ROD MODELL Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Introducing Minimal Detroit Audio, a label run by Motor City minimal techno pioneer Terrence Dixon that has been eight years in the making. The inaugural release The Bridge is a various artists EP featuring three undisputed masters of the artform. Dixon himself kicks things off with the sparse locomotive stomp of 'The Musical' with its haunting melody playing centre stage, followed by DeepChord main man Rod Modell who serves up some typically expansive groove dynamics with the cavernous and glacial 'Transmission D'. Over on the flip, German veteran Thomas Fehlmann goes deeper with the delay drenched riddims of 'Offline' followed by Berlin's Domenique Xander treading a similarly ghostly dub trail on "Lowercase".

Review: Since opting to release more music under his given name, DeepChord man Rod Modell has largely stuck to dubbed-out ambience and heady drone soundscapes. His latest full-length is a little different, though, offering up club-focused cuts that mix his usual fuzzy aural textures and dub-fired motifs with up-tempo techno rhythms. By his standards, it's a very forthright set, with highlights including the noise-soaked stomp of "Reiki", the thrusting heaviness of "ITO", the hypnotic slam of "Jade" - where breezy, early morning electronics flutter away above tough drums and a mind-altering bassline - and the boisterous peak-time techno anthem "Scrawler".

Review: Since opting to release more music under his given name, DeepChord man Rod Modell has largely stuck to dubbed-out ambience and heady drone soundscapes. His latest full-length is a little different, though, offering up club-focused cuts that mix his usual fuzzy aural textures and dub-fired motifs with up-tempo techno rhythms. By his standards, it's a very forthright set, with highlights including the noise-soaked stomp of "Reiki", the thrusting heaviness of "ITO", the hypnotic slam of "Jade" - where breezy, early morning electronics flutter away above tough drums and a mind-altering bassline - and the boisterous peak-time techno anthem "Scrawler".