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DJs: Most Charted - Techno - Most Charted In October 2012

Djs: Most Charted - Techno

Djs: Most Charted - Techno

DJs: Most Charted - Techno - Most Charted In October 2012
7 Nov 2012
Each month we bring you the most DJ charted releases across all your favourite genres.
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1
Cat: DOLLY 11. Rel: 01 Oct 12
 
Techno
Metropolitan View
Inflection Point Mastered
Subdue
Swell
Review: As recent emissions from Brooks Mosher and M>O>S ably demonstrated, Steffi's Dolly label can always be relied upon to curate some of the finest contemporary analogue techno exponents either side of the Atlantic divide. Dolly 11 sees Chicago's Steven Tang step up for a quartet of sublime straight to tape jackers under his Obsolete Music Technology alias and it's hard to resist the sonic charms as soon as "Metropolitan View" rotates into focus. Wonderfully inventive in its execution, the track exists in constant flux never satisfied to remain in one rhythmic direction lending proceedings an improvised touch. Alongside this "Inflection Point" opts for a more mindful Utopian approach, its various elements working in opposing directions yet still intrinsically linked. On the flip "Subdue" highlights Tang's craft for layered percussion and "Swell" is all too appropriately titled, with the thick analogue lead billowing throughout.
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out of stock $8.41
2
Cat: WOEVIL 01. Rel: 03 Sep 12
 
Techno
Intro
Night
Dusk
After Dusk (solo by Jon Dixon)
Review: The trans-Atlantic pairing of Kyle Hall and Funkineven inaugurated their Funkinevil collaboration with the much anticipated plate Night, probably the first of many twelve inch shaped emissions to surface in the coming year. Setting the tone with the dextrously smokey "Intro", this twelve inch essentially pairs off the rugged, flatulent sounding DJ tool that is the title track against its smoother B Side counterpart and fans of either producer will need little additional persuasion to indulge here. The way that the percussion is almost spat out of the speakers at you on "Night" is just one reason why the track lives up to their new name, with the intermittent distorted chants of "evil" voiced throughout making for a neat reminder. In contrast, "Dusk" lets in more of the boogie infused swinging Eglo lightness, the moment those keys rise through and align being a mere shade short of sublime. "After Dusk" proves to be a fitting final act, all too brief but allowing Underground Resistance Timeline band leader Jon Dixon centre stage to show off his keyboard skills.
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out of stock $9.45
3
Cat: DRH 040. Rel: 01 Oct 12
 
Techno
Reforce
Proteus 81
Green Fingers
Light
out of stock $8.41
4
Cat: MMLP 038. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Techno
The Exodos
Motor City
Better Life
The Wheel
Black Technician
Learning
Drive (The Age Of Automation)
Torque One
Hate Transmissions
Slow Motion Katrina
Assembly
A Time To Rebuilt
The Exodos
Motor City
Better Life
The Wheel
Black Technician
Learning
Drive (The Age Of Automation)
Torque One
Hate Transmissions
Slow Motion Katrina
Assembly
A Time To Rebuilt
Review: Robert Hood is techno's undisputed minimal master, but previous instalments of Nighttime World - especially the jazz-fuelled inaugural release in 1995 on Cheap - have afforded him the opportunity to go off script and indulge his conceptual whims. Will he do the same again on Motor? The answer is a resounding yes. Inspired by Julien Temple's 2010 documentary Requiem For Detroit?, which charts the fall and decline of America's former car manufacturing hub, the album is full of references to the effects of man's interaction with technology. If Kraftwerk's shimmering Man Machine was a testament to the benefits of humans harnessing technology, then Motor is the gloomy riposte, emerging from the rubble of a shattered metropolis to tell this sad but compelling tale and crucially, to offer some hope for the future.
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out of stock $34.45
5
Cat: SMALLVILLE 32. Rel: 01 Oct 12
 
