its first full-fledged 12″ and makes a strong case for where the label could go in the future.
Lando Kal, Maneuver
November 2, 2011 – 12:01 AM
With Maneuver, Lando Kal continues to come into his own, ramping up the energy from his Hotflush release while sounding dapper as ever.
Scuba, DJ-Kicks
November 1, 2011 – 10:01 AM
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.
Achterbahn d’Amour, Acid Test 05
November 1, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Acid Test 05 sees Achterbahn d’Amour — the German duo of Iron Curtis and Edit Piafra — return for their second edition, backed with a typically minimal remix by Skudge.
Moomin, Sweet Sweet
October 28, 2011 – 12:01 AM
In advance of his forthcoming debut LP, Moomin drops Sweet Sweet for the same label, Smallville Records.
BNJMN, Black Square
October 27, 2011 – 10:01 AM
The Black Square LP finds BNJMN returning to Rush Hour Direct Current with a more somber outlook.
Cio D’or, Magnetfluss
October 27, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Cio D’or returns to Prologue with a new EP that strips away past moments of accessibility away and leaves behind an empty shell of sound design.
Martyn, Ghost People
October 26, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Ghost People finds Martyn trading the wistfulness of his Great Lengths debut for more floor-focused compositions.
Untold, Little Things Like That
October 26, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Untold’s Little Things Like That arrives on Clone Basement Series as a chance to start anew but instead doubles down.
Melchior Productions Ltd., Apariciones Reworked
October 25, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Apariciones Reworked aims to inject some magic back into the original tracks with remixes by Melchior’s long time friends, Baby Ford and Ricardo Villalobos.
The Please, ‘s-Gravendijkwal
October 25, 2011 – 12:01 AM
‘s-Gravendijkwal, the inaugural release on Purple Maze by The Please, is slurred slow house with a distinct soul influence.
Kassem Mosse, Enoha
October 21, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Gunnar Wendel’s second release on Instra:mental’s NonPlus+ label finds the well loved producer both working well within and far outside his familiar comfort zone.
Marcel Dettmann, Translation EP
October 20, 2011 – 10:01 AM
With one ear listening to the past and the other firmly pressed against the door that leads to the future, Translation shows that there is no danger of Dettmann staying in the same place for too long.
Zed Bias, Biasonic Hotsauce – Birth of the Nanocloud
October 20, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Biasonic Hotsauce – Birth of the Nanocloud boasts 12 collaborators over the course of 18 tracks and it feels very much like a mixtape.
Rustie, Glass Swords
October 19, 2011 – 10:01 AM
While threatening to explode into something gaudy, Rustie’s debut album, Glass Swords, makes a compelling statement with its stack of over-the-top influences.
Joseph Terruel, The Hidden Cuts EP
October 19, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Joseph Terruel’s The Hidden Cuts EP sees him offer up three well-crafted edits, the likes of which are liable to re-ignite the endless sampling debate.
Luomo, Plus
October 18, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Plus is the snapshot of where the Luomo project stands right now: simultaneously more pop and more experimental than his previous work.