From the ‘Night Time Creepin’ release around 4 years or so ago, this piece of electric sleaze reminds me of a more pacey ‘Alpha Omega Strings’ by Anthilia Waters. Reptant, aka Lou Karsh, has emerged to be one of electro’s leading lights in recent times, and with tracks like this, which straddle the gothic acid machine funk middle ground, it’s no wonder why. This is electro with depth, soul and spills over into more than the sum of its parts.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Track Of The Day: Elastic Reality - Cassa De X (Deep Dish Does X) (Tribal)
Well, this one works on so many levels. Coming from a similar direction as ‘The Dream (Sharam’s Deep Dish Dreamscape)’, but much more laid back, it’s no surprise to learn that both tracks are Brian Transeau (BT)/Deep Dish collaborations. Thte track can afford a long, drawn out teasing intro, the genius of which is you just know it’s going to let loose at some point. From then on it’s a combination of batacuda percussion, strategically dropped Rhodes keys and some devilish phasing. And the fact that “ecstasy” can be spoken at random points throughout and not sound in the slightest bit cheesy, but like the most meaningful thing ever says it all. They really don’t make them like this anymore. A track that could be played at any point in the night, in a sweaty warehouse, or a tropical beach party, and conjure up the most positive imagery imaginable has to be one of the greatest of its kind. This is that track.
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Track Of The Day: Suburban Knight - Maroon (UR)
The opening track of the seminal ‘Interstellar Fugitives’ album (25 years old already?) This piece of classic Detroit techno drives through dark sonic sludge, balancing one of the most menacing examples of vocoderation with a deadpan kick and the occasional introduction of keys so diaphanous they could blow away. Setting the tone for what is to come, this is a dark, through the looking glass aural apparition to soundtrack the twilight zone.
Monday, November 27, 2023
TrackOf The Day: Space - Space (Part 2) (KLF Communications)
With The KLF ominously moving back into the middle distance over the last few days, what better time to remind myself that I have a cd copy of this album stuck in a cupboard somewhere close, but tantalisingly out of reach. ‘Space’, the work of Jimmy Cauty, was apparently slated to be the fist Orb album, beginning life as a collaboration between Cauty and Alex Patterson. This is one of the longer tracks on it, having said that on the cd the entire collection is presented as one, composite stellar symphony. This particular track evokes the helplessness and isolation that must be encountered in the black hit of space particularly well. The arpeggio perfectly in parallel with the pointless struggle for survival in a vacuum, and the realisation that nothing can be done. Which brings us along nicely to The KLF’s latest caper: building a ‘People’s Pyramid’ in Birkenhead’s Future Yard. It would appear the circle is nearing completion, if, indeed, it is a circle. Definitely a pyramid though.
Sunday, November 26, 2023
Track Of The Day: DJ Sneak - Latin Seoul (Large)
From his ‘Blu Belly Bandit EP’, released back in 1996, this is one of many classic tracks that DJ Sneak has released over the years. What makes this stand out, however, is its subtlety and aura. Utilising a sample from ‘Sueno Latino’, which was, in turn, inspired by Manuel Gottsching’s ‘E2-E4’, this is a potent builder that fades in and put of the mix to great effect. Why ‘Seoul’? What, if any, is the Korean connection? No idea. Is DJ Sneak still a “house gangsta”? God knows. This is one of his best though.
Saturday, November 25, 2023
ALFOS EBS43 - Sean Johnston (24-11-2023)
EBS Intro
The Clash - Police And Thieves - LeoZeroEdit
Robot's Dreams Switchdance
Vijnana (Coyote Whirling Dervish Remix)
Protection (The Eno mix) MASSIVE ATTACK
Strong Relax Good Block
Sonne (Zeug Dub) Die Orangen
Trappola Soreab
Electric Blue Vision - Other Skies (Hardway Bros meet Monkton Uptown Version)
Electric Blue Vision - Other Skies (Tambores En Benirras Remix)
CAGEDBABY OCT ACUJAM 5
Process Anatolian Weapons
Eminent Times (Lexx edit) LEXX
Play Sitar Feller
Gallo - Life on preset
L.A Depression John Parsley
Gem_Wallow_-_Zunzun_(Original_Mix)
Disco Renegade Mash Up
Dubby Tambeerine Neskeh
Jasper Van't Hof's Pili Pili - Hoomba Hoomba (Jepe Edit)
City Lights (12 inch mix) Masanori Ikeda
BT COP Sabres 540 (Rude Audio remix)_BL
Love (AmuAmu Remix) Dad Of The Year
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (Andy Buchan Choir Edit)
N-Tropic - One Night Stand (Full Circle & Kris Baha Remix) - Digital Master
Atacama Balam
Un Peu Sage Eddiitt Dreems
An Ancient Eddiitt Dreems
Offshore (ft. Reinhard Vanbergen) Anders Ponsaing
Flowered Up - Weekender (BTWS Re-Animation)
Hardway Bros Theme For The Flightpath Estate
Gem_Wallow_-_WAnoWA_(Original_Mix)
