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OBJEKT - Cactus / Porcupine

2012-02-07T13:00:00+00:00

OBJEKT
Cactus / Porcupine
HESSLE AUDIO
TECHNO / HOUSE
12"

*Ships Friday* Hessle Audio present their eagerly anticipated single from man-of-the-moment, Objekt. Since smashing the scene wide open with his white label 12"s and remixes for Radiohead and SBTRKT in 2011, the Berlin-based producer has become one of the most talked-about properties amongst those in the know. His convergence of Techno, Dubstep , House and Garage conventions are bold statements on the possibilities of German engineering and UK Bass music, programming new routes and solutions for the most demanding, forward-looking dancefloors. A-side here is 'Cactus', a malleable fusion of molasses halfstep subs, aqua-tech 2-step and Techno sound design which simply sounds like nobody else out there. Flipside is 'Porcupine', a more aggy, pointillist hardstepper pivoting off hard-edged claps while hyper-ventilating rave melodies synch with body mangling bass.

MINISTRE X - Subtitle Of Life

2012-02-07T12:00:00+00:00

MINISTRE X
Subtitle Of Life
ClekClekBoom Recordings
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

*Ships Friday* Weird and wayward R'n'Bass music from the Franco-Brazilian deejay and co-founder of the ClekClekBoom label. Much like the label's previous instalments from Coni and French Fries, Ministre X is ploughing a unique sound, taking inspiration from the UK Bass scene to make mutant, dislocated, yet dancefloor-primed grooves. The A-side 'Calling Me' works warped vocals from Sana Zeineddine with frickled percussion on a slinky 2-step bubble somewhere close to James Blake's Harmonimix edits or a Jamie xx production. B-side 'Just To Please Ya' is more stripped down, slower, creating a brittle-yet-sticky rhythm for sweetened pop/R&B vocal from Romy Sublet, while the odd organ refrain and 2-step glyde of 'Calling Me' features as tidier edit. Smart, this.

VARIOUS / MOI J'CONNAIS - Reverend Beat-Man's Dusty Record Cabinet Vol. 2

2012-02-07T10:00:00+00:00

VARIOUS / MOI J'CONNAIS
Reverend Beat-Man's Dusty Record Cabinet Vol. 2
MOI J'CONNAIS RECORDS
SOUNDTRACKS / LIBRARY / EARLY ELECTRONIC
LP

**180g vinyl in silk-screened sleeve** One year since his sold-out first collection, Reverend Beatman - the enigmatic boss of Voodoo Rhythm Records - presents volume 2 of his 'Dusty Cabinet' selections. Again he's drawing for obscure and well known Rock & Roll, Greek Rembetika, Gospel, Jazz and English Folk, but this time with a Christmassy slant (although, to be fair, it's not all that apparent!). It plays through almost like a mixtape, with each side seamlessly sequenced into a joyous patchwork of crinkly, grainy oddities, and marvels from across the globe. Just on the A-side alone you'll find a delightful piece of Finnish folksong rubbing up against downhome Gospel blues and jolly German beatmusic, while the B-side segues from Django Reinhardt's jaunty swing to Eartha Kitt's arresting 'Angelitos Negros', thru Louis Killen's deliciously accented 'Blackleg Mines' and other, untold treats. TIP!

GOLDFFINCH - EP#1: Funky Steppa / Groove Panda

2012-02-07T09:00:00+00:00

GOLDFFINCH
EP#1: Funky Steppa / Groove Panda
Saigon Recordings
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** With cool EPs under his belt for Numbers, 887 and Airflex labs, Goldffinch deposits two stripped down Technoid Bass grooves for Saigon. 'Funky Steppa' is a tensile slab of hard-edged Bass and crisp, tungsten-tipped percussion on the A-side, working somewhere close to the likes of Objekt or Randomer, while 'Groove Panda' gets busier with swinging, jacking Bass and rippling percussive intricacies on the flip. Both blatantly intended to turn out the 'floor in style.

