this track actually goes back to the 2006 Kompakt Records release The Line Of Nine. all the same, the record is new to me this week and this one is my current theme song. sweet sweet.
DOWNLOAD SCSI-9 ~ Eclair de Lune
VISIT scsi-9.com/ and myspace.com/scsi9
BUY The Line Of Nine at Beatport.
another label celebrating a 10th anniversary this Fall is Ellen Allien’s BPitch Control in Germany. BPC releases records by several powerhouse producers but Zander VT is new to me, thanks to the 10 Years sampler that has been in heavy rotation the last couple of weeks. there’s something very old school house about this which is highly appealing to me lately..
DOWNLOAD Zander VT ~ Dig Your Own Rave
VISIT bpitchcontrol.de/ and myspace.com/zandervt
BUY V/A 10 Years Of BPitch Control at Amazon.
German label Sender marked their tenth anniversary a few weeks back with the release of a killer compilation from beginning to end. in fact it is one of only two releases i have been listening to since just before Halloween. (more on the other of them soon.)
i thought that Jake Fairley, like several other DJs and producers from back-in-the-day, had moved to Germany to plant roots in more fertile ground, but i may have been mistaken.. he might still be in Toronto. i’m curious about this, so if anybody knows one way or the other, drop a note in comments.
Shapes is on full automatic repeat and KILLING ME the last couple of days. the oscillator! the beat! the click! the claps! the pads! the bass! and that triple reverb dipped bit near the end? if i look up techno in the dictionary right now i’m pretty sure that this track is pictured. regardless of location roots are planted and growing and blossom thus..
DOWNLOAD Jake Fairley ~ Shapes
VISIT jakefairley.com/ and myspace.com/jakefairley and sender-records.de
BUY V/A ~ 10 Years Sender at Beatport.
quick one as i have been altogether too busy to be blogging these days.. i can’t really find any information on their recent Re:Serieculture release so frankly i’m not even sure if it is legit. if it is, i so much enjoy what Swayzak is doing lately..
DOWNLOAD Swayzak ~ Mike Schmike
VISIT swayzak.com/ and myspace.com/swayzak
BUY Swayzak releases at Beatport.
there are sythesizer delights to be found on Warnecke’s debut EP The Electronic Heart, released a couple of weeks ago now. this is music that sounds very deeply rooted in classic idm; warm melodies wrapped up in a tight bit of noise, you know? it’s good for you, like a colon cleanse for your ears, so get on this one.
DOWNLOAD Pierce Warnecke ~ Excision Of The Heart
VISIT myspace.com/piercewarnecke
BUY The Electronic Heart EP at Beatport.
i hadn’t heard of Mochipet til this remix showed up in my inbox but i like what i’ve heard and respect the collaborators he’s worked with, so definitely worth some coverage here. i also like the way this track straddles genres so it’s pretty hard to nail down despite its fierce groove..
DOWNLOAD Mochipet ~ Get Your Whistle Wet (DJ Sep & Jason Short Dub Mix Featuring DJ Collage)
VISIT myspace.com/mochipet
BUY the Get Your Dub Wet EP from the Daly City online store.
quick one today to send you into the weekend.. in the last few weeks i was really getting back into old Plaid and now this.. i can’t even get enough of this delightful number, from the Warp20 box set’s Unheard portion.
DOWNLOAD Plaid ~ Dett
VISIT plaid.co.uk/ and myspace.com/plaid4thepeople
BUY the Warp20 box set a la carte at Bleep.
last week marked the release of the long-anticipated Warp 20 box set and it is a colossus. Celebrating the groundbreaking label’s 20 years strong, it contains 2 CDs of crowdsourced best-of Warp singles, 2 CDs of Warp artists covering a favourite from the Warp catalogue, 3 10″ records of tracks previously unreleased on Warp, 1 CD of continuous mix (a la Blech or the more recent Listen Play Repeat) and 2 10″ records of 5 second loops for the heads to freak on.
admittedly i am just the kind of Reasonable People that this kind of thing is marketed to (i cast votes for the Chosen set) and which finds joy in every bit of it – even the stuff that is really inaccessible, as the releases sometimes has been. but even if you are not in this particular class there is some remarkable music here across so many genres it blows the mind.
case in point: this cover of one of the most powerful tracks from the 2001 Aphex Twin glitch masterwork, Drukqs, a double album which from cover to cover to cover is anthemic to a certain time in my life. my feeling upon hearing (many times repeated now) this version by Warp artist Leila is that of having come full circle: ironically enough it was on the previously mentioned Drukqs that i began to recognize the pure and simple beauty of the piano, so it seems all too fitting to hear Vordhosbn as Leila offers it on Recreated.
DOWNLOAD Leila ~ Vordhosbn
VISIT warprecords.net/records/leila/ and myspace.com/leilaarab
BUY tracks at bleep.com and get details on the box set as a whole at Warp.
i started the draft for this track a few days before DJ Hell’s double CD Teufelswerk was released in North America last month and got so busy i pretty much forgot about it. now as it turns out there is a Beatport exclusive EP featuring some pretty dope remixes. play loud.
DOWNLOAD DJ Hell ~ The DJ (feat P. Diddy)
VISIT djhell.de and myspace.com/djhell
BUY the remixes at Beatport.
Basement Jaxx dropped a new record earlier this week.. Scars is full of their immaculate production, pop hooks, and electro/house/breaks fusion. there’s some new stuff here, too; it’s not strictly same old same old. but it is definitely Basement Jaxx..
DOWNLOAD Basement Jaxx ~ Twerk (SoundCloud is a new download site for me; click “more options” to reveal a Download link at original upload quality, or click “MP3″ to download at 128kbps.)
VISIT basementjaxx.co.uk/ and myspace.com/basementjaxx
BUY Scars at Beatport.
