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CD Album Recommendations October 2012

Juno Recommends CD Albums

Juno Recommends CD Albums

CD Album Recommendations October 2012
28 Sep 2012
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1
Cat: PERLON 92CD. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Minimal/Tech House
Mochnochich
Timemorf
Grumax
Ferenc
I'm Counting
Put Your Lips
Samma
Tu Actitud
Zuipox
Koito
Die Schwarze Massai
Review: By his legendary standards of messiness, Ricardo Villalobos seems to have calmed down a bit of late. Perhaps it's related to spending more time in the studio, because Dependent & Happy is his first solo full-length for four years. It's a pretty good set, all told, delivering warmer, groovier minimal tracks than we've come to expect from the skeletal, perma sweating Chilean. Notably, there are more melodies, looser drums - some of which have a smooth swing that suggests he's rediscovering his Mojo - and even the odd track featuring rolling electric pianos and a fuller sound (see the devilishly funky "Samma" and Clavinet-boasting "Tu Actilud").
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out of stock $20.53
2
Cat: BWOOD 090CD. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Deep Dubstep
Introduction
Mulata
Tribal
Changuito
Revolution
Como Como (feat Dreiser & Sexto Sentido)
Cuba Electronic
The Tunnel
Ghost
Curfew
The Tourist
Change
Calle F
Noches Suenos (feat Danay Suarez)
Review: Mala's album project comes to light with a healthy amount of expectation. The DMZ / Deep Medi Musik main man has always carried a reverence amongst the dubstep scene for his unfussy approach, staying true to the sound he helped forge in the nascent days of the genre while avoiding over-exposure or buckling to hype and trend where so many of his peers succumbed to change. As such this project sees the man well outside of his comfort zone as he tackles a specific album project whilst sticking his head more clearly overground to work with Gilles Peterson on an adventure in Cuba working with local musicians. This is most definitely Mala's music, and the spiritual, tribal nature of his productions to date only gets enhanced by the influx of Cuban folk sounds. This is no simple case of ripping samples and dropping them for token effect though; the percussive patterns and licks of piano, guitar, horns and voice are completely interwoven into the South London pressure as if they were always meant to be. It's testament to the pure approach Mala takes in the studio that he manages to balance these unlikely bedfellows to such fluid effect. Undoubtedly there will be naysayers who will argue that in doing an album of this nature Mala is diluting his purist vision for dubstep, but in truth the approach and end results he has managed to conjure up bring a revitalising, fresh angle to the genre, which is what it needs in abundance. There's maybe a lack of the "shock of the new" factor as Cubano music is not exactly a stranger to UK dance music forms, and Mala isn't exactly switching his own stance too drastically, but ultimately that doesn't matter. The whole album is direct and immensely satisfying to listen to, capturing the alluring spirit of South American folk tradition and empowering it with the transcendental nature of dubstep in its finest form
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out of stock $8.94
3
Cat: UNICD 01. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Deep House
TOM (Project remix)
Sneak Attack
Come See
TSOT (Jamie 326 edit)
If The Earth Could Talk
Loneliness Leave Me Alone
A Mix
Chicago Nights
Random Acts Of Insanity
Razz 09
Review: Although he's been an integral part of the Detroit deep house scene for nearly two decades, and commands the respect of his contemporaries, Marcellus Pittman has never really enjoyed the same level of acclaim as many of them. His long overdue first full-length Pieces may alter the perceptions of them that don't know. Formidably underground in its no-nonsense approach, it mixes raw, analogue house jams with the sort of spacey deepness most often associated with Motor City acts. In the latter category, the fluid "If The Earth Could Talk" and springy "Loneliness Leave Me Alone" stand out, while the "anything goes" synth jam "Random Acts of Insanity" shows his rarely seen playful side.
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out of stock $15.01
4
Cat: CRMCD 019. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Deep House
Mind Over Matter (intro)
Those Days
Pettit Pillow (feat Rap Lisa)
She's All Good (feat Big Bully)
Falls Away (feat Mel Blatt)
The Man Of The Hour (interlude)
Spirit
Going Nowhere (feat Stee Downes)
Change Resistance
You & I (feat Cari Golden)
Space Ballad (feat Argenis Brito)
Understand What I Do (feat Big Bully)
This Is The End
Review: If you're reading this, you're probably aware of the hype surrounding Crosstown Rebels' latest stars-in-the making, Venezuelan production partnership Fur Coat. With a sound that ticks all the right Crosstown Rebels/Visionquest boxes - shuffling, vaguely atmospheric grooves, fluid basslines and moody, occasionally quietly soulful vocals - there's little doubt that they're destined for the top. Their position as stars is secured by the presence of previous single "You & I", a celebration of party powders that has become something of an anthem.
out of stock $12.62
5
Cat: BLKRTZ 004CD. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Deep Dubstep
The Elephant In The Pool
Lazy Jane (with Danuel Tate - Steppers dub)
Alamut
Wolves & Angels (with Mathew Jonson)
Punta De Chorros
May Rotten Roots
Yard
Horns Of Jericho (with Dandy Jack)
Review: Scott Monteith is something of an electronic veteran, having plied his trade with the likes of Scape and Wagon Repair since the turn of the 2000s. Over the years, he'd steadfastly refused to stick to one style, flitting between dub techno, glitchy minimalism, jaunty electronica and paranoid ambience. Throughout, his releases have retained a heightened sense of atmosphere. Here, he delves into his varied box of tricks for eighth solo full-length. Those familiar with his style will feet right at home, as Monteith contrasts the organic-electronic fusion of "Alamut" and deep dubstep-pop of "Lazy Jane", with the ricocheting minimalism of "Punta Des Chorros" and dense dub techno of "Yard".
