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JACOPO CARRERAS-Olanto

Jacopo has been in numerous music projects before and just finished his contributions to the score of an Italian movie. While the focus here is tripping electronic dance music. ‘Olanto’ starts off with quirky percussions and soundeffects and a limping beat that turns into straight and pumping d...

PANTHA DU PRINCE-This Bliss

‘This Bliss’ could be the score to a science-fiction fairy tale: modern electronic music overwhelmed by emotional melodies, that partly exceed the limit. Nevertheless Hendrik Weber’s second longplayer is one finely elaborated and arranged album. Not a playful experiment, but a minutious handlin...

KATAPULT-Katapult V/A Vol. 3

Let’s make the intro short: Katapult’s third volume is actually a collection of stripped-down House, but also in some way techno. For instance The Mole reminds of soulful French-house and Dolibox follows with a sluggish Blues-inspired stomper. Skat and Noze take us on a surrealistic trip and Ar...

V/A BODY LANGUAGE VOL. 3-Mixed by Jesse Rose

Jesse Rose is in charge of Get Physical’s third ‘Body Language’ compilation. His love for House music’s electronic sound and his style of jerky and angular grooves, that he’s renowned for with his productions, are in evidence in this Chicago-inspired classic turntable-mix (one CD-deck aside) wi...

MIKE SHANNON-Tactile Series (Blue/Red/Green)

I got hooked on Cynosure’s three part series (8 tracks on 3 Eps) from Mike Shannon entitled ‘Tactile’. Infected by those stripped-down monotone peaktime tools that stand out with deep hooks based on simple and lush keys, building up consistently and carried by sub-bass driven beats as in breath...

TOBIAS.-Dial EP

Tobias Freund focuses with his latest solo work on pure and minimal electronic dance music: ‘Dial’ is a powerful stomping loop with sharp percussive elements that vary slightly but create a penetrating energy. ‘Violence’ shuffles with nothing more than a tight kickdrum and a noisy background,...