Wing Theory ll - Tom Jarmey (Wing Theory)

 

Title: Wing Theory ll 

Artist: Tom Jarmey

Label: Wing Theory

Cat Number: WING002

Genre: Vibetastic

1: Heated Silence

2: Fog Runs Deep

3: Towering Mountain feat. Holly Wilkes (Extended Mix)

4: Flock Of Sparrows

5: Trill

6: Towering Mountain feat. Holly Wilkes (Radio Mix)

Tom Jarney’s ‘Wing Theory ll’, “explores brand new territory in an eclectic mix of both dance-centric and home-listening tracks”, according to its press release. I would venture the opinion that it’s much more grounded in the latter than the former. Moreover, it’s only really ‘Heated Silence’ that properly hits the spot dance-wise, utilising breaks on a trance foundation across a nine minute length that is both subtle and artful enough to keep you wanting more. Both ‘Fog Runs Deep’ and ‘Flock Of Sparrows’ are atmospheric slow dives into the abyss, with recognisable rave tropes buried deep in the mix. The ornithological themes continues with the beatless ‘Trill’, (does it still “make budgies bounce with health”?), an ambient track which feels like a misty morning in the mountains. Starddling both spheres of influence is ‘Towering Mountain feat. Holly Wilkes’, an engaging and deep track which highlights its vocals on top of a vaguely tribal, break beat which suppresses itself from going off too much in any particular direction.

Avenue Red Podcast #200.2 - Andrea Cichecki

Avenue Red · Avenue Red Podcast #200.2 - Andrea Cichecki

Live at Camp Warning

whø? · live at camp warning

Verdant Session 22_6

verdant-recordings · Verdant Session 22_6

OECUS Podcast 299 // JOEY ANDERSON

OECUS · OECUS Podcast 299 // JOEY ANDERSON

Voyage de Lux with Alex Downey - 22.06.2022

1BTN · Voyage de Lux with Alex Downey - 22.06.2022

Voyage de Lux with Alex Downey - 25.05.2022

 

1BTN · Voyage de Lux with Alex Downey - 25.05.2022

Track Of The Day: Der Mussolini - DAF (Virgin)

The Shock Of The New EP - Power From The Skies (No Static/Automatic)

 

Title: The Shock Of The New EP

Artist: Power From The Skies

Label: No Static/Automatic

Cat Number: NSA003.1

Genre: Techno/Industrial Ambience/Hardcore

1: Doesn’t Follow Logic

2: Karaoke Calculator

3: Pylon Ground

4: Malton Is A Sexy Town

5: Doesn’t Follow Logic (Return Code Zero Remix)

This release is a departure from the electro I’m used to hearing on this label. There is a variance of tempos across the four original tracks with ‘Doesn’t Follow Logic’ consisting of a pervasive glookiness, breakbeats of various textures largely hardcore based, and what sounds like a cartoon horse. Tracks 2, 3 & 4 each play their respective parts in a fluctuant dislocation of the senses. Deploying cohesive rhythmic patterns which run up against beatless brick walls is a recurrent motif, as is an inventive use of acrid electronics and depth. The Return Code Zero Remix of ‘Doesn’t Follow Logic’ is the most fully formed piece of rhythmic disorder here, the other pieces feeling like they’ve been building up to it, but it still has a similar approach, and rounds off this very interesting release nicely.

Hidden Sequence Presents 6884's Attention Deficit Studio Mix

200 Records · Hidden Sequence Presents 6884's Attention Deficit Studio Mix

Play Mosaic Mix Series 072_Anthony Georges Patrice

Steve O'Sullivan_MOSAIC · Mosaic Mix Series 072_Anthony Georges Patrice

Play Mantissa Mix 250: Powder

Mantissa · Mantissa Mix 250: Powder

A Love From Outer Space (Sean Johnston), Golden Lion, Todmorden, 18.06.22

 

goldenlionsounds · A Love From Outer Space (Sean Johnston), Golden Lion, Todmorden, 18.06.22

Parole & Papaver EP - Vertical Cat (Achingly)

 

