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DJS: MOST CHARTED - TECHNO - MOST CHARTED IN JANUARY 2014

Djs: Most Charted - Techno

Djs: Most Charted - Techno

DJS: MOST CHARTED - TECHNO - MOST CHARTED IN JANUARY 2014
4 Feb 2014
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1
Cat: TT 015. Rel: 13 Jan 14
 
Techno
Slain
Untitled
Marked
Untamed
Review: The Trilogy Tapes continue to slay all in their path, with TTT015 featuring four slabs of suffocating sonics from Oliver Vereker. The pair of records for LIES last year ensured Oliver graduated from Professor Morelli's class of 2013 with honours, whilst the young San Francisco-based producer was also spotted duking it out with Florian Kupfer on one of those blink-and-you-missed-it Russian Torrent Versions platters. If you picked up on one of those records you will know what to expect from Slain, which begins in particularly crepuscular form with the title track, as the ghostly remains of Detroit electro are dragged straight to hell. This sense of claustrophobia remains throughout, with pressure seemingly exerted on each lurching drum beat - the woozy box jam "Marked" is the one exception and our personal highlight.
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out of stock $11.32
2
Cat: CITI 011. Rel: 27 Jan 14
 
Techno
Kino I
Kino I (dub)
Kino I (beats)
Review: An-i is the excellent new project from Doug Lee, a man previously responsible for some superb dancefloor ammo as part of TBD alongside Justin Vandervolgen, as well as working with Lovefingers on more mellow fare as The Stallions. If you were one of the lucky few to grab his Bad News 12" with LIES don Ron Morelli then you'll be ready for the haywire nature of the Kino-i EP. Finding a perfect home on Minimal Wave offshoot Cititrax, the EP sees the Berlin based producer indulge his machine love on three variations of the same track that almost explode off the wax - must check for fans of Nation, LIES, Mathematics. Pressed up on fluorescent 160gm yellow vinyl and housed in a high gloss black and white sleeve.
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out of stock $16.84
3
Cat: DYSTOPIAN 005. Rel: 13 Jan 14
 
Techno
Felix K - "Stone Edge" (Par Grindvik remix)
Rodhad - "Patient Zero" (Function remix)
Review: German techno outpost Dystopian takes a moment to reflect by looking back over their initial run of releases and picking out two gems to get the remix treatment. Felix K, fresh from his debut album last year, gets his "Stone Edge" track reworked by Par Grindvik, who drops a tough salvo of drums and distant melodic pads aimed at the heavier kind of techno-head. Function gets a touch deeper with his version of Rodhad's "Patient Zero", working some subtly optimistic notes into the low end arpeggio to give a more soulful effect in amongst the finely honed club-ready percussion.
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out of stock $11.85
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Cat: OMR 02. Rel: 27 Jan 14
 
Techno
Suub
Riptide
Avalanche
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (No Compromise mix)
Review: Off Minor Recordings continues to be a family affair. Launched by Jordan 'Jordash' Czamanski with some solo material under his Crybaby J alias, the label then turned to the evidently sizeable archives of Move D for the excellent EP The KM20 Tapes. Here Czamanski and Moufang team up with Gal 'Juju' Aner for some rare, recorded output from their improvised hardware project Magic Mountain High. The Tiny Breadcrumbs EP begins with the low-end buzz and hi-end hiss of "Suub" which is met by elongated kicks and an octave changing synth tone. It's "Riptide", though, that gives us the first taste of techno musicality associated with the trio, coming in the form of an aquatic synth loop, and later, complimenting pads. Over on the B-side, "Avalanche", with its white-noise impersonating wind sequences is the EP's 'club' track which sees bumbling blips pitched against an overworked 808, while respite from lo-fi rawness is presented as "Don't Cry For Me Argentina (No Compromise mix)", an intelligent slice of hardware crafted deep house.
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out of stock $10.52
5
Cat: PDON 006. Rel: 23 Dec 13
 
