QUICKIES…
Balearic Biscuits 3 Thomas Hammann & Gerd Janson
Music For Dreams Live At Robert Johnson Vol.3
Robert Johnson Sven Väth Entrada Vol.1 Studio Rockers At The
Danes do Disco, don’t they?
The Sound of the 10th Entrada Controls
House, glorious house Season Studio Rockers
The third in Danish DJ and producer Kenneth Cocoon Future frequencies
Bager’s marvellous ‘Balearic Biscuits’ series, Not everyone understands house music, but Steppa’s delight
this selection is every bit as loaded with Thomas Hammann & Gerd Janson sure do, as Balearic bonanza The fi rst label compendium
Iberian delights as its eminent predecessors. this masterful selection and latest excellent from Leo Moyza and Ben This Botchit offshoot has
Hoofi ng off with two remixes from Scotsman dispatch from Robert Johnson, the cult A fi ne belated snapshot of Wijay’s inspiring leftfi eld evolved into one of the most
The Revenge, you can tell he means business, Frankfurt club, attests. last summer’s season from techno/dubstep imprint. respected dubstep labels in
albeit laidback, gorgeous business rather Janson (known for fl awless disco imprint Väth. From massive tracks Labels like DMZ, Good Look- the scene, and here label
than the buy-low-sell-high-lunch-is-for- Running Back) runs the club’s Liquid night like Michael Cleis’s ‘La ing, Warp, Underground head Tony Thorpe — aka The
wimps type. alongside Hammann, and their vision is Mezcla’ to ones that should Resistance and Planet Mu Moody Boyz — showcases
There’s Romany rhythms from Fagget Fairys refreshingly original and unaffected. have been, like DJ Koze’s are all obvious reference some of its top releases. Very
and n*grandjean, moody tribalism in DJ Kicking off with a ’93 rarity — Juicy Fruit’s ‘Mrs Bojangels’, there’s a points, but Entrada is clearly dub-orientated at fi rst, fresh
Disse’s ‘Real Roots’ and Michael Cleis’s Ibiza Balearic, piano-laced ‘Liferaft’ — it’s not defi nite weight to everyone plotting its own path. Allan shit then pummels it into the
stomper ‘La Mezcla’. about the newest, latest thing. It’s about included. Ben Arnold McGrath future. Carl Loben
An inspired selection comes in the form of the what slays the fl oor and moves you
blissful extended mix of Jack Penate’s emotionally.
none-more-Balearic ‘Tonight’s Today’, while Coasting from Lontano’s aching tech-house
Tony Allen’s afro-beat classic ‘Ole’ gets a classic ‘Lovebass’ to newer diamonds from
10-minute refurb from Moritz Von Oswald. Radio Slave and Soundstream, via Global
Finishing in the only real way a Balearic mix Communication’s stellar relick of Azymuth’s
can (with an early Simple Minds track and the ‘Jazz Carnival’, this timeless mix is designed
Steve Miller Band), Bager has struck gold to move minds, bodies and souls. Ben
again. Ben Arnold Murphy
John Morales Future:Dubstep:03 Aim High
The M&M Mixes Mixed by MRK1 The Revolution
BBE Music Big In Ibiza Roll Deep
’80s remix rarities Dumf-boof bwarp bwarp On a roll
John Morales, together with Helmed by grime and dub- At 77 minutes, ‘The Revolu-
A Tribute To Arthur Russell Four:Twenty Music: 03 the late Sergio Munzibai, step vet MRK1, this hefty mix tion’ mixtape is longer than
Electric Minds Compiled, Mixed & Re-edited by remixed tons of ’80s dance is for those who like their most grime artist’s careers.
Glimpse classics such as ‘Axel F’ and beats as slow as bulldoz- Having produced hits for
Past glories revisited Four:Twenty ‘Rhythm Of The Night’ by ers and their basslines as Roll Deep, Target and Danny
DeBarge. Here a slew of unstoppable as tanks. At 49 Weed are an exception how-
You can’t know where you’re going until you A Glimpse of greatness unreleased works get an minutes, it’s a bit brief, but ever, and here they enlist
know where you’ve been. Or so the adage airing, including Universal the bonus Hatcha-mixed Kano, Shola Ama and others
goes. That’s never truer than with music, Bristol’s Four:Twenty is a label synonymous Robot Band’s ‘Barely Break- ‘Future:Dubstep:01’ track for sick bangers, ballads and
and if you’re looking back then you could do with brilliance. Getting Glimpse, aka Chris ing Even’. Carl Loben sweetens the deal. Joe battle raps. Paul Clarke
a lot worse than starting with late US disco Spero, to mix their latest compilation is a Madden
producer Arthur Russell. perfect fi t for their brand of soulful, deep
Here you get a collection of fresh reworks of tech, and this delve into the crates, old and
Russell’s fi nest moments, crafted by artists new, is a percolating, invigorating blend of
REPEATTHE LPS WE CAN’T LEAVE ALONE...
devoted to his work. frosty synths and warm funk bounce.
Included is Max Essa’s cosmic disco-funk Packing 27 tracks into a condensed single
version of Felix’s ‘Tiger Stripes’, co-produced CD, Glimpse’s choices are uniformly fresh
by Russell in 1984. So too is Mark E’s deep, and seamlessly linked. Cuts from Manuel
dubby disco rework of Pocketknife featuring Tur and Andomat 3000 push the Belleville
Joe Worricker’s version of Russell’s ‘Get template into more futuristic avenues, Martin If This Is House I 15 Years Of Metal- Magda
Around To It’. Buttrich’s ‘Medicine Man’ takes us into more Want My Money Back headz fabric 49
There are 12 tracks in all, each one a gem. If upbeat, techy zones, while Cherry and Class Permanent Vacation Metalheadz Fabric
you’re a fan then this album’s essential. If 71 sweep us back down to Earth for the fi nal
not, it’ll be an excursion into a beautiful un- straight. Disco dispatches compli- Often brutal but always Fuelled by fresh thinking
known worth making familiar. Claire Hughes Don’t expect surprises. Do expect stagger- ment the label’s recent beautiful, each track on this and in-depth musical knowl-
ingly good electronic house. Ben Murphy swing to a more housier d&b masterpiece is as time- edge, this mix re-introduces
output. less as the last. intelligence to techno.
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