Archive for November, 2008
And.ID – Sand on the Floor | Single Review
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments
And.ID is Mobilee’s new signing. He must be a bit wet behind the ears because I can’t find any info about this person/group, plus the name And.ID doesn’t really lend itself to the Google search. So in clichéd style we’ll let his music do the talking.
First we’ll start with the mediocre b-side Acapulco which sees unified tribal beats forming the base as big “Audion Mouth to Mouth” style synths drop in the same haunting manner. It’s well produced but pretty run of the mill and too much like Audion for my liking.
However title track Sand on the Floor totally redeems the release. It has a great South American rhythm to it a la Luciano/Villalobos. The syncopated percussion provides a great urgency as more and more layers bubble to the surface. It simmers away slowly with various subtle layers phasing in and out as the occasional horn cuts through like a knife through butter. Its subtle movements and intricate layers accentuated by the horns make for a hypnotic rolling track. Great track, more of this And.ID less of the other.
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Luca Bacchetti – Afrikaans | Single Review
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments
Luca Bacchetti just keeps going from strength to strength. His latest release Afrikaans is out on Josh Wink’s infamous Ovum label. Title track Afrikaans is pretty much what you expect coming out of the Italian minimal house/techno scene, a pogo beat and bassline, some intricate bongo percussion with an African chant to validate the title. Sounds very generic right? Well it is but it works so well, the samples are catchy and the dynamics are sure to have you dancing. This is a fine example of how to do this sound right.
Afrikaans was good but El Matador is even better. More pogo beats and basslines with the main sample being based around an unfolding Spanish guitar hook. But it’s the little details which make this track interesting. Hidden away in the background are these springy wood block sounds and infectious castanet claps which completely grab you subconsciously making you clap and dance along. Its big but subtle, great release from Lucca and great for Italian techno.
Tracklist (Click for MP3):
1. Afrikaans
2. El Matador
Phantom Power – Patterns | Album Review
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments
If the more pounding side of techno is your thing then Phantom Power’s Pattern might be for you. Personally I’m a bit partial to the sound, stuff such as the original minimal stylings from the likes of Robert Hood or the fuller sound of Adam Beyer have tickled my fancy for pumping fists with my top off on the dancefloor. With Patterns it is a bit hit or miss on whether it gets those hands moving.
Panawave is one track that does. Its niggly synth lines with spacious percussion and growling bass is nothing short of epic techno. Jesus Juice similarly conveys a similar level of excitement with its train chugging beats and Detroit style layers. However tracks like Space In Your Face and the similarly named Mace In Your Face are devoid of anything interesting. Decondition is nearly attention grabbing and would probably be in the right setting but listening at home it just doesn’t seem emphatic enough.
Overall an average release.
Buy Phantom Power – Patterns on (CD)
1. Space In Your Face
2. Soda Cans
3. Panawave
4. Acid Uber Alles
5. Jesus Juice
6. Can-D/Chew-Z
7. Mace In Your Face
8. Deconditioning
9. Dollar and a Dream
Chris Coco – Big Freeze Vol.3 | Album Review
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments
Chris Coco of Radio 1 Blue Room fame delivers the third instalment of Platipus’ Big Freeze series. You may ask what’s the difference between the recently released Art of Chill series and this? Well it seems that the Art of Chill is more ambient chill this is more eclectic chill? Confused? I was slightly. But it does make some sense.
The first CD sits in the realm of lounge and disco, you’ve got the likes of Prins Thomas, Lindstrom, Quiet Village and the excellent Hercules and the Love Affair all featuring. Overall it is relaxed with a moderate groove where you’re not going to be bouncing off the walls but rather sinking into a comfy chair doing some serious head nodding.
The second CD really is eclectic cycling through more genres than your local HMV. It starts with some real laid back minimal house in the form of Loco Dice’s M Train to Brooklyn before darting in to some heavy dub flavours such as Allez Allez’s African Queen. Then before you can even finish that spliff and don your Rasta hat from ‘that’ Amsterdam trip, Mr Coco has made a cut into some soothing folk music. Part O’Brien’s Will You Be There is a particularly beautiful piece.
A few tracks down the line and the recently praised Melankoli by Lulu Rouge brings us back to minimal with a slight dub twist before heading into some traditional ambient to round off a CD that is varied and refreshing. It is relaxing, but its not you’re typical ambient chill out its errr eclectic… Point proved.
