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With his new album, his first in six years, Yore Records founder Andy Vaz makes an impressive case for timeless house music. We caught up with the Düsseldorf-based producer right before he went straight vacationing.
Andy Vaz is a man attached to distant places. One is India, where part of his family is from and where Vaz travels once a year, the other is Detroit, his secret musical home. In the geographic middle between the two lies Düsseldorf, the West-German city known as the home of Kraftwerk and the focal point of Andy Vaz's musical endeavours. Since 1998 Andy Vaz has been busy running... |
| DJ Mix by Dakar |
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For this week's podcast we're pleased to have a true veteran player show off his skills and eclectic music taste: Christian Kreuz a.k.a. Dakar.
Originally hailing from Munich, Dakar has been a resident DJ in the city's legendary Ultraschall club for eight years and has recorded his music for labels such as Get Physical, Disko B, and most recently Gomma.
Many will further know the charismatic neo-Berliner as part of Dakar & Grinser, the electro pop...
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Chirocco
(Track 04 on this Maxi-Single)
NoseBonker
(Track 03 on this Maxi-Single)
You Said
(Track 04 on this Maxi-Single)
New Road FM
(Track 02 on this Maxi-Single)
Reality Check (Vincenzo Remix)
(Track 02 on this Maxi-Single)
Reality Check (Vincenzo Remix)
(Track 02 on this Maxi-Single)
Hello! (Mic Newman Dub Remix)
(Track 03 on this EP)
Hello! (Mic Newman Dub Remix)
(Track 03 on this EP)
m=minimal forges forth with its series honouring the much under-appreciated Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, the 23-minute 'Ton in Ton' performed by Ensemble Modern is followed by the three-part organ composition 'Torsi' as well as 1968's 'Betonungen'. Classical minimalism done with extreme delicacy and intensity.
Theo Keating, best known for his work as half of The Black Ghosts enters the Fabric mix series, six months on from his debut album 'Cells'. A 30-track strong mix, with newer material from Paul Woodford's Special Request, Happa, French Fries and some old gems such as Nightmares on Wax worked smoothly in.
Spain's Psyk aka Manuel Anos is welcomed back into the Mote Evolver fold after his debut release 'Distane' last year. Four floor-ready cuts of muscular techno from the metallic toll of 'Arcade', rounder dub stabs of 'Surface', tight-lipped textures of 'Intern' and jollier chords of 'Somewhere'. Nice work.
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Glasgow's Lewis Roberts debuts on Young Turks, those breathy cut-up synthlines, vocal snippets and pattering drums of '4D' giving way to the tightly-wound 'Ivana', the intensified melodies of 'Sun', with 'Last Remnants' to 'Never' showing a meditative, abstracter approach and a nod towards synthpop traditions.
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Shogun mainstay Alix Perez releases his second full-length album, going beyond the standard drum'n'bass palette, with an emotional r'n'b slant as in 'Annie's Song' to the hard-hitting dancehall mutations of 'Warlord', taking in hypercolour hip-hop, grime and an updated d'n'b sound. A fluid and coherent album.
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Chris and Cosey release their first single in over twenty years on their own CTI label. Taking the title from BBC Radiophonic heroine Delia Derbyshire's old metal lampshade, 'Coolicon-A' trudges with dark intrigue and a pulsing lead melody, whilst the 'Fusion' elaborately excavates abstract territories. Awesome.
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The second lot of remixes to stem from Michael Mayer's 2012 'Mantasy' sees Frenchman Agoria taking on 'Good Times', turning it into a full-on euphoric anthem, whilst Robag Wruhme subtly brings out the sepia charm of 'Baumhaus' and Will Saul and October iron out the disco essences in a broody concoction.
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Seven years since 'Amour', Freerange Records founder Jamie Odell releases his sixth album with a deliriously hazy atmosphere. Deep house with jazzy influences, from the sunny funkin' grooves of the title track to emotional vocal-led tracks feat. Jonatan Bäckelle and Jinadu, a personal journey perfect for long journeys.
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| Artist based in London, 8 Releases now available |
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Jamie Odell a.k.a. Jimpster and Audiomaontage has been active as a producer, DJ and label owner of Freerange Records since the mid 90s. Initially pioneering the fusion of future jazz, broken beats and house music, his direction - and that of his amazingly productive label - has slowly shifted towards techno-influenced house music with the slightly progressive feeling for which London's house music...
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