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out of stock $12.62
6
Cat: OM 006CD. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Balearic/Downtempo
Soft Galaxies
Feel The Beach
Oceans Of Space
Glass World
Dream Riders
Open The Other Sky
Visions Of Green
Aqua Disco Nights
Midnight Sun
Pyramid Lake
Fade To Blue
Review: Making their intentions clear from the offset, Seahawks are proudly representing all things water-based once again on their sixth album. It's impressive that they've managed to notch up so much material considering they only started releasing in 2010, but they've obviously struck upon a sound that fits them and are mining it for all its worth. It's a dreamy kind of downtempo that has whispers of disco and funk, all carefully guided through heavy processing that emphasises the tidal swell of their elemental muse. It's a decidedly chilled-out affair that favours strung out jams to focused composition, coming on just a little prog but sounding no weaker for it.
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out of stock $13.68
7
Cat: T2X 022. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Experimental/Electronic
Objects From The Past
To Alter A Vector
Seven, Green & Black
Spectral Participant
Attack On The Reality Principle
Nefertiti/Always Beyond
Inspection In Solitude
Rapture's Coming
Decoder
Attribute 39
Europa/Unlit Bonfire
Review: The EP prior to Peter Van Hoesen's Perceiver was called Transitional State, and the title sums up the approach on this album and the general direction that he has been heading in for the past few years. Listen to even his recent dance floor-based releases on Komisch, Ostgut and Time To Express and you'll hear glitchy slivers of percussion amid the punishing, merciless basslines. Van Hoesen has emphasised this abstract side to his sound on Perceiver. "Objects from the Past" and "To Alter A Vector" unfold in slow motion, with textured sounds floating over lurching rhythms, breaking occasionally to allow the dubby beats come to the fore. In between balancing the functional and the abstract, the album also presents a third way, and it results in the most impressive track on the album; "Nefertiti Always Beyond" boasts nickel-plated drums and Peter's trademark sub-bass, but there is something looser about the arrangement. What it may lack in precision it compensates with a sense of punky energy, its rhythm spasming like a Magazine song trapped in the body of a relentless techno arrangement. It's the centre piece in a perception altering album.
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out of stock $14.73
8
Cat: OSTGUTCD 22. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Techno
Sektor
Trafo
Schlang Bang
Crows
Tranq
No Body
Trans It
Databass 133 1/3
Buttcracker
Silo
Spur
Review: Having previously made a splash with their "Candyflip" and "A Murder of Crows" singles, vest-wearing techno separatists Sam Barker and Andy Baumecker step forth with their debut full-length. It's a typically Teutonic kind of set, mixing crackly moments of murky dancefloor techno ("Silo", "Buttcracker") with downbeat electronica ("Tranq"), garage-techno fusion (see the excellent "No Body"), dub techno ("Databass 133 1/3") and occasional forays into subdued but anthemic upbeat territory. It's these that really hit the spot, with the Detroitian hypnotism of "Trans It" and breathlessly beautiful "Spur" standing out.
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out of stock $13.68
9
Cat: TRAPEZCD 11. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Techno
Godspeed
Mondrian
Nadir
Mainline Tension
Oceans
Voices
Children Of The Night (Rise Again)
Days Go By
Surveillance
Heritage
The Observer
City Lights
Heat
out of stock $12.62
10
Cat: UVCD 01. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Deep House
The Place (feat Sea Of Love)
Broken (feat Kid A)
Friction (feat Sandrow M)
I Need You (with Christopher Rau feat The Drifter)
Heteronomous (with Sneaker)
Do Your Thing (with Mr Raoul K)
Shock Me (with Swede Art)
Punta Del Este (with San Soda)
Makin Love (with Cuthead)
You & Me (with Break Sl feat Tabitha Xavier)
Mit Der Nachsten Welle (feat Johannes Held)
out of stock $15.78
11
Cat: DISODLP 001. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Drum And Bass
Cymatic - Duck & Cover
Gravity (feat Gusto)
Murmur (feat Break)
Cymatic - Breakthrough
Clarity (feat Kemo)
Let Me Go (feat Marion)
Rhythm
Set Up The Set (feat Script)
Stick & Move (feat MC Fokus)
Bad Touch (feat SeeMore Productions)
Show Me (feat EBK)
Cometh The Horde
Rawness (feat Cern)
Red Mist VIP (feat Subterra & Gusto)
Cymatic - Turn Over The Page
Weird Science
Cymatic - Apotheosis
Review: Production duo Octane and DLR have been operating around the fringes of the D&B scene for some time, without really leaving a lasting impression. This debut album - a mixture of their productions, plus a smattering of tunes from side project Cymatic - may change that. Something akin to listening to late night pirate radio sometime in the early 2000s, it gleefully flits between smoky rollers, atmospheric post-dubstep jams and the sort of murky, leftfield bass-tronica that was once the sole preserve of dBridge. There are some great moments, not least the sparkling jazz-stepper "Let Me Go" and the fearlessly glitchy "Cometh The Horde".
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out of stock $9.46
12
Cat: PERMVAC 096-2. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Electric Storms
Cellophane
In Your Own Worlds
March Of The Wizards
Me & You
Nina
Running Around Your Love
Set Me Loose
Chameleons Tale
Shadows
The Passage
Cherry Blossoms
Review: Cosmic explorers Simon "Woolfy" James and Dan Hastie have now been effortlessly blending leftfield rock, dub disco, Balearica and spacious electronica for well over a decade. Despite this history, they're probably best known for 2008's superb The Astral Projections of Love (their second full length), an album that twinkled with intergalactic atmospherics and psychedelic intent. The Return of Love, their long-planned follow-up, is a noticeably softer set, adding folksy acoustic diversions (see "Electric Storms" and "Cherry Blossoms") and blissful MDMA pop (check "Set Me Loose" and "In Your Own Worlds") to their tried-and-tested star-gazing formula.

