Nothing like a serious dose of Miami Electro Bass on Andrea Parker's prestigious structure! Always on the look out of new talents as well as reliable values, cute label owner signs for the second time a 12'' coming straight from Florida. Succeeding to superb Eggfooyoung production (TB08), Hydraulix delivers here, let's dare the emphasis, its best... read more
Nexus 6, 12/08/2004

Second Chipi appearance on Kazumi. One more time, this mysterious producer unveils in three tunes an immoderate taste for a sustained, compressed, dancefloor and light music, halfway between clubby and hard techno. The groove is never far, especially on "Circuit Work" and "Everlasting", two terrible cuts using some Jeff Mills metallic elements. Alive!
www.pornostarmusic.com
Nexus 6, 11/08/2004

Industrial influences, Sci-Fi sounds and heavy bass, here comes Hydraulix again! After the incredible buzz generated around their first release ("The Hydraulix EP") last year, Ashrock and Jimi The Genius (Richard Zarate & Jimi Merlo) strike back to spread terror on the dancefloors, signing the second output of Kuad Records, their own label. Close... read more
Nexus 6, 10/08/2004

This fresh and mysterious label presents two tracks that will be effective on dancefloors for sure. On flip side, "Peppa" mixes "Losing My Edge" instrumental by LCD Soundsystem with "Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band" by The Beatles. On the other side, "Dust 2 Dust" starts with a minimal electro tech background on which slowly appears a beautiful sample of "Ashes to ashes" by David Bowie. Check it!
Ludo, 09/08/2004

Since its creation in 1998, Dopamine, founded by Rey Rubio, Julio Hernandez and Marco Merino, only focused on underground parties organization. With "Computer Controlled", Miami based structure converts from now into a label welcoming for its first output Alpha 606 (Rey Rubio and Armando Martinez) productions. US duo reveals there in three cuts... read more
Nexus 6, 05/08/2004

Donnacha Costello, owner of the Minimise label, gives a new stone to the Colorseries with the Orange EP. 2 long minimal and hypnotic tracks, really, really nice: pressurized rhythms, ethereal layers and charming minimal leads, there are only few elements here, but perfectly tuned and coherent, thanks to an effective construction. Listen!
www.minimise.com
Nhar, 04/08/2004

The time has come for Giant & Dwarf to review. After nine outputs that have been supported by big names such as Chris Liebing or Cari Lekebush, St Augustin based German label celebrates its first year of existence in the shape of an exceptional unreleased tunes compilation. The impressive tracklisting offers no less than eight hits and combines in... read more
Nexus 6, 03/08/2004

Fusion of styles explored over the last seven years on Drumcode, Synewave or Tronic, "The Soft Machine" will stand out on Oliver Ho's musical career. Tinged with Africano-Oriental, Latino, Tribal, Jazz or Tech'House influences, the third Meta album offers eight groovy, powerful and without compromise tracks showing subtle winks to Detroit. To sum up, the ideal combination between primitive or original rhythms and musical mechanisms dipped into machines heart. Fresh, audacious and superb!
www.meta-records.com
Nexus 6, 02/08/2004

Another release for the mp3 free netlabel, this time is Dapayk, owner and producer of the young German label Mo's Ferry, who is rocking on Textone. The four tracks are based on abstracts rhythms with a lot of diverse samples: it start with "Beutekunst auf 20 khz", mind twisting track with a super low bassdrum. The next is revealing more... read more
Nhar, 30/07/2004

This Danish artist who previously released various EPs on Hal9000, Echocord or Kompakt presents here six tracks released from 2001 to 2003. Evolving between ambient, dub or minimal techno, they all bring superb atmospheres. The 4 remixes made by Off The Sky, Lufth, krill.minima and Theodor Zox which come with these titles are excellent as well. Get the free mp3s available on Thinner web site!
www.thinnerism.com
Ludo, 30/07/2004

On its 8th release, Modelisme Records welcomes a new promising French duo. 22 Crew is composed by Kevin, a DJ based in Nîmes (south of France) who played in the first raves who took place in France 10 years ago (D.Mention, Dragon Bal, Borealis...). About the other member of 22 Crew, some of you already know him because he's the last reviewer who... read more
Ludo, 28/07/2004

If both tracks on B side, though brilliant, have been heard a hundred of time, energetic A side longplayer reveals a dancefloor monster metallic hit based upon a heavy kick (excellent pressing helps), a whirling groove and some cold linear sounds. Slovenian Uros Umek at his best!
www.torturedrecords.co.uk
Nexus 6, 28/07/2004