The 20 from Beatport
The 20: March 2008
March 2008
4 March, 2008 | 11.54AMThe 20 lists the top 20 releases available on Beatport each month.
Topping The 20 this month is the remastered and available as a digital download for the first time, Basic Channel’s hugely infuential ‘Phylyps Trak II/II’.
Also in The 20 this month is Danton Eeprom, Sascha Funke, Ralphi Rosario, Anthony Rother, Tiger Stripes & Jerome Sydenham, Eric Kupper & K Scope and Autechre.
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Phylyps Trak II/II
Basic Channel [Basic Channel]
#01 in this month's The 20What you’ll find featured in The 20 on a usual basis is the latest and greatest of what’s been released.
This time around, we feature a monumentally influential release that’s archived (originally hitting ears in 1994) but that is now released as a remastered digital download for the first time.
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Mango
Sascha Funke [Bpitch Control]
#02 in this month's The 20There’s something about Sascha Funke’s pop and production sensibilities that permeate through an entire minefield of discarded attempts at memorable moments.
It’s perhaps best summed up as a sense of adventure – coming off on ‘Mango’ in a relaxed, understated measure.
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You Used To Hold Me ‘08
Ralphi Rosario [Rosario Digimusic]...
#03 in this month's The 20The period leading up to WMC always seems to bring with it a sprinkling of re-rubs of classic dance anthems.
The chance to re-release a classic cut with updated beats and smoother FX is a potential goldmine that’s too hard to resist.
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Lower Allston (Serafin's Back To New York Re-interpretation)
Marcel Wave [Freerange Records]
#04 in this month's The 20Serafin![[a]](http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif)
[pictured] is like, so hot right now.
Luciano loves him and his super sexy tracks have appeared on Fabric, Timewarp and Cocoon compilations.
With deep house quickly becoming the sound de jour, Serafin’s unique blend of melodic house and deep techno has made him an underground star and now he delivers a clever jazzy remix of Marcel Wave ’27 Holton’.
Quaristice
Autechre [Warp Records]
#05 in this month's The 20One thing has become abundantly clear about Autechre over the UK duo’s nearly two decades of sound creation, and it’s that they are simply not here for your approval.
It’s a positively maddening truth that somehow endears us to them even further.
Having prepared ourselves thoroughly for this notion, it strikes us as somewhat of a joke that there are passages on ‘Quaristice’ that nearly seem — brace yourselves — accessible.
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Swirl It Up - Album Sampler
Swirl People [Aroma]
#06 in this month's The 20Disco house is back once again, and this double album sampler from Belgian funksters Swirl People proves that it isn’t just a rehash of the old.
New production values and tighter drum programming combine with flawless basslines and jazzy keys to create a kind of fidget funk sound.
Afrika Man EP
Nubian Mindz [Delsin Records]
#07 in this month's The 20UK producer Nubian Mindz has released jungle beats in the past, and here he tries his hand at Detroit inspired techno with the ‘Afrika Man’ EP.
The pads and synths on ‘Afrika Man’ are epic, atmospheric and invoking, and ultimately carry the track forward at a decent pace.
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Elevation (Radio Slave’s One More Kiss Remix)
Tiger Stripes and Jerome Sydenham [...
#08 in this month's The 20The producer with instant cred and a magic touch with remixes, Radio Slave, takes on Tiger Stripes and Jerome Sydenham, and ends up taking ‘Elevation’ to another level.
Holding true to its title, the blood-pumping, don’t-let-this-evening-end feeling of Radio Slave’s One More Kiss take on ‘Elevation’ sweats of instant gratification.
Deepest Desire / Dreamstate
Eric Kupper & K Scope [Nite Groove...
#09 in this month's The 20Deep house is in vogue because producers like Eric Kupper are bringing the gap between techno and deep house.
The veteran house producer’s new two-tracker ‘Deepest Desire/Dreamstate’ is a perfect representation of how by fusing deep house rhythms and house beats with monotonous techno loops you can create groovy tracks.
Just Rolling / Leviathan
DZ & Bowzer [Black Acre Records]
#10 in this month's The 20Hold onto your bassbins, because DZ has just dropped one of nastiest bassline growlers Beatportal has ever heard.
