Review: Let's have a minibar refil and listen to this 'MilkShake EP2' compilation. Agnès, Ultrakurt, and Ditch as unyielding minibar bedrocks,
offer new deep and shaky cuts, inviting John Thomas & Barbara Goes for an exceptional funky time that will surely sparkle this year.
You'll love Spasm and Linc's fine and striking funksters. It's all about house, minimal twists and the tricks Minibarians love.
Review: Since launching a couple of years ago, the Shamandrum label has exclusively offered up occasional EPs that feature founder Barac collaborating with other producers from within the worldwide tech-house scene. This time round it's the mysterious Ursul, who are research suggests is a Moscow-based producer and studio engineer. You'll find their collaboration, "Aura De Magie Si Mister" on side B. Built around African style tribal drums and weirdo electronics, it's a deep and intoxicating percussion workout that sounds like it should be the musical accompaniment to a sunrise pagan ritual. Barac's solo A-side, "At The Moment", is a little closer to his usual fare and offers an ear pleasing blend of bubby bass, psychedelic electronics, gently descending melodies and a hypnotic, deep tech-house groove.
B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition
Barac - "At The Moment Of"
Barac & Ursul - "Aura De Magie Si Mister"
Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***
Since launching a couple of years ago, the Shamandrum label has exclusively offered up occasional EPs that feature founder Barac collaborating with other producers from within the worldwide tech-house scene. This time round it's the mysterious Ursul, who are research suggests is a Moscow-based producer and studio engineer. You'll find their collaboration, "Aura De Magie Si Mister" on side B. Built around African style tribal drums and weirdo electronics, it's a deep and intoxicating percussion workout that sounds like it should be the musical accompaniment to a sunrise pagan ritual. Barac's solo A-side, "At The Moment", is a little closer to his usual fare and offers an ear pleasing blend of bubby bass, psychedelic electronics, gently descending melodies and a hypnotic, deep tech-house groove.
Review: For the label's first compilation, Cabaret Records has decided to introduce us to their Alien Family. By the sounds of the collection, they're a motley crew of studio mutants united by a love of creaking hardware, sci-fi synths and intergalactic dancefloor workouts. Happily, highlights are plentiful, from the acid-fired, bleep-heavy throb of S-Audio's "Remote Circuit" and weighty electro crackle of Binh's "Wova", to the dreamy underwater deepness of EK Box's "Watair" and the classic deep house/Detroit techno fusion of So Inagawa's futurist masterpiece "Solitary Affair". Evan Baggs's contribution, the TB-303 madness that is "AZS", is also superb.
Review: Loose is on the roll with a series of impressive, futuristic pressings. Following the "Black" and "Red" EP's comes a new gem named "Yellow". Here Rino Cerrone teams up with some of his friends Maurizio Vitello and Umberto Carmignani. These men slam down a solid stripped-down techno EP with stunning quality and superb craftsmanship.
Review: The opening track on this release struts with a rolling bassline that could anchor any dancefloor. Layered atop are sharp, metallic percussive hits, interspersed with an eerie, almost celestial synth line that creeps into focus. The music has a cinematic quality; each moment feels deliberate, as though you're stepping into a tightly woven narrative. There's a tension at play here, too-the kind that builds anticipation without ever snapping into predictability. Instead of delivering straightforward house tropes, this EP leans into shadowy, off-kilter rhythms that refuse to settle, keeping you just slightly on edge. These tracks are about crafting mood and movement, creating space for subtle builds and unexpected breaks. The result feels more like a journey than a destination-a story told through restrained but impactful instrumentation.
Review: The unpronounceable Spclnch label drops more unmissable house heat with this new various artists' offering complete with cool artwork. DP-6 gets things underway with the brilliantly raw and undercooked house of 'Martian Sands' which is deep and dubby and packed with atmosphere. Eric Louis follows a similar path but with more light in his slick chords and Upwellings brings some tech edge and more tense, textual pads to his 'Steam Trail.' Anton Kubikov shuts down a heady, stylish backroom EP with the sub-aquatic dub techno goodness of 'Metal Cut'.
Review: Ame's Innervisions label has joined forces with Philomena here for a 15th release in its series. This one kicks off with an Ivory remix of Fever Ray's 'Shiver.' The leftfield electronic artist who is also part of The Knife has a distinctive voice, to say the least, and that shines out here as shimmering chords radiant around it and over a proggy groove. The flip side offers up and unknown artist with 'Track 2' which has a familiarr vocal left to hang in the air above a cold, snappy tech rhythm. It's the sort of quietly anthemic cut Ame are known for dropping at special moments.
Review: Quirky and lo-fi minimal moods from the Pirka label, successfully blending four tracks from various artists in their repertoire as far-flung as speed garage, deep house, and broken beat. Glitchingly restless come tracks like Hendriks Toth's 'Pescado Y Limon' and Jorge Savoretti & Lulla's 'Zoot', both of which we consider to be highlights thanks to their impressively slick and agile production quality and swing. The tunes by Guy From Downstairs and Unknown Collective are no less beguiling, spanning crossrhythmic pulses to speedy hat-clap hypnotizers.
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