Immerse ends 2010 in typically unpredictable style with a techno single by Manaboo, better known as Brendon Moeller and Shigeru Tanabu.
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ptr1, Above the Structures EP
With the Above the Structures EP, ptr1 sows his seed in the particularly fertile interbreeding fields between techno and dubstep.
Airhead, Paper Street
Airhead’s sophomore release offers more of the unusually airy style that sets him apart from peers James Blake and Mount Kimbie. Nick Höppner features as remixer.
SCB, SCB002
Paul Rose offers SCB001, the second releaseu under his techno-making alias, SCB, following a series of well received remixes for members of the Hotflush stable.
EQD, Equalized#004
Unlike the bulk of Rene Pawlowitz’s material under a plethora of aliases, Equalized#004 feels fussy and mundane rather than effortless and awe-inspiring.
Darkstar, Gold (John Roberts Remix)
Hyperdub follows Darkstar’s unexpected stylistic transformation with another surprise: a remix of “Gold” by rising deep house star John Roberts.
Cosmin TRG, Liebe Suende/Sores of Attraction
Liebe Suende/Sores of Attraction finds Cosmin TRG revisiting the acrid textures of See Other People but placing them in a deep house framework similar to Rush Hour’s usual fare.
Various Artists, Fünf
The celebration of Ostgut Ton’s fifth birthday is a 2-CD compilation containing all new material from nearly everyone ever associated with the label.
Iori, Spaciotemporal
One wonders when a label will be confident enough to Iori’s tracks a full release, but Spaciotemporal hints such a future shouldn’t be far off.
James Blake, Klavierwerke
Unlike the blown-out R&B histrionics of his first R&S record, CMYK, Londoner James Blake takes the humble source material of his own piano and voice and stretches, chops, and dices it on follow-up EP Klavierwerke.
MSF, Meaning Formation EP
Donnacha Costello introduces the MSF pseudonym for the Meaning Formation EP while largely hewing to the sound featured on his most recent album.
FaltyDL, Endeavour
FaltyDL continues his string of nearly ineffable releases with the Endeavour EP for Planet Mu.
Conforce, Grace EP
Recently associated with dub techno, Conforce’s Grace EP for Delsin Records does much to disassociate from that tag but finds he still has work to do to establish his own original voice.
Doc Daneeka, Hold On
Releasing a one-sided single is an obvious show of brash confidence, but Doc Daneeka’s “Hold On” is nearly monumental enough to justify it.
A Made Up Sound, Alarm/Crisis
Viewing dubstep from the perspective of techno and especially house, A Made Up Sound is a essentially a metaphor for current trends where house and dubstep are the hot combination.
K-S.H.E, House Explosion I
French house label Skylax is endeavouring to reissue the K-S.H.E material in a series of newly-curated vinyl EPs and later on CD, starting with House Explosion I.