The superb bassline on ‘Just Rolling’ is exactly why dubstep is currently one of the most exciting genres in electronic music.
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Funky Know How
Ron Trent and Kevin Saunderson [KMS...
#11 in this month's The 20Two legends, Ron Trent and Kevin Saunderson [pictured], from two geographically close centers of the musical universe collaborate for a sound that meets somewhere on I-94, the highway that joins Chicago and Detroit.
The mellow house beats of the somewhat younger of the two, Chicago’s Ron Trent, come out prominently on the cut as the keyboard drops become lifting and the 4/4 action becomes a lazy invitation — something that would work perfectly in the laid-back, hot afternoon Miami setting.
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Serenity
Prosumer and Murat Tepeli [Ostgut T...
#12 in this month's The 20The initial blueprint for ‘Serenity’ can be found in the vaults of American classic house music of the 1980s.
The phenomenon of importing that sound into new productions today from Germany is in full force, but with the region’s very own twists and turns.
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Don’t Panic
Anthony Rother [Datapunk]
#13 in this month's The 20Anthony Rother represents the model after which many of today’s producers follow — but few others can ever seem to match the hype.
The trick with ‘Don’t Panic’, the latest in the Rother roster, is the playfulness counterbalanced by the depth and intensity.
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Family Tree
Various Artists [Perspectiv Records...
#14 in this month's The 20Consider ‘Family Tree’ as an audio guide to some of the more underground but accessible tracks available today, usually aimed at the dancefloor.
While many observers won’t be familiar with many of the artists by name, they may relate well to the notion of a well-produced cut, on which there are many found on ‘Family Tree’.
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Your Face Is A Mess Remixes EP
Gel Abril [Be As One]
#15 in this month's The 20Israeli Gel Abril dropped the slow minimal techno burner ‘Your Face Is A Mess’ in February, and now comes faster, more dancefloor friendly remixes courtesy of Deetron, Mark Broom and Itamar Sagi.
Deetron’s driving techno version adds some trademark Detroit-inspired synths and a fair amount of white noise builds to create a 3am monster.
Smoke EP
Ryo Murakami [Kawaya Sounds]
#16 in this month's The 20Newcomer Ryo Murakami is a fast rising star for Japan’s techno scene, having had a couple of releases on Steve Bug’s Dessous Recordings![[l]](http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif)
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Steve Bug also included his track ‘Monument’ on his Fabric37 mix CD.
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Disco Clown (Digitalism Remix)
Munk [Gomma]
#17 in this month's The 20The often unclassifiable duo known as Munk is given a four to the floor club treatment from Digitalism on ‘Disco Clown’.
In direct opposition to the track’s title, this ‘Disco Clown’ remix borrows heavily from the modern day electro house sound, tempered by the dark elements of the 1980s vocal sound and bass treatment of an outfit like Shriekback.
Sektor 7 EP
Total Science / Q Project / DJ Vapo...
#18 in this month's The 20Marky, Q Project, Total Science and DJ Vapour on one EP is bound to peak the interest of the drum & bass heads, and disappointed they won’t be.
‘Sektor 7’ EP features four quality d&b tracks that fit in two categories – either they’re a bassline-fueled nasty sound system banger, or a soulful, vocal led upbeat number.
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Face Control / Missing
Danton Eeprom [Fondation Records ]...
#19 in this month's The 20Danton Eeprom is France’s new hero of minimal techno and his productions are always of the highest quality.
Here on ‘Face Control’ he provides us with a clever bleepy masterpiece that sucks you in thanks to its never ending rising synth line.
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The Dead Bears
Newworldaquarium [NWAQ]
#20 in this month's The 20Said to be created as an homage to the never fully formed Krautrock-era outfit band The Dead Bears, the one man project Newworldaquarium brought the idea back to life with an album of the same name, ‘The Dead Bears’.
Bearing little similarity to its inspiration in this relatively laid-back affair, Amsterdam musician Jochem Peteri has shown a penchant for layering sounds that emit warmth and subtle groove.
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