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Review: The latest missive in the L.I.E.S. Ongoing series of collaborative EPs brings together Cititrax regular An-I (AKA sometime leftfield disco maverick Doug Lee) and Berlin-based experimental electronics maverick Unhuman. The pair begins in forthright fashion, moving from the racing drum machine heartbeats, rhythmic noise and mangled yelps of 'Five To Nine', to the doomy bass, triple-time beats and clanking metallic hits of post-punk number 'Hate Thy Neighbour'. Over on side B they mutilate electro beyond almost all recognition on the alien insanity of 'Entschuldigung' before lolloping towards a conclusion with the fuzzy industrial funk thrust of 'Cannibals'.
Review: For the latest single on Umwelt's essential Rave or Die label, the Lyon-based producer finds himself sharing vinyl space with Perc Trax regular Ansome. The South London producer handles side A, assaulting the senses via distorted breakbeats, chilling, held-note horror strings and gory electronic riffs on the industrial techno insanity of 'Vakuum'. Umwelt's track, 'Affres', explores similar sonic territory, though his use of macabre audio loops, redlined electronics and rapid-fire, ray gun drumbeats gives the track a much more rolling and hypnotic feel. Both cuts are wild-eyed and aggressive in tone, even if they are every bit as sci-fi as classic Detroit cuts. Review: It's been seven months now since the death of Rob Dickeson AKA Apex stunned the drum and bass community.
'Echoes' is the last known track that Dickeson completed and is being released by Hospital Records in order to raise funds for Help Musicians UK's Music Minds Matter campaign. It's rather good, too, with poignant pianos, stirring strings and melancholic chords floating over a snappy, liquid funk beat. It's accompanied on the flipside by a fantastic, floor-friendly 'Super VIP' mix of 'Yearning', a soaring 2006 cut Dickeson produced alongside Jim Gash as Unknown Error. Top tracks and a worthy cause: this should be an essential purchase for D&B heads everywhere. Review: Vinyl Only reach their seventh release with a fresh grip of lesser known producers bringing high grade grooves to the table. Bubbadog opens the 12' up in a woozy fashion with the warbling piano chords of 'Goin' Round', capturing a time-slip mood that carries through to the dusty jazz soaked beat down of Minus The Majors' 'Strole On Through'. On the B-side, Alex Zuiev gets into an exotic, chiming, 80s-inflected mood on 'Down By The River', creating a slow-burning dancefloor heater out of classic ingredients.
Ugly Frankie finishes the EP off with the stripped down funk of 'Your Ears Look Great'. Review: Italy's TGP label has been a strong presence in the more wayward division of the house and techno game since 2010, and this has been thanks to the persistence and unifying vision of its most regular artists. Here, they team up in fine style on the label's third instalment of the TGPEXTRA series, with Claudio PRC and UNC leading the pack with 'CXXV', a sombre, minimalistic techno deviation with just the right hint of dubby haze. 'III' by Blazej Malinowski is an equally sparse and aqueous affair, stretching cold beats and placid stars of bass over a consistently shifting backdrop of soft harmonies and industrial sonics. Review: Chubby Irish groove hounds Fatty Fatty return with another sublime funk-stacked V/A three tracker. Local lad Crown Prince Of Waterford (not to be confused with the legendary blues singer) lays down a furiously funky jam about having fun at the fairground while fellow Emerald Isle strutter Island Times returns Fatty Fatty with a loose-limbed falsetto-loaded twanger.
Finally, we fly off into the Italian sunset with a stunning slow jam from Umberto Lumber. A twinkling slo-mo chugger with serious cosmic tendencies, what a way to finish an EP. Review: It's a new Palham Music episode, people! The German label has been at the forefront of the house-techno underground for over ten years now, and thanks to releases by artists such as Lowtec and The Analog Roland Orchestra, among others, Dan Bust's imprint has always been given the respect it deserves. For their new, limited Purple Series, it's Cologne's Ugly Drums who comes through with his singular brand of funked-up dance music!
'Scorpio Things Related' is a Theo Parrish Kinda tune - jittery percussion and sweet chords - while 'Can't Take You Down is deeper and more cerebral thanks to its broken beat and lower-than-low-end! On the flip, 'Spend With It' showcases some more of Ugly Drums' inimitable percussion flex, whereas 'Stick With It' is pure soulful house magic. Ah, what a load of sweet cuts! Screen-printed jackets! Review: Even by the standards of limited pressings, the latest missive from the Downbeat Black Label is a rarity.