Techno
Paris Dub 2
Paris Dub 2 (demo)
Review: Across a smattering of releases, the Paranoid London crew have built up something of a cult following without having to rely on the usual press or promo channels. How they do that, you say? By specialising in their own distinct brand of acid house, blending dark analogue productions with live vocals from exotically named artists such as Mulato Pintado and Paris Brightledge. With last year's Paris Dub 1 currently the subject of some high prices amongst vinyl speculators, a second edition arrives in timely fashion and the combination of Paranoid London's Acid and Paris Brightledge's vocal once again works wonders. Yes this is simple, but some of the best house music is just that. Do not sleep.
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out of stock $9.46
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Cat: MPM 18. Rel: 09 Dec 13
 
Techno
Eleven
Alarm
Review: The last time Robert Hood referenced the number 11 was the beatless track "The Age Of Eleven", appearing towards the end of his Wire To Wire album released ten years ago on the all encompassing Peacefrog Records. That, however, is where the similarities to this EP, Eleven, on Hood's own M-Plant, end. Starting with the B-side, the chimes of "Alarm" sound similar to Luke Slater's "Bell Blocker", and a lot of what else can be heard that legendary album The Messenger. But again it's the A-side, which homes the title track, that provides another production where the city of Detroit literally resonates within the music, painting visual imagery of factories and assembly lines done in a way that instantly make you think: Robert Hood.
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out of stock $8.94
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Cat: SECT 17. Rel: 20 Jan 14
 
Techno
The Dark Knight
Promise Of Peace
Reboot
Big Girls
Review: Sect returns to the heart of the history once more. Chicago's legacy is finally represented on the label by one of the finest producers of this city and sound, DJ Skull. Words can't do justice to the legacy of this legend of house and techno music. For almost three decades Skull has produced of some of the finest dancefloor tracks ever made, be it through Saber (Trax), DJAX, Hybrid, Majesty Recordings, Tresor, or many others. Here the Dark Knight offers four very special cuts that reaffirm his legendary status. The title track combines the most up-to-date techno production techniques with the inimitable Chicago jacking sound. "Promise Of Peace" retrieves traditional house values on the mellower end of the musical scale, while "Reboot" gets back to the straight-up techno, with some nicely understated acid elements; and finally "Big Girls" is informed by both reggae dub and forward thinking techno.
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Cat: MOS 020. Rel: 02 Dec 13
 
Techno
Cactus Jack
Birds With Vertigo
Baiyun Mountain
Review: It's John Heckle week here at Juno HQ; the office is still reverberating from the huge mix the Liverpudlian producer dropped for the Juno Plus site last week and we have not only a new album from him to enjoy but this debut release for Aroy Dee's MOS Recordings! Named after a mountain range near Chinese city Ghuangzhou, the Baiyun Mountain EP finds Heckle in typically unrelenting form from the off. Ferocious is the best way to describe "Cactus Jack," and "Birds With Vertigo" takes things even darker, the incessant chatter of drums underpinned by all manner of demonic, menacing vocal samples and harsh bass tones. The title track offers a chance to escape the hellish nature of the A Side, operating at a slower tempo which demonstrates Heckle is eminently capable of a deeper and more relaxed sound.
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out of stock $7.37
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Cat: IIIR II. Rel: 16 Dec 13
 
Techno
Smog
Vortex
Spanking
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Cat: SFTDXLP 001. Rel: 16 Dec 13
 
Techno
Operation Acoustic
Out Of Time
Incoming
Lock Out Chamber
High Current
Deploy
The Mission
Ships In Fog
Ocean To Sea
Space Probe
Light Years
The Atlantic
Radio Room
View From A Lighthouse
The Connection
Review: Terrence Dixon lives up to his billing as Detroit's premiere enigma with a new album on Nick Dunton's Surface Ltd label issued with the minimum of fanfare. Given the way in which Dixon's sublime Tresor long player from 2012 was announced, such tactics should be expected. Badge Of Honor arrives at the end of another prolific year for Dixon, who has ploughed his creative juices into the reduction label he started as an outlet for Population One material and issued records for Sino, Monique Musique, Polytone Recordings and Surface. This fifteen track set was apparently over a year in the making and is described by the label as "raw, all-encompassing techno cuts alongside some choice left-field experiments". As the tracklisting suggests, Dixon has fully embraced Surface's nautical aesthetic whilst the music is steadfastly Detroit techno delivered with his own distinct vision.
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out of stock $21.58
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Cat: TOKEN 37. Rel: 16 Dec 13
 