Techno
Your Turn
Inverted Reality
Where Have You Gone
Review: Stefan Laubner is the undisputed master of the left of centre house groove and on "Where Have You Gone", he proves his worth yet again. Spacey, somewhat mysterious melodies float through the arrangement, appearing gradually over Laubner's trademark doubled up, scuffled beats. He adopts a similar approach with "Inverted Reality". There, grinding sounds and a heavy bass make the off beats sound more deranged and out there. However, it's with "Your Turn" that he really impresses. The track marks a departure of sorts for Laubner, with a dubby, snaking bassline at its centre, and the metallic drums and a linear rhythm marking out the German producer's most techno focused release to date.
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out of stock $14.20
6
Cat: TEXTURELTD 001. Rel: 01 Oct 12
 
Techno
Said The Spider (Surgeon remix)
Flashing Light (Aitcho remix)
out of stock $7.62
7
Utopian Disaster (End) (10:07)
The Strange Attractor (7:24)
Invocation Of Lust (5:12)
Review: Juan Mendez has pushed the largely abstract approach on his debut album towards the dance floor. Ironically though, the LP version of "Strange Attractor" was more brutal and upfront. On this version, Mendez lets the chain mail groove throb beneath layer upon layer of eerie chords, abstract whispers and what could be an angle grinder running in the background. This extended version of "Invocation Of Lust" has an eerie, garbled vocal in the background, but fused with spiky metallic percussion and a thumping kick drum and throbbing bass, makes for a compelling club record. Finally, "Utopian disaster (End)" is the most Sandwell-esque track on offer, its slamming rhythm, droning sounds and reverberating, doubled up claps sounding like a sequel to the Negative Fascination EP that was released on the seminal, now defunct techno label.
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out of stock $10.51
8
Cat: BP 036. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Techno
Bites
DOD
Nel
Review: Two of UK techno's most reliable producers get straight to the point on Bites. Unlike The Fear Ratio project, this EP is all about the dance floor at 4am. The title track is an insistent roller, its concrete beats sounding like SP-X, but the series of break downs and chord builds coming across like that other ultra-functional new schooler, Psyk. "D.O.D" is more noisy and grinding, as splintered beats and fractured rhythms compete with ghostly chords for the listener's attention. "Nel", meanwhile, is dubbier and less uptempo, but don't let that fool you - the atonal, surging bass at its centre is tough enough to level a powerful sound system.
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9
Cat: THEORY 041. Rel: 22 Oct 12
 
Techno
Stephen Brown - "Fuego"
Stephen Brown - "Polar"
Stephen Brown - "Polar" (Ben Sims remix)
Stephen Brown - "Fuego" (Ben Sims remix)
Review: Enjoying something of a renaissance recently, Stephen Brown steps up to Theory to deliver two tracks and surrender them to Ben Sims for surgery. In their original forms, "Fuego" and "Polar" are stunning slices of stripped-back techno. The first pumps on a prominent shuffle carved out of tough, funky drums, but keeps the synths subtle and spacious, while "Polar" gets dubbier and freakier with a soft beat and an ace hiccupping vocal slice. Sims' remixes unsurprisingly jack things up noticeably, retaining both tracks' inherent qualities but giving them a good old UK techno injection to cut it in rougher situations.
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10
Cat: PN 15. Rel: 01 Oct 12
 
Techno
Voyager (JTC remix)
Realtime (Conforce remix)
out of stock $7.36
11
Rubber Jazz Band
Pipe Dreams
Climb The Walls
Beatnix
Street Jazz
Ghetto Booty
Work It (remix)
The Underground
Follow Me Ghetto (acid)
Computer (remix)
FTMFB (revised)
Review: If the title of this new reissues label is to be believed, we should be in for an abundance of great Dance Mania-era ruffness from the nastier side of Chicago's gift to dance music. Parris Mitchell's bumper Life In The Underground is a great place to start, covering the side of ghetto house that was more concerned with challenging sonics and grit than it was with ass and titties. There is an obligatory nod to the ladies on "Ghetto Booty", but tracks like "Street Jazz" are downright revolutionary in their manipulation of old records, while "Work It (Remix)" comes on like a truly primitive vision of where juke ended up.
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out of stock $22.08
12
Cat: AVN 005. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Techno
Ely
Squatter's Dog
Review: Brandishing an obscure name reminiscent of some forgotten audio format and accompanied by little to no information as to who was responsible for the music, MPIA3's arrival earlier this year via a 12" for Avian cut a swathe through the sea of mysterious techno thanks to its overdriven 303 heavy potency. A swift return to the imprint impeccably curated by Shifted and Ventress is afforded here, arriving on clear red vinyl and printed A5 insert and sporting two further examples of MPIA3's undeniable craft for no-nonsense techno. "Ely" is perhaps the more unhinged of the two, swiftly launching into a hammering 4/4 refrain cloaked in a raw, gated bassline which occasionally descends into full blown acidic chaos. The superbly titled "Squatter's Dog" is slightly slower yet equally well malfunctioned, practically bleeding sparks of bright green electricity.
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out of stock $7.89
13
Ruf Dug - "Spirit" (dub)
Ste Spandex - "Heat Of The Night"
Preston Brooks - "Flex"
Brooks & Spandex - "Untitled"
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14
Cat: DKMNTL 011. Rel: 01 Oct 12
 