Title: Parole & Papaver EP 

Artist: Vertical Cat

Label: Achingly

Cat Number: achy004

Genre: Deep House

A1: Parole

A2: Luna

B1: Papaver

B2: Moss (Electro Origins Mix)

Understatement is the name of the game here, in a very good way. ‘Parole’ and ‘Luna’ are two solid deep house tracks; the former feeling like a piece of looped techno distilled to its very essence, bereft of body and all in the mind. ‘Luna’ takes things up a notch; adding grist for the mill in the form of a more solid beat foundation, it courses along a similar cosmic lateral line. ‘Papaver’ does, as described in the press release, take its cues from dub techno, but deploys a much lighter touch without a throbbing bass to ground it. That leaves ‘Moss (Electro Origins Mix)’ which is a wickedly off-beat piece of fragile machine funk. The type which as well as being a challenge to break dance to, has other uses, such as the soundtrack to quiet contemplation while drinking in all that life has to offer. Right up my street this, which means I like it a lot.

Track Of The Day: Autopilot - Luke Eargoggle / Johan Inkinen / 240 Interceptor (Kraftjerkz)

Track Of The Day: The Godfather - Spoony G (Tuff City)

They Come In Twos - Alonzo (Cultivated Electronics)

 

Title: They Come In Twos 

Artist: Alonzo

Label: Cultivated Electronics

Cat Number: CE042

Genre: Electro

A1: Animal Control

A2: Cause & Effect

B1: They Come In Twos

B2: Magnetic

C1: Corner Of 11^th

C2: Drunken Badger

D1: Unprofessional

D2: Zone D

Having first come across Alonzo via his ‘I’m A . . . ‘ release on WT, and then ‘003’ on Zement, I harboured more anticipation than is strictly normal for someone of my advanced years when discovering this release in my inbox. I’m not disappointed either, with my predilection for grungy, world out of balance beats being more than satisfied three tracks in. Vocoders feature heavily as well, and who cares if the lyrics can’t be made out. It’s all about the menace and threat, yeah? Mind you, nothing works independently. Those sinister spoken word emissions would be nothing without the multiple textures of electro that lift them to new, disorientating heights. There’s a healthy feeling of unease and disturbance aligned to an insatiable machine funk momentum that keeps this collection ticking over like a finely tuned instrument of chaos. Alonzo does like a flange, and this is used throughout the album, but nowhere more devastatingly than when it is combined with a screaming siren on ‘Drunken Badger’. The title track is notable for its coalescence of practically all of dissonant electro’s already mentioned hallmarks, and the collection is bookended by a couple of tunes that also employ oral dissonance sparingly, and multiple cluster bomb effects liberally across their respective synth infused landscapes. On the one hand there’s nothing strikingly new here, but the collection comes together beautifully as a sequential piece of work with momentum sustained. I just wish the tracks were each a little longer to maximise mixing potential.

Track Of The Day: Distance Against Time - Patrice Scott (Sistrum)

Spring Summer Somewhere

 

Carsten Jost · Spring Summer Somewhere

Track Of The Day: Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple)

Track Of The Day: Hold your Turtles (Swag Dub) - Appleheadz (Loaded)

Down To The Ground - DJ Linus (Nordic Trax)

 

Title: Down To The Ground

Artist: DJ Linus

Label: Nordic Trax

Cat Number: NT117

Genre: Deep House

1: It’s All Good

2: It’s All Good (Dub Version)

3: Down To The Ground

4: Bavarian Stomper

I’ve still got my copy of ‘Who Stole The Soul’ by the artist still known as the one who makes me think of Peanuts. And this is his first release for what looks like ten years. It’s not bad either. ‘It’s All Good’ is an uplifting, funky vocal track that builds and more stamina than Mo Farah. The dub dispenses with the main vocal and brings the disco dissonance into sharper focus. ‘Down To The Ground’ is an understated, off key shuffler that remains largely in the sonic shadows, it’s a subtle exercise in restraint and has similar constituents to ‘It’s All Good’. The best has been saved until last though, with ‘Bavarian Stomper’ turning out to be a very capable piece of italo disco that’s crying out for a camp as fuck vocal. A good return to the fray from DJ Linus then.