Techno
Dirtro II (original version)
Dirtro II (Robert Hood New Device mix)
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Cat: BP 038. Rel: 27 Jan 14
 
Techno
Slit
Wisdom Of Youth
Emotion Erode
Review: James Ruskin has of course individually collaborated with Mark Broom, as well a forming The Fear Ratio project for Blueprint, and he's worked with Regis as O/V/R, but a solo record from the boss on his own label hasn't been heard since 2009. Throughout the Silt EP, sounds from these collaborations creep in and out of the three productions, while the title-track sounds like something that would fit right into a [Phase] EP. There's a definite Warp, albeit Lakker and The Fear Ratio sonic to the melancholic "Wisdom Of Youth", while the murky slither of "Emotional Erode" is the EP's unexpected, ambient, and rhythmic dub-leaning highlight.
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out of stock $7.90
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Cat: LTECH 007. Rel: 20 Jan 14
 
Techno
Glaze
Slush
Complex
Adhesive
Review: Mute offshoot Liberation Technologies really found it's feet last year, issuing 12"s from the likes of Powell, Mark Fell, Vessel and Bandshell which really helped shape the narrative arc first established in 2012. The addition of Container - the current creative concern of Rhode Island-based Ren Schofield - makes perfect sense in the context of Liberation Technologies handpicking the cream of contemporary sonic explorers and his forthcoming Adhesive EP will be the label's first of 2014. Last seen on Rabih Beaini's Morphine Records with the Treatment EP, Schofield's Liberation Technologies debut comes in the shape of four tracks that see the producer continue to develop his driving brand of techno, with the label describing "a relentless pulse ever present at the core of these abrasive workouts."
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out of stock $8.16
14
Cat: OTON 74. Rel: 27 Jan 14
 
Techno
Sky Pushing (Dave Clarke remix)
Mayria (The Exaltics remix)
Trespass (Aubrey remix)
Jaz (The Traveller remix)
Review: Ostgut Ton return to Fokus, last year's accomplished debut album from Marcel Fengler with a suitably high profile remix 12". Offering a more well rounded and experimental display of Fengler's production palette than the functional techno he's issued in 12" format, Fokus has a definite highlight thus far and it's interesting to see who has been chosen to rework tracks from it. Shed and Dave Clarke are naturally the headline draws here and their respective takes on "Jaz" and "Sky Pushing" are as full throttle as one would expect but it's nice to see Solar One boss Robert Witschakowski get the exposure his work as The Exaltics deserves with a killer throbbing Italo-techno rendition of "King Of Psi".
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out of stock $8.69
15
Cat: IT 022. Rel: 03 Feb 14
 
Techno
Eternal Restriction
Boulders
Local Fields
Eternal Restriction (Zenker Brothers remix)
Review: The Zenker Brothers welcome Italian producer Stenny back into the Ilian Tape fold for a third time, with the Eternal Restriction 12" offering a further refinement on his distinctive blend of heavy bass, loud sonics and rhythmic syncopation. Indeed it's the latter element that binds Stenny's three original productions together, with rough and rugged drums the base from which the Turin talent pulls his productions in various directions. There's a dense, alien hustle to the title track that Actress fans left a bit underwhelmed by Ghettoville would gravitate towards, whilst "Boulders" sounds like it recycles a drum beat from a 90s Armand Van Helden track and buries it deep amidst a dirt encrusted techno thrust. Dario and Marco end the record with a remix of the title track that evens out a few of the kinks without edging too close to being straightforward.
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out of stock $9.21
16
Cat: INMR 004. Rel: 24 Feb 14
 
