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ECHOSPACE - Altering Illusions

2012-02-06T12:00:00+00:00

ECHOSPACE
Altering Illusions
Echospace
BASIC CHANNEL / DUB TECHNO
4LP

**4LP package, each disc comes on marbled colour vinyl** "The holy grail for fans of the Echospace label which over the years has released some momumental 12's. This limited edition 4x 12" label compilation features unreleased material from cv313, Deepchord, Echospace, Intrusion & Variant that's been pressed on to 4 nice slabs of 180g coloured vinyl and it comes with a full colour gatefold sleeve. Tracklisting in full: 01 - Deepchord - 01-06 (cv313 rework I) 02 - Deepchord - 01-06 (cv313 rework II) 03 - Deepchord - Electromagnetic Dowsing (cv313 live rewire) 04 - cv313 - A Silent Storm(cv313 reprise) 05 - cv313 - infinit-1 (Intrusion's Lost Dub) 06 - cv313 - Altering Illusion 07 - cv313 - Above Clouds 08 - Deepchord presents: Echospace - Hypnosphere 09 - Deepchord presents: Echospace - Spatialdimension (Intrusion Dub),

MERIDIAN - Mallorca / Breakdown - Single

2012-02-06T11:50:00+00:00

MERIDIAN
Mallorca / Breakdown - Single
Paranoiak
SYNTHWAVE / ELECTRO
MP3 Release

SUSUMU YOKOTA - Dreamer

2012-02-06T09:00:00+00:00

SUSUMU YOKOTA
Dreamer
Lo Recordings
ELECTRONIC
CD

Maverick, veteran Japanese electronic musician presents his umpteenth album, but shows absolutely no signs of slowing down or holding back. Taking Jon Hassell's concept of a "Fourth World Music" as a starting point, 'Dreamer' imagines a lush alternate world where musics from myriad sources criss-cross the ether like electromagnetic signals, creating a miscegenation of harmonic dissonance, outernational rhythm patterns and cyberreal sonics with a slight Eastern accent. This couldn't be any more apparent than the opening 'Human Memory', tapping into a collective rave unconsciousness with '91 style 'ardcore breakbeats alloyed to non-native horns and layered drones, before 'Flitting Ray' swerves into subcontinental raga and 'Subconscious Globe' makes telepathic connections with windswept northern moorland. He continues to trek between deepest Berlin Techno on 'Inception', via religious vocal music on 'Double Spot Image' and wilder, futher flung strains of hybrid Techno on 'Animiam Of The Airy', taking us to Demdike-ish sound design on Brainwashing And Senses' cryptic Middle eastern mimetics on 'A Day At The Planet'.

RON HARDY - RDY#7

2012-02-06T08:00:00+00:00

RON HARDY
RDY#7
R.D.Y.
TECHNO / HOUSE
12"

*Clear vinyl, black label* #7 in the cheeky series of classic Ron Hardy edits direct from tape to wax. A-side you gots his timeless edit of First Choice/Al Green 'Love And Happiness', backed with edits of The J Geils Band's 'Flamethrower' and Steet Life's 'Tearin Down The Walls' on the flip. Sounds wickedly shoddy, just how you like it.

EL PREVOST - Putting Out Fires EP

2012-02-06T07:00:00+00:00

EL PREVOST
Putting Out Fires EP
Third Ear Recordings
TECHNO / HOUSE
12"

Heavy, twisted Deep House music out of South London. The 'Putting Out Fires' EP is El Prevost's 2nd release for Third Ear, following last years 'Money Honey EP' with a weighty, headstrong style taking in 'floor-grappling Electro dynamics on the title track, plus tribally reinforced Detroit House on 'Massive' and a Karizma or Shake-style Breakbeat killer on 'Sap'. Fans of Wbeeza, Kyle hall, Theo P should all check this.

