Track Of Yesterday: VC 118A - Sepia (AC Records)

 

It’s been a while since we’ve had a VC 118A track on the blog, and I was inspired to put this one on because I’ve just been listening to the excellent Eli Vervaine & Vera mix while out running. It’s very long, so I’ve only got around two hours in. And, amongst the many pieces of deep electronic goodness that starts it off, there’s this. Samuel van Dijk, no relation to Virgil or Dick, is one of the best around at the moment. His sound is deep electro that veers into break beat territory or techno. “What’s the difference” I hear you cry. Well, that’s one of electronic music’s great conundrums. When do break beats become electro become techno. If I had the answer to that I’d be a hit at all the nerdy dinner parties. A lot of VC 118A’s tracks have that voyage into the void feel, and this is no exception. One for the space cadets.

Track Of The Day: Glory B - Star (Grow!)

 

Grow! Was an Austrian label straight outta Vienna in the mid-nineties. This is its first release and, while not necessarily being the most original track ever produced, it has a certain “I don’t know what”. The production is angular and , literally on point. Every time I hear this I am transported back to a certain somewhere that holds great memories for me. You can’t lace too much emphasis on a sound, which is why something like this has prevailed for so long. There’s a real techY feel to this, which aligns itself well with its house overtones. It’s a builder and one part of a trio of guises which includes  Memory Foundation and The Skinless Brothers. Still good.

Hard Times 10 (November 2026)

O'KEEF · Hard Times 10 (November 2026)

Future Teenagers/Glenn Astro - All The Styles (Tartelet)

 

Title: All The Styles

Artist: Future Teenagers/Glenn Astro

Label: Tartelet

Cat Number: TART059

Genre: Interesting Beatcraft

1: Future Teenagers - Atlantis Aquatic Theme

2: Future Teenagers - Atlantis Terra Firma

3: Future Teenagers - All The Styles

4: Future Teenagers - All The Drums

Here, Future Teenagers, aka Glenn Astro serve up a beat cornucopia but not before having got the ambient out of the way first in the shape of ‘Atlantis Aquatic Theme’. I guess you could say that a way forward has already been mapped here. Let’s start off nice and meatless, and then build momentum. The sound is simultaneously synthetic, warm and has an overarching oriental feel. That’s what it feels like to my ears anyway. It is developed in a linear way on the first two tracks. Ambience giving away to electro. The beats feel controlled with an emotive backdrop holding sway. ‘All The Styles’ has a much fuller sound. The bass is more vital and the overall feel is one of a surreal break dance off somewhere in the middle of a cityscape that has given way to a rain forest over time. ‘All The Drums’ is more confrontational, but not dissimilar to ‘All The Styles’. What sets it apart is its increased pace and its sub bass. The two more interesting tracks here are bookended by what feel like their foundations. Tracks 2 and 3 are developments of 1 and 4. And they’re all far too short.

Jane Fitz Live at SUB:SYSTEM 21.08.26

 

SUB:SYSTEM · Jane Fitz Live at SUB:SYSTEM 21.08.26

Track Of The Day: Two Lone Swordsmen - Beacon Block (Emissions Audio Output)

 

Psychotic dub which, at almost ten minutes long could easily be double the length and still be endlessly fascinating. A track such aqua this doesn’t just evoke Jamaican trench town, but hot steps it across the Caribbean to embrace New Orleans. The voodoo is time stretched across the sea. After The Sabres of Paradise series of release of Warp, this release took the dub aesthetic further, turbocharging it in the process. Nothing like it still.

Track Of The Day: Lyeform - Glass Eater (Sneaker Social Club)

 

‘Glass Eater’ is the track that opens Z@p’s Mudd Show mix in the previous post. Sneaker Social Club have been churning out dark, gritty break beat aligned fare for a number of years now. Often veering into full-blooded drum and bass. However, I think the label is at it’s best when it showcases sounds like this. There are strong dubby overtones slowed down to a speed and pitch that makes it feel like you could only dance to this while being covered in treacle wading through waist-high mud. While the rest of the world flies by, time feels strangely delayed while listening to this and gives the impression that while the world moves in one way the listener is caught in reverse. King Tubby being relayed through a geiger counter.

Z@p | themuddshow

 

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Track Of The Day: A.D.N.Y. - We Play Your Groove (SVEK)

 

You can never have too much SVEK. At least you couldn’t during the labels heyday. And I don’t believe I’ve posted this one yet, in which various members of the SVEK crew get name checked by Alexi Delano. It’s mainly percussion, a super flexible bass and some effects. The rest of the EP highlights some filter disco, which was all the rage at the time. However, it wasn’t exploited much by the label. Very clean production and a feel of claustrophobia and torrential rain make this a singular piece of work.

Track Of The Day: Infiniti - Game One (Metroplex)

 

The other members of the Belleville 3 don’t come close to Juan Atkins, which is why I’m still making hay with his back catalogue. There are so many to choose from, and ‘Game One’ is a pretty good example of his warm futuristic sound. Something that was always a work in progress. This is great. With its soothing synth washes, concave bells and uptempo crackly riff that drives the track along. It’s a thing of rare beauty.

Track Of The Day: Jonny L - This Time (Carl Craig Mix 1) (XL)

 

One of Carl Craig’s finest I think. It reminds me a lot of his version of ‘Domina’. Everything is wonderful; the breakbeats show a real lightness of touch and the backing track feels like muslin on speed. There’s so much going on in this track that it feels rather short at eight minutes. I wish I still had my copy, but it’s “lost in time, like tears in the rain”. The vibes are amazing, and by that I mean both “the vibes” and the glockenspiel, or is it the xylophone, that guides the track in. Amazing vocal, especially the little “ooh, ooh” that comes in just when you think it’s gone forever. Big umbrella statement, but no one is making anything as interesting as this nowadays. I’m not a reactionary btw. I just know. An emotive voyage through the darkness and into the light.