Pure Space Recordings Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Pure Space Recordings hits a fantastic fourth release with IOTA at the buttons. This Detroit artist brings plenty of Motor City sound to his sounds, which fuse electro, techno and breaks into cosmic new forms. 'Terminus' is a tight and bumpy opener to get your shaking those bones loose and 'Cloudtek' then sinks into a chunky tech house groove reminiscent of the early 90s UK scene. There are also more empty and spaced out minimal cuts like 'Noxi' and two superb remixes that bring icy grooves and funky broken beats.

Review: The next release from Andy Garvey's Sydney-based imprint Pure Space Recordings comes from Rings Around Saturn - one of Melbourne's most acclaimed producers. Real name Rory McPike, he also produces under other aliases such as Pickleman or Bleekman, with releases on brokntoys, Analogue Attic and Normals Welcome in recent years. If electro is your thing, then you'' definitely dig PS 003, which features the dystopian, wall-of-noise dub of "Grip" on the A side, and it's sure to give your bass bins a proper shake down. On the flip, you've got the fittingly titled sci-fi funk of "Subterranean Electro" which takes its cues from the Motor City masters like Drexciya and Ectomorph - sinister stuff!

Review: Last year, shadowy producer Third Space debuted on Nice Setting via an EP packed to the rafters with ear-pleasing fusions of ambient and IDM. There's a slightly different feel to this follow-up on Aussie imprint Pure Space Recordings, though the mystery man's love of mind-bending electronics and unusual melodies remains. Over the course of four rock solid tracks, the Melbourne-based studio buff flits between metallic, sub-heavy experimental drum & bass ('170 Shitshow'); treacle-thick ambient techno/post-dubstep fusion ('Pushing Delay Mod'); dystopian IDM darkness (the moody rumble of 'Cyclical Pan Workout'); and the early Autechre style brilliance of melodic-but-skittish closing track 'Nonlinear (For Pillows)'.