EPM20 - EP1

The Three Swords

Dr Breinnerr - peeking top mid

No mercy, only dirty drops

Matrixxman - Sector I: Rhythm - Dekmantel - DKMNTL039

a1.	Matrixxman - Process
a2.	Matrixxman - Mainframe 2.0
b1.	Matrixxman - Glyph
b2.	Matrixxman - Instigator

Vinyl: http://shop.dekmantel.com/release/5338/sector-i-rhythm
Digital: https://matrixxmandekmantel.bandcamp.com/album/section-i-rhythm

Matrixxman has been a Dekmantel regular for a couple of years now. The San Francisco producer continues to impress with a new triptych for Dekmantel Records. Over the course of three EP’s (Rhythm, Acid, Polyphony), Charles McCloud Duff displays his versatile and original take on house and techno. The concept of the triptych is to explore the range within the confines of a particular limitation.

The first scheduled EP is called “Sector I: Rhythm” and is, obviously, an exercise in rhythm. Just because a track is entirely composed of drums does not mean it has to be lifeless or devoid of feeling. Given the right approach, drums can be symphonic and even tell an exciting tale in their own right. The four-tracker serves up classic rhythms tracks and is a party from the crust to the run-out, checking off Plastikmanesque styles with ‘Process’ and proper Spartan rhythmic patterns on ‘Mainframes 2.0’. Matrixxman never overstuffs his tracks, ‘Glyph’ being the perfect example of a flanging and spacious rhythmic rundown. ‘Instigator’ rounds things of in style, melting layers of drum effects and bone-rattling
machine rhythm.

DKMNTL039 // Matrixxman - Section I: Rhythm

Lysa Att Vara

Skugga

Download/Stream >> https://fanlink.to/tribe-ep

Rainer Gonaus has been firing out slick techno and uncompromising sounds under the Uncertain and Boriqua Tribez monikers since the turn of the millennium, and delivers a powerful three track EP for Dense & Pika’s Kneaded Pains imprint with the ‘Tribe’ EP.

With a track record that extends right back to the end of the 1980’s, and with an extensive catalogue of releases for labels like Kevin Saunderson’s KMS, Ben Sims’ Ingoma, Primate, and UMEK’s Recycled Loops, Uncertain comes up trumps again with this trio of hypnotic and rolling techno cuts.

Download/Stream

Uncertain - Crime (KP75) [clip]

Planet Rhythm:
www.planetrhythm.audio
www.facebook.com/planetrhythmrec
www.discogs.com/label/347-Planet-Rhythm-Records

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Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/label/planet-rhythm/3022

KUSP - Wrong Impression (PRRUKD20065)

'The hypnotic thrust of the opening, title track on JSPR's Mainframe Boogie EP introduces some of the hardest sounds we've heard to date from the Dutch producer. Mainframe Boogie is a thumping, warehouse-ready cut that sounds tailor-made for Second State. "Blossom" dials back the aggression slightly, utilizing bleepy synths and pealing, high-pitched pads to temper a pounding backdrop. JSPR moves into darker terrain on "Parasite", a track filled with all the paranoia and dread that the title inspires. Unsettling keys through the mid-section see tension levels rise further on this moody, pulsing track. "Fire" might be the highest energy track on the release. Whipping synths, blaring sirens and arpeggiating keys come together in a broody, storming cut to close out the EP. After a string of successful releases on Pig & Dan's Elevate label and with an impressive pedigree that includes a release on Richie Hawtin's M-nus, Pan-Pot are delighted to welcome JSPR into the Second State fold.'

Premiere: @jspr // @secondstateaudio

Premiere: JSPR - Blossom [Second State]

Out now on Rekids: rekids.fanlink.to/REKIDS168

Detroit pioneer Robert Hood joins Radio Slave’s Rekids label with a fourteen track album entitled ‘Mirror Man’ this November.

A founding member of Underground Resistance alongside Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills, Robert Hood is one of techno’s originators and his decorated career spans three decades. The American artist and his M-Plant label laid down the blueprint for minimal techno and 1994’s ‘Minimal Nation’ on Axis was a definitive album that further cemented Hood’s reputation as one of the greats to emerge from the Motor City.

Since then, Hood has gone on to release on many of electronic music’s best labels like Tresor, Peacefrog, Music Man Records, Dekmantel and more. After a busy few years making music and touring as Floorplan alongside his daughter Lyric, Hood now joins Rekids with an album showcasing his innate knack for crafting paired back but intricate rhythms that deliver punch and soul.

Opening with the cinematic ‘Through A Looking Glass Darkly’, the album quickly flows into precise, powerful four four. There’s mesmerising cuts such as ‘Fear Not’ with its throbbing bass and spectral vocals, the twisted and off-key ‘Run Bobby, Run’, not to mention muscular tracks designed to light up dancefloors like the machine driven ‘Ignite A War’ or the robust and rumbling ‘The Cure’.
Hood also breaks things up with downtempo and mind bending interludes, including the tranquil yet spooky ‘Black Mirror’ and the beatless and murky ‘Freeze’. Each of these are aural feasts that demonstrate his vast musical pallet.

From start to finish ‘Mirror Man’ is an education in finesse from one of techno’s most heroic artists, landing on one of electronic music’s most important labels.

Indefinite Uncertainty

Julia Govor