Buy Chris Coco’s Big Freeze Vol.3 on (CD)
Disc 1
1. Asle Bjørn – Fyresvatn
2. Booka Shade – Outskirts
3. Glass Candy – Computer Love
4. Hercules And Love Affair – Classique #2 (Edit)
5. Figurines – The Air We Breathe (Prins Thomas Disco Mix)
6. Infamy – Rest (Exclusive)
7. Aeroplane ‘Caramellas’
8. Williams – Love on a Real Train (Version by STUDIO)
9. Smith & Mudd – Shulme (Lexx mix)
10. Quiet Village – Pillow Talk
11. Todd Terje / Prins Thomas – Reinbagen
Disc 2
1. City Reverb – Pinsharp (Trojan Soundsystem Remix)
2. Loco Dice – M Train To Brooklyn
3. Mudd – Colonel Dubbage
4. Allez Allez – African Queen
5. Melodica, Melody & Me – No Time To Skank
6. Seabear – Cat Piano
7. Port O’Brien – Will You Be There?
8. Leander – Pass Fail
9. Au Revoir Simone – Oh! You Pretty Things
10. Speck Mountain – Summer Above
11. Lulu Rouge – Melankoli
12. Notwist – Where In This World
13. MonolakePlumbiconEpilogue
GPM 100: Happy 100th Release GetPhysical! Review
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments
It seems like yesterday when GetPhysical first broke onto the scene with MANDY’s Put Put in 2002. So I don’t know where that puts their world takeover with Body Language and Manderine Girl in 2005. That was release 27 and 29 respectively. Since then until now the GetPhysical clan have notched up 100 releases on their bed posts. To mark this century milestone they’ve brought in all their favourites to collaborate with each other on a nine track monster EP.
MANDY rekindle their partnership with Bookashade to come up with a Donut. No that’s not a derogatory term for the track it’s the title. They use some round beats and a bit of healthy wood percussion with whirling synths to create in moody bobbing monster. Its eerie and quirky but with a little funk to get down too. Its no Body Language, this is MANDY Vs Bookashade 2.0.
Two of my favourite producers the Italoboyz and Noze get together on Double Trouble. I’ve loved the way the Italoboyz cleverly sampled old jazz and jive records whilst the quirkiness of Noze is hilarious in a good way, however when they go head to head on Double Trouble its just disturbing. There are jazz drum and sax skits left, right and centre which make for an extremely scatty track. Then add the freaky vocal samples from Noze make for a sample martini shaken to hell. That said I’m sure the silliness of this track will find its niche at some German after after after party.
On Funkshovel, Lopazz and Heidi hit back with some attitude laden grooves. A ghetto tech bassline oozes attitude as basic yet intricate tom toms fidget along with a sporadic vocal sample. Its simple and o so diiiiirty. In a similar vein, Dakar and Siopis’ Dubai has the filthiest saw tooth bassline ever, combined with its big splashing drum hits results in a down and dirty mechanical boogie.
The other efforts from the other collaborations are also worthy, Einzelkind and Meat creates the simple and driving Gin which hums away brilliantly. The Djuma Soundsystem and Raz Ohara take on a slow italo disco form with piercing vocals, twinkling notes and a galloping electro synth. DJ T and Thomas Schumacher produce an intricate bubbling track with round bass and scatty woodblocks. And finally Patric Baumel with Cathlin Devlin and Tiger Stripes with Audiofly both create dark driving numbers.
Tracklisting
A M.A.N.D.Y vs Booka Shade – Donut
B1 Italoboyz vs Nôze – Double Trouble
B2 Dakar vs Siopis – Dubai
C DJ T. vs Thomas Schumacher – May Contain Nuts
D1 LOPAZZ vs Heidi – Funkshovel
D2 Einzelkind vs Meat – Gin
Digital
Patrice Bäumel vs Caitlin Devlin – 7 days
Djuma Soundsystem vs Raz Ohara – Zillion Lights
Tiger Stripes vs Audiofly – Hundra
Tom Demac – Stand Beside Me Single Review
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments
Geddes and label MurMur must have a broken quality tap somewhere in their headquarters because that blasted thing is releasing a constant stream of quality tracks. Release five sees rising star Tom Demac grease the wheels of future juggernaut label.