Remarkably, only 75 copies of this double header from F On and Urtzi have been pressed. The former kicks things off with A-side 'Missing', a cranky and crackling trip through field recordings of pinball machines, unsettling electronics, surprisingly jazzy synth sounds, hazy aural textures and the occasional hypnotic pulse of dub techno. On the flipside Urtzi offers up a brand new interpretation of the same track, retaining some of the slowly vibrating electronics and opaque chords, while also adding dub techno style delay trails and a more structured, locked-in dub techno beat. Review: Thanks to the eternally revered Minimal Wave imprint, out of NYC, Mark Phillips and Robert Lawrence's Five Times Of Dust project is going through a bit of a revival. The duo had first released some post-punk cassettes back in the 80s, and they clearly have not been forgotten. On this new remix EP, 'Computer Bank' is given a makeover in the form of a The Floor remix, who proceeds to add all sorts of quirkiness over the tune's tough, heavy bass and driving rhythm; 'Armoured Car' breaks the 4/4 in favour of something much closer to the band's original drum machine style. Once again, on the flip, we have a remix of 'Like I Am, Comme Je Suis' by The Floor, who throws up a gnarly electro bass onto shady, neo-romantic vocals, and the whole things is finished off by 'Imponative' from Unovodual and Tara Cross, who produce a slow, heady industrial groove for the dancefloor.
Review: P-Balans is a new imprint in the Future Nuggets emerging constellation. A tehnodelia ramification within the Bucharest electronic scene that will host rising names like Khidja and Borusiade while introducing new characters like The Holy Fix (Camil Dumitrescu, co-member of Delusion Men) and Utopus (Ion D, producer of Steaua de Mare, Raze de Soare, Anahore?ii among others) already featured on 'Sounds on the Unheard from Romania vol. Keeping the same strategies of fusion and diffusion as Future Nuggets, P-Balans will explore the space traversal to techno, entering and exiting the dark halls of the club through multiple doors. Review: The Drifted Flow label made an early move in 2015 with a release from Tommy Vicari Jnr, but now returns with an entirely different premise - an eight-track double pack of fresh, invigorating minimal house jams from lesser-known and adventurous producers. Henry Hyde gets the collection off to a strong start with the wobbly funk of 'Perchin,' all dirty bass wobble and loose swinging rhythms.
Elsewhere Martinez flirts with the crooked thump of electro, Alicia Hush wriggles through an abstraction of garage and Bilal channels a little of the Boogizm magic you might expect from S-Max or Fym. Overall, it's a release loaded with personality and flair for minimal spinners wanting some spicier ingredients for their mix.
Review: Uprising Sounds returns to Indica with a powerful original and even heavier version. 'Militant Dub' leads heavily on the main synth line that's almost oriental in its allure and mysticism. As the title suggests, the rhythm is persistent and just on the right side of rigid to maintain the essential funk. 'Dub The Bass' is a much deeper exploration of the low end as the warping bass is allowed to turn itself inside out as the track progresses. Standard Indica procedure: only 500 have been pressed. Review: Minuendo keep things interesting on this latest various artists 12', primarily focusing on Owen Jay and Brian James on the A side for two tracks of adventurous experimentation on the wild frontier of minimal house music. The wobbly synth running through 'Niko's Groove' is a real head turner, while 'Imagery' nudges the grand tradition of dub house into a new pocket of ambience that draws you in immediately.
There's a lovely, classic deep house joint from Untitled called 'Seafood', and then Blue Vulva & The Electronic Crooner completely flip the script on the B2 with rowdy acid burner 'Vulbitch Bazaar'. Review: For the second outing on their offshoot label, London's Art of Dark crew has handed over the reigns to Uruguayan artist Omar Chibbaro (best known for his outings on CABARET and My Own Jupiter) and Cartulis Music co-owner Unai Trotti. Chibbaro handles side A, first offering up the rubbery bleep techno/Drexciyan electro-funk fusion of 'Zum' before slamming down the blackened beats, hypnotizing bleeps and twisted acid lines of 'Adheuz'.
