Also I guess its 2009 but I finally managed to track down a copy of San Soda's purple ep on We Play House and found someone to digitize it for me because i have no record player these days and I like to listen to music when I go for a walk or get the bus. Its very good, really feeling his stuff at the moment theres another good one on a podcast he did but i dont think its released:/
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
thanks for the horizontal ground info. 1-4 are all awesome.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 23:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah horizontal ground is excellent. seems like there's a slight resurgence of good uk techno recently -- the last few releases on perc trax have been outstanding and completely essential, frozen border which is affiliated with horizontal ground has also been great, and the two new sandwell district records that just came out are some truly "dope" "shit" as they say in the us of a
― fuckd and bombd (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 23:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
enjoying forward strategy group also. this is one of my favourite tracks this year
― fuckd and bombd (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 00:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
what are the new sandwell district records?
― cutty, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 01:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=7505
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 14:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
am enjoying the new raudive ep on wires. soulless minimal techno with a touch of early 80s darkwave. sounds as if ike yard made a house track
― fuckd and bombd (r1o natsume), Thursday, 10 June 2010 13:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
loving the new dvs1 record as well
― fuckd and bombd (r1o natsume), Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
the forward strategy group remix of perc is great! and whoever said 'dour', can't agree. this style of music is very emotional - ina strange way
― djkomisch, Thursday, 10 June 2010 16:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
loving the new art bleek record
― cutty, Thursday, 10 June 2010 19:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
i am digging the art bleek.
anyone heard the Mathew Jonson album? pretty awesome imo.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 12 June 2010 17:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
haven't listened to the album yet but his fact mix/live set is great. i pretty much love everything he does though
― like a guttenberg, strong with your mane (another al3x), Saturday, 12 June 2010 19:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
sounds as if ike yard made a house track
oooh i hope this is as good it sounds in my head!
any thoughts on the recent mole eps? they sounded kinda samey to me and didn't leave much impression on first listen, but for the lost/there's hope took a little while to sink in and ended up being on of my favorite things last year.
― like a guttenberg, strong with your mane (another al3x), Saturday, 12 June 2010 19:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
loving this record
― fuckd and bombd (r1o natsume), Monday, 14 June 2010 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
As mentioned on today's post on ISM, TR One with some Serious heat:
― matt2, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Is anyone else enjoying the elektro guzzi stuff? Not heard the full LP yet but what I have heard so far has been excellent.
― Neil A.Simpson, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 10:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like the idea of elektro guzzi but the end result kinda left me cold....
― djkomisch, Tuesday, 15 June 2010 18:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's interesting as I don't really like the idea of EG ('band plays minimal/berghain(ish)/etc techno on guitar bass drums') but am finding the end result really worthwhile. I wouldn't say it was warm exactly but it really works for me, maybe not as danceable music but certainly as listenable techno related stuff.
― Neil A.Simpson, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 11:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
ah, interesting, i've seen EG mentioned but never really knew what they did. i've messed around on instruments attempting similar stuff with friends who are into techno, but didn't really have the ambition to get that tight. its tough to be so restrained on guitar/bass/drums. funny that they don't even use a synth; i guess that might take away from the novelty a bit. i'm curious to hear the album.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 17 June 2010 04:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
another al3x: thanks for mentioning that Mathew Jonson FACT mix, (((d-_-b)))<--me right now
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
strictly should be in the 2009 thread
this remix of Rick Wilhite - Dreams Of Yesterday (Rick's Never Will Forget mix) samples Princes 'Computer Blue'.
Is there another track from recent years that also sampled that section of Computer Blue?
― tres vorbei Bestie (micarl), Monday, 21 June 2010 07:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
On the new/forthcoming Planet E tip, this new Urban Tribe is niiiiiice:
http://soundcloud.com/planetedetroit/urban-tribe-insolitology
― matt2, Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:30 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark
"niiiiiice" is a bit of an understatement here -- three pristine and gorgeous high-tempo techno trax and one incredible melancholy electro track that sounds like prime black dog -- maybe a few more "i's" are required. stunning ep
― wavestation (r1o natsume), Monday, 21 June 2010 15:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
maybe the black dog reference put you all off slightly; but there's definitely a balil style of melody in "insolitology"
― wavestation (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
bet ilx user vahid loves this record
― wavestation (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
references to prime black dog are some of the least off-putting things I can think of!
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
not a patch on the mo'wax album, sadly
:-(
liked mystic tribe ai a whole lot better
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 05:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Elektro Guzzi podcast at RA - http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=212
― Neil A.Simpson, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 10:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
I haven't heard EG's podcast yet. I am only judging the project on the first 10" which was OKish. the main reason why i am disappointed is because patrick pulsinger is involved and he did some really amazing music on his own for cheap, r&s etc during the 90s. in EG he is only one of three people, so maybe his voice isn't as loud!
― djkomisch, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 14:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
ok i've listened to this elektro guzzi album twice today and damn. it is excellent. i guess i'm the type of person who thinks that conceptually this type of thing is a good idea to begin with (no offense to minimal/berghain-style techno) but usually bands like this make records that are a lot less interesting than this one
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
elektro guzzi podcast is unbelievable, has anyone seen them play?
cos like
― plax (ico), Thursday, 24 June 2010 19:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
also
soul clap - extravaganza, which is super sensual blurry rnb/male diva vocal house
― plax (ico), Thursday, 24 June 2010 20:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
new track by Moritz Von Oswald on Cocoon Comp J is sweet.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 25 June 2010 20:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.discogs.com/Robert-Hood-Omega/master/254368
Anybody heard this yet?
