The 20 from Beatport
The 20: November 2008
November 2008
6 November, 2008 | 5.05AMThe 20 lists the top 20 most influential and groundbreaking releases available on Beatport each month.
Topping The 20 this month is DJ Sodeyama’s ‘The:Remix’.
Also in the 20 this month are Motorcitysoul, Shindoe, Deadbeat, Sasse and more.
(2565) ViewsThe 20 featured reviews for November 2008
The:Remix
DJ Sodeyama [No:More Rec]
#01 in this month's The 20Something of a DJ’ing veteran in his native Japan, DJ Sodeyama has been plying his trade since as early as 1993.
This richly populated EP draws mainly upon source material from Sodeyama’s wonderful ‘Dual’ LP which dropped earlier this year, also through No:More Rec.
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The Pace
7027 [7027 Layered Files]
#02 in this month's The 20Basic Channel eh? Where would we be without them?
The recent upsurge in the dub techno genre they single-handedly created during the 1990s has spread rapidly across Europe with myriad producers absorbing (unsuccessfully or otherwise) their tried and tested blueprint.
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Federgewicht EP (Oslo Remix)
Ost & Kjex and Solomun [Diynamic]
#03 in this month's The 20Vocals as distinct as the ones featured on the ‘Federgewicht EP’ from Norwegians Ost & Kjex and Diynamic boss Solomun can easily make or break a track.
However in the case of ‘Federgewicht’ a successful marriage between quirky vocals and arpeggiated synths work in a way none too dissimilar to last years ‘Honeymoon’s Over’ by Snax.
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Steam Circuit
Format:B [Highgrade Records]
#04 in this month's The 20Minimal has never been a genre that lends itself too successfully to the LP format, however Berliners Format:B go someway to bucking the trend with an album that succeeds by never taking it’s eye off the dancefloor.
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did not bother trying to deviate into uncharted genres for the sake of the traditional album format and instead they focused solely on what they excel at.
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Soft Sell (Thomas Fehlmann)
Broken/Dealer [Spectral Sound]
#05 in this month's The 20Broker/Dealer wear their 80’s influences overtly on their sleeve on the very retro but very different ‘Soft Sell EP’ on Spectral Sound.
Placing their flag in the ground somewhere between the decade’s synth pop sensibilities and the more melodic end of the techno spectrum, Broker Dealer conjure up a well rounded pair in the form of ‘Soft Sell’ and ‘Save It For Later’.
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Technique
Motorcitysoul [Simple Records]
#06 in this month's The 20With the appetite for deep house among the electronic community seemingly insatiable at the moment, ‘Technique’, the debut LP from Motorcitysoul, could hardly have arrived at a better time.
Frankfurt duo Matthias Vogt and Christian Rindermann (C-Rock) have been carefully crafting their sound since 2003 but appear to have reached a definitive high point with this soul-encrusted album.
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Red Shift EP
Speedy J [Electric Deluxe]
#07 in this month's The 20Delivering his first single for over two years, Dutch techno pioneer Speedy J continues to break new ground with the ‘Red Shift EP’ for his own Electric Deluxe imprint.
Created using parts from his ‘Kreate’ sound library, this two-track release sees something of a change of pace from the veteran producer with the busy, industrial leanings of his hitherto work replaced with stripped-back, but no less menacing arrangements.
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Toinen
Sasse [Mood Music Records]
#08 in this month's The 20Moodmusic boss Sasse has been a beacon of consistency now for over ten years.
The Finn in Berlin has released countless amounts of top-drawer, deep house music on numerous high profile labels, with a total absence of fuss or hype.
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Big Boy EP
Brett Johnson [Resopal Schallware]
#09 in this month's The 20The house revolution continues apace here with its boundless reach seemingly touching all corners of the dance music world.
It seems even the likes of Berlin label Resopal Schallware have been bitten in some way by the virulent house music bug sweeping the scene.
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Roots And Wire
Deadbeat [Wagon Repair]
#10 in this month's The 20Weaving a resolutely dub flavour through its eight track duration, Scott Mont aka Deadbeat comes triumphantly to the fore with ‘Roots and Wire’.
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and is full to bursting with Basic Channel-inspired promise.
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Cool Out (Flying Lotus, Dabrye Remixes )
King Midas Sound [Hyperdub]
#11 in this month's The 20Dubstep bastion Hyperdub, not content with pushing bass music into new and exciting territories, widens its focus on ‘Cool Out’ with a superb cutting edge electronica EP from King Midas Sound.
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Alba Adriatica (Move D Remixes)
Class 71 [Four:Twenty Recordings]
#12 in this month's The 20Class 71 had a fantastic run with their last record on Four:Twenty Recordings and now they’re back with a stunning modern deep house 12-inch.
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Ionospheric Exploration
DMX Krew [Kust Musik]
#13 in this month's The 20Electro pop king Ed DMX had a successful run in the 1990s on Rephlex but in the last few years he’s been pretty quiet.
His new ‘Ionospheric Exploration’ EP signals a return to the frontlines of electro for him.
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More Than Alot
Chase & Status [RAM Records ]
#14 in this month's The 20Drum & bass has suffered a mass exodus of its most creative producers recently who have been attracted to the darker, more spatial landscape of dubstep.
Lack of innovation has further doused the flames of drum & bass’ once rampant fires, and 2008 will go down as one of the worst ever years for drum & bass LPs.
Through the genre’s ashes however, the new album from Chase & Status ‘More Than Alot’ has emerged as a beacon of hope.
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Ibo Grooves
Shinedoe [Intacto]
#15 in this month's The 20Dutch DJ and producer Shinedoe has cemented her place in techno with a sound that straddles its three branches - minimal, tech house and straight up loops.
Her productions are always simple yet effective on dancefloors and ‘Ibo Grooves’ on Itacto showcases her abilities to find the funk in machines.
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Mirror
I´m Not A Gun [Palette Recordings]...
#16 in this month's The 20In 1999, techno and house producer John Tejada met classical jazz guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto and formed ‘I’m Not A Gun’, a project that further cemented Tejada’s musical genius beyond underground club music.
Now the duo are back with a new downtempo jazzy LP ‘Mirror’, an album that even your grandmother would love.
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Disco Modernism (1983 - 2008)
Fred Ventura [Clone Classic Cuts]
#17 in this month's The 20A disco revolution is well and truly underway, and that makes the release of Italo disco legend Fred Ventura’s greatest hits album very timely indeed.
With 14 tracks spanning from 1983 to today, ‘Disco Modernism’ showcases the wealth of disco gems the Italian artist has released during his long and successful career.
Quand Y En A Marre Y A Minibar
Cabanne [Minibar Music]
#18 in this month's The 20Minimal is a dirty word these days, but beyond the tiresome cookie-cutter clutter there are still some interesting sounds still to be found in the genre.
Cabanne is one minimal techno artist who is pushing the music beyond Ableton presets.
Auricle Bio On feat. Moritz Von Oswald
Francesco Tristano [InFine Music]
#19 in this month's The 20A newly revived Moritz Von Oswald (one half of the Basic Channel duo), fresh off the back of a series of classical interpretations with Carl Craig, lends his talented hands to Francesco Tristano’s latest record ‘Auricle Bio On’.
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Surfaces Of A Broken Marching Band
Ezekiel Honig [Anticipate Recordin...
#20 in this month's The 20Taking reference from musique concrete and John Cage, Ezekiel Honig has produced a stand-out LP of sparse warm electronica that goes to the very heart of modern electronic music composition.
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