Track Of The Day- Adapta - Vohx Continues (Frustrated Funk)

 

Great record win which each separate element seems to be doing its own thing, yet everything falls together. The 303 is probably the dominant element, but the portentous synth swirls heighten the drama and eventually come to dominate just as much. There’s a feeling of collision on this track, between the past and the present. The old and the modern. Adapta was, I think, Bitstream straight outta Northampton Not too far away from where I’m typing these words as the crow flies. Amazing music. When will there be more?

Track Of The Day: Ultraviolet - Union (Stacey Pullen Remix) (Music Man)

A massive track on the 90s South London/Croydon tech house warehouse axis. Stacey Pullen was one of the premium remixers around this time, even if he didn’t do that many 9quality over quantity for sure). After Silent Phase he didn’t do that much under his own name anyway. However, what he did do is memorable. This remix interweaves at least three percussive motifs with an undulating low end synth as well as high end melodic squeaks. Sounds shite? Well it’s ace. I saw him DJ twice. Once at The Rex inn Paris, and at Space at Bar Rhumba. Amazing both times.

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Track Of The Day: Projekt PM - When The Voices Come (Kay Kay Mix) (Guidance)

 

Track Of The Day- The Hacker: Fadin Away (Heinrich Mueller Remix) (Good Life)

Hitting its stride somewhere between Italo, Kraftwerk and a very DIY aesthetic; this remix for the Hacker from Heinrich Mueller is yet another example of the latter’s versatility and a great example of a track turned inside out by its reinterpretation. The original being a very passable piece of electro with a wistful undertow, something that the remix remodels and amplifies.

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Track Of The Day: Chaos - Afrogermanic (UR)

 

‘Afrogermanic’ is definitely one of those tracks that sounds a bit better pitched up. A sort of Detroit homage to Kraftwerk innit. So many layers and so heavy. It’s a real contrast because, in spite of this, it still manages to feel floaty and airy. I guess that is all down to the swathes of ambient noise that inhabit the gaps in the groove. It’s also far too short and could do with a couple more transcendent minutes. An amazing piece of electro that sounds like nothing else.

Track Of The Day: Population One - Computer Rights (Harbour City Sorrow)

 

One of the most chaotic tracks I’ve heard. If music is a reflection of the mind then Terrence Dixon could possibly use some therapy. Then again, I might be talking complete bollocks. This is a meandering, drunken, sonic voyage that overspills at times, only to reign itself in. It’s an absolute bugger to mix as well. Even the sync button will find this a challenge.. The world was a different place back in 2012 when this came out on Frustrated Funk offshoot Harbour City Sorrow. Terrence Dixon followed this up with, amongst other things, the minimal series of releases on Reduction. This is anything but minimal. However, the various elements which make it up are sounds that are characteristic if those later used. Always an interesting producer and one who often slides under the radar of most. 

Track Of The Day: Unknown Artist - A2 (Primitive)

Around twenty-twenty five years ago (said in the voice of the harry Enfield character), Swag, aka Chris Duckenfield and Richard Brown, were a veritable underground hit factory, their sound founded on funk, breaks, tribal beats and hedonism. And this is a great example of their sound. Incredibly clean, bottom heavy and with a sound the ricochet’s throughout that sounds like an octopus juggling and sharpening knives. It’s definitely them, even though they don’t say it is. Primitive was their label for tools and a distillation of the style that had seen them become remixers du jour, as well as extremely accomplished headline artists. I still have almost all of their stuff and it has dated very well indeed. There’s still a place for them at the head of the table.