Max Cooper: “Qualia” (Empirisch, Traum 2011)Bonus cut from Max Cooper’s excellent Empirisch entry for Traum, released in 2011. This one is available on the digital version and is yet another good...
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Pangaea: In Drum Play (Hessle Audio) Kevin McAuley’s second album comes four years after his debut, with a string of Eps peppering across the years in between. In Drum Play continues...
Various artists: Total 16 (Kompakt)For over 15 years now, Cologne techno label Kompakt has been releasing annual round-ups of its talent, often including both previously released favorites...
Moderat: “Eating Hooks” (III, Monkeytown 2016)The latest clip from Moderat’s third album, released earlier this year on Monkeytown, is pretty great.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Surgeon: “(Intro) Version II” (Basictonal-remake, Tresor 2015)Absolutely banging, overhauled interpretation of the leading intro to Surgeon’s Basictonalvocabulary album from 1997. Even across the...
Stanny Franssen: “Rotator” (Cocoon Compilation C, Cocoon 2002)Straightforward but red hot banger from Stanny Franssen, released way back in ‘02 on the third installment of Cocoon’s ongoing...
Terence Fixmer: Beneath the Skin (Ostgut-Ton)French EBM veteran Terence Fixmer tilts his productions fully toward the Ostgut-Ton/Berghain camp with this four-track EP for the label. Much...
Mouse on Mars: “Spezmodia” (Spezmodia, Thill Jockey 2014)Mouse on Mars continue to evolve and delight. This EP from 2014 was the most recent until their recent Lichter release, but they are fairly...
Closer Musik: “Closer Dancer” (After Love, Kompakt 2002)Closer Musik put out a single album and 2 EPs, but their legacy holds up still through contemporary classics like this one.(Source:...
Legowelt: “Dirty Tango” (Tracks from the Tube, Stilleben 2002)One of my very favorite Legowelt tracks from one of my favorite 12″ records of his. He had a short run of really fantastic italo-disco...
Lone: “Alpha Wheel” (Live for Last.fm)Check out Matt Cutler’s excellent performance of “Alpha Wheel,” from his latest album Levitate, recorded live for last.fm.(Source:...
The Chemical Brothers: “Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix)” (Wide Open (The Remixes), 2016)The Chemical Brothers’ closing track on their last album, last year’s Born in the Echoes, has gotten a handful...
Superpitcher: So Far So Super (Kompakt)Aksel Schaufler first made a real impression on me as Superpitcher right around the turn of the century, when Kompakt was burgeoning from a smaller...
Underworld: “Kittens” (Beaucoup Fish, 1999)I’ve been on an Underworld kick again lately, revisiting old albums and tracks. The big sound of “Kittens” shows off their dancefloor chops removed from...
Lone: Levitate (R&S)Lone is nothing if not consistent. Matt Cutler has been steadily indulging a full-blown nostalgia for the braindance of the early 90s over a series of singles and...
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