Over on side B, Trotti offers two tasty peak-time workouts: the snappy, bleeping retro-futurism of 'Thisorden' and 'Pirupipi', where deep space chords and angular electronics cluster around a weighty, forthright groove. Review: Representing Californian house music culture with its heart on its sleeve, 12 Inches Deep return for a second volume of 'West Coast Dance Traxx' that features four up and comers from the underground. Ricky Tinez captures a perfect hazy summer mood on the dub mix of 'That Day' - a true product of his environment.
Akumen brings a sweatier vibe to 'Inner Life (All Of Music)' which captures a little Chi-town pressure and then blows it wide open with some choice organ licks. Le Smoove is on a serious garage tip with 'G Groovez' and Urbanite reaches skywards with the utterly infectious 'Triple Filtered', spilling good vibes out from every angle. Review: There are no prizes for guessing the sort of music that defines Rave Or Die. Next up with some dynamite club tracks are Stranger and Umwelt, who take one side each of this new marbled 10'.
Stranger's 'Motief' is a techno crescendo that builds on hard hitting techno drums. The urgent synths and increasingly brash hi hats work you into a manic state that is all consuming. Umwelt then gets even more abrasive with caustic synths and retro rave stabs, slapping metallic hits and pounding broken kick drums all forcing you to move on 'Shut Up & Dance'. This is truly arresting stuff once again from Rave Or Die.
Review: Drawn together by a common 'passion for the connection between man, mechanics and electronics', the artists on Mechatronica label all well-versed in the art of electro. Veterans Sync24 and Luke Eargoggle team up for the master-blaster that is 'Broken Electronix', a menacing stab of a groove that dissolves into the more granular computer-world of 'Never See' by UHU. On the flip, 'Miss You' by Privacy is dark, spectral and hollow, while 'Super-Translations' by Etcher feels like a ride on the same aquatic waves of electro giants like Drexciya. Excellent stuff.
Review: Nubian Crackers member The Undercover Brother (AKA veteran Queens, New York-based beat-maker Victor Piagneri) fires up his U.B.' S project and delivers another taster for the forthcoming 'Ultimate Covers w/Breaks' LP. On the A-side you'll find his instrumental interpretation of Frederick Knight cut 'Uphill Peace Of Mind', a heavy, stripped-back revision rich in killer drum breaks, Red Hot Chili Peppers style funk-rock guitars and life-affirming piano solos. Turn to the flip for Piagneri's vocal-free version of The Honey Drippers' 1973 anti-Nixon anthem 'Impeach The President'. He allows the track's much-sampled opening drum break a little more room to breathe, before carefully layering up Hammond organ riffs and a snaking saxophone solo that effectively replaces the original vocals. Review: Belgian producer and owner of Entrepot Records, UC Beatz, is the next artist to appear on the San Jose label, Roundabout Sounds.Coming out on vinyl only, the La Nuit EP features some sublime house, including my favourite track on the ep, Alta Paper, and a remix of the title track by Jeremiah of Grow!
Records out of Vienna.Roundabout Sounds which is now up to release number 14 with this ep, is the label run by Joe 'Babylon' Marougi, co-founder of Plug Research. The label released a great various artists triple vinyl package, Connecting The Compass, that featured such house luminaries Marcellus Pittman, Norm Talley and Theo Parrish, among others. Review: Entrepot Records is a Brussels based imprint, founded in 2014 by UC Beatz - who some of you may know from his Underluxxe digital label The idea here is simple: to release raw house beats on wax. For their eighth edition the label chez himself takes on duties, with some fine slo-mo house grooves - perfectly suited to late summer nights.
The A side features the lo-slung boogie down vibes of 'Rainbows', but the real dancefloor burners belong to the flipside. The looped-up disco inferno 'Playground' is covered in just the right amount of dust and grit that would make Phil Weeks stand up and notice, while the sultry 'Nocturne' is a crafty edit of a fine vintage track that's rather familiar indeed.
Review: Mystery production unit UD returns to Kimochi, one of the more overlooked imprints of the last few years, with four new cuts and a rather fine selection of remixers to boot! The mood is pensive and the sounds are atmospheric throughout, where tracks like 'Lollipop Robot' or 'Adapter' stand somewhere between ambient and electro-acoustic. The remixes give the tracks slightly more dancefloor weight, and both Area Green Grass and label regular Skookum contribute with a set of pretty killer reinterpretations a-la outsider house, but the silent killer is most certainly SW's remix of 'Pankow'. The SUED records co-owner fixes up a wonderfully bizarre concoction of sounds and shapes, moulding them into a dubby, sparse and cinematic twister.
