BEN ARNOLD
ben.a.arnold@
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DJ W!ld We Almost Lost
Detroit EP The W Label 8.0
DJ W!ld wears his influences on his sleeve here, his solid loops sitting astride samples from Ann Peebles, Shuggie Otis and Vernon Burch. Mad skills, as they say.
Dusky
Henry 85 Simple Records 8.0
Will Saul reanimates his Simple Records imprint after years building up Aus Music with this from Dusky, a pair of moody garage grooves par excellence. Essential.
Joe Europe
Joe Europe EP Vitalik 8.0
Slinky club grooves from Joe Europe. Us neither, but a convoluted back story to throw us off the scent of who he really is doesn’t detract from a great EP.
Nina Kraviz
Aus Rekids 8.0
Nina drops ‘Aus’, one of the stand-outs from her recent album featuring vocals from King Aus. With Radioslave, DJ QU and Rhythm Odyssey on the mix, this is elevated to essential status.
Crackazat
Tunnel Futureboogie
9.0
UK label Futureboogie present a stone smasher from Crackazat, one of their Bristol brethren now relocated to Sweden. The pickled herring, aquavit, hot girls (and no, that’s not a generalisation, we’ve been there) and benevolent socialism is patently suiting multi-instrumentalist Ben Jacobs very nicely. ‘Book On The Beach’, which if we’re not mistaken has pinched its congas from T Connection’s ‘At Midnight’, is deep house in the most classic mould. ‘Panick Aggressive’ slows it down, a blissed-out slo-mo jam. ‘Tunnel’, meanwhile, basks in glory, a monstrous, Detroit, stabbing, wig-out-inducing masterstroke. Bra-bloody-vo.
PAUL WOOLFORD PLANET E/HOTFLUSH/SPECIAL REQUEST
01. JOY ORBISON ‘Ellipsis (Head High Remix)’ Hingefinger “Rene Pawlowitz, aka Shed, throws this through the heavily-swung funk
machine.”
02. URBAN CULTURE ‘Wonders Of Wishing’ Urban Culture “The governor Mr Carl Craig on this absolute bomb from 1993 that I resurrected
for ‘The Lab’ after tracking down a copy at Submerge in Detroit.”
03. RUFF DRAFT ‘The Shining’ Ruff Draft “I’m sworn to secrecy on who this is, but suffice to say, the Hitchcock-esque
levels of suspense slightly give it away.”
04. SHACKLETON ‘Music From The Quiet Hour Part 2’ Woe To The Septic Heart “Sam Shackleton’s finest work, an eerie atmosphere permeates through the entire album. Otherworldly.”
05. THE TRAVELLER ‘Bypass’ Ostgut “That man Shed again dispensing with the pleasantries and banging the box
outrageously.”
06. SPECIAL REQUEST ‘Ecstasy Dub’ White “No comment.”
07. LIL SILVA ‘Gobble That Track 2’ Lil Silva “Incendiary B-side of another Lil Silva release.”
08. SHED ‘Rave’ Evar “Yet again, Rene comes correct with this limited press. Rumours of a 100 run
are flooding the web. Two bold club pounders that slay it every time.”
09. ALEX ISRAEL ‘EP’ Creme Organisation “Fundamentals with finesse from a label that is always worth watching.”
10. LA WILLIAMS ‘Welcome’ Sex Trax “Warehouse acid revival jam.”
Alexis Raphael
The Message Lower East 9.0
A close-run thing for the Money Shot this month, as Alexis Raphael’s ‘The Message’ is every bit as good as Crackazat’s cracker, but tragically lost out on a coin toss. It was the only way. Sorry. A superb release from Raphael, after solid excursions for Jamie Jones & Lee Foss’s Hot Creations. Both tracks here, ‘The Message’ and ‘Rumble In The Jungle’, are sturdy party gear, but the latter edges it, a bass-loaded, sparse but sparingly brilliant groove. Buy on sight.
Chopstick & Johnjon
Versions EP Suol 8.0
It’s been two years since the last release from Suol main men Chopstick & JohnJon, aka Chi-
Thien Nguyen and John Muder, who from Berlin have been peddling low-slung house music since 2007. Their roots in funk and soul show through like a bad hair day on ‘Doin’ It’, all groaning ladies and sleazy guitars. It’s ace. Equally anyone with an ounce of soul in their bones will be unable to keep still during ‘Listen’, while ‘Simma Da’ repeats its clipped vocals until hypnosis is achieved. It’s a most warm welcome back to the fold.
Detroit Swindle B.OST.ON EP/Nothing Else
Matters EP Murmur/Dirtcrew Recordings
9.0 As it’s impossible to choose the better EP, Amsterdam’s Detroit Swindle get a previously unheard- of double review for their efforts for both Murmur and Dirtcrew. It says much of producers Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets’ current devastating form. ‘Nothing Else Matters’ is an utterly peerless garage jam (supplemented by a mix from Morning Factory), while B.OST.ON veers acid-wards, with a super re-rub from Damiano Von Erckert. Top of the pile might be ‘Her Song’, but to be fair, this is all indicative of something terribly exciting.
Edu Imbernon
Imberlove More Music 8.0
Spain’s Edu Imbernon has released on the likes of Get Physical, Liebe*Detail and Young Turks, and despite being barely into his twenties, is already making a name for himself thanks to remixes for the likes
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of The xx and through his own imprint Eklektisch. This for More Music is inspired by indie pop, layered with whispered vocals from Sutja Gutierrez and plucked guitars. It’s quietly sublime. On the remix are Inxec and Jozif, though Imbernon’s original is all-captivating.
Fantastic Man
Fantastic Man EP Let’s Play House 9.0
Australian producer Mic Newman is Fantastic Man. Clearly he has some tickets on himself. He deserves each and every one if this four-tracker on Brooklyn’s Let’s Play House is to be used as a yardstick for his ample skills. And they are most ample. Three tracks plunder vintage jazz recordings, smashing them together with synths and deep disco, ‘Wie Gehts’ being truly unstoppable. ‘Scenic Route’, meanwhile, blisses out with silken pads and a bouncing rhythm. This label just gets better and better.
Locussolus
Berghain/Telephone International Feel 8.5
Locussolus is one DJ Harvey, accompanied by Sam Fox (no, the other one), Tara Selleck and Josh Marcy, all residing in Venice Beach, California. Lucky buggers. This double-header emerged after Harvey got a bit lost at Berghain one evening. It prompted him to celebrate its general aceness in the form of four-four, and considering some of the parties he’s been to, it says a lot about Berlin’s venerable nachtclub. It’s deepest disco, a hint of Moroder meshed with Chicago. It’s great, obviously, while ‘Telephone’ is an electrohaus boogie anthem with a guitar solo.
Miguel Campbell & Matt Hughes
I Can Fly EP Outcross Records 8.0
Super-hot Miguel Campbell, as we know, smashed it with ‘Something Special’ on Hot Creations last year, so anything with his name attached is now flagged, and this with fellow Leeds resident (and partner in production team MAM) Matt Hughes is no exception. Blending ‘80s boogie synthetics and basslines that are impossibly funky, ‘I Can Fly’ is another rump- shaking home run. The low-slung ‘Talking Box’ goes darker and slightly deeper. Nowt wrong with that.
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