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 1 July 2010 17:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
because it is awesome. so intense.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 1 July 2010 17:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://clone.nl/item18150.html
― your original display name is still visible. (Display Name), Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
nice, those samples sound great.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
COS/MES has a track on Milky Disco III which i am looking forward to checkin out
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
violence fm "perspectives"
― 不合作的方式 (r1o natsume), Monday, 5 July 2010 02:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
In response to your post of pressure by dvs1 (with my personal acknowledgments to a certain mr. klock), that is soooo good. Wouldn't mind getting my hands on a copy soon, either.
― Tonight I Dine on Turtle Soup (EDB), Monday, 5 July 2010 02:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
― future American striker hero (lukas), Friday, 9 July 2010 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
new Hood is really ace.
― The Portrait of a Lady of BJs (the table is the table), Friday, 9 July 2010 02:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
and i've been finding it harder to say that about any new techno recently.
i'm the complete opposite -- i'm finding techno to be very good lately! some stuff i've been feeling:
forward strategy group - combat codes (rawsome car-crusher techno, sounds as if neubauten ca "yu gung" released a record on downwards. i like how industrial influences are becoming more and more pronounced recently)darko esser - songs for a real winter tadeo - series 03d knox - looking through your eyessamuel l session - inner city dust (heavy mid 90s the advent style techno)samuli kempii - kosmos epdj bone - my sunday 10"dino sabatini - daughter of phorcys (the ghosts of old mika vainio midi sequences lurk in these trax)perc - mandrake
then there's the sandwell district stuff, the last oni ayhun record, the terrance dixon record youtube'd above, the dvs1 thing (the b-side is even better btw), the brendan moeller thing on echochord, the excellent schermate label from italy -- just an overwhelming number of decent records coming out! and i'm sure just as many that i don't know about or have yet to discover. i think house and techno are becoming more distinct from each other again, techno trax are getting ruffer, more overdriven and industrial, taking influence from elsewhere (axis, sahko, fragile records, claude young, surgeon, early aphex, autechre, r&s etc) instead of relying on the same chain reaction/basic channel tropes, tempos are going up as house tempos are going down, you always read big european djs like steffi or tama sumo talking about a definite axis point in their sets where they will switch from house to techno as opposed to mixing it all together as they may've done maybe 2 or 3 or 4 years ago... maybe i'm talking out of my ass here and someone is gonna tell me that all those records are crap i dunno, but i'm honestly pretty excited about techno atm
― 不合作的方式 (r1o natsume), Friday, 9 July 2010 12:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
new deepchord is amazing, theyve done a feelgood summer record! Literally the polar opposite of coldest season etc and the first dub techno record ive actually wanted to play out in aeons. BCN dub on constant rotation after coming back form sonar where I heard watery Jamie Jones tech houses version of summer a few too many times
― straightola, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
got that dj bone 'sunday' on its way to me. very excellent. will check these others, r1o.
― andrew m., Friday, 9 July 2010 14:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
makam, 'hide you'
efficient and effective fer sure
― andrew m., Friday, 9 July 2010 14:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
glad to see some techno/house enthusiasm on this thread :)
yes, the new Hood is really, really great. r1o, it seems like you would be into it from the stuff you mention. thanks for all those recs, will definitely be checking some of those out.the new Deepchord is a lot warmer and more varied than coldest season, haven't gotten a chance to listen to it enough yet, but i'm liking it a lot.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 9 July 2010 18:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hey (r1o natsume), totally agree with you! I love the way that techno has become more industrial as you say.. I run the Komisch label, which samuli kemppi's 'kosmos' ep is released on, so thanks for supporting us! It is also funny that this idea of 'industrial' is with us again.. peter van hoesen who also releases on Komisch is a big new beat fan and samuli has a background in 90s techno. maybe it's because we are all a bit older . . but thank you again for the support!
― djkomisch, Friday, 9 July 2010 20:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
October
Gota say I was pretty bummed about the state of techno in recent years untill I found October: http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-october-caravan_16.html we interviewed him and he did a quality mix way back last year. He had that free moving kinda organic, raw flow where you didn't quite know what was gonna happen next when a genre full of people where just doing it so tracky and predictable. He's done loads of killer mixes since too...
http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/116-october/http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2010/06/ssg-special-october.htmlhttp://www.dubstepforum.com/immerse-session-03-dj-october-deep-house-classix-t142797.html
Kyle Hall and Omar-S have been doing it for me too, no idea how they keep it so lo-fi and loose and keep that dance floor bump. Kassem Mosse has been sounding hot as well but I need to explore that more.
― jimitheexploder, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've stated my great fondness for Richard Davis before on ILM, and likewise my excitement that he released a new EP recently. Having just acquired that EP ("What You Are" on his own offshoot label, Safer), I can say that this record is fabulous!
― Ce soir je dîne sur la soupe de tortue (EDB), Sunday, 11 July 2010 04:33 (2 years ago) Permalink