Track Of The Day: Slavery Days - Burning Spear (Island)

Play Underground Selektors Mix Series #1 - Zobol

Underground Selektors · Underground Selektors Mix Series #1 - Zobol

Play NI52 | Mike Tansella Jr

 

Neptunian Influence · NI52 | Mike Tansella Jr

Track Of The day: I'm Your Brother (Club Version) - Round One (Main Street)

Uptown Thing June 11th 2022 Pt1

tici taci · Uptown Thing June 11th 2022 Pt1

Uptown Thing June 11th 2022 Pt2

tici taci · Uptown Thing June 11th 2022 Pt2

Duncan Gray - Acid Barons Mix End of May 2022

tici taci · Duncan Gray - Acid Barons Mix End of May 2022

Spaced 22 | Fonte

 

Spaced · Spaced 22 | Fonte

Track Of The Day: Never Tell You - Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman (Burial Mix)

Track Of The Day: Octagon - Basic Channel (Basic Channel)

Entheogen EP - Jabru (Of Unsound Mind)

 

Title: Entheogen EP 

Artist: Jabru 

Label: Of Unsound Mind

Cat Number: OFUNSOUNDMIND096

Genre: Break Beats, etc

1: Entheogen

2: Jem

3: Shelter

Well, this comes out swinging its bollocks from up on high. ‘Entheogen’ fairly bounces along on high octane batacuda beats. ‘Jem’ shows a lighter touch, using breaks and a dubbed-out vocal fug underpinned by a piano to enable much shape throwing. ‘Shelter’ is probably the most subtle of the three, with its organic, almost aquatic percussion supported by a pervasive low end that comes in and out of focus. The title track  apparently references Capricorn’s ‘20HZ’, something which is noticeable in the percussion department, and the general tranced out ambience it deploys. And the whole EP is a vibe which is way greater than the sum of its very special parts.

The Irresistible Force vs Ramjac Corporation – Live At The Brain (Full A...

Souvenir TTTape!

 

The Trilogy Tapes · Souvenir TTTape!

Track Of The Day: I'll Be Back I Promise - Gary Martin (Teknotika)

Colin Dale - Abstrakt Dance Live Broadcast Thursday 2nd June 2022

Club Sounds Live If You Need Me

 

verdant-recordings · Club Sounds Live_If You Need Me

Track Of The Day: Flotation ((Subsonic Grid Mix) - The Grid (East West)

Track Of The Day: Not Work - Polder (Amam)

Bassiani invites Dj Nobu / Podcast #125

 

BASSIANI · Bassiani invites Dj Nobu / Podcast #125

Track Of The Day: Baby Milk Snatcher - AR Kane (4AD)

BRC Vol 2 - Black Rave Culture

 

Title: BRC 2

Artist: Black Rave Culture

Label: Self-Released

Cat Number: 

Genre: Black Rave

01. NEVER LEFT

02. CEREBRAL ATROPHY

03. ACTIVATE

04. MOROCCAN MIST

05. SOMETHING ELSE

06. PAY ME

07. DEEP BREATHING

08. SUB POPPIN

09. DOPPLER

10. ISSA BOP

11. LONG DISTANCE DILEMMA (PRACTICE)

12. IN MY BIZNESS feat. Dreamcastmoe

13. PACE PLAN (BONUS TRACK)

Black Rave Culture are “DC natives, Amal, James Bangura, and Nativesun” and with this release seem to be documenting and creating their own interpretation of floor-focussed electronic music. And it’s nothing if not engaging and polyvalent. Non-genre specific but united under the rave umbrella, this is indeed a piece of work. Along its layered length there are certain elements that I’m struck by more than others: the drum and bass of ‘Deep Breathing’ and ‘Never Left’; the subtlety of ‘Long Distance Dilemma (Practice)’, and ‘Moroccan Mist’; the deep, dynamic techno of ‘Activate’; and the dialled down oasis of calm that is ‘In My Bizness feat. Dreamcastmoe’, a track that feels more at home being pumped out of a yacht’s sound system, moored off the Amalfi coast, than in a sweaty Washington rave den. Other tracks like ‘Cerebral Atrophy’ and ‘Sub Poppin’ sound like they’re in a state of exponential entropy, where being locked into their groove is a voyage into the unknown with no apparent end until the chaos prevails. A notable piece of work that displays great range, ‘BRC Vol. 2’ has class, depth,  range and invention, and is an imaginative take on subliminal sonic dynamics.

