electro-house/acid REVIEWS
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ging a couple of years ago. But it’s wise, Stephan Laubner is known Industry back room boys Jackmate
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as he’s on a Polydor offshoot and his for his quirky, offbeat re- come together for a percus- Carnivale
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songs have vocals and bombastic tunes. leases, but ‘Silent State’ sees sively chugging moment in Phil E
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‘Extraball’ is a very busy ‘Discovery’-era him focus on full-blooded the limelight.
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Daft Punk pushed through 800 watts of sounds. The title track is a ‘Carnivale’ features rousing
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effects. Burns, Pilooski and The Shoes dense techy house affair, The Japanese Latino percussion, which
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are second placed by Breakbot’s disco- with an aching bassline and Popstars complements the pulsing
funk version. a jacking rhythm. ‘Six In A We Just Are (Final- bass and soaring strings.
Row’ sees Laubner disappear
izer)
‘Factory’ features a more
Linus Loves into a deeper chord-driven Gung Ho glitchy backing, but the
Prom Night direction, only to emerge duo’s knack of writing a
21:12 with the sexy swagger of Ace stadium electro picks good melody is still audible.
‘From A Distance’. It’s an up overly dreamy vocal. The
Linus Loves returns with a new label and essential release for house
a more than worthy tune to kick things music lovers of all hues.
off. ‘Prom Night’ adds an extra electro
kick to Italo disco on the tune side
of ‘Zdarlight’. And Burns takes it way
past Digitalism’s noisiness for a savage Jitterbug remix, which mutes the vocals and lays
version that is as sinister as its filmic Raw Winter EP down a powerful acid sequence instead.
inspiration, ‘Carrie’. Big bit-crushed Uzuri
synths make it a tough track to follow. The Parkwalker
The rolling, filtered house of ‘Speakers Degeneration EP
Moonbootica Corner’ and the tracky ‘No Pressure’ Nowar
Strobelight are decent if unremarkable, but ‘Dream DIRT CREW MooD MuSiC
Work It Baby Memory’ is a different matter. Full ‘Opendance’ is a prowling, acid-tinged
01. Toni Lionni ‘Found A Place’ Ostgut Ton
of spacey, mysterious chords and groove with a looped child’s vocal, but “Everybody happy, everybody dancing! This is already a classic.”
The Germans deliver a base-covering propelled by a warm, resonating bass, the title track’s atmospheric jazz keys
02. TigerSkin ‘Deckshark’ Dirt Crew Recordings
stomper that throbs and drops with it has a rawness and soul that most and warm, summery chords make it the “Another analogue masterpiece by Tigerskin — 101 madness.”
familiar noises given new life. Kris underground house lacks. DJ Qu turns highlight.
03. kiki ‘good Voodoo (Visionquest remix)’ Bpitch Control
Menace gets aboard for his noisy, scat- ‘No Pressure’ into a deeper, more low- “The first single from Kiki’s new album, this features a very deep, groovy remix.”
tered breaks version that injects some slung affair. Argy & The Martinez Broth-
Maetrik
04. SouL MinoriTy ‘Come Back 4More’ Pack Up and Dance
emotion into Ed Banger territory. ers/DJ Duke
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“One of t
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Mutant Beat Dance feat eric ‘Day Two’
Manoo & François A
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These Days
Mothership
. 20/20 SounDSySTeM ‘Sliding Away (Johnny D Mix)’ 20/20 Vision
“This is the best remix from Johnny D so far — a sure hit for the label.”
Today Is Tomorrow EP Ina Daze
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“Somewhere in the
6. MArkuS HoMM, MiHAi PoPoViCiu & JAy BLiSS ‘Bis Co’ Diynamic
Buzzin’ Fly Discos Capablanca On one side, Argy and the NY-based
Arizona desert, the
“The best cut to come from Diynamic so far — a great groove.”
Martinez Brothers serve up a rolling,
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We love these Frenchies and shout about Produced by the brilliant elusive Traxx, sample-heavy house banger in tribute
spaceship from Close
. THe DiSCoWBoyS ‘To The Mountain Top (Two Armadillos Mix)’ Dessous
“Very powerful in the club — deep but very effective.”
pretty much everything they release. ‘Daze’ has all the elements that consti- to New York’s disco heyday. Argy con-
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‘Crazy MF (Catz ‘n’ Dogz remake)’ CDR
The title track here gives Carl Craig a tute classic Chicago — menacing bass, tinues in this vein with a snare rolling,
cally lands and sexy
“You will hear this remake a lot this summer. It will be big!”
run for his money with its melodic ‘n’ an insistent snare and a jacking backing. breakbeat-heavy version of DJ Duke’s
09. LiAPin ‘Call it Deep’ Dark Room Dubs
emotional tech electronics. ‘Souvenir’, It also features Clark’s sweet vocals to ‘Someday’. By comparison, Brendan “One of the deep house tunes of the month!”
meanwhile, is lush deep house, swirly counterbalance Traxx’ underground ap- Moeller’s dubby techno version sounds
10. AnDrÉ nALin ‘Sunday Maze (Till von Sein remix)’ Plastic City
with economic wandering pianos. proach. But the best version is the dub horizontal — but is more rewarding. “A great remix from our boy Till von Sein, the release is coming soon.”
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