TEMUDO Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Ben Klock's ever-reliable techno stable welcomes back Temudo, the Portuguese star who has been in steady ascendance over the past few years dropping bombs on Synewave, Planet Rhythm, Modularz, Soma, Blueprint and scores more. His is a taught and focused sound - the kind of thing you'd expect to hear the likes of Klock dropping with glee in the middle of a marathon set. 'Scars' focuses on the subtle details around the groove, edging in kinks around the kick which take on an electro-acoustic quality guaranteed to take you deep into the wormhole. 'Minus 2' is another reduced mind-melter, using negative space to deadly effect and ensuring no sound is out of place.

Review: Portugal's HAYES label clocks up a fifth EP here and once again takes us deep into a world of supple but subversive techno. It is a mix of artists who serve up the sounds with VIL's dancey 'Dothejazz' layering minimal synths and drums with potent bass rumbles. Norbak & Temudo then rock you back and forth on your heels as drunken synths evoke and adapt to the icy groove on 'Cloud Seeding.' VIL & Temudo then pair off for the more twisted 'Pampomaniac' and Quelza closes down with 'Arnold,' a whacked-out and skeletal techno rhythm that borrows from early jungle.

Review: With previous releases for heavy hitters of the techno scene such as MORD LTD, Planet Rhythm and Modularz, Joao Rodrigues aka Temudo returns with some pounding grooves. Berlin's Klockworks is a fitting home for Rodrigues' brand of peak time industrial strength DJ tools, as heard on the four featured cuts of the imprints 31st edition. From the Berghain ready mayhem of opener '2023' to the factory floor mechanisms of 'Group Dynamics'' and the eerie hypnotic minimal of 'Ashamed' which is perfectly tackle for Sunday morning trance induction - ideally in a dark concrete underground bunker. Intense!