Track Of The Day: Do Right - Cabaret Voltaire (Virgin/Some Bizarre)

Detroit Visions - Luke Hess (Rekids Special Projects)

 

Title: Detroit Visions 

Artist: Luke Hess 

Label: Rekids Special Projects

Cat Number: RSPX41

Genre: Techno

01: Two Prophets

02: The Way

03: Soul Purpose

04: Polymoon

I have a few records by Mr Hess in my collection, which does need some pruning. However, I won’t be getting rid of any of his bits. And it’s good to see that with this release he’s doing what I expect of him, making quality techno of a driving, dubby sensibility. All of the tracks here represent this approach pretty well, with perhaps ‘Polymoon’ feeling a little less fluid than the others. And ‘Two Prophets’ and ‘Soul Purpose’ being the most exemplary takes, the latter having a denser, deeper approach than the former’s more stripped-down, metallic groove. It’s a sound that no matter how often I hear it, and irrespective of the artist, always gets me going. ‘The Way’ fuses momentum, propulsion and space into a tunnel vision of dub, offering something less linear, but no less effective.

SPND20 Mixtape by Helena Hauff

SPANDAU20 · SPND20 Mixtape by Helena Hauff

Carpet Music: Mix Series 009 w/ Eli Verveine

 

Carpet & Snares Records · Carpet Music: Mix Series 009 w/ Eli Verveine

Track Of The Day: Untitled (A1) Workshop 08 - Kassem Mosse (Workshop)

Eventide In Orbit - Manami (Viscera Transmissions)

 

Title: Eventide In Orbit

Artist: Manami

Label: Viscera Transmissions

Cat Number: VT001

Genre: Trance

1: Eventide In Orbit

2: Interaxial

3: Overture One

4: Overture One (Adam Pits’ Stomp Mix)

Trance is back! It’s been around for ever of course, and never truly went away. However, now it has returned as a fully-fledged noun and not just an insignificant adjective. Mind you,  I never had a problem with the descriptive detail, it was the genre that often left me cold. There have been some excellent tracks over the years that fall into the category, but listening to a set composed of nothing else can leave one cold. So how does Manami do with ‘Eventide In Orbit’? Not bad. The title track evolves slowly to become a mature, elongated, electronic, hypnotic hymn, with shades of Goa. ‘Overture One’ shares similar characteristics, it’s less fluid melody slowed down to a frictional, tropical drag by Adam Pits. And as far as ‘Interaxial’ is concerned, it’s all out organised chaos. Pretty good effort all round on this one.

Track Of The Day: We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott Heron (Arista)

Track Of The Day: Surface Terrestrial Colonization - Drexciya (Tresor)

Track Of The Day: What's New? - St Germain (F Communications)

CCL at Horst Arts & Music Festival 2022

 

Horst Arts & Music · CCL at Horst Arts & Music Festival 2022

Track Of The Day: Watch The Bass - Joshua (Tweakin')

The Transcendental Deck Skills Of Alex Downey

I’ve never seen Alex play, but I listen to a lot of his sets and, while it would be good to have first hand experience of the skill and dexterity involved, I’m more than happy with what I’ve heard within the online medium. I regularly repost his mixes on here, as well as share them on social media and I’ve heard him referred to as the best there is from these here shores. This is a believable claim, and I’m sure that he would be more widely known and appreciated if he had the profile of a recording artist. He is “only” a DJ though; but what a DJ. I can only imagine how it must feel in the right environment when confronted by the machine funk smorgasbord at his fingertips. The sonic spectrum is explored, which means that one gives oneself up to a combination of breaks, electro, techno, idm and everything in between. On occasion there are life-changing moments when the music hits with such intensity that I’m constantly reminded of the bewildered looks on faces of Roma’s players as Liverpool gave them the runaround during the first leg of the 2018 Champions’ League semi final. The hypnotic sets I’ve had the pleasure to hear are built largely on a fusion of break beats and electro, the two becoming progressively denser and draped in atomic transcendentalism in constantly evolving peaks and troughs. This, however, doesn’t necessarily eschew a more traditional looped approach. His approach to DJing is as much about being caught in the sonic conflagration as anything else; and is a reminder that given the correct terms and conditions, we all have the potential to be in two places at once.