Tom has two tracks on this release. Title track Stand Beside Me is a moody tech house plodder which has a mildly sinister groove punctuated with outbursts of hi hat percussion that are sure to prevent those crowds from gormlessly swaying. Three by Four is the other track from Tom Demac. It has clunky beats, round basslines and an aggressive saw synth with a few muted bleeps and tones chucked in for good measure. Its progressive in nature with enough reverberation to make you feel hungry.
Head honcho Geddes remixes the title track by reigning in the loop lengths making it snappier and punchy. It shuffles along nicely but misses the outbursts of the original. Its typically Geddes and that means dark, techy and dubby. As the ambassador always says, “Excellente”.
Riz MC – Radar | Single Review
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments
Crosstown Rebels goes leftfield on their latest release with Riz MC, combining raw electronica sounds with thoughtful rhymes. He’s being hotly tipped as one of the UK’s bourgeoning talents with a growing list of advocates from the likes of Massive Attack and Nitin Sawhney. And when he’s not doing music he’s having a crack at being an actor for BAFTA winning TV. Pretty talented eh? Well that’s not the end of it.. A friend of a friend tells me he graduated Oxford with a first and had the pick of all the top finance jobs in the city earning crazy money.
But rather than go down the disgustingly rich route, Riz MC decided to follow the path of what he loves. His effort for Crosstown Rebels is a two track effort. First is Radar, a raw electronic thudding track which subtly supports the pacey lyrics. Heavily distorted static noises and striking electronic sounds denote verses, choruses and words adding a hidden level of emphasis and oomph. The second effort People Like People has a heavy breakbeat come Baltimore breaks feel, think M.I.A but more electronic. This is undisputedly raw output for the Crosstown Rebels.
So not to make the release to out there for Crosstown fans, Loco Dice is called in to completely strip the track down. Muted beats flutter with tight percussion as Mr Dice twists Riz MC’s vocals in to a garbled sample. It’s such a contrast to the original, but that definitely gives it big crossover potential for the house and techno fans.
Anyone for High Tea?? T-Bar Closing Parties
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Event Preview, Events, News | 1 Comment
You may or may not have heard that London’s beloved T-Bar is set to close in mid December. A while back they sent out e-mails asking for punters to find a new location for them. Lazy if you ask me! But lets hope they succeed as T-Bar has been a staple night spot for those looking for quality underground music all at no cost. In its prime the likes of Damien Lazarus, Michael Mayer, Ivan Smagghe and Andrew Weatherhall were gracing their DJ booth frequently on every night though the week but the weekend and the Sunday carry on party used to be nothing short of ridiculous. So in true “I should have gone home hours ago” style, Tea Bar have got a series of parties set through the week to go out with a bang, no doubt with the aim of hospitalising a few in the process.
Some great DJs will be coming through their doors, from the likes of Chloe, Pier Bucci, Anja Schneider, Cassy and Heidi, but our top picks has to be Damien Lazarus’ return with chum Michael Mayer and Mulletover Geddes for their infamous Stink night. Whilst on the right side of the weekend, Thursday, sees Andrew Weatherhall and Ivan Smagghe resurrect their Wrong Meeting night. And finally T Bar closes with the very last Dig Your Own Rave, where the Sunday afternoon and evening is whittled away with Jamie Jones, Matthew Styles, Dave Congreve, Clive Henry and many more.
It’s sure to be a painful couple of weeks saying goodbye at work. Sickies at the ready….
