Joe Goddard’s “Gabriel” was destined for great remixes and gets four rock-solid interpretations coming from four very different angles.
Author Archive: Andrew Ryce
Jimpster, Change In You
October 4, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Change In You, Jimpster’s first release of 2011, sheds what was left of his deep-house roots in favor of the glossy, simple and infectious.
Braille, A Meaning
September 28, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Braille’s debut EP for Hotflush Recordings is a typically Sepalcurean mishmash of house and garage influences both U.S. and UK.
John Osborn, Epoch4
September 27, 2011 – 12:01 AM
One for the purists, one for the futurists, John Osborn’s Epoch4 is his and October’s new label TANSTAAFL in a nutshell.
Osunlade, Envision Remixes
September 20, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Osunlade’s Pyrography album has largely been ignored, but perhaps Âme and Dixon’s remixes of its “Envision” will garner some attention the second time around.
Axel Boman, Lucky Tiger
September 14, 2011 – 8:01 AM
Lucky Tiger, Axel Boman’s first EP for sleazy outfit Glass Table, offers four tracks of slightly obscured but still approachable house music.
Peach Melba, Can’t Let Go
September 13, 2011 – 12:01 AM
A new collaboration between Juan MacLean and American vocalist Amy Douglas, Peach Melba deals in rigid, taut grooves halfway between house and disco.
Pacific Blue, Industry
September 6, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Shifted’s more house-oriented guise, Pacific Blue, makes its debut with Industry on the producer’s own Pacific Blue label.
Kowton, Keep Walking
August 31, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Kowton’s latest comes on Irish narcotics dealer [nakedlunch] — a perfect fit for his sound when you think about it — and he blesses the label with some of his most complex and detailed tracks yet.
Sepalcure, Love Pressure Remixed
August 25, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Love Pressure Remixed brings together FaltyDL, Lando Kal, XI, Daedelus and Jimmy Edgar to re-examine the first EP by Sepalcure.
Two Armadillos, People Of The World
August 23, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Two Armadillos’ People of the World is pleasantly reserved, dressing down the usual London excitability in favor of pinstripes and pocket squares.
Phonogenic, The Raw Deal
August 19, 2011 – 12:01 AM
The Raw Deal is a set of four immense, restless, and meticulously produced deep house tracks almost on par with Andre Lodemann’s masterful Don’t Panic EP on the label.
Pigon, Sunrise Industry
August 18, 2011 – 12:01 AM
On their first release in three years, Pigon offer both explorations in patience-testing sound design and ultra-hushed deep house, a bewitching EP if you can strain your ears enough to hear it properly.
Terence Fixmer, The Night
August 16, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Terrence Fixmer’s first solo release since his records for Electric Deluxe sees him stalking back into the EBM shadows and away from the Plastikman references and fluid grooves.
Inxec & Leks, How Can I Feel
August 10, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Inxec & Leks’s How Can I Feel EP offers three tracks of relatively adventurous and consummately polished tech-house.
Incyde, Telophase
August 9, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Incyde’s first official solo release arrives on Brendon Moeller’s Steadfast label, a fine fit for Alex Bishop’s slightly dub-leaning techno fusions.
S-Max & Spatial, Schmorgasbord 002
August 5, 2011 – 12:01 AM
S-Max plays the strait-laced straight face to Spatial’s loopy and skewed maniac on the second platter from Bristol’s collaboration-centered Schmorgasbord imprint.