The 20 from Beatport
The 20: August 2008
August 2008
27 August, 2008 | 9.30AM- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
The 20 lists the top 20 most influential and groundbreaking releases available on Beatport each month.
Topping The 20 this month is Radio Slave ‘Grindhouse feat. Danton Eeprom’.
Also in The 20 this month is Brendon Moeller, Layo & Bushwacka, John Daly, Function and more.
For all you aspiring writers and reviewers out there, there is still an opportunity to show us your skills and send in a review of those tracks not already spoken for.
Just send your entries to tips@beatportal.com and watch this space!
Remember, for each entry we’ll give you a $10 credit towards your Beatport account, and your work gets published on Beatportal’s main feed.
(1590) ViewsThe 20 featured reviews for August 2008
Grindhouse feat. Danton Eeprom
Radio Slave [Rekids]
#01 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
‘Grindhouse’ sees three of the biggest producers in techno team up for a monumental, bass-driven techno track.
Danton Eeprom supplies the eerie druggy vocals, Dubfire continues on his path to techno greatness with a superb remix and Radio Slave throws his signature soundsystem-destroying beats into the mix.
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Tuesday Paranoia EP
Shonky & Jennifer Cardini [Crosstow...
#02 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
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Songs From The Beehive
Move D & Benjamin Brunn [Smallvill...
#03 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
Move D (David Moufang) and Benjamin Brunn after their releases on labels such Compost, Uzuri, Modern Love present the first album of the Hamburg’s Smallville label.
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Electricity
Brendon Moeller [Leena Music]
#04 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
In what seems to be a recurrent theme in this month’s selection, ‘ Electricity’ is a showcase for dubbed-out delay synths - taking the baton from Basic Channel.
Here, the sharp attack, rich texture and constantly evolving echo effects really catch the ear and mesmerise.
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Voices
Tomoki Tamura & Nono [Four Twenty...
#05 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
Four:Twenty’s newest signings Tomoki & Nono have come up with one of the label’s heaviest-hitting EPs to date.
The revolving bassline on ‘Voices’ jacks and squiggles under increasingly frenetic motors and buzzsaws, making for a real peaktime burner.
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Aerial
2562 [Tectonic]
#06 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
The Bristol based label Tectonic offers up a grimy slab of new dubstep with 2562’s ‘Arial,’ which combines well received tracks released as EPs in 2007 with new work from Dave Huismans, who’s also known as Dogdaze and A Made Up Sound.
The album kicks off with the sparse ‘Redux’, which places delayed snare hits and static at the forefront of the mix and makes for a leisurely opener.
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Crazy Place (Luciano Remix)
Dave Aju [Circus Company]
#07 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
We love Luciano at Beatportal and think he’s one of the most forward-thinking artists in house and techno.
Luciano’s got style and charisma behind the decks too, which is why he was one of the most name-checked DJs of 2007.
His recent Fabric mix too was really good (although the tracklist was a little stale for hardcore Luciano followers).
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Anticipation
Function [Sandwell District]
#08 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
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Full Circle
John Daly [Plak Records]
#09 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
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Phantasy (Daniel Stefanik Remix)
Motorcitysoul [Tsuba]
#10 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
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Oozing Bass Spasms
Otto Von Schirach [Cock Rock Disco]...
#11 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
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Black Russian EP (Bounce)
Mark Broom [2020 Vision Recordings...
#12 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
More Mauruzio/Basic Channel style dub here as well, as ‘Black Russian’ has a repeating chord being filtered and bounced around with delay effects.
The dynamics come from mixing up and cutting the echo effects - resulting in a floor friendly affect.
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Between You And Me
DJ Grobas [Dpress Industries]
#13 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
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Miami Nice
Kabale Und Liebe [100% Pure]
#14 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
The electronic tom tom fills on this track are a cheeky nod to the theme from the famous 80’s ‘vice squad in boats’ American cop show, and serve to introduce deep organ stabs and riffs over a chuggy rolling bassline.
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D.P.O.M. EP
Ame, Henrik Schwarz, Dixon [Innervi...
#15 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
The Innervisions juggernaut marches on with a new collaboration between Ame, Dixon and Henrik Schwarz.
Dispensing with the vocal-led approach of 2006’s call-to-arms ‘Where We At’, the crew aim straight for the gut on Version 1 with wildly pitch-shifted saw bass and tribal chants.
Sebo K played this in Fabric recently and the roof nearly lifted off.
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Kiri No Oto
Lawrence English [Touch]
#16 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
A strong collection of medium, mellow controlled noise.
What is orchestrated and stitched together leaves the listener feeling distant and transported by the sound’s touch.
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Impulse
Wareika [Connaisseur Recordings]
#17 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
‘Impulse’ is an experiment gone right, spawned by the creative genius of live performance group the Wareikans (Florian Schirmacher, Henrik Raabe, Jakob Seidensticker).
Their vibe has been billed as “jackin’ afro-tech” and that hits pretty close to the mark with this choon.
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Lost In Styles EP
Anthony Collins [Safari Electroniqu...
#18 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
There is a compelling excitement about ‘Whisper’ - the driving bass-line and deep kick generates serious momentum.
Great for creating a sense of take-off for the serious progressive D.J.
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Now Is The Time
Layo & Bushwacka [Olmeto Records]
#19 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
The music of Layo Paskin and Matthew “Bushwacka!” Benjamin has been fueling dancefloors for over a decade, so it’s no surprise that their newest release ‘Now Is The Time’ has climbed into Beatport’s Top 20 list.
‘Now’ is a DJ-friendly cut sporting a minimal intro and outro with a slow, progressive build, perfect to tease the crowd before that first kick drops in.
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Bed EP (Dan Berkson Remix)
Alex Jones [Hypercolour]
#20 in this month's The 20- Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
The original mix of ‘Bed’ is an up-tempo though moody minimal affair, with an intermittent octave bass-line recalling classic Kraftwerk.
Echoey blips on the top, and a dark brooding background wash of reverb drenched toms and audio effects fill out the rest of the track.
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