Another fine slice of Kimochi, beautiful artwork and all. Review: The Kimochi label has been steadily releasing quality output over the last four years and they've been responsible for introducing us to a pool of new talent from the ambient corners. This latest beautifully presented 12' comes in their usual house style and comes from UD, an unknown artist who has already released one EP for the label last year. 'Muy Casera' starts things off with colourful minimalism thanks to its glitchy sonics, while 'Meticulous' breaks the groove and takes the beeps to an irregular tempo. 'After The Cremation' is looser and more heavily focussed on cinematic pads, whereas 'Pankow' takes subtle bursts of noise and places them above grey-scaled low frequencies.
There's some special appearances on the B-side in the form of two remixes by Leipzig's Mix Mup and Sued's SW: the former gives his own version of 'NFL CC DUB', a slow and chuggy beat burning below mild pads, whereas the latter interpretation of 'Dewy' contains that classic SUED sound, a bag of rickety percussion and rich soundscapes. Don't miss it, gone before you know it.
Review: Ghent's Muzi Cartel crew step into the label game with this assured four tracker from promising emergent talents. Viktor Udvari is up first with 'For Our Love', a fired up but delicately executed techno jam with plenty of harmonic balance to make for the most satisfying trip skywards. Mrsch takes things deeper and groovier on 'Pas Cu Pas', leaning heavy on the bass and leaving a little more space in the mix for maximum meditation. Kled Baken's remix of Lebawski gets into a minimal house roll with spaced out licks of vocal and hazy pads, and Ray Mono nudges Barbosa's 'Quinoa' into murky depths for a proper underground roller. Review: Rising from the airwaves in a tangible label reality; Nos Classics launches with main man Uffe who lays down three introspective, immersive grooves. 'Surprisingly' sounds similar to the worlds you might find shared between Dominick Martin and Andrew Ashong with its low-toned narrative and spiralling instrumentation, 'Lotte's Hippie-House' is the ebb and flow of hope flickering over a light percussive weave while 'Narkoministeren' takes over the B for a wild 11 minute excursion that's heavy on the percussion and mystic detours.
Review: After popping up on a various artists release last year, Ugly Frankie makes good on his connection to the Vinyl Only label with a full fat EP of chunked up, funked out house business for sunny climes. There's a dusty, rolling tone to the tracks on offer here - the crafty edits, nimble sample treatment and inventive layering creates a vibe you can lose yourself in all day. These aren't just straight up dancefloor rollers either - 'Cow Boogie' bumps and slides with a low slung swagger that will have you popping at a slower tempo - but they're all prime for the get down. For some dusty, soul-laced cuts produced with flair, look no further. Review: For their fifth release, Ultra Knites welcome a new family member to the label - Turkish producer Ugur Project. Kicking off proceedings on the A side, 'Feeling Deep' is a combination of traditional deep vibes, rolling basslines and subtle vocal snippets.
'Works On Dope' truly lives up to the name of this EP with its sultry yet groovy feeling that radiates when it is played - reminiscent of the light, simple, yet also fierce feeling of house music of the early-mid 90's. On the flip, 'Wanna Be' is a track reminiscent of the legendary Eddie Perez/Mentalinstrum combined with strong soulful vocals which will remind the biggest house junkies of the likes of Loleatta Holloway and such.
'Detroit Groovin', with its thumping bass and simple yet effective chords really give it that real, raw Detroit feeling. In summary, this release shows quality on all fronts and is brought to you on 180g 12' vinyl. Review: The archives of Estonian artist Uku Kuut continue to prove fertile stomping ground for the PPU label, with this latest transmission drawing from unreleased material he recorded with his mother Maryn Coote. Coote is quite an established musician in her own right, recording a couple of albums as Marju Kuut, as well as collaborating with compatriot Uno Loop and it's clear her musical background helped shape Uku's formative direction. If you've partaken in any previous Kuut retrospectives from PPU, the four tracks here will be a real delight, with 'Mayday' and 'Dreamboy 84' particular highlights. The former is an alternate tape mix of a track from the Vision Of Estonia LP issued by the label back in 2012, whilst the latter features Marju's vocals in full swing.
