The 20 from Beatport

The 20 featured reviews for May 2008

Down The Sky (Argy Remix)

Ryo Murakami [Poker Flat]

#01 in this month's The 20

Tokyo’s fast rising star Ryo Murakami dropped his first EP ‘Smoke’ for Kawaya Sounds back in March and he has since gained a reputation for forward thinking minimal techno.

Dessous Recordings and Poker Flat boss Steve Bug is a huge fan of Ryo Murakami having included his track ‘Monument’ on his ‘Fabric37’ mix CD, and here Mr. Bug releases Ryo’s latest EP ‘Down The Sky’ on Poker Flat.

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Black Label 31

TJ Kong and Nuno Dos Santos [Compos...

#02 in this month's The 20

The team of TJ Kong and Nuno dos Santos has released only a smattering of material together thus far, but the impression has been huge.

There’s something defying about their savvy blend of production skills that fall somewhere on the edge of completely modern yet retro.

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Deviate

Manuel Tur and DPlay Deviate [Drump...

#03 in this month's The 20

Manuel Tur [pictured] and DPlay continue their solid partnership on Drumpoet with some more late-night tech house funk with this two-tracker ‘Deviate’.

The Swiss label has over the last year released some quality percussive deep house and tech house and here on the lead track ‘Deviate’, Manuel Tur and DPlay combine soulful vocals with sexy downtempo house beats.

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U Can Get Sonar

Matchbox [Kindisch ]

#04 in this month's The 20

Kindisch is one of those labels that can do no wrong.

From the label’s very first release in June 2006 (Einzelkind ‘Introduction EP’), there’s been nothing but quality tech house all the way.

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Sam Und Er / Womde!

Dario Zenker [Vakant]

#05 in this month's The 20

Vakant has built a niche for itself out of African-inspired tribal drums, and the tribe it has amassed for its releases are all producers with a penchant for live-sounding drums – Mathias Kaden, Onur Ozer and 2000 and One all love the drums.

Here Munich’s Dario Zenker offers his own take on sexy, drum-led minimal with ‘Sam Und Er’, a tribally minimal number that sounds like it was recorded in the forest by a bunch of monkeys on acid.

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Morado All Estar

Damian Schwartz [CMYK Musik]

#06 in this month's The 20

Damian Schwartz is an artist whose name precedes him.

While it hasn’t been long that he’s been in the game (with a strong entrance with friend and collaborator Alex Under for the Música Charlista moniker), his productions speak of an artist beyond his years.

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Chime / Treadstone

The Shapeshifters [Defected]

#07 in this month's The 20

Back as if to prove just why they’re at the top of their game, The Shapeshifters have returned with yet another instant house classic.

The UK has long been fascinated with that good old-fashioned house sound, and The Shapeshifters duo of Simon Marlin and Max Reich bring it correct on the dancefloor.

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Poldermodel

Polder [Intacto]

#08 in this month's The 20

Dutch duo Polder (Lauhaus and David Labejj) are an act right at the forefront of minimal techno, having pushed the sound towards groovier, more infectious bass-ridden music.

Paco Osuna, Adam Beyer and Loco Dice are big supporters of Polder, having included many of the pair’s tracks in their DJ sets, and here on ‘Poldermodel’ Polder show why they’re one of the most respected crews in techno with a formidable collection of new and older material.

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Bi-Polar

Carlo Lio [Rawthentic Music]

#09 in this month's The 20

The roots are at times neglected when bringing today’s techno down to its bare essence.

But it’s on Carlo Lio’s ‘Bi-Polar’ that we are reminded and kept in check.

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31-07-24 / Wonderpets

Jens Zimmermann [Snork Enterprises]...

#10 in this month's The 20

Playful yet serious is the place where this latest release by Germany’s Jens Zimmermann lives.

It’s especially on ‘Wonderpets’ that this fact becomes apparent.

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My Lightyear Album EP002

Telemetrik, Hyx, Evancipation [Bla...

#11 in this month's The 20

As one half of drum & bass duo Corrupt Souls, Washington DC-based producer Telemetrick garnered the attention of the mainstream with big releases on Moving Shadow and Circle.

When the duo broke up in 2005 some drum & bass heads expected Telemetrick to disappear - but ‘My Lightyear Album’ proves the American producer is here to stay (and drum & bass is all the better for it).

With its tightly constructed, technically impressive beats, ‘My Lightyear Album 002’ (the second album sampler) clatters along at a frenetic pace with Telemetrick’s synthesized melodies providing a framework heading towards sensory overload.

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Rising Sun (C2 Edit)

Sebastien San [Planet E Communicati...

#12 in this month's The 20

If you are just now becoming familiar with the name Sebastien San, you’ll wonder why you hadn’t heard it before.

It certainly becomes evident from first listen to any one of his cuts that this Frenchman has had a long fascination with Detroit techno.

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Klockworks 03

Ben Klock [Klockworks]

#13 in this month's The 20

Ben Klock spins at Berlin’s infamous Berghain club and even recorded a track (‘Czeslawa’ on Ostgut) specifically for his sets at the decadent techno bastion last year.

That goes to show how dedicated Klock is to the darker, more effective side of techno.

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Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

The Whitest Boy Alive [Modular]

#14 in this month's The 20

Erlend Øye first made his appearance on the music scene with a contemporary folk act called Kings of Convenience.

It was to the surprise of many that music released afterwards under his own name was laden with electronic beats, but still contained some of that infectious appeal of Kings of Convenience.

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A Mutual Antipathy

Scuba [Hotflush]

#15 in this month's The 20

Considering the amount of depth present throughout ‘A Mutual Antipathy’, the artist name of Scuba is highly appropriate.

Upon listening to the most recent single ‘Tell Her’, all indicators seemed to point to something of an unusually textured soundtrack.

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This Moment (Lackluster Remix )

Robert Graff [PMR Records / Cobalt...

#16 in this month's The 20

The Lackluster Naff remix of Robert Graff’s ‘This Moment’ is anything but.

Beatportal has never heard such a beautiful, blissed out drum & bass record before.

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Time Zero Remixes EP

Shonky [Freak N Chic]

#17 in this month's The 20

Shonky’s new album ‘Time Zero’ features some brilliant techno and tech house, but it’s the remixes of lead track ‘Time Zero’ that are getting Beatportal excited.

It pits two top techno producers against each other, and refreshingly both Frenchman Paul Ritch and Mathias Kaden turn in completely different versions.

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Mettle EP

Leila [Warp Records]

#18 in this month's The 20

We’ve always loved Warp Records for throwing us a loop from time to time; it’s a modus operandi that has established the label with fans of the most distinguished taste.

Upon hearing the new EP from their latest signing, Leila [Arab], the abstract handling of electronics rings more like a breath of fresh air.

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Stitch

Twocker [Vacation Records]

#19 in this month's The 20

Electro house doesn’t often make it into The 20.

The reason for this is because there hasn’t been much innovation or inspiration in electro house lately, and The 20 is all about forward-thinking electronic music.

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Le Crew Normand

Guillaume and The Coutu Dumonts [Ka...

#20 in this month's The 20

The one-man act that comes off as entire team by name has made a surprise leap out of the Montreal, Quebec scene.

And sometimes it does feel like there’s an entire team involved.

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