Hello,
Here comes a quick run-down of excellent releases that don't fall into a single genre, yet should appeal to anyone with a taste for cutting-edge dance music using elements of Detroit techno, Chicago house and UK dubstep.
This is what we feel futuristic club music should sound like, and many of these releases are zero" exclusives: Dexter's fantastic foray into bass music, Mike Dehnert stepping up his game and Mark du Mosch and Gerd delivering brand-new bangers of their own.
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TECHNO BASS EXCLUSIVES
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Dexter on a funky tip: Following up his recent booty breaks for Clone's Crown Series, Remy Verheijen lets loose the funky house percussions and Detroit pads on four tracks this time, including two mixes of the eponymous 'Great Northern Diver'. One of his best EPs so far and a zero" exclusive - don't wait on this one!
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The first instalment of Moustache's Techno Series by Gesloten Cirkel was a surprise hit, and Mark du Mosch continues its raw and analogue direction with four tracks that combine the industrial strength of Bunker material with jacking Chicago grooves and touches of West Coast neo-disco. Lovely.
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zero" exclusive! Four raw and gritty jams by Berlin's Mike Dehnert, but roughly hewn as they are these tracks comprise some of his best material to date, fusing melancholic dub chords with stumbling grooves and a rumbling low end. Title track 'Oblique' is our particular favourite. Don't miss.
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Gerd drops a vocal-driven, up-tempo Chicago house jacker with 'Palm Leaves', which stands out with a nicely modulating, almost Cajemere-like bassline. Alden Tyrell and Clone main man Serge provide a more reduced dub edit for the flip-side. Excellent.
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MORE TECHNO BASS ESSENTIALS
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One of the most popular tracks from 2562's recent album gets an 'Extended Re-cut': 'Aquatic Family Affair' is a fantastic track fusing dubstep, techno and house, but the addition of Shed's slamming Head High remix of 'Wasteland' makes this release thoroughly indispensable. Killer.
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Making his debut as producer with Ben Klock some five years ago on Ostgut Ton, Dettmann's masterful production and DJ style continue to make him a sturdy force in techno. Thick with a virulent cosmic energy, these impeccable tracks tingle and pulsate their way through serious outer-space missions.
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Album released 19-09-2011 on Dial
Roman Flügel's album for Dial has been hugely anticipated and it's turned out fantastic: From minimalistic techno jackers to deep disco dubs, Latin steeldrum flavours, and touches of jazz and vintage electronica, 'Fatty Folders' is a subtle masterpiece of versatility from one of Germany's most consistently innovate producers. Buy on sight.
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After a stunning debut appearance last month on Echocord Colour by Skudge, Mike Dehnert makes his own debut on the venerable Danish label with this no-nonsense techno EP, 'Briso'. Two chunky, dub-inflected cuts by Dehnert come packaged with a remix by Dehnert's Fachwerk compadre, Roman Lindau.
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The transclucent pink rings of the vinyl looking like halos around a not-so-far-away planet, masked man Redshape delivers two killer cuts on his own Present imprint. 'Son Of A…' bites and whirs with a angular yet sexy motoric groove whilst 'Kracken's Game' pads spacey chords round weighty drums. Huge!
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Maxi-Single released 19-09-2011 on Hyperdub
Based off tracks from King Midas Sound's 2009 LP on Hyperdub, 'Waiting For You', its better late than never for this superb remix 12". Kuedo leads off with his slow-churning interpretation of 'Goodbye Girl, while Mala recreates 'Earth Will Kill Ya' into a DMZ-sized bomb.
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Following up quickly on a set of recent hot releases on Rush Hour, including a remix of Jon Desilva, Braille is truly on fire with his latest for Hotflush. His energetic and soulful style chops up classic house music vocals and re-imagines them in a contemporary context. Recommended!
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Maxi-Single released 19-09-2011 on Numbers
Sure-fire hits from the Numbers camp coming courtesy of Mosca, who rides an old-school garage wave on this one. Deep house vibes meet female vocals, high-energy breaks and bouncing basslines - perhaps not such an easy sell on the European mainland, this one has 'UK pirate radio' and 'heavy-rotation' written all over it.
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The Black Dog's new three-part series is aimed strictly at dancefloors, and calling a track like 'Heavy Industry' big room techno would be quite an understatement - it's the kind of track that incorporates the acoustics of an airplane hangar into its productions and should be listened to in one as well. Massive.
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After dropping a sweet EP on Naked Lunch, bright young thing from Toronto Kevin McPhee takes to Bristol's admirable Idle Hands imprint. 'Sleep' is a choppy, textured dubstep-house cut with UKG type vocal flexes, 'House 44' a crunchy, fuzzed-over Kassem Mosse style downbeat jam. Sick tunes!
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After going fairly quiet on the production front for a while, Pangaea executed a killer return with 'Inna Daze / Won't Hurt' on Hessle, now Kevin McAuley moves like a true badman on Hemlock. 'Hex' brooding bass heavy junglist echoes and 'Fatalist' a fidgety yet beefy heads-down cut. Blinder!
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Maxi-Single released 05-09-2011 on SSSSS
Two enigmatic and uniquely talented London producers take turns remixing Untold's early smash on Hemlock Recordings, 'Bones'. Joe's take pitches down the original into his own sensuous house groove, while Rockwell's injects his version with his trademark meticulous drum programming.
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Fresh talent George Fitzgerald has already made an impression with releases on Hotflush and Aus Music and his inaugural release for the Man Make Music label continues his fusion of bass music and house moods. 'Fernweh' and 'Hearts' both cater to fans of garage beats, pitched up vox and melancholic synths.
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The second release on Berin's This Ain't Music imprint introduces new artist HOPE with the minimalistically bouncing 'Blank Page', which hints at the label's roots within the M_nus camp. On the flip side Stephan Panev unleashes a warm and synth-heavy electro mix that shines with spiralling bleeps and broken beats. Recommended.
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Treats galore here via legends Aux 88 - first up one half of Sheffield electronic pioneers LFO Gez Varley weaves extraterrestrial layers to 'Shadow Dancing', Oz-expat based in Tokyo Andrez Bergen darkly reworks 'Electronic Underground' and Arne Weinberg pads and pulses 'Electronic Cinema'.
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