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30 October, 2007 | 11.16AM

Too Much Love

Daniel Steinberg [Style Rockets]

Written by: Lee Smith
Filed under: Music Recommendations: daniel steinberg, heinrichs, hirtenfellner, style rockets

Style Rockets put out some cool gnarly techno a few years back, with a sound that sat between the raucous playfulness of Alter Ego and the big-rig thump of straight European techno.

But it seems they’ve developed more minimal tendencies of late, with this unpretentious groover from newcomer Daniel Steinberg offering a considerably less aggressive dose of dancefloor fun.

23 October, 2007 | 10.25AM

Zapped

Phresh n Low [Deep Freeze Recording...

Written by: Richard Brophy
Filed under: Music Recommendations: deep freeze recordings, dicky trisco, phresh n low, sugardaddy

This release suggests that if you’re not entirely convinced about the original tracks that you’re releasing, then commissioning a rake of remixes will not help to ease your doubts.

Deep Freeze Recordings has put out a number of good quality electronic house records but ‘Zapped’ is not on par with the back catalogue’s highlight.

22 October, 2007 | 11.45AM

Emulate

Gino’s and Snake Plissken [Electroc...

Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive
Filed under: Music Recommendations: da fresh, electrochoc, ginos, ginos and snake, snake plissken

Blurring the boundaries beautifully between electro, techno and house, this release represents pure poison in the musical melting pot that is the dance music industry.

Let’s look at the title track – the original mix of ‘Emulate’ by Gino’s and Snake Plissken.

This sounds like the soundtrack-that-never-was to The Matrix — the dark, underground one that would have suited it better.

17 October, 2007 | 11.38AM

Dictum / Factum

Nooncat [Trenton]

Written by: Lee Smith
Filed under: Music Recommendations: matt star, nooncat, trenton

Russia’s Nooncat was knocking out his cool, edgily synthetic club techno on labels like Trapez and Triebstoff some six years ago, and after a slow period, seems to be back on it with a recent series of killer releases on a handful of underground labels.

‘Dictum’ is a good example of his knack for combining accessible grooves with subtly fierce undertones, with a searing, cascading synth line injecting some serious power into a taut, pokey groove.

15 October, 2007 | 10.52AM

Igra EP

Too Funk [Ferox]

Written by: Lee Smith
Filed under: Music Recommendations: ferox, too funk

Anyone who was into high-end British techno in the mid to late ‘90s will undoubtedly have a place in their heart for Russ Gabriel’s Ferox records, home to some of the most enduringly deep electronic music of its time.

Happily for his fans, after some six years in the wilderness with no new releases or label activity to speak of, Gabriel seems to be back on it again, with this digital only release under his Too Funk moniker apparently the first in a revitalized series of fresh material.

8 October, 2007 | 6.58AM

Hielo Sobre Arena

Garnica [Galaktika]

Written by: Lee Smith
Filed under: Music Recommendations: galaktika

Barcelona’s Galaktika has been steadily garnering plaudits and recognition over the last twelve months with a string of thoroughly decent releases focusing on the emotive, melodic side of contemporary club gear, but this is certainly their heaviest, most anthemic release so far.

28 September, 2007 | 11.44AM

Therapy

Peter Grummich [District of Corrupt...

Written by: Richard Brophy
Filed under: Music Recommendations: district of corruption, peter grummich, therapy

Now here’s a surprise: years before minimal became an easy way for cheesy progressive house DJs to reinvent themselves as credible techno spinners, Peter Grummich was releasing rough, raw and fractured missives for labels like Shitkatapult and Sender.

Grummich’s 2005 album, ‘Switch off the Soap Opera’, is a master class in the grimier, more visceral end of minimal techno – a work that chased Basic Channel’s scuffled dub sound across a cider-fuelled warehouse party before pummelling it into submission.

27 September, 2007 | 11.20AM

Postpartum Psychosis EP

Andomat 3000 and Jan [Morris Audio]...

Written by: Lee Smith
Filed under: Music Recommendations: andomat 3000, jan, morris audio, postpartum psychosis

Switzerland’s Morris Audio has been churning out high-quality techno and house with a distinctly forward-looking flavor since 2001, chiseling out a style that can swing from deep, Detroit-inspired harmonies to jacking, minimally-inclined beats, always infused with a floor-friendly swing.