Wednesday 3rd
Event: High Horse
Lineup: Foals DJ set, Skull Juice, Casper C, Matt Walsh
Time: 9pm – 3am
Thursday 4th
Event: Baise Main
Lineup: Chloe, Danton Eeprom, Tomas More
Time: 9pm – 3am
Friday 5th
Event: Ditched Disco
Lineup: Pier Bucci & Gower Ramsey
Time: 9pm – 4am
Saturday 6th
Event: A Night With… Carsten Klemann
Time: 9pm – 4am
Sunday 7th
Event: DYOR & Fabric present ‘Go with the Blow’
Lineup: DJ’s to be announced on the day
Time: midday – midnight
Monday 8th
Event: Stink
Lineup: Damian Lazarus & Michael Mayer
Time: 9pm – 3am
Tuesday 9th
Event: Gay Bingo
Lineup: Jonny Woo, Ma Butcher & Jon Sizzle
Time: 9pm – 2am
Wednesday 10th
Event: Mobilee Loves T Bar
Lineup: Anja Schneider & Ralf Kollmann
Time: 9pm – 3am
Thursday 11th
Event: Wrong Meeting
Lineup: Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe
Time: 9pm – 3am
Friday 12th
Event: Ditched Disco
Lineup: Cassy & Gower Ramsey
Time: 9pm – 4am
Saturday 13th
Event: Phonica Special
Lineup: Heidi, Hector, Simon Rigg, The Vangelis & Anthea
Time: 9pm – 4am
Sunday 14th
Event: Dig Your Own Rave closing party
Lineup: Jamie Jones, Matthew Styles, Rob Mello, Hector, Dave Congreve, Clive Henry,
Dyed Soundorom, Ben Bryant, FB Julian, Pierre LX
Time: Midday – Midnight
Silverclub – Crash This Car | Single Review
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments
Silverclub is the joining of techno/electronica producers Duncan Jones (formerly DNCN), Tommy Walker III and Leftroom’s MarcAshken. They’ve put their heads together and the result is a kind of synth-pop band between Beck and Depeche Mode.
Crash This Car is their debut single, backed by Matt Tolfrey’s Leftroom means this is a slight divergence from their usual sound. I don’t really have an opinion on the title track it’s more the TASH and Jimmy Edgar remixes which interest me. First of all Jimmy Edgar slows the pace down, cutting and looping snippets of the vocal over simple beats and synth lines. If you listen carefully I’m pretty sure you can hear Super Mario samples in there. However that doesn’t really save a relatively flat and lacklustre track.
On the other hand TASH aka Matt Tolfrey and Marc Ashken take us in a Detroit-esque direction. They use the light patter of muted kick drums whilst bourgeoning warbled synths phase in and out. Approaching the breakdown snippets of the original vocals are looped in a hypnotic way before fluttering strings intensify to abruptly drop back to the rhythm. In three words, hypnotic and effective.
Tracklist (Click for MP3):
1.Silverclub – Crash This Car (Original Mix)
2.Silverclub – Crash This Car (TASH Mix)
3.Silverclub – Crash This Car (Jimmy Edgar Mix)
Win Tickets to the Digweed/Luciano at The Warehouse Project!
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Event Preview, News | No Comments
My hasn’t the autumn flown by. It only seemed like yesterday when we were getting all excited about the Warehouse Project’s last venture out in their Store Street location. But fear not there are still some parties left to get too. There is still the 13th December with with the Chems and SMD or how about some head grating noise from Squarepusher on the 12th December? There’s also Boys Noize and MANDY on the 19th December too. But probably the most anticipated party that’s left on the bill is probably the one on the 21st November.
The 21st sees an old heavyweight come head to head with a new heavyweight. The long time prog purveyor John Digweed heads the bill with relatively new heavyweight Luciano and all his Cadenza chums backing him up. Its sure to be a heavyweight clash. So for your chance to get some ring side seats for this baby, simply answer the question below:
Luciano is the the head honcho for Cadenza, but which label does John Digweed run?
A. Seabed
B. Redrock
C. Bedrock
Send your answer along with your name and location to sublevelsessions@googlemail.com. Compeition closes Thursday 20th November 2008.
Metro Area – Fabric 43 Review
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 | Album Review, Music | 1 Comment
Disco in London seems to be making a bit of a come back these days with nights like Disco Bloodbath and Horse Meat Disco popping up in packed backrooms and main rooms all over the capital, it really seems to be down with the kids these days. You might think that there is little room for disco down at Fabric in amongst the basslines and electronic noises. Well you’d be wrong. Tucked away upstairs in the little room 3 you’ll find the playground for the leftfield and more often not you’ll hear those classic NY disco sounds pumping out its speakers. So it makes sense for Fabric to explore the flowery side of dance music. We got a taste from James Murphy and Pat Mahoney’s efforts on FabricLive 36 and I have to say it might have been the best Fabric release this year.
For Fabric 43, Metro Area has the fortunate or unfortunate task of following the LCD Soundsystem duo in the disco stakes. Hailing from Brooklyn, Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani should know a thing or two. They’ve been producing and DJ’ing since the 90s and were affectively ahead of the curve with their seminal release Metro Area 1 fusing the delights of early Detroit and Chicago music with their native Harlem disco.