Track Of The Day: Decompression - Mathew Jonson (Minus)

Track Of The Day: Give Myself To You (Grand Ballroom Mix) - The Daou (Tribal)

Miles Davis Ife feat. Dave Liebman & Pete Cosey live 1973

Track Of The Day: Dimensional Separation - Privacy (Klasse Wrecks)

Rebuild EP - Ballet Mechanique (EPMmusic)

 

Title: Rebuild EP

Artist: Ballet Mechanique

Label: EPMmusic

Cat Number: EPM98

Genre: Techno

1: Rebuild

2: Echo Catcher

3: Share The Feeling

4: Big Hearts

Bit late with this one, but don’t know how it slipped under my radar as Ballet Mechanique have been in my sights for a while now thanks to their recent reissues on Delsin. This is new stuff though, the first for a long time, and it’s good to hear that it doesn’t stray from the melodic, Detroit and IDM inspired stuff that came out on Eevolute when such things where still finding their feet. The title track is a sweeping piece of space-age grandiosity that would embellish any imaginative set. This is an ambience that infuses the entire package, with varying degrees of intensity. ‘Share The Feeling’ keeps up a similar momentum, while both ‘Echo Catcher’ and ‘Big Hearts’ use break beats as melodic undulation, easing off the gas as they do. The tracks are 50% optimistic energy with the other 50% more introspective. Which is nice.

Track Of The Day: Water From A Vine Leaf (Acid Bath Mix) - William Orbit (Guerrilla)

Track Of The Day: Lifeforms - The Future Sound Of London (Virgin)

Track Of The Day: Soy Tres (BRYZ Remix) - Barbara Alvarez (WAPM Records)

Play #141 | Fletcher (UK)

 

Recorder.13 · #141 | Fletcher (UK)

Track Of The Day: Spill - Don't Wanna Know 'Bout Evil (Rumble Mix) - Spill (Guerrilla)

rare footage of CHARLES MINGUS for your listening pleasure

Track Of The Day: Spring Space - CYWU (Lunar Orbiter Program)

Basic Instinct - Session Victim (Rhythm International)

 

Title: Basic Instinct 

Artist: Session Victim

Label: Rhythm International

Cat Number: RS053

Genre: Deep House

1: Trying To Make It Home

2: In And Out

3: Orbits Of Dust

4: AM Continental

5: SFC (Hommage Mix)

“Jazz house? Nice . . .” I hear you say. You’ve also got to have the moves though. The descent into abstraction and self-indulgence has to be kept at bay or we’re dealing with something else entirely. There’s none of that here though, because this release delivers on wide screen, big sound system panoramic storytelling ambience. Each track has pace, precision and versatility. ‘Trying To Make It Home’ has vocals concisely used, and is probably the “peak track” here  However, the instrumentation dominates, as it does on every other tune herein. Atmosphere is the watchword, with the compositions never overstretching themselves, but building patiently until an explosion or crescendo doesn’t come; they’ve been happening all along due to the thoughtful insertion of evocative riffs, undulating embellishment and melodic shift. These tracks all stand out on their own and should also be liberally used to bulk up the mix. They’ll make anything sound better.

Track Of The Day: Hi Tech Funk ( Sonic Grits Mix ) - Underground Resistance ‎(UR)

One Four Five Lemma - Nicki Nair (Island F)

 

Title: One Four Five/Lemma 

Artist: Nicki Nair 

Label: Island F

Cat Number: ISLANDF1

Genre: Tracky Minimalism 

01: One Four Five

02: Lemma

03: XXX

My first impressions are that these tunes are the aural equivalent of the proverbial deconstructed dessert. Disparate elements are cohesively deployed within a minimalist soundscape that is so spacial that there’s nowhere to hide. The beats are let loose and attack with the force of a tightly coiled spring. There are various tempos on show here, but the omnipresent one feels like a shade of highly strung electro that dovetails effortlessly with house. Revolving around the taut percussion, we have vocal stabs/samples which function as instrumental punctuation, marking time in the margins as well as catalysing beats. There’s an awful lot going on here, distilled into a fine polyrhythmic essence, which is nice.