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out of stock $9.46
13
Cat: LTMCD 2576. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Deep House
Carino
Regret
I Like To Listen
Catalonia
Da Me Mas
Night Train
Keep On Drivin'
I Ain't Nightclubbing
Dream Slumber
Carino (Old Skool Big Room mix)
Carino (Motor City Drum Ensemble remix)
Review: Everyone knows "Carino", Mike Pickering and company's 1987 Latino-house cut that is regularly cited as the first "proper" British house record. Few, though, know the various follow-ups that the Manchester-based trio put out on DeConstruction over the following year. In some ways, it's a pity; while "Carino" remains their strongest moment, they produced some other very strong material that somehow falls through the cracks. This compilation from reissue specialists LTM tells the whole story for the first time, offering up a string of lesser-known gems such as the cowbell-driven "De Na Mas", darker "Keep On Drivin" and touchy-feely "I Aint Nightclubbin". Interestingly, there's also a new, deliciously E'd-up Motor City Drum Ensemble mix of "Carino".
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out of stock $11.32
14
Cat: MAU5CD 015. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Electro House
Superliminal
Channel 42 (Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner)
The Veldt (feat Chris James - 8 minute edit)
Fn Pig
Professional Griefers (feat Gerard Way)
Maths
There Might Be Coffee
Take Care Of The Proper Paperwork
Closer
October
Sleepless
Failbait (feat Cypress Hill)
Telemiscommunications (feat Imogen Heap)
Review: For a man with so many Djing (or play button pressing) commitments, Joel Zimmerman is surprisingly productive. Album Title Goes Here (the wag, etc) is his 10th album in six years - a record that will keep the mouse head wearing Canadian in luxury cheese for years to come. As a set, Album Title Goes Here is pretty much what you'd expect, delivering various takes on house that are deeply rooted in his pumping, main room style. There are darker, tech-tinged moments ("Take Care of the Proper Paperwork"), shimmering faux ambient cuts ("Closer"), noisy electro-house rinse-outs ("Professional Griefers") and a well-executed tribute to fellow mask-wearers Daft Punk ("Maths"). Fans will love it.
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out of stock $7.63
15
Cat: YT 080CD. Rel: 10 Sep 12
 