Techno
Joey Anderson - "She Is Afraid"
DJ Qu - "Alphabet Soul"
Nicuri - "Navigation 8th Density"
Joey Anderson - "Linguistic Command"
Review: With releases on Dekmantel, Latency, Avenue 66, Syncrophone and more, it's fair to say Joey Anderson had a watershed 2013, and the New Jersey-based producer's profile is set to rise further with a forthcoming album for the aforementioned Amsterdam label. Ahead of that, Anderson is doffing his curatorial cap with the latest release on his own Inimeg Recordings label entitled Exchange Place presents Alphabet Soup. Productions from Anderson bookend the record and in between DJ QU and Nicuri offer some strong representation for the esteemed Strength Music camp. Lead track "She Is Afraid" finds Anderson working once more with Ebony Ugo, whose treated vocals complement the bugged out house backing perfectly. "Alphabet Soul" from DJ QU could almost be a Pangaea production whilst "Navigation 8th Density" finds Nicuri combining taut techno rhythmics with an underlying cosmic sense of light. If you enjoyed Anderson's late 2013 Dekmantel dalliance you will most certainly dig final track "Linguistic Command".
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out of stock $11.32
17
Cat: H2RECORDINGS 98121. Rel: 23 Dec 13
 
Techno
Get On
Back Out
Review: Rene Pawlowitz's penchant for an alias strikes gold once more as the German resurfaces under the Evil Fred guise, perhaps his best pseudonym since Shed! Issued on the same H2 label that Pawlowitz jettisoned last year's Zigg Gonzales 12", Get On finds our Fred in suitably dancefloor slaying mode with a title cut that seems to pair classic 90s R&S techno with modern Berlin sound design - that vocal hook will slay them! On the flip, "Back Out" justifies the Balearic Rave tag that's been adopted for Pawlowitz's output on this label, with the tough rhythmic dynamism augmented by wonderfully light brushes of piano and chords.
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out of stock $8.41
18
Cat: DOLLY 016. Rel: 09 Dec 13
 
Techno
First Day Jx3PO
First Day (Steven Tang remix)
Skystream
Almost There
Review: There's always a sense of pleasant surprise when it comes to a new record on Dolly, partly because Steffi doesn't really care for the whole content feed game most labels have to deal with, but mostly down to the sheer standard of artist she chooses to work with. Johannes Volk, Dexter and Martyn are some of the recent contributors to the Dolly cause and it's great to see Rotterdam duo Duplex making their debut here. The First Day EP sees Chris Aarse & John Matze lay down a healthy triplet of fresh sounding West Coast box jams that fit snugly in the Duplex canon alongside their material for Clone, Frantic Flowers and Harbour City Sorrow. Dolly favourite Steven Tang showcases his talent for remixes on "First Day" trading in the deep electro snap of the original for a perma rising exercise in crisp analogue techno.
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out of stock $8.69
19
Cat: MODULARZ 014. Rel: 16 Dec 13
 
Techno
Exium - "Star Ancestors"
Exium - "Nebulae"
Elyas - "Surgery"
Elyas - "Take Off"
Review: When it comes to Modularz you always know what you're gonna get: techno. This split Specifics In Realism EP is the first time Exium has appeared on Developer and Fanon Flowers' label, and it's the third time for Elyas, whose next step can only be a solo 12" after two VA appearances on Modularz. It's business as usual for Exuim who provide "Star Ancestors" and "Nebulae", the first, a drubby and booming chunk of big room techno, while the other leans towards something more spacey. Elyas then provides a hissing, clav-clucking "Surgery" and a dank, suspense-themed "Take Off". Killer club cuts.
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out of stock $10.52
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Cat: ESHU 006. Rel: 13 Jan 14
 
Techno
Cesium
Sulfur
Mercury
Chlore
Review: The ESHU label waste little time in matching their 2013 output, issuing a sixth 12" that sees Roger Gerressen, Jocelyn Abell, Daniel Lekatompessy and Ivano Tetelepta working together under the titular banner across four tracks. Taking a particularly Millsian approach to proceedings, there's a sense of focus demonstrated that hints the Eshu collective is only getting stronger. The mood varies too with the A Side split evenly between the stripped back and alien on "Cesium" and the creeping and hypnotic "Sulfur" whilst on the flip "Mercury" is one track you could imagine the likes of Dettmann or Rodhad pulling for. The title track closes out the EP on a more downbeat note, with crawling textures offering the minimal amount of forward momentum amidst a foggy coating of static.
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out of stock $9.46
21
Cat: COR 07. Rel: 20 Jan 14
 
