Take a strong grating bass, a basic 909 rhythm, few aggressive sounds, add some frightening string + melody and a second fast synthbass and here is a dancefloor hit, especially because it's done by Johannes Heil & DJ Hell. This "one track / one side" is very efficient even if we could have expect better from these two German techno legends.
www.jh-records.com
Ludo, 11/06/2004

The Montréal-based label welcomes this new Italian trio with an EP fully dedicated to over boosted dancefloors. The three tracks (including a remix by Pedro Delgardo, probably cousin of the famous Spanish rider) are in a progressive techno register with high tempo & strong kick + some hypnotizing strings & sounds.
www.ascendrecordings.com
Ludo, 09/06/2004

This new Superbra brings 4 excellent house / tech'house tracks in various styles: funky piano / guitar riff / bass (A1), tribal percussions + US deep strings (A2 & B1), soft lyrics + jazzy bass / piano / trumpet (B2). For sure this producer is very talented! Check it!!
mypage.bluewin.ch/PHONT-PAGE/
Ludo, 07/06/2004

Three electro pop / punk rock track by German duo Bülent Kullukcu & Albert Tempel on this new label. There are some guitars and 80' sounds (especially various computersounds) and the vocal can remind Front 242 or Skinny Puppy. Nice! Check Generation Aldi & Last Shirt crazy websites!
www.lastshirt.com     www.generationaldi.de
Ludo, 04/06/2004

Here is the first album of Finnish producers Irwin Berg & Kim Rapatti (Dum Records founder). 11 electro dark tracks with strong industrial influences, especially in the use of distortions on sounds / rhythms and on I. Berg voice. Powerful & Noisy.
www.phinnweb.org/dum/
Ludo, 03/06/2004

After dozen of releases and a very good first album on labels such as Substatic, Tongut or Regular, René Breitbarth, owner of the famous label Treibstoff, comes back with his second LP: "With a little luck". Always in a deep minimal spirit, the 12 tracks of this album will suit perfectly to the summertime. Between housy stuff and more hypnotic... read more
Nhar, 03/06/2004

Teaser of an album to come soon on Decomplex Audio subdivision, this EP written and produced by Harald Klotzberg offers three mixes of a one and same track. If the original on A-side introduces a fearsome German spoken monolog over an acid bassline, the two other tunes on B-side use main elements of the previous version in styles respectively hard techno and industrial. A brilliant EP, dancefloor and bubbling that shows the diverse faces of the Decomplex mastermind.
www.collapse.de     www.decomplexaudio.com
Nexus 6, 02/06/2004

Martin Wigger brings on the Geneva label 6 nice electro tracks. Sometimes slow and most of the time atmospheric, they all include beautiful sounds & melodies. About sound production and tracks' structures, we can on note great savoir-faire from this Swiss artist. Excellent: check it!!
www.konerec.com
Ludo, 01/06/2004

If you missed the beginnings of this brilliant German division, here's a little story: collective of underground activists specialised since 1996 in party organisations, Kommando 6 launches in 2000 its own label to promote Augsburg's local electro scene. In 2003, the structure opens its doors to international producers welcoming French Le Syndicat... read more
Nexus 6, 01/06/2004

The French electro doesn't sum up to The Hacker and Le Syndicat Electronique. Here's the proof with the ninth release from brilliant Logos Production structure launched by Paris based Macross and Orleans located Fenshu. Direct follow up to "Psychorock 02" (Log06) in which our two partners were showing a more offensive face with a striking five... read more
Nexus 6, 28/05/2004

With "Shadows", Robert Wolanski, previously heard on Kazumi and Utils labels, signs three cuts halfway from US Techno and German Tech'house. On A-side, longplayer "Radio Rage" offers linear and muffled rhythm under beautiful metallic strings à la Damon Wild. Classical but efficient. More offensive, club hit "Take This" on the flip introduces tribal tempo and feverish vocal samples. At last, "It Came From The Darkness", a perfect tune to play in the middle of a set, will refer directly to the sometime cold and mental Detroit sound. A serious EP focused on the dancefloor.
www.pornostarmusic.com
Nexus 6, 26/05/2004

One year after the second volume, German imprint Dessous presents its third "Erotic Moments in House" compilation. Like the preceding one, the 2x12" version only contains exclusive titles: 8 deep house tracks by BGB, John Dahlbäck, Phonique, Innocent Lovers, Vincenzo, Martinez, Frankman and Tansmann & Voigt. The double CD version is first a... read more
Ludo, 26/05/2004