Techno
Stoplight Loosejaw
Diatoms
Backwash
Rogue Wave
Shakshuka Dub
Slow Boat To Haifa
Powwow
Peligroso
Dr Strangepork
Track David Would Play
Echomate
Techno Primitivism
Loosey Goosey
Shrublands
Way Of The Road
Review: It's rare these days that you have a spare 90 minutes to focus on an album, but Techno Primitivism is one of those albums that makes you want to change your lifestyle accordingly. Everything about this new album from Juju & Jordash breathes class - released on Dekmantel with three slabs of 180 gram vinyl spread across a gatefold sleeve complemented by killer design from Orpheu De Jong, and brandishing a blend of music that's fully representative of the Amsterdam based duo's styles and influences. At 15 tracks deep, the full beauty of Techno Primitivism will undoubtedly reveal itself slowly, the cheeky misnomer of the title hinting at Gal & Jordan's often revealed humour. Opening in grand style with the triple suite of "Stoplight Loosejaw", "Diatoms" and "Backwash", the duo set a hazy, atmospheric tone that remains throughout, with brief machine funk interludes such as "Slow Boat To Haifa" and "Rogue Wave" in between longer improvised explorations. Favourites on this album change with every listen, but you can't deny the potency of tracks such as "Powwow" or the Magic Mountain High referencing "Track David Would Play" or the superbly titled "Dr Strangepork". One of the albums of this year, without doubt!
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out of stock $20.51
15
Cat: NONPLUS 021. Rel: 23 Feb 15
 
Techno
Fingers (5:21)
Vessel (5:10)
Review: Following strong 4/4 outings from Endian and Basic Soul Unit already on Nonplus this year, Boddika's imprint looks to Sweden for its next release, with one of Skudge's rare appearances outside of their own imprint. Lead track "Fingers" is as simple as techno gets, as peak time chords filter through a strong 909 kick in a fashion reminiscent of Shed's most effective Equalized moments. "Vessel" meanwhile is a more slow burning affair, building up its mechanistic arpeggio over swelling analogue pads and stray claps, combining classic Detroit sci-fi moods with a Berghain scale.
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out of stock $8.41
16
Cat: OSTGUTTO 60. Rel: 08 Oct 12
 
Techno
Frantic
6 In A Row
Mosaique
Review: There are two defining aspects to Marcel Fengler; firstly he retains a more humble profile to his more celebrated fellow Berghain residents Klock and Dettmann, and secondly original material from Fengler may be an infrequent proposition, but it's almost always worthy of your attention. This latter aspect is certainly true of the three track Frantic EP, a worthy return to Ostgut Ton, following last year's Berghain O5 mix and a clutch of notable EPs. Commencing with the title track, Fengler draws on a canny complement of insistent loops and sumptuous synth arrangements, while the rugged drum patterns make "Frantic" seem all too appropriate a title. Flip over for the alien techno funk of "6 In A Row", a track which masterfully swings between the thick groove and fast fingered smears of neon synths, while the glistening beauty of "Mosaique" offers some nice contrast to the previous onslaught.
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out of stock $7.89
17
Cat: MD 16. Rel: 01 Oct 12
 