Techno
Pressure
Pressure (reduction)
Pitched Black
Review: Founded in 2012, Anthony Parasole's label The Corner has swiftly established a niche for itself in New York City's resurgent house and techno scene, and has become defined not by genre but the high quality of artists involved. DJ Qu, Fred P, Phil Moffa, Shawn O'Sullivan, Beau Wanzer and Tom Dicicco are amongst those to help establish The Corner as a label of true quality and the seventh release more than keeps up the standards. Parasole himself is involved, teaming up once more with old mucker Phil Moffa for a trio of techno burners. Lead track "Pressure" is appropriately titled with some dynamic EQing effects that are the work of a duo with a full understanding of what makes a dancefloor go crazy. The accompanying "Reduction" may pay homage to Terrence Dixon's work as Population One whilst "Pitched Black" is a pure banger - just listen!
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out of stock $10.79
22
New State Of Conciousness (Lucy remix)
Iteration (Oscar Mulero remix)
New State Of Conciousness (Oscar Mulero remix)
New State Of Conciousness (Pfirter Tool mix)
out of stock $10.27
23
Cat: AFFIN 015LTD. Rel: 23 Dec 13
 
Techno
Rotation
Glace
Pstyromaniac
Pstyromaniac (Mattias Fridell remix)
out of stock $8.41
24
Marcos Cabral - "Dancing On Manhattan"
Beautiful Swimmers - "The Zoo"
Entro & Terri - "The Cap"
Review: Must grip 12" sampler from the must grip double CD compilation Music For Shut-Ins issued by LIES at the end of their most impressive year so far! If you've not indulged in the full compilation, it's a perfect primer for how busy Ron Morelli and co. have been throughout this year and offers a hint at some of the artists who will be featuring on LIES over the course of the next twelve months. This sampler picks out three considered highlights that do a neat job of showing how diverse the label has become, with Marcos Cabral's "Dancing On Manhattan" gleefully hogging the A Side. Over the course of it's twelve minute duration, the track maintains a straight up pulse of jacking drums and melancholic keys to draw you further into a introspective headspace. On the flip Entro & Teri explore murky, abstracted Actress style terrain on the cap and sandwiched in-between the two is perhaps our new favourite LIES track, the ebullient exercise in breakbeat house that is "The Zoo" by Beautiful Swimmers.

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out of stock $9.46
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Cat: OCS 009. Rel: 16 Dec 13
 
Techno
352 Lashes (Ideal)
Hard Lines Soft Skin
My Blood Is Gold
Grace
Track 5 (locked groove)
Review: With only a matter of days left in 2013, Sigha sneaks in his first solo release of the year with the four-track (plus locked groove) EP called A Series Of Desecrations. Like all of James Shaw's music, his titles are as colourful as his music, like the tough minimalisms of "352 Lashes (Ideal)" or the spaced-out "Hard Lines Soft Skin". The B-side's "My Blood Is Gold" is a statically super-charged, noisier version of the EPs opener, and the same can be said about "Grace" when compared to "Hard Lines Soft Skin". A beatless locked groove closes the EP providing a leftfield challenge for the adventurous vinyl DJ.
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out of stock $7.90
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Cat: BLKN 004. Rel: 27 Jan 14
 