Indie/Alternative
Angels
Chained
Fiction
Try
Reunion
Sunset
Missing
Tides
Unfold
Swept Away
Our Song
out of stock $13.95
16
Cat: BFCD 033. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Breakthrough
Veins (feat Gonjasufi)
Holy Mt Washington (feat Computer Jay)
Father
Critic (feat Mophono)
Dead Vets (feat Adrian Younge & MRR)
Flange Face (feat Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)
Fuck
Apparitions (feat Gonjasufi)
Impulse (feat Daedelus)
Peasants, Cripples & Retards (feat Samiyam)
Meat Guilt (feat RSI)
Mother
Nissim (feat Amir Yaghmai)
Keep It Simple Stupid (feat Shigeto)
Seven Years Of Bad Luck For Fun (feat Dimlite)
In the Dark
out of stock $11.05
17
Cat: HDBCD 016. Rel: 24 Sep 12
 
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
Dark Crawler (intro)
Mirrors Edge (feat Lex NV)
Dark Gremlinz (feat DOK)
Air Max 90 (feat Champion)
Dark Crawler Interlude (feat Riko Dan)
Full Hundred
Rum Punch
Dark Crawler Interlude (feat Mayhem, Deadly & Saf One)
You Make Me Feel (feat Meleka)
Baby Oil
Dark Crawler Interlude (feat Trim & Kozzie)
Delicately (feat Ruby Lee Ryder)
Moschino
Dark Crawler (outro)
out of stock $14.73
18
Cat: JAL 131. Rel: 17 Sep 12
 
Breakbeat
Got That Fire (Oh La Ha) (feat Pugs Atomz)
Around The Block (feat Alaska MC)
Ain't My Style (feat John Turrell)
Give It To Ya
Soul Children (feat Greg Blackman)
Jump (feat Dynamic)
Ofelia's World
What's Good (feat C Reid)
Ego Tripping (feat Farina Miss)
Evil Eye (feat Greg Blackman)
Morning Sun (feat Pat Fulgoni)
Get Lovely (feat Greg Blackman)
out of stock $12.62
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