RICHARD DEVINE - RISP

2012-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

RICHARD DEVINE
RISP
Detroit Underground
ELECTRONIC
12"

BLAWAN - Peaches

2012-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

BLAWAN
Peaches
Clone Basement Series
TECHNO / HOUSE
12"

**Translucent Green Vinyl - Includes free download code redeemable from the label** Four tracks of mauling Industrial Techno-House from Blawan. Clanking, gear-crunching rhythms and acidic sounds are bashed into four variations of 'Peaches' to cater for sweaty basements in solid, heavy style.

RADIOHEAD - Give Up The Ghost (Brokenchord RMX) / TKOL (Altrice RMX) / Bloom (Blawan RMX)

2012-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

RADIOHEAD
Give Up The Ghost (Brokenchord RMX) / TKOL (Altrice RMX) / Bloom (Blawan RMX)
TICKER TAPE
ELECTRONIC
12"

Blawan, Altrice and Brokenchord line up to remix tracks from 'The King oF Limbs' LP. A-side, Brokenchord gives a sloshy, downbeat and electronic HipHop mix of 'Give Up The Ghost', and Altrice a detailed overhaul of 'Tkol', while B-side Blawan turns 'Bloom' into a rigid, monotonic techno roller with thick, viscous layers of drone. Solid.

TIM HECKER - Ravedeath, 1972

2012-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

TIM HECKER
Ravedeath, 1972
Kranky
DARK AMBIENT / DRONE / METAL
2LP

Tim Hecker had proven himself to be one of the great survivors of 90s electronic music. While he might have only surfaced at the tail-end of the ailing IDM scene, Hecker's distinctly original brand of rich, textured ambient music set him apart from his peers. Many have tried to emulate his sound, but few have come close, and while he peaked with the punishingly noisy and effortlessly beautiful 'Mirages' a few years back, his subsequent flirtations with a quieter, more meditative sound have been similarly arresting. Unusually, 'Ravedeath, 1972' sees Hecker moving away from his comfort zone and collaborating with one of the very people who attempted a second-wave of the Hecker grit, grind and harmony - Ben Frost. This is a move which saw Hecker up sticks and fly over to Iceland, where he proceeded to record the album over a handful of days using that most hallowed of instruments, the pipe organ. Frost clearly adds some of his production expertise (he moonlights as an engineer) and with this there can be no doubt that 'Ravedeath,1972' is the most hi-fi album in Tim Hecker's discography to date. The crunch that Hecker has made his own is now reproduced in 1080p High Definition, billowing from every orifice of the speaker set with basses dribbling like viscous lava and treble firing with the slick precision of an M16. The powerful pipe organ sound underpins everything, coughing, wheezing and stuttering beneath Hecker's expertly crafted granular sounds like the ailing ghost of the Catholic church itself. At times it might simply appear in amongst a cloud of white noise, and at others there is only the familiar shadowy blast, shrouded in the trappings of morals and dogma. Pitting his knowledge and skill against that of Ben Frost has yielded an album's worth of crushing, near-spiritual sound. Whoever thought of throwing the church organ into the mix had clearly eaten their Weetabix for breakfast. Recommended.

AFX - Chosen Lords

2012-02-06T06:00:00+00:00

AFX
Chosen Lords
Rephlex
ELECTRONIC
CD

Finally available again after several years out of press. With his 'Analord' series firmly installed in the annals of fanboy fetishism, Richard D. James has decided to pre-empt the eBay shitehawks by putting out a proper CD version of the 12's that seeks to reassemble the proto-retro-acid-beat-bothering-symphonies into a cohesive LP. Rather than just sellotape the source material together into some semblance of a running order, AFX has set about re-positioning the originals to work in a trimmed sequence - with the overall appearance of an analogue tornado lessened thanks to some wise ommisions. What this means for those without grooved fingers is that there's now a quality, iPod-primed distillation of the vinyl-only releases for you to savour in all its acid-whipped glory. What this means for the rest of us is that our Analord collection won't be complete without this nifty little package. The End. Maybe...