Track Of The Day: Think Twice - Ephebe (Ferox)

The Jak Presents DirtybLends Demonstration III: Technique

 

The Nation · The Jak Presents DirtybLends Demonstration III: Technique

Modex21 - Levon Vincent | HÖR - May 19 / 2022

Track Of The Day: Blues For Ceauşescu - The Fatima Mansions (Kitchenware)

Car Parts, Bottles & Cutlery: CSL aprés recording

 

verdant-recordings · Car Parts, Bottles & Cutlery: CSL aprés recording

Pneuma - Mugwump (Subfield/K7!)

 

Title: Pneuma

Artist: Mugwump

Label: Subfield/K7!

Cat Number: SF020

Genre: Dark Chug

1: A Priori

2: Bewilder Me (Extended)

3: Breakout (Extended)

4: Kaleidescopin (Extended)

5: Cleverest (Extended)

6: Informer Headlock

7: I Don’t Understand You (Instrumental)

8: Man Walks Off Earth (Extended)

9: Locomotive (Extended)

10: Mugwump vs Ceeys Brueder

11: Bewilder Me (Extended Instrudub)

12: Breakout (Extended Instrudub)

13: Cleverest (Extended Instrudub)

One thing that listening to this album from start to finish has taught me is that I can listen to  a deadpan vocal delivery over and over without getting fed up. Those vocals, coming courtesy of Mugwump, serve to crystallise an ambience of omnipresent sleaze. The only track that Swingout Sister became known for, ‘Breakout’, sees action as a single form this collection and, in the process, is transformed from a summery, optimistic anthem to a dark, dank, heads down stomp into the dark realms of uncertainty and doom. And that’s what’s irresistible about this whole album. Insistent melancholia and its associated gravitas is lifted from the void in order to facilitate dancing and losing onseself to the moment. The vocals do take a sideways step occasionally, as on ‘Cleverest’; and don’t feature at all on the fastest paced track here, ‘Informer Headlock’, and the one track which you could imagine being played as the sun comes up, ‘Mugwump vs Ceeys Brueder’. They are at their remorseless best, however, on tracks like ‘ Kaleidescopin’ which for me distils the essence of this work down to a concentrated sound bomb. It’s no surprise at all that the late Mr Weatherall used to play Mugwump’s tracks all the time, and they continue to get exposure at the club nights he was heavily involved with like ‘A Love From Out Of Space’.  When the sonic stars align, as they also do on ‘A Priori’ and ‘Bewilder Me’  the chug is strong, shapes will be thrown and discs will be slipped. And that’s really all that matters.

DUSK190 By James Shinra

DUSK. | 夕闇 · DUSK190 By James Shinra

Harmony Rec. podcast | Christopher Ledger

Harmony Rec. · Harmony Rec. podcast | Christopher Ledger

Mosaic Mix Series 071_Van Anh

 

Steve O'Sullivan_MOSAIC · Mosaic Mix Series 071_Van Anh

Track Of The Day: Kylie Said To Jason - The KLF (KLF Communications)

Track Of The Day: Miura - Metro Area (Environ)

Track Of The Day: The Black Hit Of Space - The Human League (Virgin)

Track Of The Day: Lonely Winter (Dubfire's Luv Dub) - Watergate (Deep Dish)

Track Of The Day: Сoncord - Mielafon (Mix Cult)

Phi verdant-recordings

 

verdant-recordings · Phi

Track Of The Day: M04.5a - Maurizio (Maurizio)

Mother's Finest - CCL B2B MSJY | HÖR - May 12 / 2022

Detroit in Effect | HÖR - May 13 / 2022

Track Of The Day: Black To The Future - Def Jef (Delicious Vinyl)

Insanely Alive - Wolfgang Tillmanns (Fragile)

