technoo

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Techno

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Marcel Fengler

a1-James ruskin - work(steve rachmad)

Cosmin TRG - Vertigo (Tale Of Us & Fango Remix)

CLOUDS | Boys On E. Terriers
[SOMA404d]

1.	Teenage Boy 
2.	Elevator Girl
3.	Genista Cave 4 


Scottish duo Clouds return to Soma after their devastating debut on the label last year with Complete Control. Once again the youngsters have served up 3 hammering tracks as they continue their attack on the Techno world, Boys On E. Terriers shows why Clouds are consider one of the most up and coming players in electronic music.

Teenage Boy opens the EP with crunching, stomping loops which over time clunk together into a tasty broken beat loop, propelling itself with rocket powered snares and hi hats leading to one almighty synth hook. The track really goes hell bound when Clouds let rip their signature rave-esq sound with images of firefights above dystopian cities as rip roaring drums are shredded by the wild, distorted synth line. 

Elevator Girl keeps things running in a similar fashion. A little more for-four than it’s predecessor but just as ferocious. Heavily distorted drums punch in, moving at lightning speed as looped out vocal cuts keep a hypnotic vibe. Pure punishment is the order of the day with Elevator Girl as clanking percussion bounces around the track while pulsing samples wail their way in the background. Not for the faint hearted.

The imaginatively titled Genista Cave 4 rounds of the EP with yet more full on abrasive sounds from Clouds. Stuttered vocal cuts sit over a thumping loop and the tracks rolls quickly into full swing dropping quickly into full on kick drum mayhem slaughtered by rattling percussion. 

The two little terrors are carving their way through Techno at the moment with their cacophony of distorted beats and ferocious production skill. 

*All tracks mastered by Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Mastering


Clouds - Genista Cave 4 (Soma 404d)

That Noise

Released 14/07
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Tessela - Rough 2

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Kevin McHugh aka Ambivalent returns to Mobilee with his second full release under his more house-inclined alias Amber.  Having launched the alias with the Waves of Grain EP in January, McHugh has already graced several parties as Amber this year,  playing a classic NYC/Chicago house-influenced sets (with an Amber set at Richie Hawtin's ENTER. night at Space Ibiza set for September).  Meanwhile McHugh continues to evolve his Ambivalent techno productions, with a hugely popular recent acid remix of Danny Daze on Jimmy Edgar's Ultramajic label, and a collaboration with Michael L Penman on Tronic that continues to climb the techno charts.

The Amber project is one of several McHugh is maintaining at the moment. Originally starting as part of the collaborative project Jake & Amber, their 'This Is Mine' release kickstarted a wave of creativity that allowed the NYC/Berlin producer to explore more melodic sounds influenced by the house music he loves.  Having signed the first batch of productions to Mobilee, this second EP is led by perhaps the biggest of all the Amber tracks so far, 'Keep It Gone', which loops its insistent vocal hook over a continuously swelling and subsiding bassline, retaining a sharp acid edge to counterbalance the track's sweeter vocal-inflected side.  

This balancing act plays out in the EP's two other cuts, 'One Touch' and 'Pentagon', with both tracks constructed around ominous, powerful bass patterns, illuminated by flashes of synth melody and skittering vocal samples.

Amber - Pentagon

Amber - One Touch

Amber - Keep It Gone

Going for impact and stand-out sound design, VRIL offers 'Thronwagen' - a mesmerising arrangement of synth layers, classic Techno stabs and overlapping themes. Already well-known for his powerful drums and bottom end control, this more musical piece goes a long way to showcase some of the German producer's many other talents. 

VRIL - Thronwagen - IMF04

Echoplex, who graced IMF002, also returns with a suitably trippy and percussive number, entitled 'The Relapse'. Building into a bleepy, freaky, acidic killer, complete with some cleverly deployed rave-vocal samples, filtering in and out of the fluffy aesthetic, the long-serving Polish master is still on top form.

Echoplex - The Relapse - IMF04

After his wonderful 4-tracker on IMF003 promising talent Thomas Hessler continues his run with the melodic and stark journey track, 'The Escaper'. What is initially shrouded in mystery and melancholy soon opens up into a funky, US vs. UK-styled workout, snapping snares and reduced percussion driving the meandering synth theme.

The Escaper

Thomas Hessler - The Escaper - IMF04

Label co-ordinator Marcel Fengler drops ’Scion' on the A1, a non-typical, deeper House-influenced jam with a floating, mind-melting soft-focus. Abstract, crafty Techno meets classic Sunday-afternoon vibes in this unique offering. 

Scion

Marcel Fengler - Scion - IMF04

AnD - 001 [AnD001]

broadcasted on 01.25.2015

Lake People - Distance - Permanent Vacation
Woo York - Kadastre - Life and Death
Recondite - Serak - Life and Death
Jessie Ware - Keep On Lying (Nina Kraviz Remix) - Red Bull
Plastikman - Expand (Tale Of Us rmx)  Mute
Locked Groove - Eleven      Life and Death
Monoloc - Try Some - Life and Death
Barnt - Cherry Red (Tale Of Us and Recondite rmx) 
Scuba - Why You Feel So Low - Hotflush 
Mind Against & Locked Groove - Elysium - Hotflush
The Howling - Signs (Rødhåd remix) - Monkeytown
Slam - Convolute (Etapp Kyle Gamma Mix) - Soma Recordings  
Woo York - He and She - Life and Death
Luca Ballerini - Amore & Psiche - Innervisions 
Joey Anderson - 1974 - Dekmantel
Recondite - Think Twice - Life and Death 
Dream Weapons - Moonland (Barnt rmx) - Holger
Vermont - Ubersbrung (Mano Le Tough rmx) - Kompakt
Aera - You Know Juno (The Drifter rmx) - Maeve
Stephan Bodzin - Singularity -  Life and Death

Essential Mix - BBC Radio 1

Live cut from my very first BPM festival gig at Tabu in 2015 including some major technical hick ups and emergency loops due to sweat that was filling up the CDJs - but lots of good fun anyways. Thank you all for coming and see you in 2016.

&ME at Keinemusik (The BPM Festival 2015)

Mr McKay is back on Drumcode with an EP that is very close to home, titled ‘Glasgow Safari’. Harvey has blended his synonymous synth stabs and vocal hooks together and has created another outstanding EP. The drums are fat and chunky as always and allow Harvey’s ideas to flow effortlessly over a solid foundation. The smooth use of dynamic throughout Harvey’s tracks also create impressive drops to add to another exceptional EP from Harvey.

Harvey McKay - Trick Baby - Drumcode - DC138

Radio Edit for my remix of Paolo Rocco's "People Say".
Available from June 17th on Saved Records.

Paolo Rocco - People Say (Nic Fanciulli Remix - Radio Edit)

IMF equals Index Marcel Fengler. After a string of releases for his up to now permanent address Ostgut Ton with Luke Slater’s Mote-Evolver imprint being an exception to the rule, Marcel Fengler establishes his own label to expand his capacity and give a platform also for talented producers or interesting collabos.

contact: mail@imf-rec.berlin