ADAM COLLINS Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Vitamin For Ears is back with a second offering of healthy sonics to improve your day and this time it is Adam Collins who is the doctor in charge of serving you your medicine. It's an atmospheric opener with 'Aacid Reboo' setting a moody scene before 'Sombor' then rides on live-sounding broken beats and 'Customary' rides a rubbery, rocketing house groove full of playfulness and smart samples. The flip side offers three more hugely varied sounds from ambient to icy minimalism on 'Echo Walk' via more rugged tech on the final cut 'Electro Spruce'.

Review: The second vinyl release on Midnight Social comes from Adam Collins, one half of iconic US tech house duo Omni A.M. and an all-round seasoned pro in the field of stripped-back, headsy club gear. If you can't get enough of that sound then you're going to be all over this record, which reaches from the strict rhythmic workout of 'Kyiv' to the cheeky chord stabs of 'Three White Doves', the deep blue waters of 'Cyprus Falls' and on to Grant Dell's 'Tribulation' remix of 'Kyiv' which reaches into boxy, trip-out territory for the blurry end of the dance.

Review: Euphonics, an EP released via Restless Planet, is three artists coming together to create a strong look at minimal music today. Adam Collins' 'Drexel' sets the tone with its quirky, minimal grooves and a captivating blend of the strange and the familiar. Christine Benz's 'GB3' offers a melodic respite, showcasing her prowess in tech house. The final track, 'Effluxion' by Intensive Purposes, emerges as the standout piece for us, transporting listeners to an idyllic island paradise with its tribal house rhythms. Together, these three tracks showcase the diversity and innovation within the electronic music scene.

Review: The Low Money Music Love imprint marks its third release with a trio of artists who appreciate the more melodic, warm end of the tech house conundrum, each offering up a unique take on smooth and seductive late night jams. Adam Collins is up first, and his "I Can Not Forget" comes on with a touch of Peter Kruder earthiness in its live drum sounds, while the vocal makes sure it's a track that commands attention. Darren Harris takes a more gutsy approach with the chunky bass ripples and weighty keys of "Pulsar" coming on all Glenn Underground, before Hinode ups the tempo with a taut but equally deep box jam peppered with hypnotic synth lines.

Review: Crayon take another trip into the realm of deep house with this split 12" from a range of talented individuals. D'Funk takes a little lick from Roy Ayers on "Follow Me" and frames the sample in spooky keys carried along by a sturdy four-to-the-floor thump. Adam Collins and Mark Ambrose get a bit freakier on "Modern Moule", using all kinds of oddball sounds to whip up a decidedly off-kilter mood. D'Funk's "Break For Jungle" takes a few cues from the hardcore continuum, and places them in the context of an uptempo house workout, and then Mark Ambrose completes the set with the amped up old-skool techno energy of "Machine Man".

Review: Grant Dell, D.A.M.N. label boss and minimal house purveyor since the late 1990s, and Adam Collins, one half of the duo Omni AM, team up for a delectable double-sided waxen coin minted with the visage of experimental tech. In two breaths, the producers venture both 'Out East' and 'Out West', plunging the otherwise readymade minimal house formula in vats of reverb, b-breaks sensibilities and oddball effects. They also choose an unusual palette of sounds, which verges on speed garage by the time we reach the end of the B.

Review: Kommuna Tapes is a Barcelona based label curated by Youtube tastemaker CMYK and Rubi. For the third release on their imprint, they have got some legends and newbies alike. Young German producer Chris Geschwindner takes over the A side with a couple of fine tracks. Our favourite being the emotive "Lostnfound" with its broken beats beneath soulful Detroit elements - it is quite reminiscent of Slow Life's S. Moreira actually. Coincidentally, he featured on the label's last release. On the flip, we hear that the breaks are a recurring theme: Adam Collins, half of legendary American tech-house duo Omni AM, delivers the sublime and hypnotic groove of "Tropical Girl", and early noughties deep house icon Brian Cavender aka Seafoam serves up the delay drenched, dubbed-out deepness of "Tripped Up".