The African Band - Hoomba Hoomba - Justin Deighton, Leo Zero Edit
Water Fountain (1040's Sidewalk Celebration)
Should Sleep (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) Moby ft. J.P Bimeni
Whodunit [Original Mix] Nightmares On Wax
Futuro Tropicale - Velenoso
Better be good to me (Kalidasa's Slight Touch) Spyder
Super Rapido (SIRS Cut) Caramel 3000
FRENCHIE KNUCKLES LARRY QUEST
Popper slEdger
Living in Ghosts ft Woolfy Stay On Top Hardway Bros Extended Disco Mix
Neu Nostalgia (Das Komplex Remix) Jazxing
Caught - Yotam Avni Edit Yotam Avni
We'll Be Alright Nat Home
This is Love ft. Kate Pendry (Prins Thomas Remix) Trulz & Robin
Radio Slave - Wake Up (Idjut Boys Shed Mix) PM
Silence of Love ft. Jesse Boykins III Tiga & Hudson Mohawke
Kilode (remix) Carl Craig
Exhume DSR
Trapped (Solee Remix) Colonel Abrams, Solee
Bone Of Her Hand Medicine 8
Die Nacht Ist Kuhl Mugwump
Fix It Man (Chrissy's Fixer Upper Mix) Ragtyme, T.C. Roper
Kurokin (DJ Deeon mix 2) D KAWA
Touch the Sky featuring Mike Dunn (Gerd's Double G Mix) Alden Tyrell
Mouth to Mouth Radio Slave vs Audion
Living In Ghosts ft Woolfy Stay On Top Hardway Bros Dub
All The VCOs You Can Eat (Traveler Dub) Massimiliano Pagliara
Kabwato ft. Budūchi, Ni! (Ewan Pearson Remix Instrumental) Kito Jempere
Kano - It's a War! (Sound Klash Dub)
GIRL I'LL HOUSE U PK Edit
Skipping Like A Stone (Gerd Janson Remix) The Chemical Brothers ft. Beck
Shamans Dream (Original Mix) Weska
Syreen Lindstrøm
The Clash - Police And Thieves - LeoZeroEdit
Robot's Dreams Switchdance
Vijnana (Coyote Whirling Dervish Remix)
Protection (The Eno mix) MASSIVE ATTACK
Strong Relax Good Block
Sonne (Zeug Dub) Die Orangen
Trappola Soreab
Electric Blue Vision - Other Skies (Hardway Bros meet Monkton Uptown Version)
Electric Blue Vision - Other Skies (Tambores En Benirras Remix)
CAGEDBABY OCT ACUJAM 5
Process Anatolian Weapons
Eminent Times (Lexx edit) LEXX
Play Sitar Feller
Gallo - Life on preset
L.A Depression John Parsley
Gem_Wallow_-_Zunzun_(Original_Mix)
Disco Renegade Mash Up
Dubby Tambeerine Neskeh
Jasper Van't Hof's Pili Pili - Hoomba Hoomba (Jepe Edit)
City Lights (12 inch mix) Masanori Ikeda
BT COP Sabres 540 (Rude Audio remix)_BL
Love (AmuAmu Remix) Dad Of The Year
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (Andy Buchan Choir Edit)
N-Tropic - One Night Stand (Full Circle & Kris Baha Remix) - Digital Master
Atacama Balam
Un Peu Sage Eddiitt Dreems
An Ancient Eddiitt Dreems
Offshore (ft. Reinhard Vanbergen) Anders Ponsaing
Flowered Up - Weekender (BTWS Re-Animation)
Hardway Bros Theme For The Flightpath Estate
Gem_Wallow_-_WAnoWA_(Original_Mix)
The African Band - Hoomba Hoomba - Justin Deighton, Leo Zero Edit
Water Fountain (1040's Sidewalk Celebration)
Should Sleep (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) Moby ft. J.P Bimeni
Whodunit [Original Mix] Nightmares On Wax
Futuro Tropicale - Velenoso
Better be good to me (Kalidasa's Slight Touch) Spyder
Super Rapido (SIRS Cut) Caramel 3000
FRENCHIE KNUCKLES LARRY QUEST
Popper slEdger
Living in Ghosts ft Woolfy Stay On Top Hardway Bros Extended Disco Mix
Neu Nostalgia (Das Komplex Remix) Jazxing
Caught - Yotam Avni Edit Yotam Avni
We'll Be Alright Nat Home
This is Love ft. Kate Pendry (Prins Thomas Remix) Trulz & Robin
Radio Slave - Wake Up (Idjut Boys Shed Mix) PM
Silence of Love ft. Jesse Boykins III Tiga & Hudson Mohawke
Kilode (remix) Carl Craig
Exhume DSR
Trapped (Solee Remix) Colonel Abrams, Solee
Bone Of Her Hand Medicine 8
Die Nacht Ist Kuhl Mugwump
Fix It Man (Chrissy's Fixer Upper Mix) Ragtyme, T.C. Roper
Kurokin (DJ Deeon mix 2) D KAWA
Touch the Sky featuring Mike Dunn (Gerd's Double G Mix) Alden Tyrell
Mouth to Mouth Radio Slave vs Audion
Living In Ghosts ft Woolfy Stay On Top Hardway Bros Dub
All The VCOs You Can Eat (Traveler Dub) Massimiliano Pagliara
Kabwato ft. Budūchi, Ni! (Ewan Pearson Remix Instrumental) Kito Jempere
Kano - It's a War! (Sound Klash Dub)
GIRL I'LL HOUSE U PK Edit
Skipping Like A Stone (Gerd Janson Remix) The Chemical Brothers ft. Beck
Shamans Dream (Original Mix) Weska
Syreen Lindstrøm
Track Of The Day: 214 -- Pattern Rotate (Klakson)
One of my absolute favourite producers right now, in any genre. 214, aka Chris Roman makes stunning, cosmic electro that appeals on many levels. This track is from ‘Exit 32’, a 2018 release on Steffi’s Klason label which skillfully blends acidic and beat tones to create a composition that occupies a level of depth that I am very much in favour of. Mr Roman is a resident of North Bend, a remote settlement in Washington state, USA , famous for being the location for David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’. Clearly operating out of this location has had a positive influence on his output, with ‘Pattern Rotate’ reeking of the beauty that can only be found when the weather is cold and one is left to contemplate amongst the isolation.
Friday, November 24, 2023
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