Techno
All To The Cosmos, Let's Go!
Hot Legs
A Wandering Sense Of Disillusionment
Review: The secretive Blacknecks project emerged last year claiming to be the "new, anonymous side project of two prominent UK garage producers & remixers, known for remixing a string of top 40 singles, as well as having their own minor hit in the late noughties." The label's press release for its fourth record sees the tongue of whoever is behind Blacknecks staying firmly in cheek, stating, "following a failed demo submission to Mad Decent (note to Diplo - we can hold a grudge a VERY long time...) Blacknecks decide to self release their crossover mega hit "To The Cosmos, Let's Go!", while further explaining the EP effortlessly showcases their two-step production prowess, by not even needing to call upon it. "To The Cosmos, Let's Go!" opens this fourth Blacknecks transmission and sits alongside "Hot Legs" and what could be seen as a parody of the current vogue for deathly techno titles in "A Wandering Sense of Disillusionment Eats the Soul within this Decomposing Establishment of Pain and Suffering (Bollocks to the Custard, Where's the Suet Pudding edit)."
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out of stock $7.63
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Cat: 50WEAPONSRMX 09. Rel: 09 Dec 13
 
Techno
Bad Kingdom (Head High remix)
Bad Kingdom (Marcel Dettmann remix)
Review: Back when Modeselektor and Apparat first got together for a Moderat LP on BPitch Control, a couple of (now iconic) unofficial remixes of "Rusty Nails" from T++ and Shackleton slipped out on White Label by a newly formed 50 WEAPONS label. Fast forward to the current day and the fact that Moderat's second LP II has yet to be graced with any remixes is no longer true, with Marcel Dettmann and Rene 'Head High' Pawlowitz called on to rework album highlight "Bad Kingdom". Billed as 'unofficial remixes' and issued on 50 WEAPONS in homage to those classic "Rusty Nails" revisions, the Head High take weirdly has crossover potential thanks to the combination of classicist house tropes and Apparat's vocals. Dettman's remix is pure class.
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out of stock $9.46
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Cat: 3024 KJL1. Rel: 20 Jul 15
 
Techno
Vancouver (Head High mix)
Vancouver (original mix)
Review: Arguably one of the greatest tracks Martyn has ever written gets the Head High treatment from Shed. Taken from his landmark album Great Lengths, "Vancouver" saw Martyn throw himself so deep into dub techno territory (a dubstep framework his saving grace), he's lucky he ever resurfaced. This is the second time "Vancouver" has been remixed, with 2562 in 2008 keeping the track in familiar, higher BPM and syncopated territory, but this time it's Shed's turn to flip, reverses, invert and mangle the original's killer stabs, while also adding vocals washes, those Head High drums, and a new, subtle resonating timbre. If not for the Head High remix, this record is another fleeting opportunity for those who missed out in the past to own a great Martyn opus.
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out of stock $7.37
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Cat: DABJ 1209. Rel: 16 Dec 13
 
Techno
Dark River
Awakening In Antwerp
Belgium Stance
55 Rules
Review: It's been a rollercoaster year for Vernon as his explosion on the scene has ridden the crest of the Dixon Avenue Basement Jams assault on po-faced dance music. Without once becoming trashy the techincolour dazzle of his synth work bursts out of New Beats, demanding you sit up and pay attention. There's plenty of different moods on offer, from the loping swinging acid of "Dark River" to the peak-time thrust of "Awakening In Antwerp"s new beat laced electro-techno. The best moments come on the flipside though, from the taut drum sex of "Belgium Stance" to the searching funk of "55 Rules".
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Cat: TOKEN 38. Rel: 27 Jan 14
 
Techno
Age Of Iron
Degenerate
Kali
Seven Signs
Review: When it comes to techno, can it get any more serious than a collaboration between Ancient Methods and Orphx released on rock hard Belgian label Token? Well yes, as soon as you hear the music is does. "Age Of Iron" sounds like the sub-aqueous dub of Rich Oddie exchanging blows with an armoury of Ancient Methods percussion, while "Degenerate" is proper, rigid and heads down techno funnelled through a tubular filter. "Kali" features the same type of rolling rhythm, stop-start loops as what's heard throughout Regis' early work, only the frequency spectrums are sculpted to form a musical production, even though this is industrial techno, while "Seven Signs" croaks, clinks, and jangles like shackles scraping against concrete, sounding like something designed for dungeon clubbing - and, we might add, it's worth powering through the sonic malevolence for the drum breakdown alone.
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