Although his top flight turntable chops make clear why Jus-ED is better known as a DJ than a producer, the consistently engaging ideas and execution on Next Level assure listeners that he can sit at the mixing desk with the best of them.
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Marcel Fengler, Thwack
June 16, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Bigger, punchier, and more self-assured than Marcel Fengler’s previous string of 12″s for Ostgut Ton, the Thwack EP doesn’t just sound like the work of a hungry young producer; he sounds like he’d eat the whole party sub at the coming-out soiree we critics finally owe him.
SECT, Man Of Wisdom EP
June 15, 2010 – 10:01 PM
SECT’s Man of Wisdom EP is three tracker of mid tempo house cuts on the deeper end of the spectrum, but still packs some serious heat for the feet.
Elektro Guzzi, Elektro Guzzi
June 15, 2010 – 10:01 AM
As meticulously arranged as the ten jams on Elektro Guzzi’s self-titled debut album are, and as totally nifty as they sound at points, the album does succumb to some of the problems that plague long-players of the bedroom producers they imitate.
DJ Sprinkles vs K-S.H.E., A Short Introduction To The House Sounds Of Terre Thaemlitz
June 14, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Culled from her 2006 Routes Not Roots album as Kami-Sakunobe House Explosion K-S.H.E (“B2B”) and the digital-only A Silence Broken compilation (“Hush Now”), this release hosts two of Terre Thaemlitz’s most potent and timely dance floor tracks on vinyl for the first time.
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.
Ellen Allien, Dust
June 10, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Given how well Ellen Allien has worked within the pop and rock spheres in the past, her attempts to incorporate these sounds with her abstract tendencies on Dust fail to form a coherent, engaging whole.
DJ Koze, Rue Burnout
June 9, 2010 – 10:01 PM
The two tracks of Rue Burnout, arriving on DJ Koze’s newly launched Pampa label, are full of his familiar playfulness with the weight behind them to move a peak time crowd.
LWE’s Movement 2010 Review
June 9, 2010 – 10:01 AM
As May rolls around each year, many dance music fans in America and around the world instinctively reach for their wallets and begin making preparations for Detroit’s annual electronic music festival, Movement.
Soul Clap, Action Satisfaction
June 8, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Soul Clap’s Action Satisfaction shows just how far this duo has come in a relatively short amount of time, further refining the sample-centered house sound to which they’ve cottoned on.
Actress, Splazsh
June 8, 2010 – 10:01 AM
The second album by Actress, Splazsh, is stylistically diverse, its shapeshifting unified by his predilection for clipped vocal stabs and subtle, droning atmospherics.
Fred P., On This Vibe
June 7, 2010 – 10:01 PM
While Fred is one lynchpins of the resurgent New York house sound, On This Vibe — fittingly on Esperanza, a Spanish label — goes back in time to classics like Sueno Latino’s eponymous hit or the “ambient house” of 808 State for inspiration.
Instra:mental, Let’s Talk/Vicodin
June 3, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Let’s Talk/Vicodin, Instra:mental’s latest for Irish label [Naked Lunch], further expands their sound and is quite possibly their best single yet.
T++, Wireless
June 3, 2010 – 10:01 AM
On Wireless, purportedly Torsten Pröfrock’s final T++ collection, the producer — long recalling a chemist or perhaps nuclear physicist –seems to have moved his operation to a biology lab, if not a roadside barbecue pit.
Kirmann & Hodge, Piano Interrupted
June 2, 2010 – 10:01 PM
For their third release, Lobe Records looks to Kirmann as he takes his music to a rather beautiful and contemplative place with the help of experimental pianist Tom Hodge.
Richard Davis, What You Are
June 1, 2010 – 10:20 PM
Five years since his warmly received album, Details, Richard Davis returns with What You Are, a three tracker for his new label Safer that perhaps hints we will begin to see more regular material from the singer/producer.
Marcel Dettmann, Dettmann
June 1, 2010 – 10:01 AM
While it’s at times painfully monochrome, Dettmann certainly succeeds both as an expansion and as a fine-tuning of Marcel Dettmann’s aesthetic.
Hrdvsion, Where Did You Just Go? EP
May 31, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Although only teasing six tracks of what will be a full length album, Hrdvsion’s Where Did You Just Go EP packs more ideas into it than most artists manage over several albums.