Techno
Segmento 5
Segmento 6
out of stock $8.41
18
Cat: FLR 003. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Techno
The Long Dark Road
Untitled
Review: Here's something a little different from the always-impressive Cottam. Having dazzled with his murky but quietly uplifting deep house productions, he steps back in time to his early days as a producer of woozy, darkroom techno. According to Cottam's blurb, these two tracks were produced some years back and recently discovered in a dusty corner of his hard drive. "The Long Dark Journey" is particularly good, sounding like a paranoid take on the darker work of Sheffield duo Crooked Man. "Untitled" is slower but no less effective, coming on like a smacked-out trip into some dark, German basement.
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out of stock $9.45
19
Cat: ARR 003. Rel: 04 Apr 16
 
Techno
Endasilasie 1
Endasilasie 2
Endasilasie 3
out of stock $8.94
20
Cat: HEK 016III. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Techno
Kane
Overdrive
Review: Drum & bass, Detroit techno, and now...post-punk? It seems unlikely that anyone would have expected Untold to conclude his trilogy of EPs with two tracks that could have emerged out of the dancepunk boom of ten years ago, but if anything they just prove that the DNA of early 80s British guitar music runs deep enough to show its dominant traits once every few generations. Of course it's not a total departure - although "Kane" is characterised by its Gang of Four style bassline, aesthetically it's a fitting companion to the first EP's "Motion The Dance": dark, throbbing, and filled with malicious intent, it's offered an air of grandiose spectacle with its symphonic violin, peaking at its mid-point when an event horizon of waspish drones open up beneath the bassline and pulls everything in. "Overdrive" meanwhile takes a more explicitly industrial tack, as heavily distorted bass guitar licks are thrown into a cascading jumble of crunchy, organic beats.
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out of stock $8.15
21
Cat: DEC 004. Rel: 22 Oct 12
 
Techno
Earth Calls
Hydrine
out of stock $9.73
22
Cat: TRESOR 255. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Techno
The Resistance
In & Out Of The Groove
Why Not?
Review: For underground techno heads of a certain persuasion, the idea of mysterious Detroit collective Scan 7 returning to Tresor - their home for a time in the 1990s - will be enough to bring on a dizzying rush of blood to the head (or, perhaps, the groin). There's no doubt that it's an exciting prospect. So, have they delivered? Undoubtedly, yes. "The Resistance" itself is a gorgeous piece of retro, string-laden techno with a classic house twist - all long, drawn out chords and Knights Of The Jaguar riffs. The remainder of the EP, though, is formidably dark, with the murky, hard-as-nails "In And Out Of The Groove" and shuffling "Why Not" proving their grimy dancefloor credentials.
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out of stock $6.30
23
Cat: RSTLP 001. Rel: 08 Oct 12
 
