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Dexorcist – The Midnight Runner EP – Control Tower 11 | |
Return of Simon Brown on the label he manages alongside with Radioactive Man (RGC). English artist, very productive these last months on Battle Trax or SMB, signs here a fast and furious four titles EP oscillating between industrial electro and old school breakbeat. A side begins with "Brain Cell Roulette", a devastating dancefloor piece to be... read more Nexus 6, 02/02/2005
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Su:real – Su:real 4:9 | |
Nostalgia, when you hold us! Certified acid, this fourth release signed Headroom on Holzplatten's sublabel serves as a pretext for a serious TB303 revival. Our Swedish Patrik Skoog, Aon FluX and Henrik Larsson deliver here two dancefloor titles learnedly orchestrated, built around an efficient bassline, some tribal elements and furious loops à la Hardfloor. "Bad Acid" as stressed on B side? Not, rather the opposite. Congratulations. www.pornostarmusic.com www.headroomdjs.com Nexus 6, 01/02/2005
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V/A – Holzplatten_Zehn – Zyx CD | |
A double CD pack on Holzplatten? The first one after already seventy seven vinyl outputs! A good opportunity to recall besides into two feverish mixes gathering together no less than forty-eight titles the history of this acid techno label launched in Düsseldorf by Brixton. On turntables, Norbert Wieschollek himself for an astonishing and without... read more Nexus 6, 31/01/2005
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Spinks – Main Event -– 2 Rounds – Buffalo Frequency 02 | |
After the planetary and deserved success of "Contact Jerusalem", Buffalo Frequency presents today its second output, signed by Nadi Poraz. Pioneer of the Israeli break beat scene, the owner of this young and promising London based label serves here two masterly electro titles with distinctive universes. "Seedy Drive" starts the A side with a... read more Nexus 6, 27/01/2005
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Unknown Artist – Borrow The Leader (Electrobass Mix) – L'Arsène 02 | |
Hard to review this output without mentioning neither its author nor the French label at the origin of this bootleg. Anyway, produced by one of the most wanted English activists within Edge City, this monster one side EP takes again with the mythical Eric B & Rakim hip hop cut going back to 1988 in a modern and admirable electrobass version! If... read more Nexus 6, 26/01/2005
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Umwelt – La Nouvelle Chair EP – Kommando 6-XV | |
Author of seven 12's and an album on his own Fundata and Shelter structures, Freddy J, a burning electronic activist well known on Radio Pluriel in Lyon, can be proud to be the last Kommando 6 signature. Developing a dark and cold sound perfectly appropriate to the German label artistic line, French delivers here four dancefloor cuts marrying US... read more Nexus 6, 25/01/2005
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V/A – Bracchial 07 | |
Bracchial's fourth release. As usual now, here come two hard techno cuts for a one side EP focused on the dancefloor. Discovered on pornostarmusic.com website, Costa opens hostilities with "2004.28374463", a humming piece marked by a frantic rhythm and some frightening strident tonalities à la Jeff Mills. Affiliated to Belgian label Nova Zembla, Marchetto & Scheurer as for them sign an aggressive "6 sign Min Of Pain" based upon a powerful bassline and several violent saturations. A perfect DJ tool for massive sound lovers! www.pornostarmusic.com Nexus 6, 25/01/2005
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Lok44 – Derailed EP – Trust 07 | |
With a rhythm of one output per year, here is the second contribution of Daniel Lodig to the Austrian label of Viennese DJ Glow after the "Ghetto Of The Mind EP". As expected, Kurbel, Tension, Müller and Serotonin artist delivers a small electro pearl declined in seven titles fully equipped with sensitive and omnipresent funk. Alternating IDM... read more Nexus 6, 24/01/2005
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Brixton – eTechno de LP – Holzplatten 77 | |
Obviously, there was a double pack on Drop Bass Network in 1996 then two live CD ("Live At Oper3000 "and" Live In Phoenix") in 1997 and 1999 but never until now Brixton had not release any album. A gap from now on filled with the unexpected publication of his first true opus furthermore on his own label. The style of Norbert Wieschollek somewhat... read more Nexus 6, 05/01/2005
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Freezie Freekie – Promise Of Technology EP – Satamile 22 | |
When Freezie Freekie does it again, one has to expect something heavy! Launched by Satamile, Brooklyn's syncopated entity gives a perfect follow up to the essential "Data Sink EP" published in 2003. "Promise Of Technology" introduces the A side by a superposition of dark strings. A unique longplayer in the form of successive layers which ends up... read more Nexus 6, 03/01/2005
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Kovert – Wildfire EP - Vinyl Weaponry 01 | |
Something to make you appreciate Breakcore, this rising industrial branch oscillating between electro and hardcore! Known for his ultra aggressive productions on Praxis and Damage, Kovert signs today the very first output of Vinyl Weaponry, a subdivision of French label SMB. In three subversive cuts, English artist offers an apocalyptic EP from... read more Nexus 6, 23/12/2004
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Tool Box – Urlaub EP – Holzplatten 75 | |
Here comes the second collaboration between Brixton and Ramon Zenker, half of Hardfloor and Phenomania (Remember "Who Is Elvis?"). The German producers sign here an energetic EP in the pure tradition of the first Holzplatten. Discrete Acid sonorities, dancefloor basslines and interesting tribal digressions in particular on "Ab". An extremely well built three tracker EP resolutely techno. Highly recommended! www.pornostarmusic.com Nexus 6, 21/12/2004
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