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.
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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.
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.
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.
Scuba/Dissident, Remixes
May 27, 2010 – 10:01 PM
The latest platter from Hotflush/Offshore sister label, Hotshore, which pits D-Bridge against Scuba’s “Tense” and Headhunter against Dissident’s “Society of Silver,” suffers from incongruous aesthetic combinations.
James T. Cotton, On Time
May 26, 2010 – 10:01 PM
James T. Cotton’s On Time, his latest EP for Spectral Sound, succeeds because he realizes where to draw the line between reverence and progression.
Gerd, Friendly Fire
May 25, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Claiming both sides of the record this time, the veteran producer and 4 Lux Records head reprises a formula that easily won us over last time, capitalizing on an overlay of moods.
Wax, No.30003
May 25, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Cut from the same cloth as antecedent Wax singles but woven into more functional patterns, No.30003 lacks the revelatory edge which make so many of Pawlowitz’s releases must-own items.
Unknown artist, The Freeze/The Melt Down
May 24, 2010 – 10:01 PM
The latest record to receive Juno’s largess tries to seem anonymous in spite of its striking, purple marbled vinyl and a garrulous press sheet that makes The Freeze/The Melt Down seem like a blind item: Which boldfaced U.S. house producer drew dancers to the booths at Panorama Bar and Fabric with this incognito platter?
The Echologist, Slow Burn EP
May 20, 2010 – 10:01 PM
“Slow Burn” is naturally ebullient; its rounded chords and breathing, spatial atmospherics chart the hopeful beauty you’d expect to find on an Intrusion release.
Radio Slave, I Don’t Need A Cure For This
May 20, 2010 – 10:01 AM
It’s not entirely surprising REKIDS sat on I Don’t Need A Cure For This as it’s noticeably more subdued than Edwards’ usual club-clobbering fare, but it’s paired with the ethnic-sampling house varieties he’s helped popularize.
Matt O’Brien, Remixes From The Periphery
May 19, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Matt O’Brien’s Remixes From the Periphery brings together some of the past and present leading lights of techno and house, which in many ways neatly sum up O’Brien’s approach to music-making.
BBH: Ross 154, Until My Heart Stops…
May 18, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Listening to Delsin’s reissue of Until My Heart Stops… by Ross 154, born as Jochem Peteri but best known as Newworldaquarium, trying to pin down its exact origins blindly gets a little tricky.
XXXY/Ike Release, Infra12002
May 17, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Amid the hullabaloo about new-garage, the Infrasonics label has quietly been cultivating a uniquely minimalist take on swung-drum bass music, distilling the sound to its bare essence. Infra12002, a 12″ split between XXXY and Ike Release, furthers this ideal.