A while ago I was raving about some Dark Vektor tracks that I only had preview ~2 min clips of. Here it is, full lentgth.
Dark vektor - Touch tomorrow [Dona-li, 2006] (buy)Catchy, robot pounding, clean and well executed classic electro. The Spinks remix of this track is awesome as well, so pick up a copy [...]
Luke Envoy - Gamma [Hot flush, 2006]Evil ‘dubstep’ shit from this luke mister guy. Best served chill with a nice cup of darkness.
Uusitalo - Uutta verta hangella [2006, Huume] (buy)My fav track on the album.
Schwefelgelb - My pornoshow [2006]Pretty funny electro, not on any label.
Zero 7 - Futures [2006, Atlantic]Opener track from their new album, The Garden. José Gonzalez is singing. The usual zero 7 sound besides that.
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Aurora [2005, Raster-Noton]Good ambient.
Uusitalo - Tulenkantaja [2006, Huume] (buy)Perhaps better known as Vladislav delay and Luomo. This is dubby techno. Title track of his new album.
Joel Mull - October C Deep vibes from Joel. He played here not long ago, but I missed it.
Waiting sucks. As does exams.
Hug - The Chopper [2006, K2]John Dahlbäck. This is from ‘The Platform’ 12″. The title track is good too, but this is the clear winner on the release. Minimal techno, of course.
While browsing around (Youtube especially) for some nice videos, I came across many that I love. Sometimes it’s just the video I fall for, sometimes the track is the strongest part, but most of the time it’s the interaction between both audio and visuals that hooks me. Check ‘em out.
Grandmaster Flash & the furious five [...]
Laurent Garnier - Greed (part 1+2) [2000]Electro laurent style.
Styro 2000 - Saghcal [2006, Bruchstuecke] (buy)Swiss producer. Cool vocal samples (police radio?) and tricky techno. Some are saying it sounds a bit like hip hop - I don’t get that at all.
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix) [1998, Ninja tune]Old! But sounds nice. [...]
Oliver Hacke - Millepieds (Anders Ilar Remix) [2006, Level] (buy)Here it is, B2. And it’s the best of the mixes featured on the release I think.
3 Channels - Lady Salata [2006, Trapez] (buy)Tribal! Very good work on the drums. From the ‘Bar 135′ release. Enjoy it on repeat :)
Edit:Even better from Bar 135:3 Channels - [...]
More of the Serge and more of electronic goodness. What an unbeatable combination.
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - 69 Année ÉrotiqueGodlike bassline. And those strings…
Oliver Hacke - Millepieds (Slg remix) [2006, Level] (buy)Minimal, jacking and jerky techno, with a touch of ‘emo’ (tee hee). Anyone heard the Ilar remix of this track btw? I’m dying [...]
Alex Bartsch - Thunk [2006, Sportsclub] (buy)From the split 12″ ‘Nakombi’ also featuring Franco Zeiger. Pretty heavy!
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T’aime Moi Non PlusAnd now, a classic in every sense of the word. Serge the man, the myth, the legend.
Ait, time for some psy-electro. No, it has nothing to do with psy-trance (what is that anyway?). This is psycho electro, god damnit!! (yes, I just made that genre name up).
Marco Bernardi - Welcome To My World (Feat. Rei Loci)[2006, Frustrated funk] (buy)Title track. Not very fitting of the season I think, but it’s nice [...]
More sun, less time in front of the computer - yay! Anyway, depending on a few independent factors you may or you may not see me at this year’s Sonar music festival in Barcelona. I really hope I can make it there.
Kool keith - Make up your mindGreat track from the classic album ‘Sex style’ [...]
Finally a bit of love from the weather gods. To celebrate that fact, here’s some imbalanced minimal techno tracks, both from the release “Friends are silence” on My best friend - buy this release.
Jorge Gebauhr & Riley Reinhold - Six Sick Torros [2006, My best friend]Remute & Riley Reinhold - Polyester [2006, My best friend]
Still [...]
Tim Koch - Blue and Grey [Merck, 2006]From his new album Faena on merck. Classic IDM, not very fresh or exciting perhaps, but very well made. I dig.
Edit:Tim Koch - X to M [Merck, 2006]Another one from the same album, my favorite. Haters who yell ‘cheesy’ at this - GTFO! :-)
Buy this release.