Tunes
Listen to the last ten ‘tunes of the moment’
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Maxime Alexander - Take My Hands
Sat 31 Aug 2019 | permalink I aready mentioned this excellent a six-track compilation on Balkan Recordings in my recent Tips collection but the Maxime Alexander track is so good it deserves a Tune of the Moment slot!
The US-born producer has been making music for a few years, including an album of leftfield Electro Pop called MA14 in 2015. A series of thumping tunes from 2017's Salon Rouge through to last year's Hurt Me demonstrated a knack for knocking out effective Acid Electro. Take My Hands maintains the Acid vibe but the Pop sensibility shines through strongly. Acid Pop for the win!
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Nina Kraviz - Stranno Neobjatno
Wed 24 Jul 2019 | permalink Nina Kraviz is back with a strong track, lifted from her new stranno stranno. neobjatno. EP. Stranno Neobjatno has hints of Kompakt stalwarts Jürgen Paape and Michael Mayer, which is good, in my book
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Shifted - The Light Touch
Mon 1 Jul 2019 | permalink A master class in hypnotic Techno from Guy Brewer, aka Shifted, who debuts on Lucy's Stroboscopic Artefacts label with a forceful new three-track EP called The Light Touch. The title track in particular is superb.
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Alice Hubble - Goddess
Sun 9 Jun 2019 | permalink Alice Hubble is the new solo project of pop princess Alice Hubley (ex Arthur and Martha) and Goddess is her debut release. The title track is pure and simple Pop genius, all about unrequited lust and the heavy toil that sort of thing can bring. The rest of the EP is pretty decent too, with another pop gem in the shape of Lake Louise, as well as three fine remixes of Goddess. My favourite remix is the grizzly Ambient reworking by Luke Mawdsley.
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Sierra - Unbroken
Tue 21 May 2019 | permalink If Emika turned Electro, it might sound something like this. Powerful new EP called Gone from French artist Sierra mixes banging Electro synths, like Gesaffelstein, with emotive, hooky melodies. Unbroken has crossover appeal.
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Palms Trax - To Paradise
Wed 1 May 2019 | permalink Lifted from his new EP of the same name, To Paradise is Jay Donaldson, aka Palms Trax, demonstrating with great poise and precision, how to make the brightest Electro Pop, perfect for heralding in the summer.
Out now via Dekmantel.
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Ewa Justka - You Are Repeating Yourself Indeed (KRTM Remix)
Thu 18 Apr 2019 | permalink The opening chords of KRTM's remix of Ewa Justka's You Are Repeating Yourself Indeed may sound like a car alarm at full throttle and the initial effect is similarly arresting but things eventually settle down into a thoroughly pleasing peak time Techno beast. For me, best listened to extremely loudly first thing in the morning!
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Tom Hades - Acrab
Tue 9 Apr 2019 | permalink Think of a slow motion industrial ironworks, a confusing dark blur in every shadow. Then consider your position in this place, the thin air surrounding your senses is in fast motion. Mysterious dark shapes buzzing in circles, provoking a tension piercing atmosphere. Yet there's a glimmer of hope... that's the lead track Acrab from the new Tom Hades EP of the same name. Get on it.
Out via Korpus 9 on April 19th (digital) and March 29th (vinyl). Listen to snippets.
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Fred und Luna - Der Elektrolektor
Thu 28 Mar 2019 | permalink Swiftly following up his album Im Tiefenrausch on Compost Records, the German Krautrock purveyor gifts us some more loveliness in the form of a four track EP called Im Tanzrausch, also on Compost Records. Lead track Der Elektrolektor balances melody, tension and poise with perfection. The whole EP is pretty nice though.
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Joe Goddard - Pull The Plug (feat. Kool Keith)
Fri 8 Mar 2019 | permalink New EP Pull The Plug sees the sometime Hot Chipper Joe Goddard firmly shake his Electro music maker with very pleasant results. Furthermore, the title track, featuring Kool Keith, is all shades of cool.
Out on Optimo Music offshoot label Against Fascism Trax.