electro-house/acid REVIEWS
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QUICKIES
Salt Air (Dekker & Johan Remix)
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Kitsuné Kasper Bjorke you hadn’t reckoned on
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Young Again (Serge Boy 8-Bit giving it a rub of
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Here’s a name to look out for in 2010. Santiago Mix) ‘Baltic Pine’.
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Dekker & Johan have been quietly HFN ll
knocking out tough, simple, moody Ed Davenport
PO Bo
PO Bo
remixes. This is more of their tight elec- Lovely WhoMadeWho-esque My Paramour
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trotech, a sound that will make them ballad gets bleeped up by District of Corruption
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massive as the year unfolds. Italo-tech poster boy. Full
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4, Dublin 1
of computer melancholy. The Berlin-based UK pro-
ight
Levon Vincent/Steffi ducer delivers the dramatic
on, BN2 1BH
Late Night Jam/24 Hours La Roux chord sweeps of ‘Paramour’
, Ir
eland
Ostgut Quicksand (Boy 8-Bit but ‘Regalia’ is more
Mix) effective, thanks to the
Vincent’s ‘Late Night Jam’ consolidates Polydor alignment of insane rave
the sound he has developed, with sirens with Dehnert-style
dense, dubby drums underpinning a If you thought that you epic riffs.
humming bass, insane reverberating were done with ‘Quicksand’
Traxx effects and nightmarish chords. By
Faith
contrast, Steffi’s contribution is derived
Nationn
from a classic approach, with a driving,
Traxx broadens the classic Chicago
snaking rhythm augmented by a plung-
sound without losing the magic
ing Chicago bassline and reverberated
Hell feat Bryan Ferry
that makes it so compelling. From
claps.
U Can Dance the EBM bass of ‘Violent Epoch’
Gigolo and ‘Cosmic Zig Zag’ to the superb STL/Steinhoff
low-slung rhythms and eerie synths
Neurotransmitting Clouds On
Blimey, Hell has upped his game! While
of ‘Enka’ and ‘A Heart Alone’,
The Secret
it’s not a classic vocal from Ferry, a Roxy
through the gloriously soulful
Smallville
Music homage from him is better than
vocals of ‘Parametric Melody’ and
‘XTC 4 Love’ — the latter containing OSKAR OFFERMANN WHITE
a hipster blog rip-off, and the sleazy
the spine-tingling “She brings me
Stephan Laubner continues his remark-
backing really works. Killer remix pack-
ecstasy” refrain — this is a masterful
able run of releases with ‘Neurotrans-
01. FOUR TET ‘Love Cry’ Domino
“A very atmospheric, warm deep house track.”
age too. Tim ‘DFA’ Goldsworthy gets all
portrayal of house music’s past and
mitting…’, a heavy, dubbed house track
sloppy, Carl Craig brings the mood then
future.
which introduces and then eliminates
02. TEVO HOWARD ‘Crazy Love’ Rebirth
“Tevo is the man for me right now. So simple, yet so fresh!”
the static energy, while Simian Mobile a seemingly detuned chord sequence,
Disco throb away in a dark sweatpit. repeating this simple-yet-effective set
03. MAU ‘Brown Eyes (Mau’s Discofied Tribute) Rimini
“A very beautiful disco rework.”
Robbie Williams of commands until the needle runs out.
Boris Dlugosch You Know Me (The Count & Julius Steinhoff, who runs the label,
0Maetrik 4. NEW FOUND LAND ‘Cock Rings’ Mindless Boogie
“Recently heard in a set by my good friends Map.ache & Sevensol. Blew my mind!”
Bangkok
MONE
Y Sinden Remixes) takes a few steps back with the rolling,
Sex With Bass
Phantasy
SHO
T! EMI decidedly ’90s deep house groove of
05. ILJA RUDMAN ‘Night People (Garage Mix)’ Instruments of Rapture
‘Something Like Wonderful’.
Mothership
“Another great joint from IoR — one of my favourite labels of 2009.”
He’s been out of Stop! Don’t skip past this. Last time
0
“Somewhere in the
6. INSTRA:MENTAL ‘Leave It All Behind’ Apple Pips
“The most interesting tunes come out of the UK and I like the ones you can play as a
the spotlight for Robbie was with us, Soulwax turned IFM
Arizona desert, the
house DJ!”
ages, but — bang! — he’s back with an ‘Lovelight’ into a powerful dancefloor Back In The Days EP
0
absolute killer. It shouldn’t be too much blast. This isn’t as good as that, but Uzuri
spaceship from Close
7. TIM TOH ‘Join The Resistance Part 2’ Philpot
“Spaced-out house jams by a very young German producer.”
of a shock, as ‘Bangkok’ is essentially as a jaunty, horror-stabbed piece of
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Encounters periodi
8. ROSKA ‘Proverbs/Sheppard’ Rosk
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a Kicks & Snares
a tougher, nastier, clankier version of percussiveness, it’s not bad at all. The ‘Miles’ is a thinly-veiled paean to Larry
cally lands and sexy
“Marcus Worgull introduced me to that term ‘UK funky’, and I was like ‘WTF?!’”
‘Keep Pushin’’. His basslines are still dis- only criticism is that without any serious Heard, its subtle chords changing over a
09. TRISTEN/EDWARD ‘Along These Strings/Calm’ White
tinctive, with that pushed-down funk, hooks it’s a bit throwaway. Sometimes churning bass, while ‘Tom’ focuses on a “From my own label, but I actually still play it a lot!”
even under all that distortion. What’s it feels like the fidget/ghetto-tech crew repetitive organ riff and ‘Raw Vibe’ sees
10. SMALLPEOPLE ‘Untitled’ Laid
known in the trade as a banger. are making hay while the sun shines. the duo opt for a jacking approach. “Julius just played this tune to me once... and ever since I am waiting for it.”
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