While Wendel’s remix work has started to sound like Kassem Mosse hunkering down into peggability, this solo outing reveals a producer still very much open to interpretation.
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Arkist, Rendezvous
True to form, Arkist’s debut on the always weird Apple Pips label might be his best work yet.
Machinedrum, Room(s)
Room(s), the fruit of Stewart’s new production ethic, proves that music can sound as 2011 as any album put out this year without sounding much like anything else.
Gerd & Elbee Bad, H.O.U.S.E.
Gerd & Elbee Bad’s 1994 record H.O.U.S.E. gets a new release on 4Lux with a slate of new remixes from Arttu, Jacob Korn and Neville Watson.
Juju & Jordash, Unleash The Golem Part 1
For their limited edition series of Unleash the Golem singles for Gold Channel Recordings, Juju & Jordash ask listeners to ponder the existence of their one-time home country of Israel.
Vladislav Delay, Latoma EP
The Latoma EP constitutes a pretty sharp left turn for both Echochord and Vladislav Delay, and a pretty stellar one at that.
Kuedo, Videowave
Kuedo has proven himself to be a restless electronic music innovator who, with his latest EP for Planet Mu, Videowave, begins the process of a new metamorphosis. Illium Sphere, Clark, and Heterotic feature on remix duty.
Legowelt, Sark Island Acid
Sark Island Acid, Legowelt’s first 12″ for the L.I.E.S. label, features three of his most ambitious compositions thus far.
Aroy Dee, Beauty & Life
Beauty & Life finds Aroy Dee and remixer Ra.H playing to their strengths and coming up with three eminently enjoyable tracks for M>O>S Recordings.
Levon Vincent, Man Or Mistress
Novel Sound’s fifth transmission — its first since 2009 — sees Vincent release one of his biggest and best tracks so far, accompanied by two more than worthy B-side attractions.
Furesshu, Downstate
Downstate feels like the start of a promising new phase for Steadfast, and the fact that it’s being triggered by a producer like Furesshu says a lot for the English producer’s range, dexterity, and bright future.
M.A.N.D.E.A.R., Buddies
The spirit of fun (and perhaps some other substances) must have been in the air when Matthew Dear and DJ duo M.A.N.D.Y. recorded “Buddies.”
DJ Duke, Summer Madness
DJ Duke’s been relatively quiet of late, and Summer Madness, on the German Self Defence label, marks his return.
Deadbeat, Drawn & Quartered
Deadbeat’s latest album, Drawn & Quartered, is a sometimes dark, sometimes effortlessly beautiful foray into deep rhythms and floating synthesis.
Beaumont, Blush Response EP
Beaumont separates himself from the pack of 80’s revisiting producers with the Blush Response EP for Boxcutter’s Kinnego imprint.
Redshape, In Trust We Space
In Trust We Space finds Redshape returning the sounds of his first few EPs while teasing out some of the ideas first initiated on his debut album.
Sigha, HF029
Sigha’s self-titled EP for Hotflush may leave you thirsty for something that distinguishes its tracks as James Shaw’s own and more of the label’s sound signature.
Margaret Dygas, Margaret Dygas
Margaret Dygas builds on the success of her previous Perlon release and last year’s How Do You Do? album for her newest Perlon outing, a self-titled doublepack.