TECHNO/MINIMAL REVIEWS
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Your Heart Will Lead System Policy
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industrial noise. Simple yet dead
Deepgroove & Vexing EP
effective, this gives other techno
Jamie Anderson
Soma
producers a wake-up call.
The Clock
Rekids Taken from their excellent
‘Further Vexations’ album,
Syrinx Peter Van Hoesen STL The original is a jarring this release boasts every-
A Million Light Years/After The Face of Smoke Silent State track that sounds too busy. thing from rolling, sinister
Sunset
Komisch Smallville Ben Klock’s remix takes minimalism to widescreen
Rush Hour some of the squelchy ele- electro and the lush ambi-
Peter Van Hoesen has an artist album at Lead track ‘Silent State’ is warm, lo-fi , ments and underpins them ence of ‘Plinth’.
So many producers have tried and failed the end of the year, but in the meantime trippy and cocoon-like, wrapping you with a ‘Klockworks’-style
to appropriate the deep Detroit techno this release shows the dancefl oor is up in a sea of blessed-out grooves. dense housey groove.
sound, but Syrinx gets it right. Keeping his natural habitat. ‘Continued Care’ This really is something else. ‘Six In A
a focus on sweet melodies, soaring features nocturnal chords building over Row’ sounds like one of Omar S’s more
strings and infectious dancefl oor a bubbling acidic bass, while on the title uncompromising gnarly productions
pulses, tracks like ‘Sirius’ and ‘Sunset’ track the Belgian producer notches up with some dark menacing synths over a
have a mellow, refl ective feel but also the tempo. A grimy yet propulsive bass, subtle softer percussive backdrop. Last
work on the dancefl oor. Although ‘Time helped along by skipping percussion up, ‘From A Distance’ has warm, hazy
Traveller’ is a more jacking, building and a snippet of melody leads the relentless grooves. Excellent!
affair, the emphasis remains on techno’s listener to 6am warehouse nirvana.
deep side. Rolando
James Kumo Afterlife EP
Andy Stott Space Dancer Saved
Brief Encounter Metamorphic
Modern Love Nice to see Rolando still putting out
Dan Curtin’s Metamorphic label is as such quality music after all the hype of
It’s been a while since Stott released quirky as ever. Kumo’s ‘The Deep’ is a ‘Jaguar’. ‘The Afterlife’ is warm, classy,
new material and ‘Encounter’ fi nds him ’90s fl avoured jerky techno track, with smooth, deep techno with shimmering
in introspective form. The title track is a doubled-up claps, insistent bleeps and chords, honky acid lines and the kind
deep, textured affair with chords remi- a wind tunnel whooshing effect giving of timeless feel you expect from such a
niscent of ‘Sueno Latino’, albeit with a it dancefl oor impetus. On the title track, producer. ‘Running’ is far more raw and
resonating, rumbling bass. ‘Drippin’’, Kumo goes deeper with his dubby beats unpolished but its fat kick and fi ltered
meanwhile, further explores Stott’s and rolling congos underpinning atmos- groove is totally effective. ‘Chatterbox’
LEVON VINCENT NOVEL SOUND
interest in dubstep, with melancholic pheric chords and lush strings. has the least to offer but with two
01. DJ JUS ED ‘Some New Shit Dub 2’ K-soul
chords and a sample of a pre-orgasm strong tracks here, so what?
“Ed’s a highly intelligent human being who maintains true soul and has remarkable
talent.”
female, making for a sweet, summery Various Artists
soundtrack — until the lurching, acid- The Island of Lost Children Vol.2 Kris Wadsworth
02. BLACK JAZZ CONSORTIUM ‘New Horizon’ Soul People
“Hands down the most beautiful track I have heard in a year at least.”
fl ecked bass kicks in. Circus Company Mainline
03. JITTERBUG ‘No Pressure (DJ Qu Remix)’ Uzuri
Hypercolour “Another brilliant mind — this guy puts so much muscle into his tracks.”
Kontext The second in this series from French
04. NINA KRAVIS ‘Voices (Jennifer Mayanga Remix)’ Underground Quality
Convex Curved Mirror label Circus Company sees Ekkohaus, Detroit’s Kris Wadsworth comes up with
“We all got together and each did a remix, Jennifer’s is by far the strongest.”
Immerse Yankine and Herb LF go head-to-head. a gem on London-based Hypercolour 05. XDB ‘Jet’ Metrolux
It’s ‘Soulshine’ by Ekkohaus that comes and simplicity is the key here. Starting
“I played this at Fabric and within minutes the night changed from harmless fun to
something dark and very serious.”
Reviewing Kontext’s music is diffi cult up trumps with its warm, trippy, hazy with a big kick, some jazz snares and
06. NACHO PATROL ‘Mind World’ KSE
because it takes elements from so many house feel. Great Detroity psychedelic a strong soulful vocal (not unlike Nina “Reminds me of a live band cover of ‘French Kiss.’”
sources yet sounds unique. On the title synths work well and this has been Simone yet totally original), there really
07. JC FREAKS ‘Source’ Wandering
track he deploys dissected percussion to going down great. ‘Not To Be Televised’ are so few elements at work here yet it
“I love this groove.”
underpin a rolling bass and atmospheric by Yankine is in a kind of dub house style manages to create something beautiful 08. LEVON VINCENT ‘Polar Bear Make Nice With That Sea Lion’
chords, which later morph into a DJ- with snappy hats, nice bassline and and unique. It develops very slowly with
Deconstruct Music
“On TV we often see Polar Bears starving and fl oating away on little ice blocks.”
friendly 4/4. Similarly, on ‘Hometown some cool hubbub. Rounding off this the drums picking up but ultimately re-
Swamp’ dubby chords billow over a very solid EP is ‘Thirty Five’ by Herb LF, mains truly minimal in the real meaning
09. LEVON VINCENT ‘The Medium Is The Message’ Novel Sound
“I like the new formats, I’ll sell MP3s one day but not yet...”
low-slung bass that eventually slips into another fairly bumping, housey offering of the word. Sei A’s remix isn’t bad with
10. LEVON VINCENT ‘Games Dub’ Underground Quality
kick drum mode. Is it house, techno or with some little vocal stabs and cool its more warm, mellow, dubby feel but it “Everyone seemed to like the ‘Games’ EP, so I took the parts and did a dub.”
dubstep? Not sure even Kontext knows. percussion. can’t touch the original.
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