Review: Following the superb Visions of Estonia album from last year, estranged Estonian producer Uku Kuut resurfaces on Washington DC imprint Peoples Potential Unlimited with I Feel Love. This two-track EP is yet another perfect example of the label's speciality in dealing with obscure and unknown dance music gems from the '70s and '80s and highlights why PPU is an eternal favourite at Juno HQ. 'I Feel Love' sounds like a combination between Todd Terje's heralded disco-edits and the Norwegian's pumping originals, while 'Santa Monica Pier' shuffles and slides like Steve Wonder and Ray Charles knocking heads, drum machines, keys and synthesisers in a sun-drenched Californian studio. Review: A brand new label and brand new chapter for Ulterior Motive. Guidance was the name of the night they held in Bournemouth as they cut their teeth and chowed down on their craft. Now the Headz alumni return to these roots with four stark, stripped back and roughened constructs; 'The Wobbler' takes the lead with its woozy synth hits and SP's distinctive flow. 'Clap Ya' is all about the sci-fi bashy steppery while 'Anode' sees them sparring with Icicle on a brittle, sinewy one-note jam that gets very messy very quickly.
'Kamakura' sends us packing to the Orient for the final excursion as eastern strings and scales shroud a wriggling, spacious drum arrangement that smacks of the duo's originality. We need more Guidance like this. Review: It's now official: Future Cut are back and they're not mucking around. After years in the pop game, making number one hits for more songs than you care to sing along to in the shower, the Renegade Hardware renegades return to D&B on wax with the able co-piloting from Bournemouth's do-no-wrong duo Ulterior Motive. The result is three cuts that cross the entire breadth of jungle's craggy landscape.
'Flash Mob' an all-out, balls-out roller with menacing late 90s undertones, 'Bagleys' is a Spirit-esque stepper with sublime percussive Q&A 'Second Nature' closes the show on a beautiful Bristolian funk flex. Welcome back Future Cut, big up Ulterior Motive. History has been made right here. Review: Ultra Knites return with their first release of 2014, the follow up to their debut from late last year which gained the duo much credibility and recognition from some of the scenes leading players. UKR002 finally sees the release of a 'Extacy', a track that has been in demand for over a year having been used as a 'secret weapon' in the duo's own DJ sets. It has been described as genius, but the formula is simple - a stabby rhodes riff accompanied by an infectious vocal hook while a cleverly filtered pad weaves in and out until eventually, the filters open and the track erupts. UK veteran Danny J Lewis steps up for remix duties - a personal inspiration to the pair since the mid 90's who delivers his own unique stamp on the track.
'In My Life' takes things in another direction, however the duo's trademark sound remains instantly recognisable - throbbing basslines, filtered synth pads, ruffed up beats and a keyboard solo. Once again this EP has something for everyone and as always, we bring it to you on 180g vinyl. Review: Umo Vogue formed in Bristol by Stig Manley, Russ Crook and Neil Deamer who were in Bath based ska rock outfit 'The AT's', along with Bristol based singer Debbie Marlow.
Neil's Brother Clive joined the band bringing a fantastic new dynamic to the band on drums, percussion and heavy artillery. The band name is a deliberate misspelling of the ultra-chic Italian fashion magazine 'L'Uomo Vogue'. After winning the Bristol 'Battle of the Bands' in 1982 they were signed to Phonogram and dropped a few months later. They then signed to EMI in '83 and released their first single 'Just My Love' released in early 1984. The second single was 'Make It Real' and was never released as the band were culled from the EMI roster in late '84. For this reissue of their debut single we've added 3 bonus tracks, a demo of 'Just My Love', the unreleased follow single 'Make It Real' and a bedroom demo 'Erotica.' Each song displays ridiculously catchy melodies and innovative electronic rhythms.
The drum tracks, a combination of rhythm machines and hand percussion, were mixed down from the 4-track tape used as backing on stage, with the rich slap bass and Roland SH09 synths weaves fluid lead lines in between the harmony vocals. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The record is housed in an exact replica of the original jacket and includes an 8-page booklet with photos, notes and press clippings from the band's archive. 'We're synthetic but not antiseptic. We are interested in the naivety and spontaneity of music.'
- Umo Vogue Read more. Review: Russian label Mosaique has thus far carried some serious heat from artists like JASSS, Caron and Savage Grounds, and now they're shifting their nightmarish electro tendencies back to the various artists format of their Universe series. Umwelt leads the charge on this second installment with the eerie machine snarl of 'Fallen Empire', followed up by two versions of the devilish 'Sleep When You Die' by Moralez & The Horrorist.
