Monday, August 31, 2026
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Track Of Yesterday: Maurizio - Mø6b (Maurizio)
Off the top of my head I’m going to say that this track, and its flip side, represent a slight turn in the road forth M series, in which the beats veered more towards Rhythm & Sound. There is still an undeniable techno underlay, but the edges are softened and muffled. The trajectory slightly stifled by a more organic approach. Only slightly though. It’s no surprise that this, like all of Maurizio’s M Series, and Basic Channel, never sounds the same twice. There are always new things to discover, new angles to explore and new dreams to imagine. This is the music that plays in the background as the River Styx flows in sharp relief to what is going on around it.
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Track of The Day: Sublee - Their Mind (Baumbaum)
Sublee is Stefan Nicu and this is from his second eponymously titled album. And it’s shockingly good, inasmuch a long, drawn-out dubby mood setter can be. Tracks like this just take you down a wormhole. It’s built around a polyrhythmic approach where various elements bind around and cling to each other in some sort of desperate sonic embrace. If anything falls off then it is death by disassociation. The other parts won’t welcome it back in, unless it can find a way back itself. No help is given here, it’s survival of the fittest. A tranced out chug of gargantuan proportions. The type of track that forms the backbone to Barac’s sets. This, and tracks like it, redefine depth, spirituality and the importance of handclaps. Meditative and momentous at the same time, one to get lost in.
Track Of Yesterday: Alden Tyrrell - Other Worlds Robots (Clone)
This came out 21 years ago and it still sounds fresh. Having said that, it could be down to the music not having moved on enough. Where can it go anyway and should we worry about it? I do love a rhetorical question, because I can’t answer it. It doesn’t bother me anyway, and I do love a track that puts robots front and centre. This could have come out from the early eighties onwards and no one would be any the wiser. We do tend to fetishise older stuff don’t we. It’s true though that loads of great stuff is being made as we speak, but not getting as much exposure as it should. I blame social media. The one thing that should be opening doors to more diverse artistic approaches is guilty of superficialising. This is a great track, which should be longer and more sinister, but that’s just my opinion.
Monday, August 24, 2026
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Track Of The Day: D5 - Sides Of Space (Delsin)
The title track form an album that I finally got hold of today. ‘Sides Of Space’ came out just over ten years ago I think, and is from D5, a ;producer that went under my radar at the time, but who I am now discovering.This album is quite laid-back and feels like ambient with a kick. Obviously influenced by Detroit, but with a strong IDM feel as well. D5 also released another album on Delsin, along with some singles at ht turn of the millennium. He’s also put stuff out within the last few years. On the basis of this, I’d like to hear a lot more.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Track Of The Day: Leonid - Urania 2 (Soul Print Recordings)
One that I’d forgotten about, but am pleased to reacquaint myself with. This comes from a split release on Serbia’s Soul Print Recordings. The A side has two versions of ‘Urania’. I prefer this one because it flows better. The other is very good as well though and both make great use of the 303 and keep the acid deep. Which is all I want from the 303. I’m not a fan of when it’s in your face, but ‘Acperience’ and the Hardfloor ‘Yekeyeke’ remix are exceptions. Leonid, who seems to have gone awol in the last few years, was always a producer I kept tabs on. Pity he seems to have stopped releasing. The B side of this release features two tracks by Laak, who are still recording and put out their latest a couple of months ago. Their contribution is of a similar high standard. Pity I can only put one up, so keep a look out for the others.
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