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Emerging German artist Anna Kost follows last year's track on Soma with the first of two new EPs on Scuba's Hotflush Recordings offshoot Who Whom. The Very End Of You, works flavours of Techno and Bass into an accessible form. Opening track Basic 005 is my fav with crunchy drums and a subtle play on tension and release.
One of the highlights from the recent JK Flesh album New Religions Old Rules. A solid head-nodder!
Goodness me, how about this for a collaboration? Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales have teamed up for a reimagining of Hawtin’s 1998 album Consumed, called Consumed In Key. Check out the taster track here:
Album will be released on 1st April via Turbo Recordings.
Noted, 02 Mar 2022, 11:15Opening track from the new Fabrizio De Santis Elements EP is a rock solid floor wrecker.
Out now on Paul Ritch's Quartz Rec imprint, I imagine some remixes would go down a treat.
Here's a little something for your Saturday night entertainment: Compy 51
More info and download: theletter.co.uk/compy-51
Noted, 12 Feb 2022, 17:18This Headless Horseman remix of title track 47, from J.Blofeld's upcoming EP is a beaut; emotive, driving and rousing!
More like an album, the nine tracks, including mixes from Mark Broom, CYRK, Kaiser and Cri Du Coeur, cover a range of styles, making for a enjoyable listen. Out next week on Arkham Audio.
I've put together three massive Buy Music Club compilations with all my fav tracks of 2021:
Noted, 06 Jan 2022, 18:14New Slam collaboration with Amelie Lens is rather good. My fav so far is Clarity.
Body music... literally!
Superb mix of Techno and mad tunes by Chippy Nonstop.
Noted, 01 Dec 2021, 18:49Goodness me do these Slam boys know how to write a banging Techno tune! Their recent Louder Than Chaos series of collaborations has been exemplary so far, with particular highlights from Hector Oaks and Perc. This two-tracker with Rebekah is the third of five releases in the series and Believe In The Night is another highlight, tipping the balance by a baw-hair towards the headphone listener.
Louder Than Chaos Vol. 3 is out on Friday 26th November via Soma Records. Slam will be teaming up with Amelie Lens and AnD for the last two EPs in the series.
Four solid slabs of electronic Dub heat
Here's an article Simon Reynolds wrote on the subject of Techno in 1992 - via the excellent Music Journalism Insider newsletter
Noted, 21 Nov 2021, 16:26
Deep, intense and sexy Techno
Pleasant, upbeat and melodic track from former Trouw/De School resident JP Enfant, lifted from forthcoming EP Somewhere Else.
After a couple of listens through of the new celebratory Tresor compilation, this FJAAK track, Lovers, is a standout. Banging!
Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe Experiments in Capturing Real Life - Christine Ochefu interview with the man behind many of Techno's futuristic visual concepts, AbuQadim Haqq
Noted, 13 Oct 2021, 09:15
Decent EP from the Italian maker comprising five originals and a couple of remixes (from VNTM and Paride Saraceni). Closing track Attitudine Mentale is a memorable, high energy, Breakbeat-tastic affair with a cool vocal sample but my fav is opening statement and title track Origine, with its cold, dark Techno heart, all murky and minimal.
EP is released on Dutch label Infinite Depth on 24th September.
Slam launch a new series on Friday this week called Louder Than Chaos. The first of five volumes features collaborations with 999999999, Hector Oaks and Optic Nerve (aka Keith Tucker). Future releases will see the Glaswegian duo work with Amelie Lens, Rebekah, AnD and Perc.
Immense Techno compilation bringing together the cream of the new crop
Four fine Techno cuts make up Markus Suckut's new EP Blurred Memories I but Promised Land is my highlight (Eyes comes a close second though).
Pulverising industrial beats from the Yorkshire Techno head Balrog, with Run For Cover, the lead track from his EP of the same name
The Natural Lottery - first episode from an interesting podcast about turning numbers into Techno
Noted, 23 Aug 2021, 08:211491
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