Alessandro Adriani is first up on the B side with the driving, noirish techno pulse of 'Cosmic Transmissions,' and then Morah rounds things off with the squelchy, spiky workout 'Track 5'. Review: After equally wonderful turns from Junto Club, Deeds and Curses!, emergent deviant disco denizens Snap Crackle & Pop invite a band called Uncanny Valley to offer up their unique brand of deathly wave music shot through with on-point beyond the grave vocals. 'Chain Store' is a nightmarish march through wobbly synths while 'Nowhere To Nowhere' plots a strident course with its bouncing beat and fulsome, undulating bass.
'Popcorn' flips the script with its uptempo thrust, but the vintage synth-pop threads are still the dominant force in the music. Manfredas drops a remix of 'Chain Store' that maintains the freakiness with a slow but heavy house lurch, and then Mondowski strips the meat from 'Nowhere To Nowhere' and leaves a potent, skeletal club treatment behind. Review: Undefined is a duo made up of Sahara on keys, bass and programming, and Ohkuma on drums, and word has it that they have roots in Japanese dub. They've already collaborated with dBridge, amongst others, and this new single locks you deep into their world with rim shots and drum fills ringing out into cavernous dub drums. The addition of Rider Shafique's tender, introspective vocals make it a truly standout track. Move quick on this as it's limited to 600 copies worldwide, with no digital, no repress, and a slick screen printed sleeve.
Review: When Roger Sanchez donned the Underground Solution alias in 1990 and released 'Luv Dancin', the New York producer had yet to become a household name. The single, long considered one of the producer's finest moments, quickly became a deep house classic, with DJs quickly gravitating towards the rich, Nu Groove influenced grooves, twinkling electric pianos and choice disco samples of the 'In Deep Mix'. This timely reissue also includes the other tracks featured on the original Strictly Rhythm release, including the even deeper and more loved up Egotrip mix and the brilliant 'Afterthought', which expertly combines the haziness of NYC deep house with the alien melodies and dub-influenced low-end of UK bleep and bass. Review: Ever-dependable hero of deep house since the good old days, Glenn Underground is back with fresh goodies for his Strictly Jazz Unit imprint, and if you liked what he's done before then there's no doubt you'll like this as well. 'Shiloh (A King's Return)' is a steady roller, defined by the synth-sax freestyling over the top of a crisp beat and bluesy chord workout.
'We, The Party (Let's Get Down)' is a more soaring affair, with some neat kinks in the drums and a sumptuous spread of Rhodes action all delivered in that quintessentially Blue Note GU flavour. Review: Trawl through Glenn Underground's vast discography and you'll frequently come across sought-after gems ripe for the reissue treatment. That appears to be what Italian reissue specialists Groove Records has done.
GU Archives first appeared back in 2000, and bundled two hard-to-find tracks from the acclaimed Love & Hurt triple-album with the (then) previously unreleased 'HardTymes' (a particularly breezy, jazzy, sun-kissed and musically rich chunk of bossa-house blessed with some particularly special vibraphone style solos). 18 years on, the EP has lost none of its sparkle, with the 'Elle'-goes-Chicago deep warmth of 'Stringing Me' and impeccably spacey and shimmering 'Storm Raiders (Tribute to Larry Heard)' standing out. Simply essential. Review: Italian reissue experts Groovin continue to explore the vast vaults of outspoken Chicago house veteran Glenn Underground. The two tracks here are, naturally, both sought-after and obscure. On the A-side you'll find 'Escuchame', a cut that originally appeared on a DJ Deep mix back in 2010.
It's something of a driving, body-rocking beast, with the Windy City stalwart wrapping a jazzy electric piano riff (slightly reminiscent of Black Science Orchestra's 'Save Us' and Lil' Louis' 'French Kiss') and spacey synth flourishes around a thrusting drum machine rhythm and booming bass. Turn to the flip for the melodious and spacey deep house classic that is 'Hi-Tech Soul', a previously digital-only track first released way back in 2008. Review: Second time around for Glenn Underground's '70s Trip, which first surfaced on Cajual Records way back in 1997. The title track, a hypnotic and mind-altering, bassline-driven peak-time smasher peppered with intergalactic noises, vibraphone style solos and darting synths, remains one of the long-serving producer's finest moments. The lesser-celebrated original B-sides are pretty darn tasty, too. Choose between the bumping deep house jazziness of 'Disco Moog' - where spacey synth stabs dance all night with jaunty pianos and another killer bassline - and the rubbery bounce of 'Do You Like It', which makes hay with cut-up, scat style vocal samples, dewy-eyed Rhodes chords and some more fizzing synth lines.
