With Mathew Jonson now at the controls of Itiswhatitis, he’s restarted it with a couple of lost treasures from the mid-aughts era he once dominated.
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Petar Dundov, Lily Wasp
October 3, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Lily Wasp, Petar Dundov’s third single in 2012, takes a slightly different tack, but without losing any of the hypnotic beauty which made Ideas so engrossing.
STL, Flying Saucer Attack
October 2, 2012 – 10:01 AM
STL’s first two contributions to Smallvile were incredible refinements of his somber, druggy sound, and his latest, Flying Saucer Attack, offers its own eccentric beatdown house sound.
Ghosts On Tape, Nature’s Law
October 2, 2012 – 12:01 AM
San Francisco club night Icee Hot activates its record label arm to put out crew member Ghosts On Tape’s sophomore solo single, Nature’s Law.
Joe, MB/Studio Power On
September 27, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Two years after stunning the dance world with a track made primarily from handclaps, Joe returns with an equally arresting new single for Untold’s Hemlock Recordings.
Amir Alexander, Everybody’s Beautiful EP
September 26, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Amir Alexander’s meteoric rise continues with the subliminally charged Everybody’s Beautiful EP for Hypercolour off-shoot, Hype_LTD.
Recondite, DRGN / Wist 365
September 26, 2012 – 12:01 AM
DRGN/Wist 365, Recondite’s first release since the breathtaking On Acid, adapting the blueprint guiding his Plangent EPs to a darker hue.
Hakim Murphy, Wet Analog
September 25, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Immediately following the duo’s Innerspace Halflife 12″ on M>O>S, Hakim Murphy sounds more confident flying his freak flag on these four idiosyncratic solo outings.
Bass Clef, Dawn Chorus Pedal
September 25, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Bass Clef’s outsider approach to genre is in fine form on Dawn Chorus Pedal, the Idle Hands-release follow up to the Reeling Skullways LP.
Illum Sphere, Birthday/h808er
September 20, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Never one to align with a singular genre himself, Illum Sphere has arrived at a benchmark with Birthday/h808er, far-and-away his most menacing effort to date.
NCW, Pharoah And The Goose
September 18, 2012 – 12:01 AM
With Pharoah And The Goose, Nick Wilson takes NCW further with two epic tracks; divergent by genre yet consistent in their blinding hypnotism.
Various Artists, Preemptive Action EP Part II
September 14, 2012 – 12:01 AM
This five-tracker consolidates Pareto Park’s ethos of swaggering heavyweight techno with a varied and unashamedly brash selection.
Portable, A Process
September 13, 2012 – 10:01 AM
A Process, Portable’s debut for Live At Robert Johnson, is more a return to previous motifs than a major push forward.
Cheap and Deep, Cheap and Deep Rides Again
September 13, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Cheap and Deep Rides Again, the first on Jay Ahern’s new Modular Cowboy imprint, features Norman Nodge and Jonsson/Alter remixes of “Words, Breaths, and Pauses” and one new track.
Ripperton, Let’s Hope
September 12, 2012 – 10:01 AM
While Ripperton’s “Let’s Hope” offers 11+ minutes of cosmic, club-centric fare, its Bicep’s remix that’s most likely to grab dancers by the scruff.
Frak, Prisma
September 12, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Prisma, Frak’s latest for Kontra-Musik, focus the group’s energy in a more stable direction, but it lacks the distilled power of the first EP.
Theo Parrish, Hand Made EP
September 7, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Those left wanting by the abrasion of Theo Parrish’s Any Other Styles will find the Hand Made EP for Running Back more classicist and even functional.