Some stuff I picked up at the weekend. I'll try and do some proper
reviews again soon but I may not have the time.
Out Now:
Herbert 3x12" (Phono)
Very cool house stuff with intelligence and humour. Falls between
Basic Channel and Clear
Clatterbox - Eazy Does it LP (clear)
More funky, jazzy stuff from the clear box of clatters
Surgeon - Communications (downward)
6 track double 12" of Mills-ish techno. "Wire" kicks ass! On some
of the other tracks, surge is exploring further than his earlier 12"s
by developing the tracks more, instead of them just being a kicking
groove.
Regis - 4 tracker (downward)
Downward is a local label in my home town of Birmingham, and
this bangin' 12", while not as good as surgeon's stuff, is tough
mixing material in a repetitive detroit style. Plus the latter
track on each side ends in a cleanly integrated lock groove.
Jiri.Ceiver - Trental rmxs (harthouse)
3 tracks of quite odd and very listenable tribal-ish techno, and
a mellow electro Doctor Rockitt remix, well worth checking out.
On the Way (promos):
Freeform - 4 track double 12" (WARP)
(as previously mentioned on CD), 4 varied tracks of excellence
from idm's 95 tip for 96 (before we had all heard about ^2p )
Squarepusher - Squarepusher Theme (Rephlex)
Oh, speaking of which. Rephlex win the race to get some of Tom's
stuff out post-the-signing-up-hype. Not as hard by any stretch as the
Dragon Disc tracks, and really exploring the jazzier end of what he's
been putting out so far. Damn fine.
Hardfloor - new 4-tracker (harthouse)
HF move back to house tempos after the "Dadamnphreaknoisefunk" EP,
but stay clear of returning too closely to their forumula. It's
got 303's, yes, but in a new flavour. Includes mixes by Mark Bell
and Surgeon.
Also picked up UR's electronic Warfare, the one with Aux 88 and
Drexciya mixes on the B-side. Wicked, wicked Electro!
J
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