I’m mean. C’mon. Calling your release untitled is a bit lame. A few seconds thought could have solved the problem. In honour of Global Communication we shall call it 14:32 (seven wonders of deadly sin). See. Not so difficult. This is a seven part track. As Cecilia says “it’s either a 15-minute 7-part song, or [...]
For anyone who had a big night last night, something downtempo for sensitive heads. Not really. Some brutal primitive techno to blow away the cobwebs of 2011. Alter Ego are Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling-Wuttke from Damstadt, Germany (more here and here). This was their first 12″ release on the reknown Harthouse label in 1994. [...]
And so to my last post of the year. Back when in the 90s, there were several labels that I followed, buying stuff simply because they were released on that label – Warp and Guerrilla in the early 90s and Soma and Wall of Sound in the mid-90s are examples. Today’s digital age makes that [...]
Of everyone who’s appeared on these pages over the last 12 months, the person who has consistently impressed me most is Max Cooper. He has delivered some beautiful IDM techno and done sensitive remixes of classics. He appeared deservedly on the RA top 100 for the first time. He not only produced more originals to [...]
So, it’s the last day of the year. A bit of a tough one 2011 and no real prospect of next year being any less challenging. I’ve not done a tracks of the year, like all the other bloggers. Partly because I couldn’t compete with Drew’s authoritativeness or Swiss Adam’s wit but mostly because I’ve bought [...]
I’m not sure I would ordinarilly post this. But it has a remix from the excellent Grooveblaster, purveyor of downtempo funk, from whom I’ve not heard in a while. The original is a gentle piece of lounge music. Far too tasteful for me. A bit Lisa Stansfield. Grooveblaster adds some funky guitar and trumpet and [...]
Attaque is an Essex techno boy who’s apeared here a couple of times. Once I loved, once I didn’t. But he’s offering a free download of new track Paragon. This is more like the techno of his Moderate EP, rather than the electro of Shine EP. Paragon is a basic techno grower, sounding simple but [...]
Just a quick post, on the last proper posting day of the year, to say three things. First, you ought to download this drum and bass mix from Marshall Watson. Lovely jazzy stuff. Second, three special posts tomorrow looking back on 2011. Third, forewarning that I’m going to have a DnB fortnight coming soon, to [...]
Håkan Ludvigson’s new Goodbye EP is out now. There’s a sample track for free download. You might remember we had a track from his LP Soulroom for free download (via here) earlier in the month. The new EP is mixes of a track from the album. The original mix of Goodbye is a gentle pice of [...]
Some lovely dreamy minimal techno for you. Very much in the Max Cooper/Traum vein. A new EP to listen and a couple of tracks to download as well. Highly recommended. Kevin Jonson is a Parisian producer. But let’s be honest, Kevin’s not a very French name and this doesn’t sound a very French EP. Frozen Roads [...]