electro-house/acid REVIEWS
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America
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QUICKIES
Ric J
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Penned especially for his recent mix,
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‘America’ features most of Philip Soll-
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mann’s signatures — the brittle, fragile
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rhythms, the subtle, dream-like melodies
Poor grammar aside,
Butttons (Chris Lake
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and the use of mysterious, ponderous
PO Bo
‘Worst Than Love’ is an
Dub)
vocals. This time, it’s a woman intoning
Maelstrom
entertaining, poppy house
x 33
the track title over and over again. Driven
x 8
track, taken to a jacking,
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by the same melancholic sensibility
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repetitive place by Losoul
Skip the vocal mix from the
that laced his recent releases — another
ight
and teased into a low-slung
Zero 7 singer and head for
classic.
on, BN2 1BH
groove by Château Flight.
the classic Toolroom-esque
MONE
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big drop electro.
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SHO
T! Mowgli
Sequencer EP
Mxm
David Rubato
Dead Fish
Move Me
Kid Cudi
Circuit Lap 2 Philpot
Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers
Institubes
Dub)
Mowgli has got some people shouting
Data
Following its recent release
Clocking in at 115bpm, ‘Circuit’ wasn’t exactly easy to program into a set and
very loudly about him, but the four tracks
from Reggie Dokes, Philpot
that’s the only reason we can think that it wasn’t in everyone’s end of year top
here lack such inspiration that we’re
Full release for one of the
keeps its focus on soulful
tens. Rightly picking up comparisons to Thomas Bangalter’s ace ‘Club Soda’, this
struggling to imagine the dancefloor as
biggest bassline electro
house. The title track is
filter disco meets electro-house (in a good way) is back with some jolly mixes
excited. The titular vocal of ‘Sequencer’
records of last year, gaining
a superb breathy, jazzy
from DJ Mehdi, Aeroplane, Siriusmo and Steve Moore, who turns it into a ’70s
shows that Mowgli needs to head a little
a vocal-free Crookers mix.
affair, while Mxm throws
horror soundtrack (Justice style) for the best version.
further to justify the hype. What next, a
track devoted to his mouse mat? Actually
it’s ‘Bassline’ — more teched-out heavy
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Who Made Who
electro with obvious vocal hooks.
Thou Shalt Always Kill (Drop The TV Friend (Hot Chip Mix)
Lime Remix)
Gomma
Kink & Neville Watson
Sunday Best
Full Flight
Rush Hour
One of the best albums of 2005 was Who
Have we not heard this enough now, as
Made Who’s collection of band-played
brilliant as it is? No, we need a Drop The
Is the recession influencing producers to
electro. The softer edges that the live
Lime steamrollering. Drop The Lime is
revisit the prevailing sounds of the late
bass produced would fit well in an
clearly clever, ’cos clever vocals and big
’80s and early ’90s? It’s hard to say, but
electronic set but we’re more interested
stupid basslines ought to be a car crash.
there’s no doubt that Rush Hour’s latest
in the pure synths of Hot Chip’s Human
is reminiscent of that era. ‘Full Flight’
THE SUBS BUFFALO BEATS
But this works with that classic Crookers
League-sounding mix. Not quite slow
style b-line nonsense and a smattering
features trademark, plunging Chicago
01. ZOMBIE NATION ‘Forza’ UKW
enough to be classed as mid-tempo, it’s
basslines, heavy claps and its uplifting
Slow bassline, weird distorted cuts and bits. Just what we like!
of words. The “just a band” list at the
steady and full of funk. It also has a great
start deserves a bit of CDJ looping.
chords aren’t a million miles away from
02. SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO ‘Run (edit 4)’ CDR
deep vocal. We like.
those used on ‘Can You Feel It’.
Part four of the running soundtrack for Nike they made. Watch out for that rolling
snare drum!
Project Bassline
Chaton 0Maetrik 3. MR OIZO ‘Positif (LFO remix)’ Ed Banger
Drop The Pressure
+91 Ahead
DJ Aakmael
Top-notch electro techno. So hard and dirty, you can’t stop head-banging.
Cheap Thrills
Plak
Underground
Sex With Bass
Uzuri 04. MUJAVA ‘Township Funk (Sinden Remix)’ CDR
Mothership
Already loved the original, this is a really, really nice update.
Everything you need to know about
Most new school deep/tribal house
Produced with great warmth and depth,
05
this record is contained in the words
releases sound like pale versions of their
“Somewhere in the
. YUKSEK ‘Tonight (Kris Menace Remix)’ CDR
Killer remix of this Yuksek production. Four minutes of dancefloor destruction.
above. Massive hollow ‘bassline’, a huge
‘Underground’ is a paean to classic
’90s sources, but every so often a record
deep house. The title track’s lush chords
0Arizona desert, the 6. BRODINSKI ‘Oblivion’ Turbo
‘drop’ and a ‘cheap’ rave feel. You might
like ‘+91 Ahead’ stands out. While the
Classy dark techno, Brodinski at his best. Close your eyes and dance.
remember it from a couple of years ago,
and crisp beats sound like vintage
second version creates a clear sense of
Prescription/Guidance, ‘Music’ features
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spaceship from Close
. MYSTERY JETS ‘Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Remix)’ CDR
when it got a limited release, or have
familiarity with its old school riffs, it’s the
crowd noises and a woman talking about
Encounters periodi
Duke Dumont always surprises. Here he does an epic r
-
ework, over eight minutes long.
clocked Hervé’s overly-busy Count Of
first version that really impresses. Here,
music’s universal appeal, set to a plung-
0
Monte Cristal Batucada mix on Sinden’s
Chaton’s use of jazzy bass with driving
cally lands and sexy
8. AC SLATER ‘Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)’ Palms Out Sounds
Abusing the ‘My House’ acapella of Fingers Inc.
Fabric Live. Jack Beats’ wigged-out
ing bass, while ‘Imagine’ is another
percussion and heavy claps doesn’t seem
lush yet dancefloor-effective track. This
09. DJ MEHDI ‘Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix)’ Ed Banger
electro take works better, or head to the
like much on paper, but it quickly cre-
Sit back and relax. Joakim takes over with his Italo disco meets 1980s Chicago house.
vocal-free dub.
release sounds like the past decade
ates a hypnotic, dynamic feeling that’s
never happened.
10. THE SUBS ‘My Punk (Jokers Of the Scene Remix)’ Buffalo Beats
greater than the sum of its parts.
The Jokers did a really deep and techy remix. We thank them for this one.
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