Techno News

Mikkel Metal presents his rough side of the Dub-Techno genre, raw warehouse infused dubby grooves.

Sepalcure are poised to release their eponymous debut full length through Hotflush

PROPER DETROIT BIZNESS FROM QUANTEC

For Steadfast's thirteenth release we have 3 smoking tracks of deep chunky techno from a collaborative project featuring John Daly and the mystery man known as 19.454.18.5.25.5.18. All three versions are guaranteed to work the floor.

Spec: Reversed board sleeve features Silver Metallic Pantone logo and lettering front and back, Pantone matched labels, plastic inners. A selection of short cinematic explorations taking in the ancient, the far reaches of the galaxy and the end-time, featuring Transportation AAD (Boddika/Alex Instra:Mental & Drkstr), Grey Goo (Boddika/Alex Instra:Mental), and Vaalhaala (to remain anonymous..).

First cv313 project album from critically acclaimed duo Deepchord Presents: Echospace (Rod Modell & Steven Hitchell).
Features released and unreleased remixes by King Midas Sound (The Bug - Hyperdub, Ninja Tune), DeepChord (Modern Love, Soma), The Sight Below (Ghostly, Touch), Brock Van Wey (bvdub, home normal, styrax) Reference (Beretta, Planet E), STL (Perlon, Something)

Droid resident artists David Flores (Audio Injection/Truncate) and Vangelis + Vidal Vargas (Raíz) combine their production elements on the Degrees of Motion EP.

Germany based producer Kassem Mosse releases his second EP for Nonplus, entitled Enoha, The four track release follows on from last year's ' We Speak To Those/Hi Res' 12 inch for the label, which is run by UK duo Instra:mental. This year Mosse - real name Gunnar Wendel - has already released two solo EPs, including the Workshop 12 and a limited 7 for Mikrodisco which included the brilliant DJ Koze-esque mindfuck house track '7am'. http://www.inhabitonline.co.uk

Howell's first material outside of Pendle Coven and takes on a much darker, more stripped down aesthetic.

Coeter One shows two tracks in perfect style of the label. Nutempo Vinyl Records means high-quality of minimal techno.

new Label Thal Communications incl. Rene Bretbarth Remix
These last few months Hans Thalau has carved a niche for himself as a producer of the finest deep electronic house grooves. In celebration of one year of quality digital releases, Hans brings you his strongest offering to date on his very own Thal Communications. This tenth release will be ThalCom's first on vinyl and will feature three original tracks by Thal along with a superb remix from Deep Data maestro Rene Breitbarth. Enjoy!

Nonplus+ label owners Instra:mental have been working away on solo projects in 2011 with Al Bleek working under his Boddika alias and Kid Drama as Jon Convex. Here we have Boddika's first output on Nonplus+ after his debut on Naked Lunch in 2010 and prior to his forthcoming EP on Swamp 81. His work has been supported by DJs across the board such as Benji B, Oneman, Scuba, Shy FX, Martyn, Ramadanman, Joy Orbison, Leofah, Skream and Zed Bias amongst many others.a) Boddika 'You Tell Me' 'You Tell Me' takes us back to the 80s with its electro tinged thumping drums and freaky synths. What at first seems to be a pretty straightforward track slowly mutates into an ugly beast with its pitch bent lead and warping drum grooves that slowly swing so far out and eventually re-sync with each significant transition. Not for the seasick.aa) Boddika 'Breezin' On the flip Boddika provides another striped back dancefloor warmer but here he comes with a 4×4 drum pattern. With very few elements he exploits them all to their limits and the track moves with an everchanging undercurrent of acid bass coated with subtle synth melodies that work their way around the bass in a mesmerizing arrangement. Another example of Boddika's talent for working sound to maximum effect and keeping it simple but effective.

Manchester duo A.n.D. are at the heart of Manchester's thriving electronic music community. Releases on labels such as Horizontal Ground, Inner Surface Music and Project Squared have solidified their reputation for finely honed and darkly swung techno. Here they present two weighty cuts for Bristol's Idle Hands label. 'Hydrothermal' is a stripped back 4/4 excursion with rattling hi-hats and lots of bass. 'Lights Down Low' rolls along on a syncopated techno beat, with deadly snares and a droning, almost industrial feel bringing to mind the work of Regis and T++.