IRON BLU Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Weapons Of Desire kick off what is presumably a new series of various artist releases under the Machine Funk banger, and do so with a right royal collection of dance music punks. Drvg Cvltvre, for example, is a Dutchman who makes dirt, sleaze and noise an art form in his techno tracks, and the brilliantly brainless 'I Hate Thinking' is proof of that. UK hardware lover Perseus Traxx also brings plenty of lo-fi brilliance to his 'Hi-Tech', while Rennie Foster's 'Deposition Acid' achieves some hypnotic brilliance with the 303. Add in more rough and ready excellence from Type-303 and Bad Outfit and you have a hefty EP.

Review: Iron Blu, UK producer and broadcaster on the mighty Intergalactic FM, has releases on Biotech, Rothmans, Plastic Fantastic, Out Of Bounds, Endless Illusion, Vivod and pending on new imprint LBL. His production career has spanned krautrock/cosmic, post-punk, electrofunk to what he does today. In past lives he has released on Blubber Lips, Some Bizzare, Hardware, Full Circle, HOS, Quad Communications, Coded, Global Underground and Morgan Khan's Streetsounds. Flight Recorder has been releasing a steady stream of 12" EPs and one CD album since Feb 2012 from Cottam, Kid Machine, Casionova to Antoni Maiovvi, Perseus Traxx, Alessandro Parisi and Emile Strunz amongst others.
Stepping aside from managing and A&R for Flight Recorder, Iron Blu releases his second offering for the label. "Science Probe Vessel" is 12 inches of jackbeat and Detroit techno. A1 is a dub-tinged organ driven 909 jack. A2 is a bass-heavy 909 jack cut through with glacial strings. B1 is heavy Detroit techno. B2 is a deep groovin' house workout fused with wobbly seesawing strings.

Review: Just as the new football season settles into it's groove, the fourth edition of the highly collectable Rothmans arrives sporting some high profile signings! Leading the way on The Claudio Gentile Release is a Foolish Felix dub of Cage & Aviary's "Lean On Me" whose deranged acid gurglings provide a nice contrast to the thrusting Escape From East London stylings of Posthuman's "Make More Men". On the flip Ali Renault returns for Rothmans duty with the Weatherall worthy "The Black Heart" whilst Iron Blu is loaned from Flight Recorder for the synthy swamp of orchestral drama that is "Oiche Shamhna"

Review: Limited, hand-stamped and complete with screen printed artwork, Ali Renault's Vivod imprint consistently command investment... And that's before we even tackle the rich beats on offer here. Both Emile and Iron Blu have carved careers in the darker, more uncompromising side of electro and tech-edged disco and, as this joint EP shows, their styles clearly complement each other. Emile's "People Who You Know (Who Can't Say No)" wears an acid house cape while doing the fandango in what appears to be Black Strobe's studio. Iron Blu takes care of the B-side business with "The Protagonist". Frozen funk that teeters on the edge of timeless electro, somehow it manages to sit somewhere between Aux 88 and Lindstrom. Alluring and addictive, Vivod continue to deliver the premium goods.