Brutaz Schallplatten & CDs

Review: More crunchy and lo-fi industrial vibes from Warsaw's Brutaz camp here courtesy of Mazewski, who returns to follow up 2019's Untitled EP. Trans For Mate begins with the guttural subterranean stomp of "Sen Muchy" on the A side, while over on the flip you've got the deep space sonar transmissions of "AINI Flow" followed by almost beatless microhouse experiment of "Goblin Disco (Afterparty)" taking you deep into the afterhours. Mastered and cut by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering, with cover art by Aleksandra Gruenholz (We Will Fail).

Review: Polish label Brutaz remains a vital portal into underground realms of experimental techno, this time offering up the many-sided Stereometrix with their debut EP. If 'Allligators' sets the tone as a minimal, dubby experiment comfortable shirking immediate dancefloor motion, don't be misled as 'Freezone' switches stance very quickly an emotive slice of electronica with cascading melodic lines spiralling around each other in spectacular formations. 'Plan - Future' keeps you guessing with a more direct 4/4 beat and a tendency towards shimmering, after hours tech house on the adventurous end of the spectrum. 'Phone Number' completes the EP in a more fractured framework, peppered with the liberal dub processing which binds the record together as a whole.