On this CD they set out themselves the task of doing a mid 80s mix with emphasis on the not so obvious disco. And true to their word they have, about 90% of the tracklisting is circa 1985 and I don’t recognise a single record. The closest I come is knowing who Devo and that said I don’t even know any of their music.
So what can I tell you about this mix from my obviously lacking knowledge of disco music? Probably not that much. But I can tell you that this mix is crafted quite beautifully from start to end. They explore organic and synthesised sounds, they ooze funk, groove with a great sense of urgency and they get inside your mind with so many different hooks.
They effortlessly glide between the laidback grooves of Disco Four’s Move to the Groove and the luscious RnB infused You Should Have Known Better through to the urgent funk of italo disco I love with tracks like Swede’s Scandal’s Atmosphere and Mascara’s Baja. If the hooks don’t get you the percussion sure will.
But its not just pure disco throughout, tracks like Ray Martinez’ The Natives Are Restless provides a great tribal interlude before being followed by the Chicago and Detroit influences through Dreamhouse’s I Can Feel It and Plez’ I Can’t Stop. There’s even a head nod to French synthpop’s Poupee Flash. They’re completely different genres but one thing that unites them all is that they have this groove flowing through them.
There are some real gems on this CD, but then there are some tracks which stray into the dubiously cheesy disco territory. Souvenier’s Voyage stands out in particular. It has a strange resemblance to the theme tune of Love Boat a 70s TV show which aired 14 odd years before I was born. The way the funk bass jogs along before a crescendo into a flurry of clichéd strings and horns. As clichéd as it is however, it does just work, like the rest of this CD.
It’s great to see Fabric taking the series in a completely different direction and I think with Metro Area it’s paid off. For those not wholly into disco this is great journey through some of the great music that came from that era. It’s well put together and has great progression. However for me this still doesn’t top the FabricLive:36 effort from the LCD SoundSystem boys.
Buy Metro Area – Fabric 43 on (CD)
Tracklisting:
01. Babla’s Disco Sensation – Ghar Aya Mera Pardesi (Intro)
02. World Premiere – Share the Night (Breakdown Mix)
03. Ministry – Work for Love (Dub Mix)
04. The Disco Four – Move to the Groove (Instrumental)
05. Skratch – You Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
06. Barbara Norris – Heavy Hitter (Dub Version)
07. Gary’s Gang – Makin’ Music (Dub Mix)
08. Voyage – Souvenirs
09. Five Special – Why Leave Us Alone (Long Version)
10. Ray Martinez – The Natives are Restless
11. Dreamhouse – I Can Feel It
12. Mascara – Baja (Instrumental Dub Version)
13. Play by Numbers – Cloud Nine (Ready Mix)
14. Midway – Set it Out (Funky Breakdown Mix)
15. Heaven 17 – Penthouse and Pavement
16. Data – Blow (Remix)
17. Atmosphere – Swede’s Scandal
18. Wiretap – X-Rated Man
19. Plez – I Can’t Stop (Acid Rainforest Mix)
20. Baby Oliver – Feelings2
21. Jean Luc Ponty – Open Mind (Special Dance Mix )
22. Premiere Class – Poupée Flash
23. Devo – Freedom of Choice
Gaiser – Blank Fade Review
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments
Blank Fade is the new long player from the master of the wobbly bassline Gaiser. Out on Richie Hawtin’s Minus label, it is sure to be weird and abstract. Gaiser undoubtedly has his own style. His tracks always have a certain ambience and spaciousness about them where each element is carefully calculated to occupy the audio soundscape. This new album is no exception.
The whole album revolves around Gaiser’s dark and eerie style, using strange electronic noises over clinical percussion and round warm bass, all served up with lashings of echo and delay to give you that vibrating vision feeling. Combine that with Gaiser’s impeccable production quality means it is a great formula. This album definitely has some stand out tracks. Ciliate With, Whether or Not, Comma Fade and Descending Order all have their own specific haunting qualities. However when you listen to the whole of Blank Fade track by track, the style seems to wear thin. All the tracks start to sound very alike causing tracks to lose their identity. Although it’s not until you listen to the album mixed when it all becomes clear.