ATKI2 - Knock Knock / Vietnam

2012-02-07T08:00:00+00:00

ATKI2
Knock Knock / Vietnam
FRIJSFO BEATS
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
7"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Atki2 wires up two dutty bashment joints for Frijsfo's first 7". The Bristolian veteran of labels such as Werk Discs, Shadetek, Immerse and Idle Hands does his unique, outernational-looking thing here, chopping Far Eastern string timbres and sweet woodwind on a juicy, jackin' Bass wriggler called 'Knock Knock', and comes with a more fragrant, stoned vibe with 'Vietnam' on the flip.

STEEL AN' SKIN - Reggae Is Here Once Again

2012-02-07T08:00:00+00:00

STEEL AN' SKIN
Reggae Is Here Once Again
EM
DUB / REGGAE
LP

**Much needed first vinyl issue of this deeply endearing LP, newly remastered and housed in custom embossed jacket with liner notes in Japanese and English by band-leader Peter Blackman** A comprehensive reissue of Steel An' Skin's output from the late seventies and early eighties, combining the band's debut 12" release Reggae Is Here Once Again, a couple of tracks from their 1984 LP Acid Rain, and one previously unissued piece. Significantly, this edition come as a double disc release, including a DVD featuring Steve Shaw's 34 minute film about the band, made in 1979. As for the music itself, it's a potent hybrid of dub, disco and African influences, a freeform fusion of the manifold influences of Afro-Caribbean London. 'Afro Punk Reggae' could easily fit in with the New York No Wave scene of the time, carving out an odd rhythm track embellished with swells of steel drum and echo deck edits. 'Reggae Is Here Once Again' is more overtly locked into a disco groove, with a more summery disposition, while 'Fire In Soweto' taps into the spirit of calypso, filled with multiple layers of vocals and particularly lyrical use of those steel drums. Excellent... Highly recommended!!!

DISTANCE - Melted Dubs 003

2012-02-07T07:00:00+00:00

DISTANCE
Melted Dubs 003
MELTED DUBS
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Distance follows Rockwell's example to release four heavyweight dubs of pop, Rock and R&B cuts from his personal cache on Melted Dubs. Frontside Nicky Minaj's 'Dominoes' is flipped with ass-grinding dubstep bass and Kid Adrift's 'A4 In Ecstasy' becomes a dramatic halfstep rave bomb. Flipside there's a striking revision of Josho Osho's 'Redemption' and a beastly makeover for Alex Clare's 'Too Close'.

SOAP DODGERS - Rachel Went South / Belly

2012-02-07T06:00:00+00:00

SOAP DODGERS
Rachel Went South / Belly
Wheel & Deal Records
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
12"

**SHIPS FRIDAY** Kuduro/Electro-compatible Dubstep rave from N-Type's Wheel & Deal label. Soap Dodgers in charge on their 2nd 12", dropping the carnival-syncopated gallop of 'Rachel Went South' on the A-side, and a grimier, sub-heavy alternative in 'Belly' on the flip.

RICHARD DEVINE - RISP

2012-02-07T06:00:00+00:00

RICHARD DEVINE
RISP
Detroit Underground
ELECTRONIC
12"

**Screen printed jacket** Hyper-complex electro-acoustic experiments by Richard Devine for Detroit Underground. 'RISP EP' contains three tracks of kinetic beat structures morphing spatial simulations created and initially sequenced on the Euro rack modular and Elektron Octotrack machines, plus a dancefloor-readied remix by Drumcell of LA's Droid Behaviour. Richard's original tracks are about as close you'll come to Autechrian electro deviation, catalysing sheer new forms from a chaotic soup of "algorithm-based generative time structures", reconfiguring time and space axes with dazzling dexterity. By contrast Drumcell's pendulous Techno remix feels pedestrian, when it's actually a killer slice of advanced groove science recommended to any forward thinking DJs.

EXPO '70 - Hovering Resonance

2012-02-07T04:00:00+00:00

EXPO '70
Hovering Resonance
SOUND OF COBRA
ELECTRONIC
LP