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The 20: October 2007
October 2007
1 October, 2007 | 3.24AMThis month Marc Houle’s ‘Techno Vocals’ tops Beatportal’s chart, whilst Modeselektor’s electrifying album ‘Happy Birthday’ is also riding high. Josh Wink’s remix of Tom Pooks ‘Trouble’ has zoomed straight in to No.3, whilst Murcof’s inspiring electronica is at No.5.
(1751) ViewsThe 20 featured reviews for October 2007
Techno Vocals
Marc Houle [Minus]
#01 in this month's The 20It would be tempting to write off this latest effort by Windsor, Ontario bred computer-geek-turned-production-geek Marc Houle![[a]](http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif)
as a mere commentary on production techniques from within the techno community itself.
But it would also be unfair to say that the cut is purely an observation.
His time in Minimalist capital Berlin no-doubt affects his view, and the balance lies somewhere in-between: ‘Techno Vocals’ is a humorous observation.
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Happy Birthday
Modeselektor [Bpitch Control ]
#02 in this month's The 20“‘Happy Birthday’ is a unique piece of art that can satisfy listeners anywhere,” Gernot Bronsert explains to Beatportal about Modeselektor’s excellent new abum.
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Trouble (Wink Edit)
Tom Pooks [Ovum]
#03 in this month's The 20One day French DJ and producer Tom Pooks woke up and thought, ‘Sacrebleu! I think I’ve found ze perfect zound for dis electronic muzik’. And that sound was the noise that all little boys make when they play with their toy cars: ZeeeeOOOOOOOMMmmmmmmm!
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Tropical Heights
James Mowbray & Leiam Sullivan [Fou...
#04 in this month's The 20Despite having released a bunch of highly-charted releases and a quality mix compilation for Four:Twenty Recordings, British young gun James Mowbray [pictured] has never received the attention he quite deserves. Either he deliberately keeps his head below the parapet or no one cares. Beatportal thinks the former is more likely.
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Cosmos
Murcof [The Leaf Label]
#05 in this month's The 20Tijuana-born Murcof aka Fernando Corona used to be part of the Nortec Collective, a group of artists who fuse techno with traditional Mexican music. Since he relocated to Barcelona in Spain he’s released a number of profound musical works that stretch far beyond the skope of traditional electronic music.
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Underground Thang
Marc Romboy and Blake Baxter [Syste...
#06 in this month's The 20Genre specifications can often confuse the issue at heart, bypassing the true question at heart: “Do you dig it?”
With ‘Underground Thang’, Germany’s Marc Romboy teams up with Detroit’s Blake Baxter to answer that question without hesitation.
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Anatomy
Calyx and TeeBee [Momentum Music]
#07 in this month's The 20Drum n Bass masters Calyx and TeeBee team up for a hard hitting album on their new label, Momentum Music![[l]](http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif)
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‘Anatomy’ is a dark journey that delves into the underworld.
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Ghost
Minilogue [Mule Electronics]
#08 in this month's The 20Minilogue recently caused a stir with the release of their ‘Space/Star Command’ EP which fused out-of-this-world synths with deep throbbing techno beats. Now they’re back with ‘Ghost’ EP on Mule Electronics.
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Fuse presents: Shinedoe
Various Artists [Music Man]
#09 in this month's The 20Glamour puss Shinedoe has over the last 12 months become something of a name to drop at techno dinner parties. The fact that she’s a woman, a talented producer and DJ, and she runs a damn good label (Intacto), makes her stand out in a genre awash with ugly men.
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Charly
Pan-Pot [Mobilee]
#10 in this month's The 20‘Charly’ is the first glimpse of the full-length album of Pan-Pot’s first album release on Anja Schneider’s Mobilee records this month.
The Berlin party-edged duo have previously cut their teeth on various twelves and remixes.
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Dark Soldier/Changes
Roland Appel [Sonar Kollektiv]
#11 in this month's The 20We know and love Roland Appel from his days with Trüby Trio and Fauna Flash, and more recently Voom:Voom.
But until now, we haven’t really experienced Roland Appel one-on-one.
Fortunately for us, Appel has produced one of the hottest records of 2007.
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Strictly Tiefschwarz
Various Artists [Strictly Rhythm]
#12 in this month's The 20“Basically it’s all about house. Whether you’re coming from a minimalist perspective, a techno perspective or a deep house perspective, the base to our sound is always house,” says Tiefschwarz’ Ali. The German brothers have put together a very special compilation (‘Strictly Tiefschwarz’) for Strictly Rhythm that features nothing but old skool house tracks from the vaults of one of house music’s most important labels.
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Lovelee Dae
Blaze [Om]
#13 in this month's The 20This 1997 deep house classic seems to be visited often, and this time is given re-treatment by Jake Childs, Tanner Ross & Kilowatts and last but not least, Funk D’Void.
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Three Arches (Samim Remix)
David K [Tsuba]
#14 in this month's The 20Samim’s ‘Heater’ has divided the dance community with half proclaiming it as the greatest record of the year, whilst others have written it off as nothing more than an annoying gimmicky tune with an accordion.
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Why Don´t You EP
Plastic Operator [Fine Day Records]...
#15 in this month's The 20The second single to be released from Plastic Operator’s brilliant debut album ‘Different Places’ is a downtempo 1980s-inspired vocal-led track. And here it’s supported by a superb remix from Jesse Rose [pictured] and his sometime studio partner Oliver $.
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Transform
Maetrik [Regular]
#16 in this month's The 20Eric Estornel returns to his Maetrik moniker with a nasty techno three tracker on Regular. After a successful second album on Treibstoff in 2005, the man from Dallas has decided to explore an electro side to his music under the name Mariel Ito.
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Hydrocarbon EP
Najem Sworb [AI Records]
#17 in this month's The 20French DJ and producer Najem Sworb cites Maurizio, Autechre and Carl Craig as his musical influences, and here on his debut release ‘Hydrocarbon EP’ he manages to deliver his own slice of cutting-edge techno.
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Stato Stasi
Marco Passarani [Pigna]
#18 in this month's The 20Roma’s Marco Passarani is one of Italy’s great techno producers, having released a plethora of underground beats and electronica for over 10 years. He runs the highly respected Nature records, as well Submerge and Final Frontier, and here on his own label Pigna he drops an atmospheric two tracker that contains differing electronic moods and grooves.
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Milky Disco
Various Artists [Lo Recordings]
#19 in this month's The 20If you’re looking to get the inside track on the cosmic disco/nu disco sound that is currently gaining popularity, look no further that Lo Recordings new ‘Milky Disco’ compilation. The 11-track compilation contains some of the tunes that have helped define the sound, and is the best representation of the genre Beatportal has come across.
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Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free
Zombie Zombie [Versatile Records]
#20 in this month's The 20Dance music is very difficult to recreate in a live environment because it’s usually been made by one bloke in his basement, but Zombie Zombie approach it from the standpoint of a live band. Their band consists of Cosmic Neman (drums) and Etienne Jaumet (keyboards and analog FX) and together they produce music akin to the experimental post-psychedelic progressive rock scene that originated out of Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s (also known as krautrock).
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