When mixed, the album makes perfect sense. The tracks which initially seemed filler do actually serve a more meaningful purpose in transitioning between the main tracks. They keep a flow and groove which becomes apparent when you listen to this album like a DJ mix. When mixed, the electronic bleeps and noises flow and transition into one another with progression rather than the initial perception of repetition. This is why Gaiser’s live sets are entertaining because his music is in it for the long haul.
Buy Gaiser’s Blanke Fade on (CD)
Tracklist:
CD
1. Volve (4:15)
2. Face Down (4:10)
3. Ground (3:42)
4. Ciliate With (5:29) (CD + Digital Only)
5. Whether Or Not (4:10) (CD + Digital Only)
6. Substance B (4:53)
7. Comma, Fade (6:27)
8. Leave It (5:43)
9. Trunkated (8:07)
10. Descending Order (6:59)
11. One After (6:30)
12. Outline (5:13) (CD + Digital Only)
LP
A1. Leave It (6:19)
A2. Substance B (6:22)
B1. Ground (5:30)
B2. Comma, Fade (6:59)
C. Descending Order (8:19)
D1. One After (6:43)
D2. Volve (4:50)
Digital Bonus Track: Rate 78.17 (6:00)
Jamie Jones and Simon Baker – Kaskazi | Single Review
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments
Two of London’s finest producers join forces for Get Physical on their first collaboration. The result is Kazkasi a funk fuelled wiggler coming in three different flavours.
The original fires along with its funk fuelled bassline. Around that, galloping percussion and a nicely worked vocal sample make it a simple but exciting house number. The Swahili dub works around the same elements except they’ve added in some horns and chords to make it whooshy and a bit more big room. Finally the Emotional mix is slightly more laidback. Its still funk fuelled but its not as in your face. It has some of the big room horns but it doesn’t go over board.
These are fun peak time tracks, guaranteed to get feet shuffling. Although I’d steer away from the Swahili dub to head for either the original or emotional mixes.
Tracklist (Click for MP3):
1. Jamie Jones & Simon Baker – Kazkazi (Original Mix)
2. Jamie Jones & Simon Baker – Kazkazi (Swahili Dub)
3. Jamie Jones & Simon Baker – Kazkazi (Emotional Mix)
Fuse Presents… Deetron Review
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments
I’ve only ever been to Brussels once and that was when I was a kid on a school trip. In my opinion there was little to see or do. We took a look at the European parliament and then spent the rest of the time getting drunk in a cheesy discotheque due to Belgium’s lax drinking laws. Had I known that the Fuse club existed I might have found the place a little more exciting. They get a good stream of cutting edge talent through their doors and if you’ve ever scoured the internet for DJ sets you’d be sure to come across some great live mixes from this club. And like any big club they have to have the obligatory CD series which has the Swiss born Deetron taking the reins in the next instalment.
For his Fuse Presents mix, Deetron explores the deep, spacey and percussive end of house and techno. The opening tracks such as Salvatore Freda & Volta’s Basic Hood Lobos build slowly through restrained beats. Jackie Idjut’s remix of Fragment Four Love Won’t Leave Me Alone incorporates beautiful violins and slow burning percussion whilst we get a blast of sublime old school with the vocals and bass guitar on Fingers Inc’s A Path.
Through the middle section we see Deetron focus more on the percussive style of house as the mix steps up a gear. Tracks like Gene Hunt’s Inspire and Schwarz, Ame and Dixon’s D.P.O.M.B help the mix hit its peak time step. We also hear various influences from a little injection of dub with Trus’Me’s W.A.R Dub, Shakleton’s Moroccan influenced Death is Not Final and a head nod to Detroit with Redshape’s Warrior.
The mix finishes at the peak of a crescendo with Radioslave’s Eyes Wide Open in a flurry of bongo percussion before finishing out on the ‘91classic Future by Mr Monday to end a well programmed mix. In terms of style there are similarities with Ame’s Fabric 42 in the variety and styles of house used, but Deetron does a great job of giving the CD its own identity.
