While Ripperton’s “Let’s Hope” offers 11+ minutes of cosmic, club-centric fare, its Bicep’s remix that’s most likely to grab dancers by the scruff.
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Frak, Prisma
September 12, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Prisma, Frak’s latest for Kontra-Musik, focus the group’s energy in a more stable direction, but it lacks the distilled power of the first EP.
Madteo, TTTree Low G. Tapes: Mad Dip Revue
September 11, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Following a series of increasingly high profile releases, the TTTree Low G. Tapes: Mad Dip Revue tape for Will Bankhead’s The Trilogy Tapes will surely continue to expand Madteo’s fanbase.
Theo Parrish, Hand Made EP
September 7, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Those left wanting by the abrasion of Theo Parrish’s Any Other Styles will find the Hand Made EP for Running Back more classicist and even functional.
TSC, Listen
September 6, 2012 – 10:01 AM
With Listen, John Daly steps away from the dance floor to produce an album of home listening electronic music that manages to maintain the high standard of his better known work.
Roaming, Believe In Reflecting
September 6, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Moomin joins forces with Christopher Rau under the moniker Roaming; and while expectedly deep, the result doesn’t quite bear the same weight that either has plied as of late.
Jacob Korn, You & Me
September 5, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Jacob Korn’s debut represents a milestone in the progression of Uncanny Valley, the label which connects Dresden’s deep house fraternity, and connects him with a broad range of collaborators.
Aaron Dilloway / Jason Lescalleet, Grapes and Snakes
September 5, 2012 – 12:01 AM
PAN is an excellent home for Grapes and Snakes, a brief 40 minutes of basement musique concrète from tape-loop manipulators Aaron Dilloway and Jason Lescalleet.
Blawan, His He She & She
September 4, 2012 – 10:01 AM
His He She & She, out on Will Bankhead and Joy Orbison’s Hinge Finger label, picks up where the Black Sun Records release left off, with Blawan again using vocal samples to devastating effect.
Xian Orphic, Xian Orphic
September 4, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Xian Orphic’s self-titled LP jettisons the soundtrack snippets and obscure library samples found on his previous records in favor of Kosmische and 70s synth reference points.
Various Artists, Panorama Bar 04
August 31, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Even sans the prestigious name to boosting them, the Panorama Bar exclusives records remain sterling examples of taste. This one features The Mole, Dexter, Matthew Styles, and Jon McMillion.
Robert Hood, Torque One / Movement
August 30, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Robert Hood’s latest 12″ finds him returning to Music Man Records, pairing “Torque One,” a track from the forthcoming Motor: Nighttime World 3, with the exclusive “Movement.”
Bobby Champs, Drag Queen
August 30, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Like his debut, the Drag Queen EP is aimed purely at peak time dance floors, further strengthening Bobby Champ’s position within an electronic Britain once again in the grips of techno.
Aardvarck, Nubian
August 29, 2012 – 10:01 AM
With Nubian, Aardvarck continues to exhilarate listeners with two new tracks which glow with intense atmospheric detail and revolve around crunchy rhythms.
Terror Danjah, Dark Crawler
August 29, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Dark Crawler, the first single from Terror Danjah’s forthcoming album of the same name, sees the grime scene mainstay reprising the uncompromising bravado of his earlier work.
Alden Tyrell feat. Mike Dunn, Touch The Sky
August 28, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Despite similarities to another track on Clone Jack For Daze featuring Mike Dunn, Alden Tyrell’s “Touch The Sky” is hard to hate when it’s so singularly aimed at a good time.
Midland & Pariah, SHEWORKS003
August 28, 2012 – 12:01 AM
With their collaborative 12″ for Works The Long Nights, Midland and Pariah take the plunge from bass music-influenced house music into the dank pool of techno.