SK Eleven Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Since emerging at the beginning of the last decade, Berlin-based Spaniard Kwartz (real name Mario Campos) has become a reliable source of dark, atmospheric, clandestine techno. He specialises in combining dense, thickset grooves with mildly creepy melodic motifs, minor-key riffs and bags of unabashed energy. All those sonic traits can be clearly heard on his latest EP, which marks Campos's first vinyl outing for two years. We're particularly enjoying the panicked urgency of 'Fast Focus' and the entrancing heaviness of 'Impulse', where weirdo electronics and echoing melodic loops catch the ear, but all four cuts are undoubtedly tried and tested peak-time treats.

Review: Setaoc Mass' SK11_X offshoot calls upon the services of Brighton-based producer Rene Wise for its seventh outing. The producer is in a real purple patch right now after collaborating with Rodhad and landing on Luuk Slater's pivotal Mote Evolver imprint. He has a loopy, stripped back sound of pure techno brilliance that is all about precise drums, dubby flavours and deft design. There is some real static skating over the surface of 'Pleasure Note' to get us going while 'Swamp Dancer' sinks into underwater dub territory. 'Hollow' is a spooky and empty tunnel of deep techno bliss and 'Changa' closes with pulsing, bleeping intensity.