Review: Zurich based deepArtsounds is a promising young label that has previously brought us the likes of T.C. White, Jenifa Mayanja of Underground Quality through to legends such as Ron Trent and Anthony Nicholson of Prescription Records fame. When you consider that some of the scene's finest purveyors of modern day deepness such as Baaz, The Mountain People and Eli Verveine (to name but a few) all hail from Zurich too. There must be something in the water! Deep and boompty/feelgood soulful business from the finest of The Windy City's second wave here: none other than Glenn Underground and Boo Williams, who are it again on the super sweet 'Stallions' which is eight minutes of pure bliss so check it out! There's a bit of house (mainly) merged with disco and latin vibes all working in perfect harmony.
The instrumental version on the flip foregoes those lovely Latin vocals for those who aren't really feeling them: your loss! Review: Pitch black antics by Greek industrial noise terror (and Liber Null main man) Unhuman, alongside Dutch modular maniac Derk Reneman aka Roberto Auser for this collaboration between imprints Gooiland Elektro and Enfant Terrible out of Holland. Unhuman (Emmanouil Simotas) takes care of the A side of the release, immediately treading the left hand path on the slow burning acid sludge of 'Faces Of Death', followed by the seething EBM reduction of 'Seven Days'. On the flip, Auser lunges straight for the jugular on the brooding and contorted techno experiment that is 'Avalon', followed by the pummelling four to the floor grindcore of 'Unexplained'. Review: Japan's Diggers With Gratitude have been working hard to licence the music of OG American rapper Unique aka Denarius Hemphill. This month they have got three of his best known, hardest to find and more desirable tunes coming out on limited edition 7's. This time it's 'Die Hard' that gets the reissue treatment after prices have climbed sky high since it initially landed in 2008.
Mad scratching, crisp and hard hitting beats and uptempo, well-articulated rapping makes this a real timeless beauty. 'War Rap' on the flip hits harder with darker stabs and prickly delivery next to alarm-like pads. Review: Denarius Hemphill aka Unique put out just a couple of perfectly formed streetwise rap cuts in 1989, then another in 2008. That landed on Diggers With Gratitude who are rightfully revisiting his catalogue to make available again the tunes that have become really quite pricey.
This is one of three such releases this month and focuses on 'Pure Dynamite', a laid back, deep cut joint with positive vibrations and funky guitar riffs stitched into the soulful, leggy beats. 'Axe Maniac' on the flip then gets busier and exudes plenty of 80s attitude. Review: Unique's 1989 jam 'I'm Untouchable' was a hard hitting jam that has become a much sought after record in the 30 years since. Selling for upwards of 1500 quid - when you can find it - means it has long been out of reach to many, but thanks to Japan's Diggers With Gratitude you can now snap up one of these limited edition 7' represses. The original has old school production and raw boom bap drums with impassioned raps from Denarius Hemphill, and a rare demo version on the flip with extra scratching, busier percussion and a more muted vocal line is also included.
Review: We're very happy to see a renewed interest in Underground Resistance sub-label Happy Records: which is sure known for its fair share of house classics. Quite fitting then that the chief retrovert Gerd Janson over at Running Back saw it fit to issue some remixes of the classic 'Sunshine' by Unit 2 aka Raphael Merriweathers Jr. And Niko Marks. KiNK's remix on the A side is a nice modern revision of the track which retains those uplifting trademark pianos but adds some of his thunderous trademark 909 drum machine workouts beneath.
On the flip, lo-slung disco pranksters Tiger & Woods do a remix which cuts up and stutters those said pianos (and the vocals) to interesting effect plus adding some nice boompty swagger into it. Review: Having proved their stripes live with an extensive tour last year, Theo Parrish's live supergroup get busy on the release front.
