Tazz’s debut LP, The Adventures of Tazz is less a grand statement than a series of individual, self-contained ones.
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Adam Marshall, NK33
March 27, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Adam Marshall’s latest for his own New Kanada imprint continues his slightly off-center approach to making techno and house. XI features on remix duty.
Venetian Snares, Fool The Detector
March 23, 2012 – 12:01 AM
With Fool the Detector Venetian Snares instigates a full-scale interplanetary advance, exercising restraint, tension and perhaps even a little dramatic romance.
Lauer, Trainmann (Tensnake Remixes)
March 22, 2012 – 10:01 AM
With his remixes of Phillip Lauer’s “Trainmann” for Running Back, Tensnake charges into the once forbidden trance territory and demands dancers follow.
BBH: The Housefactors, Play It Loud
March 21, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Larry Heard’s 1988 EP Play It Loud isn’t a hugely rare record, but its availability 24 years on is sparse enough that Black Market International has seen fit to reissue it.
Mr. Beatnick, Sun Goddess EP
March 21, 2012 – 12:01 AM
On the Sun Goddess EP for Don’t Be Afraid, Mr. Beatnick hones his sample craft to elevate his productions.
Conforce, Escapism
March 20, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Boris Bunnik’s second LP as Conforce, Escapism, helps to further cement his already impeccable reputation as a purveyor of techno.
Automatic Tasty, Fieldwork EP
March 20, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Released concurrently with the Strange Terrain EP, Fieldwork is Dillon’s third record for Dublin imprint Lunar Disko, and again delivers only the sunniest of tunes.
Ekoplekz, Dromilly Vale EP
March 16, 2012 – 12:01 AM
If you’ve heard any of Ekoplekz’s umpteen transmissions, you’ll know what to expect from Dromilly Vale, which collects five beatless, grimy soundscapes.
RJ Fletcher, Double Down EP
March 15, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Tact Recordings’ inaugural release is a polished three-tracker by label co-owner RJ Fletcher, backed up by a Rick Wade remix of the title track.
Scuba, Personality
March 14, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Personality highlights the narrative that’s been hiding in plain sight: Scuba has steadily been nurturing an almost otherworldly studio prowess, one that reaches its apex here.
San Laurentino, Forbidden Fruit
March 14, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Forbidden Fruit, San Laurentino’s first EP for Live At Robert Johnson, collects four tracks of the best sort of starry-eyed disco-house, negotiating a line between pop and dreaminess.
Recondite, On Acid
March 13, 2012 – 10:01 AM
In pushing the 303 towards languidness, Recondite has created an album more deeply psychedelic and mind-bending than a vast majority of previous attempts.
Vapauteen, L.I.E.S. 008.5
March 13, 2012 – 12:01 AM
L.I.E.S. adds New Yorker Shawn O’Sullivan under his Vapauteen moniker to their growing roster of seemingly fresh-faced producers who sound like they’ve been at it for years.
Doc Daneeka & Abigail Wyles, Tobyjug
March 9, 2012 – 1:01 AM
Tobyjug marks the birth of another Daneeka/Wyles project, an electronic soul ballad that looks to be ushering the singer towards the producer/performer collaborations that brought Jessie Ware and Fatima to wider attention.
Slant Azymuth, Slant Azymuth
March 8, 2012 – 11:01 AM
As Slant Azymuth, Andy Votel of the Finders Keepers label and Demdike Stare find still more ways to synthesize their bottomless record collections into dark and otherworldly electronic music.
Peter Horrevorts & Philogresz, Return of the Titans
March 8, 2012 – 1:01 AM
Return of the Titans on Philogresz’s Team Records sees him share vinyl space, if not actual studio time, with Peter Horrevorts in away that distinctly complements one another.
Peter Kruder, Xenomorph / Vespertilio
March 7, 2012 – 11:01 AM
Side-stepping functional music’s penchant for single themes and slight variations on them, Kruder’s latest tracks for Macro consist of several interlinked sketches presenting as two coherent, dance-ready wholes.
Simoncino, WereHouse EP
March 7, 2012 – 1:01 AM
Simoncino is a perfect fit for Echovolt Records’ catalog, a clear stylistic peer to the likes of Steve Summers and Legowelt, the latter of whom turns up on remix duty here.
October, String Theory
March 6, 2012 – 11:01 AM
Collaborating with Borai, October showcases far more approachable sounds, backed by rock-solid remixes from Danny Wolfers, in both Legowelt and Polarius guises.