001 vinyl

Berlin based internet TV station Studio r- expand operations with the launch of an eponymously titled label that aims to further disseminate their efforts to document modern club culture. Initial plans for the label centre around a series of split releases on vinyl pairing established names with rising talents and Studio r- have pitched it just right on their debut release. The A Side features a pair of New York to Berlin transplants in the shape of Fred P and Eric Cloutier, whilst the flip looks to bubbling electronic scene in Eastern Europe housing productions from well-regarded Russian talents Anton Kubikov and Korablove. Obviously the presence of Fred P is the big draw here and his cut "Moving Systems" is a wonderfully grainy slab of dub techno, but it's matched by what follows. Cloutier for example offers up his debut production "Adytum" and you can tell his years behind the decks at NYC club The Bunker have played some part in his new direction, whilst on the flip Kubikov offers a wonderfully smudged slice of deep house in "Jan4Bg". His compatriot Korablove signals a change in tempo to round out the record with the stuttering 6/4 beatdown of "Sea Son".

Brian James, Tomi Chair, Rob Gribbin, Ernie (Minuendo Recordings), Justin Miller, Master-H/Komplex De Deep, Le Loup, Juno Recommends Techno, Pawas, Apoena, Fred P Black Jazz Consortium, Agnostic Rhythm, Ney Faustini, Andy Green [Verdant Recordings], Tommy Finger Jr., Fil Lavin, Soy Mustafa, Sova Records