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Thursday, April 28, 2022
Murder Is The Number - dynArec (Cultivated Electronics)
Title: Murder Is The Number
Artist: dynArec
Label: Cultivated Electronics
Cat Number: CE041
Genre: Techno/Electro
A1: Stop & Stall
A2: First In Motion
B1: Specialized In Anything
B2: Lowest Perceived Legitimacy
French electro veteran dynArec debuts on Cultivated Electronics with and immediately proves that experience is the most important qualification for any job with a rip roaring record that comprises four ball busting cuts that show off his textured approach to manufacturing quintessential machine funk. ‘Stop & Stall’ is heavy, but bounces with all the vitality of a perfectly proportioned pair of devil’s dumplings. ‘Lowest Perceived Legitimacy’, on the other hand, shows a lightness of touch and an inclination to space age storytelling. Both ‘Specialized In Anything’ and ‘First In Motion’ run rampant over established patterns of syncopation, with the former having a similarly thudding feel to ‘Stop & Stall’, but more irate. And the latter more toned down and refreshingly jarring on all the right places. These two tunes feel a bit less restrained. However, ‘Stop & Stall’ is, for me, the best tune here and the one that could start a fight in an empty room.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
3D World EP - Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive (Fossil Archive)
Title: 3D World EP
Artist: Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive
Label: Fossil Archive
Cat Number: FAUK012
Genre: Techno
01: Control C
02: 3D World
03: More House
04: Travel
Get your techno trousers on for this one lads. However, while doing so, keep in mind that it’s not all banging four to the floor attack beats. Within these grooves there is much subtlety and imagination. Stephen Brown, an artist from north of the border whose output should be an essential element of every machine funk collection, teams up Fossil Archive, aka Roberto, for a quartet that oozes depth and class. ‘Travel’ is an understated gem. All suppressed power, it never quite lets rip throughout its length, and that’s its attraction. ‘More House’ sounds a little like ‘Wax 10001 B’, which is no bad thing as it’s one of my favourite tracks by Shed and brings back fond memories of me playing it to a completely battered dance floor. ‘3D World’ is a power pummel alongside wispy, stellar synth lines and gurgling bass, and ‘Control C’ is minimal sonar bleep inspired funk. Lovely stuff.
