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Theiz - I Said Acid EP (EPM Music)
Title: I Said Acid EP
Artist: Theiz
Label: EPM Music
Cat Number: EPM120
Genre: Techno
1: 4 Loulou: Starting The Best Part Of Life
2: I Said Acid
3: Struggling For Positivity
4: The Bouncing Pony
The first three tunes on this release are permeated by the 303, starting towards the second half of ‘4 Loulou: Starting The Best Part Of Life’ in order to artfully liaise with the title track. And, in the process, giving more intrigue to a broken beat curtain opener. ‘I Said Acid’ picks up momentum from the second the baton is passed. With an eponymously intoned line to allay any doubt, the build is subtle and voluminous simultaneously. ‘Struggling For Positivity’ scoops out the bottom end from the tribally-leaning percussion from what precedes it and heightens the sensitivity factor, recalling some of the more emotive characteristics of a lot of early nineties UK produced techno and ‘The Bouncing Pony’ combines synth stabs and pads, which gain in complexity as the track progresses, to drill itself into your dancing feet.
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Brendon Moeller - Blue Moon (ESP Institute)
Title: Blue Moon
Artist: Brendon Moeller
Label: ESP Institute
Cat Number: ESP125
Genre: Meditations
A1: Deep Blue
A2: Feast
A3: Vibrations
B1: Depth Charge
B2: Ruins
B3: Signals
Dub is a fuzzy musical nether region. There are those who consider it a genre in itself. However, it’s another sonic take; something that renders something previously concrete through the somnolent looking glass. And it is Brendon Moeller’s speciality, of that there is no doubt. These 6 tracks for Lovefinger’s ESP Institute, however; although awash with the type of low key kinaesthetic triggers he is known for, have skeletons fashioned from break beats of varying intensity, which serve to blend with the pervasive atmospherics to coalesce in deep, ambient percussive workouts. Like any exercise in the art of dub, these compositions demand repeated listening in order to uncover elements missed on previous forays. Sometimes the beats are denser, sometimes they fall apart. And, although listening to the whole release end-to-end can feel like an exercise in repetition, that’s where the necessary patience to scrutinise the detail comes in handy.
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Rupert Cross-Strapped Out EP (Ransom Note)
Title: Strapped Out EP
Artist: Rupert Cross
Label: Ransom Note
Cat Number: R$N48
Genre: Electro Disco
1: Strapped Out feat. C.A.R.
2: Blue Line feat. C.A.R.
3: Pepper
4: Dreamland, Dreamland
5: Strapped Out feat. C.A.R. (Miles Vandersteen Remix)
6: Strapped Out (Instrumental)
7: Blue Line (Instrumental)
8: Strapped Out feat. C.A.R. (Miles Vandersteen Instrumental Remix)
A decidedly off beat title track sets things off. ‘Strapped Out’ seems to be at odds with itself in the sense that C.A.R.’s vocals seem to be the glue holding two shifting sonic tectonic plates. If you’re throwing shapes to this you’d better be double jointed. The Miles Vandersteen Remix is the superior track in that its easier to dance to. As well as this, there’s more depth and direction. ‘Blue Line’ comes on like a lost, uptempo cold wave classic, blending a bittersweet melody with a deadpan vocal. It’s good and needs a longer edit. ‘Pepper’ is coming together of disparate digital frequencies enjoying a crucial symbiotic relationship; while ‘Dreamland, Dreamland’ goes even further out on a limb, emphasising the dissonance, but keeping it on a tight leash. An interesting mixed bag of beats innit.
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Random Playlist Gibberish (Edited Post From Sept. 2006) 😀
In any case, what I'm saying is hardly news, it's been smouldering now for the last few years. Funky house seems to have been killed off once and for all, along with funky techno, the type pushed by labels like In-Tec, to make way for an electrotechhousehybrid. I'm certainly not one to rampantly start pigeonholing everything which comes my way. As far as I'm concerned good and bad music are the only two genres worth discussing, but as far as the mainstream is concerned, these are relatively interesting times.
Check out the new Cassy mix cd "Panorama Bar 01" (Ostgut ton) for an interesting ride through some examples of the sounds that are currently heading down the right strasse.
Machines Are Funky Playlist: 9/9/06:
A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever - Technasia (Technasia)
Zed's Dead - Shonky (Resopal Red)
Baby Kate (Beyer/Dahlback remix) - Heartthrob (Minus)
Grune Rafhauser - Pikaya (Cadenza)
The Last Battle - Magic 12 (Beau Monde)
Erotic Illusions (TTR mix) - Nick Holder (Poker Flat)
Shadows (AlexKid's Acidrain mix) - Loudeast (DPress Industries)
C'mon Up (Product 01 remix) - Lexi (Superstonic)
Geiger Counter - Von Floyd (Submerge/UR)
Up In Flames (Glove remix) - Captain Comatose (Playhouse)
Along The Wire (Superpitcher remix) - Lawrence (Laudomat)
Pentaton (Onur Ozur remix) - Mathias Kaden (Vakant R)
Crazy (Paradise edit) - Rude Hagelstein (Careless)
Peggy Sussed (Robag Mix with Melody) - Underworld (UWorld.com)
Parallel Reality (Disco mix) - Algorithm Method (Mule Electronic)
Ninyo Melon - SWAT Squad (Gastspiel)
Stay High - Solieb (Maschine)
