Mikael Persson once again with his distinctive style. A1 is an interesting track with a funny-sounding name 'Dungfakkadung'. Good funky rhythm with nice piano chords and reverberated percussion stabs. Great for mixing. Remix for this track done by Leandro Gamez is what we would expect from such an excellent producer. A bit deep, but still percussive and funky at his own way. Great use of reverb on the chords. 'Battatong' has a lot in common with the Neapolitan sound, especially the bassline and the track arrangement, still retaining a Swedish touch. A move forward for Per Mikael.
www.backbone-digital.com
Lesha, 28/05/2003

Vocoder and phat bassline, the first release from NIT, a new label created by amazing Si Begg, places opposite Cursor Minor (R. Tubb) breaky style to Volsoc's extremely complex but brilliant electro. This 12'' will be a classic soon!
www.sibegg.com
Nexus 6, 28/05/2003

Purveyors of funk are back !!! In minute detail: three strong electro breaks tracks, one of them is "20k freaks" already released on Fragile 06 as well as an amazing "Old School Bastards" remix of their classic "Get Down To My Technique" by Dynamix II. Impossible to miss!
www.hallucination.com
Nexus 6, 27/05/2003

There is something from Dagobert, Telex and Mondino (Cf. "La Danse Des Mots") in this One L. Artist putting down the long list of Kraftwerk or Yello descendants, New-Yorker for a long time influenced by underground metal then industrial delivers with "Das Nonstop-Programm" a pure 80's style album oscillating between naïve tunes and delightful... read more
Nexus 6, 26/05/2003

This new EP from Primate sets fire to the dance floor. Four remixes on the previous released oblivion & city life plus the original versions, deliver hard, fast and even "housy" techno tunes that will definitely move your body. Remixes for oblivion come from Smith & Selway and Mark Williams and for city life from Marco Bailey and Tobias Von Hofsten. Undoubtedly Mark Williams remix on Oblivion is a killer one which will set free the ecstatic and "primate-ive" feelings of the dancers.
www.primedistribution.co.uk     www.bensims.com
PanK, 26/05/2003

Everything is in the title! Poker Flat & Dessous' boss brings a house minimal house mix with tracks by Carl Craig, Chris Lum, DJ Sneak, Sergel Auro, Jeff Samuel, David Duriez, Freestyle Man... And also a second CD compilation of tunes more dedicated to home listening with artists like Joakim, Sunday Brunch, Jimpster, John Tejada, Dr Rockit, Antonelli Electr... Excellent!! More info on Poker Flat web site!
www.pokerflat-recordings.com
Ludo, 23/05/2003

About five years ago was born the Kône crew in Geneva / Switzerland. In 2001 the first release of the label was produced by Davecore, one of the structure's founders. And the second EP only came out in early 2003, once again brought by Davecore (check it: computer *.mod influences on it!!). This time the waiting was shorter since the third Kône... read more
Ludo, 22/05/2003

Craig Allen aka Rei Loci (manager of Iridite Rec. with Jason Brunton) brings on this English label three techno tracks with US & electronica influences mainly based on sweet and nice analog synth sounds. Original and successful!
www.iridite.com
Ludo, 21/05/2003

A new time bomb coming from Mayhem! Result of the association of Andreas Kremer (BasicBeachSeries, Expanded) and Thomas Schmidl, producer and designer based in Tomsch, "The Terrorists Survival Kit" will wake up your funky side. Centred as usual on Ultra saturated sounds and huge kicks, this four tracks EP will distinguish of previous releases... read more
Nexus 6, 21/05/2003

After Bpitch Control (who's discovered him in 2001), Interzone Records and Leitmotiv, the French producer Eedio appears now on the English imprint Device Records. As usual, Eedio' sound is very clean. The excellent title "Hero" contains a female synth voice and a lot of computer sounds remembering for our pleasure the middle 80's. "Breakage" is... read more
Ludo, 20/05/2003

Three remixes of tracks coming from D. Rottmeyer's LP ("Do I have to repeat myself" - Plant PT-3002). Electro with vocoder by Keith Tucker aka DJ K-1 (Aux-88 / Metroplex / Detroit). Dutch producer Electronome (Nu-Vorm) goes melancholic and F. Couvé reworks is deep & melodic(*superb*). Check mp3 samples on Plant web site!
www.plantrecords.nl
Ludo, 19/05/2003

Like a tribute to Chicago style, this efficient production, written by new Holzplatten recruit Sascha Zastiral, develops in four tracks an ultra dancefloor and nostalgic pumping techno. Whereas on A side "The Funk Member", based upon a percussive bassline, offers beautiful tribalo-groovy flights, "Quaar" ventures into hypnotic sounds while... read more
Nexus 6, 19/05/2003