Buy Fuse Presents Deetron on (CD)
Tracklist:
01. Mossa – Body Selector (Swayzak remix)
02. Salvatore Freda & Volta – Basic Hood Lobos
03. Kenneth Bager Feat. Jean Luc Ponty & Nikolaj Grandjean – Fragment Four Love Won’t Leave Me Alone (Jackie Idjut Remix)
04. Iron Curtis – Ass & Cash
05. Dop – I’m Just A Man
06. Jacopo Carreras – One Sentence (Efdemin Remix)
07. Baaz – Something
08. Fingers Inc. – A Path
09. Marcel Dettmann – Plain
10. Spacetime Continuum – Kairo (Carl Craig Mix 1)
11. Gene Hunt – Inspire (Abicah Soul Remix)
12. Jerome Derradji – System Of Survival
13. Henrik Schwarz / Ame / Dixon – D.P.O.M.B. (Version 1)
14. Adam Marshall – Thelon (Todd Sines Remix)
15. Trus’me – W.A.R. Dub
16. Redshape – Warrior
17. Dettmann & Klock – Blank Scenario
18. Matthew Styles – We Said Nothing
19. DXR – Dark Rain
20. Shackleton Feat. Vengeance Tenfold – Death Is Not Final
21. Michel Cleis & Salvatore Freda – Sassicaia
22. The Lost Men – I Cried For You
23. Herb Martin – Soul Drums
24. Radio Slave – Eyes Wide Open
25. Mr. Monday – Future
Boys Noize – I Love Techno 2008 Review
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments
I first heard Boys Noize dj back in 2005. His productions were just breaking through with the likes of Tiga and 2ManyDJs. Back then he played to a room of about ten people. Despite that he still managed to whip up the thin crowd with his blend of brash electronic noises. These days Boyz Noize’s profile has mushroomed to the point where he is headlining major festivals across the world. His new superstar status means he is heading up the 2008 edition of the I Love Techno compilation to go with the Belgium festival of the same name in November.
On this mix Boys Noize stamps his style all over it, jumping straight in and electrocuting your testicles with big sharp crocodile clips. The beats are big and ballsy whilst the range and variety of electronic noises provide a circus of peaks and troughs. He Sets a steady pace to ease you in with Proxy’s Raven. Its long drawn out saw tooth synths ride over simple chugging beats before transforming into the tribal rhythms of Jan Driver’s Rat Alert. From here the mix continues though a meandering maze of fuzzy electro synths and noises before changing rhythm with Diplo’s remix of Get Up. His style of Baltimore breaks and beeps allows for a moment of booty shaking as the mix continues on a flaming escalator through twisted electronic noises, the nuttiest track of the CD being Les Petits Pilous’ Wake Up. Its laser shot noises and bleeps make it sound like a Saturday afternoon down LazerQuest.
However it’s not all fuzzy electro synths, blips and squeaks. Patrice Baumel’s beatless Roar provides a good interlude ahead of being dumped in a fast spin cycle of techno. Len Faki’s Death by House and Joey Beltram’s Game Form help round up the CD through a blitz of pummelling beats.
All in all, it seems Boys Noize has dug up every fuzzy electro synth line and squeaky blip known to man cumulating in a wild mix not for the faint hearted. The brashness of the sounds might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re into that then this is 100% Boys Noize and it’s totally what you’d expect to keep a techno arena dancing all night.
Buy Boys Noize – I Love Techno 2008 on (CD)
Tracklist:
01. DMX Krew – White Noise Black Hole
02. Proxy – Raven + Boys Noize feat. I-Robots – Frau (Acapella)
03. Jan Driver – Rat Alert
04. ZZT – The Worm (Original Munich Version)
05. Poni Hoax – Hypercommunication (Alter Ego Remix)
06. Steve Rachmad – Bot
07. Soundhack – Devils Run
08. Popof – Electric Circus + D.I.M. – Is You (Acapella)
09. MMM – Lets Git It On
10. MMM – Nous Sommes MMM (Live Version)
11. Bingo Players – Get Up (Diplo Remix)
12. Mr. Oizo – Positif
13. Les Petits Pilous – Wake Up
14. Mixhell – Highly Explicit (Brodinski Remix)
15. Alter Ego – Jolly Joker (Dj Kozes Nuttich Styler Remix)
16. Patrice Baumel – Roar
17. Len Faki – Death By House
18. The Subs – Papillon (Brodinski Remix)
19. Zeus – Zeus
20. Joey Beltram – Game Form
21. Boys Noize – My Head (Para One Remix)
22. Errorsmith – In A Sweat (Live Version)
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