Techno
The Absolute
Jackie
The Base Of All Matters
Gauge Fields
Unity
Subsequent Stages
Fundamental Forces
Shit On Me
Review: Otherwise known as the collaborative project of The Analogue Cops and Steffi, Third Side have been transmitting regularly through the Restoration imprint since 2009, though Unified Fields marks the first full length from the trio. Taking a fiercely analogue approach to their productions, the album is an expectedly raw journey through that hinterland between house and techno. Opening with the immersive deep jam that is "the Absolute", going through the almost sub-aquatic, impressionistic electro of "Jackie", the good time house of "Subsequent Stages" and the fierce, crunching rhythms of "Shit On Me", Unified Fields may be designed for the club, but the experience from listening to its purist hardware loops may be as close as you can get to genuine techno transcendence.
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out of stock $16.31
24
Cat: TOKEN 24. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Techno
Spectre
Wonderhorse
out of stock $8.41
25
Cat: DONT 021. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Techno
Zsa Zsa Laboum - "Something Scary"
HN03 - "Doughnut Dollies"
Review: Having taken some 12 years to reach its 20th release in fine style with that Neil Landstrumm/Matt Whitehead double header, the Don't imprint overseen by Jerome Hill swiftly (for them) usher in their next release which features two sublime 1988 New Beat classics from Zsa Zsa Laboum and HN03. Laboum's "Something Scary" is perhaps the archetypal New Beat track, commencing with a sample lifted from the dodgy 80s B Movie "The Entity" and displaying some excellent percussion and a powerful and obscure acid line - it still sounds excellent some twenty four years later. On the flip is the R&S classic "Doughnut Dollies" from New Beat icon Eric Beysens under his HN03 moniker features. It's grubby industrial arpeggio sounding equally vibrant today - especially pitched way down to -8 like the New Beat guys used to do!
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out of stock $10.46
26
The Realest Of The Real
Sonic Weaponry
Rebel Music (version one)
Who Are You?
Review: The Idiot Savant Masterpieces is an absolutely mental slant on the house and techno template from Chicago resident Amir Alexander, a producer whose unwillingness to sacrifice his stylistic principles has seemingly been belatedly embraced on a wider scale with some well received EPs for Hype LTD and Deep Vibes. This 12" also marks the first full release from Alexander on his own Vanguard Sound label, and anyone with an open mind will probably be hooked as soon as the dense but warm brilliance of "The Realest Of The Real" launches into action. A near perfect example of Alexander's craft, the way the track agitates from between a very focused groove and all out madness really sets him apart from the ever swelling raft of boring revivalists out there, which the remaining three tracks also achieve. You need this record in your life.
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out of stock $9.20
27
Cat: DNP 16. Rel: 22 Oct 12
 
Techno
Xdb - "Ekatem"
Kassem Mosse & Xdb - "Omrish"
Review: The label arm of Berlin distro emporium Diamonds & Pearls well and truly flex their A&R muscle here with a killer second release of 2012 that pairs the monumentally gifted talents of XDB and Kassem Mosse with suitably worthy results. Deep Space boss XDB helms the A Side himself with a wonderfully rough hewn analogue house transmission "Ekatem" that feels like it slip into infinity without losing any sheen. If a combination of rattling percussion, discombobulating synths and rusty sounding square basslines appeals to you then you will find much joy with "Ekatem". Listen to "Omrish" blindfolded and you'd guess Mosse was involved given the gritty, smudged out nature of its execution, a wonderfully hazy melange of chiming melodic tones and off the grid percussive touches that appears to float in stasis and proves all too intoxicating on the senses.
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out of stock $8.15
28
Cat: NONPLUS 020. Rel: 27 Aug 12
 
Techno
Swept Up
Mindstorm
Review: Now exclusively helmed by Boddika now that his Instra:mental cohort Jon Convex has moved on with his own Convex Industries imprint, Nonplus enters a new phase of its existence. Those worried that the change in management will mean a dip in quality should rest easy however, as the veteran Canadian producer Basic Soul Unit is tapped up for one of his best releases to date. There's no bells and whistles with these tracks; "Swept Up" revolves around a raw breakbeat and rugged analogue one-note bassline, giving way to a wash of pulsating filtered chords and deep melody, while "Mindstorm" utilises muffled percussion and a sludgy but frenzied acid line, but there's no denying the craftsmanship on display. Not many producers can create techno that's satisfyingly deep and has industrial rhythmic tendencies, but this release positively nails it.
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out of stock $6.84
29
Cat: TRIP 1. Rel: 29 Oct 12
 
Techno
Untitled #1
Untitled #2
out of stock $10.00
30
Cat: SITS 010. Rel: 08 Oct 12
 
Techno
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Review: Since launching Something In The Sky as an offshoot of his Axis label in 2009, Jeff Mills has used it sparingly. Yet its releases are among his best. Giving him license to fully explore his obsession with space and techno's intergalactic boundaries, his contributions to the label's discography usually sound like they've been beamed in from a satellite broadcasting classic 1980s Detroit techno experiments. That's certainly the case here. The four untitled tracks bubble and pulse menacingly, offering spacious synths, hypnotic rhythms and more alien electronic noises than your average episode of Star Trek. Being Mills, each of these blasts-from-the-past come loaded with bittersweet machine soul, making them brilliant DJ tools.
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out of stock $9.45
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