Random Circuits

This is one techno package you don’t want to be without this summer, twisted techno at its very best.

Kalabrese goes about remixing Soulphiction’s “Reclap” with a care free attitude, laid back and lovely, it’s casual but strong and tight at the same time.

Shed’s remix is a real beauty he slows things down and adds a delightful shuffled percussion on top of what is already an insatiable groove. Moving along smooth and seductively his remix really does creep up on you it’s more of a raw groove, quite basic but with an enormous amount of dance floor power.That kick drum works really well & has a slightly warm feel. And when put next to that micro percussion it really sets the track of well.

After a wait of 2 years Cassy Britton is back on her own self titled label [Cassy]. Known for here hypnotic, loopy house and techno Cassy is one of the best female producers in the electronic music field today. Also one of the most unique acts as she makes her own beats, uses here own vocal talent & produces her own label. With numerous collaborations and many remixes Cassy is a force to be reckoned with. Her DJ sets are very popular and her overall sound is very infectious.

Sound as a concept/philosophy is something Raster-Noton has promoted since the label’s birth in 1999. Byetone a german named Olaf Bender, also one of the co-founders of Raster-Noton released a quite massive twelve back in february. So it’s time to take a small step back again and contemplate missed gems. The release I’m talking about [...]

Time for some more slick, deep Romanian action again on RC. The exclusive Danish label [Lomidhighlmtd] continues in fine form with a one of release from Boola where he gets a little help from his friend Demos.

Anton Zap is a relatively new name to the scene who first came to my attention by a split EP which he collaborated on with DJ Jus Ed.Since then we’ve had to wait a good five months to hear Zap’s new EP & let me tell you now it’s been wholeheartedly worth the wait.

Unknown to me, English electric not quite properly introduce themselves with a stunning EP on Mighty Robot. My problem is that I still have no idea who they/he/she/it are/is. For those who want a textual description of the sound on the Auto beam EP, here goes: Take the epic Vangelis (don’t worry) Blade Runner soundtrack, [...]

The unofficial [Ral] label continues to bring joy to music heads and trainspotters a like. It’s a safe bet to say if you have either seen the three Romanians or any of the Chileans in the past year you will have more likely than not heard something coming from the [Ral] label.
Cae” is Caetano Veloso’s classic from 1987, “Depois Que O Ile Passar” remixed by Luciano & “Nin” is a version of Nina Simone’s 1965 classic “Sinnerman” also remixed by Luciano.

Chic Miniature is a collaboration between Guillaume Coutu-Dumont and Ernesto Ferreyra two of the strongest forces of “micro house” which is coming out of Canada today.

Two relatively new names, Alex Niggemann and Marc Poppcke, one brand spanking new sub label, [Moonpool] and three solid house tracks including remixes from Agnes & Russ Gabriel.

I would say that this has been my most anticipated record so far this year, after the fabulous Slowhouse Two which we covered earlier this year i didn’t think Slowhouse could get any better, but how wrong was I.

Finally our beloved Mr Garnier releases something for us to groove to again. Back to my roots is two tracks of feverishly drumming techno. Something for both the house and techno heads to shuffle their feet to a warm summer night. The title track is something psychadelic, something almost hippy-esque in its wild swaggering, tingling [...]

The Fourth part of this quite essential series, “History Elevate’s” See’s Chilean house pioneer & Cadenza label owner, Luciano take to remixing duties, there’s also a Jesse Rose remix on the EP but it’s more a filler than thriller so I’ll be leaving that to the blog house brigade to dissect and hand out to the masses.

Valt 1 is a limited edition vinyl only series from the heads at Vakant, the Berlin based house and techno label which is run by Alex Knoblauch and Stephan Bolch.