 

Title: Insanely Alive 

Artist:  Wolfgang Tillmanns

Label: Fragile

Cat Number: Fragike013

Genre: Poptastic

1: Insanely Alive (Pet Shop Boys Radio Edit)

2: Insanely Alive (Pet Shop Boys Maxi Mix)

3: Insanely Alive (Total Freedom & Sami Bahar’s Spooky Curse/Special Blessing Mix)

4: Insanely Alive (Original)

As is obvious from the track listing, this is a remix package with the original having been included for chaps like me as a point of reference. Such as it is,  a vocal which is beatless, minimally adorned by a keyboard and sounding like the Lithuanian entry at Eurovision, a rerub was a good idea. The PSB Maxi Mix adds some bollocks and sounds like the Pet Shop Boys, with the vocal sounding better at the quicker tempo. Still sounds like Eurovision though. The Total Freedom, etc mix feels like it was made by a travelling circus troupe and also sounds like a Eurovision entry, but one of those more abstract ones that needs ridiculous stage dynamics to carry it off. 

Track Of The Day: World Destruction - Time Zone (Virgin)

Low Poly life - Dogpatrol ~(777 Recordings)

Title: Low Poly life

Artist: Dogpatrol

Label: 777 Recordings

Cat Number: 777_25

Genre: Deconstructed Hardcore/Beats

1: Came Back From Hell And I Feel Good

2: Safari Simulator

3: The Deep Valley Of Self Neglect

4: Usingmyquirk

5: Granular Memory Experience

It’s tempting to say that some of the tracks here defy categorisation, but that wouldn’t be true as when we get down to brass tacks it’s really all about whether you like it or not. There are whispers of many things here, not all of them cohesive, but the chaos feels organised. ‘The Deep Valley Of Self Neglect’ stands out for this reason. It’s a monolithic, grandiose techno stomp adorned with doom-laden sound design. ‘Safari Simulator’ is similarly structured, but emphasises funk and optimism. Both ‘Usingmyquirk’ and ‘Granular Memory Experience’ seem to have taken the theory of the 3^rd law of thermodynaics to heart in their mutual descent into chaos, whereas ‘Came Back From Hell And I Feel Good’ opens the package with a swirling, nebulous break beat infused jazz – inflected primal soup. Interesting, in a very good way.

Track Of The Day: Let It Roll - Doug Lazy (Atlantic)

Undersound podcast #26 - Vass

Undersound Recordings / NOUN Records · Undersound podcast #26 - Vass

Dresden (Ivan Smagghe & Manfredas) Gallery1986, 22 04 09

 

MANFREDAS · Dresden (Ivan Smagghe & Manfredas) Gallery1986, 22 04 09

Slowrush EP - Wiles (Batrachian)

 

Title: Slowrush EP

Artist: Wiles

Label: Batrachian

Cat Number: BTR005

Genre: Break Beats

1: Too Real Eyez

2: Bientam

3: Slowrush

4: Echolab (Wiles Remix) – MOY

This is a varied and atmospheric release straight out of Bristol courtesy of Jack Wiles. The three original numbers herein are each underpinned by break beats which run the percussive gamut. The title track is perhaps the deepest of the three, with the breaks in subtle mode, sound effects from the outer limits and a breakdown to reduce those of a sensitive nature to tears. ‘Bientam’ goes harder, but inly insomuch as drum and bass can while not completely breaking the mold, and ‘Too Real Eyez’ combines breaks with the type of bleepy, decaying acid I like listening to while experiencing the Doppler Effect. The package is topped off by a remix of a MOY tune originally issued on Emotec which turns and flanges percussion inside out while keeping it strangely coherent enough to make it sound like the soundtrack to distant galaxy exploration. A fine release, which does more than it says on the tin.

Track Of The Day: Come On (Untitled Remix) - Abacus (Prescription)

XDB ALL NIGHT LONG @ Club krokant / Alkmaar / 16. April 2022

 

XDB · XDB ALL NIGHT LONG @ Club krokant / Alkmaar / 16. April 2022

Track Of The Day: Valentine's Theme - A Guy Called Gerald (Avernus)