With Theo and Amp Fiddler both on keys and vocals and Myele Manzanza on drums, the grooves on both sides are that perfect balance of dancefloor tightness and a loose funk from players who are confident in each other's abilities. Skye cover 'Ain't No Need' is a swinging broken beat adventure with rolling frenetic drums where the keys wrap around the vocals like a thick tog duvet. 'Walkin Thru The Sky', meanwhile, takes us back to 1996 and Theo's Baby Steps EP. With a strutting rhythm and insistent hook, it's a perfect example of how house music can be executed live with perfection. Review: This is a cheeky single-sided affair that contains a gently tooled-up, rolling and rearranged version of a Marlena Shaw-sampling jazz-house classic that is rightly considered something of a dancefloor classic. The edit itself is undoubtedly rather good, subtly adding a little more bottom-end grunt whilst making a little more of the original's snaking sax parts, much-loved vocal sample and groovy jazz percussion. You can decide or not whether the re-edit was needed; certainly, the mystery re-editor has done a rather tidy job on the rework.
Review: Trustworthy techno outpost Chronicle are the kind of label you can still get behind when they drop an unnamed artist. Whoever's behind Cycle De Motifs, the bar remains reassuringly high for those wanting fresh firepower in the serious techno game. 'GPS' is a fist-shaking piledriver, but it's not without its cerebral nuances between the surging low end.
Who needs a kick when you can have a relentless sub to carry you through the night? 'C-Signature' darts out into equally intriguing territory with a creeping, insectoid array of sound design working around a minimal beat.
'Gateway To Infinity' piles the eerie, looping figures on and continues spiraling outwards, and 'Nepthys' plies an old-skool drum machine jack in the finest Plastikman tradition. Review: Nodding to the days of widespread dance anonymity, where the focus was firmly placed on the music rather than reputations and brand hype, Bring Back's fourth release is soaked in hardcore and jungle tones in keeping with both the mysterious artist tip and the label's name. Basically music to make you sweat. 'Night Selector' is perhaps the least rave-y of the lot, and that's saying something considering its stretched amens and mysterious, futurist ambience. 'Light In Ghetto' throws itself fully into the revivalist movement, beautiful female lyrics and pitched vocal cuts crying out over a rhythm section that's stripped enough to make room for choppy, distorted keys. 'Lobster', meanwhile, plays with time signatures, paying respect to the roots of these sounds- dub and soundystem culture- in between full-throttle nastiness.
Review: Italian crew Unknown Collective come correct on this latest Purism joint as they drop some seriously bumping deep house heat to get bodies popping with approval. 'Nodi' is the consummate A side jam, all exuberant energy and rock solid functionality, just like a DJs best friend should be. 'Virgo' is, on the surface, a slinkier affair, but don't be fooled as there's some serious weight in that bassline which will absolutely rock on a proper soundsystem. 'Arya' is the dreamier cut on the record - the groove is still solid, but there's a dreamy tone to the pad hovering in the background and the track is sprinkled with all kinds of extra sonic delights to toy with your mind at the hazy end of the dance. Review: Jazzman dip into the unreleased archives of Arkansas label Alley Records and pull out these two absolute gems that will find a welcome home in any self respecting Northern Soul or Funk selectors record box. This dinked 45 from Ike Noble and The Uptights is just the start for Jazzman with further sevens plus an albums worth of material planned after a successful trip to Arkansas.
If you like your funk rippling with overwhelming vocal emotion you will love the raw and infectious nature of both 'That's The Sound Of My Heart' and 'That's What I Get'. The A Side leans on an uptempo Midwestern funk vibe whilst Ike's tearing vocal turn on the flip is the perfect accompaniment to a pounding backing from the Up Tights.
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Review: Canada isn't often associated with dub but on this occasion it's where Belgium's Roots Vibration head for a fine reissue. The Uplifter were a duo formed of vocalists Egbert Dennis and Marcel Williams and their poison is heavy bass. On 'Strength & Power' they are blissed out and laid back, while the little guitar riffs get you in a trance as the drums boom away. The slick dub on the flipside is even more drenched in warmth and reverb. This is a limited edition of 500 so move quick.
Review: Just 4 The Beat's first release of the year was well worth waiting for. It comes from Eastern Europe's Urban Haven, who is now based in London but clearly takes great inspiration from deep and soulful Chicago house masters like Glenn Underground and Ron Trent.
His first ever EP is an impossibly classy one, and 'Roots (Reprise)' is a glorious highlight that starts with luxurious synth puddles and a romantic, conversational sax line. After a three minute build, you sink into a Latin flecked deep house groove of the highest order. This is as musical as house gets and is, unsurprisingly, already big with Mike Huckaby and Kai Alce.
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