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Buy the metal tin CD version here http://perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/labour-division

RA review http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=11066

FACT review http://www.factmag.com/2012/05/24/forward-strategy-group-labour-division/

Juno Plus review http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2012/05/23/forward-strategy-group-labour-division-review/

Forward Strategy Group present Labour Division, their debut album that follows a string of releases on Perc Trax, their own eponymous label, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Dynamic Reflection. Since their early days releasing on net labels to their current position amongst Europe's most respected techno outfits the Leeds/Edinburgh duo of Al Matthews (Smear) and Patrick Walker have always done things their own way. Drawing on their vast knowledge of electronic music's history Patrick and Al produce music where notable reference points are fused with new ideas to create their own distinctive sound.

Labour Division finds the Forward Strategy Group at their most melodic but also their most brutally uncompromising. Throughout the album the tracks shift between a range of atmospheres and timbres which in turn guide the listener though a number of different listening states, holding their attention and encouraging active listening rather than the passive, barely-there engagement often induced by less adventurous electronic albums.

The first five tracks aim to grab the listener's attention from the very first bar, whilst the tracks making up the second half of the album go deeper the listener, introducing more immersive sounds that hint at influences far beyond the realms of dancefloor techno.

Album opening 'Ident' surprises from its opening moments, being more melodic than you have ever heard the Forward Strategy Group before. The track harks back to the synth workouts of the 1980's but coated in a layer of industrial grime that sets out an aesthetic that runs through the rest of the album. Mandate and Elegant Mistakes both revolve around the kind of semi-broken rhythms which have been a characteristic of both the Forward Strategy Group's output and that of the Perc Trax label of late. The former track builds up layers of delayed stabs and whilst the latter has echoes of classic UK hardcore as the distinction between drum sounds and processed human voices begins to blur.

From then on the duo serve up a blend of metallic percussion and reverberant stabs, effortlessly switching from widescreen soundscapes to razor sharp exercises in minimalism. Metal Image and Industry & Empire trade on their depth whilst Cultivar rounds off the album hinting at post-punk guitar textures without you ever being sure if your ears are hearing live instrumentation or not.

As you reach the end of the album it is clear that this is one of the rare occasions when a collaboration is exactly that, a meeting and melding of the history and skills of two individuals to create a cohesive album that is the key moment for the Forward Strategy Group so far and opens up endless possibilities for their work after the album


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KZA - Routine
Francis Harris - Living Lips (Vinyl Edit)
Ripperton - The Hill (Helsinki Digital Edit)
Prommer And Alex Barck - Pictures Of The Sea (Love Theme)
NDF - Since We Last Met
SBTRKT - Hold on (Matthias Meyer Edit)
Fink - Move On Me (Marcus Worgull Edit)
Francis Harris - lostfound
Christian Löffler feat. Mohna - Eleven 

Aisha (not miss yourself, again)

Some new and old Detroit sounds for the summer time! (and one stray South African Kwaito Classic
Tracklist:
KMS 049 - a1
Moody - U Used To Know
Xxxy - Know You
Kez YM - Sweetly Confused
Actress - Hubble
3 Chairs - Misty City
Moody - It's 2 Late 4 U And Me
Kyle Hall - Must See
Deadboy - If U Want Me
Jacknife - Fester

Ben Mix - 14 Sept 2010

“The idea behind the mix is to present two different insights into my musical repertoire. Tracks I like to play in the club and tracks I like to play at home. From old school to new school.”

Robert Dietz - 2012

Forward thinking electronic exponents Arkitekt announce their first compilation release after a selection of parties in London, Leeds and Birmingham promoted their sound. Focusing on the more forward thinking strains of house and techno, their musical mandate has been to gleefully plunder the underground elements of the modern dance clime, with stripped back grooves riding against warm melodies and textures.

The first man stepping up the Arkitekt palette is Robert Dietz. The German DJ cut his teeth on the Frankfurt arena of Deutsch dance, coming from no-where in 2009 to ensnare one of Beatportal’s Artists to Watch. Since then his rise has been apocalyptic and relentless, recording for stellar imprints such as Cecille, Cadenza, Deep Vibes, Running Back and Saved Records. He’s crafted a trademark sound, built on pure house and infused it with the sensibilities of contemporary club culture.

It’s a pedigree which has made him one of the most versatile and in-demand DJs on the planet. He delivers achingly next level voyages in the underground basements of Shoreditch, Berlin and Eastern Europe but also has the ability to seduce mainstream arenas like Awakenings, Electric Zoo, Exit Festival, Ushuaia and Pacha with his underground aesthetic. And it is that intoxicating template that is evident all over this double disc spanning mix.

Disc 1 focuses on the more underground and techier side of Robert’s tastes, aptly titled ‘Club Hours’. It fizzes along with a sea of clicks and whirs as it ripples from the gentle menace of the 2012 update Butane’s ‘A Rave Mistake’ into the shuffling tones of Trickski’s brilliantly monikered ‘Brazzavillage Dance Commando’.

Elsewhere tracks from killer producers such as Davide Squillace, Sascha Dive and Ricardo Villalobos take the mix slowly into deeper realms of energy, before it ends on a flourish with the mechanical Detroit edge of Ben Nevile’s ‘Awshashen’.

Disc 2 is a more expansive affair with the deeper side of the Dietz spectrum in full effect as he takes the listener ‘After-hours’. The synth stabs and tribal percussion of ZPH ‘Popshit‘ lay the battle lines down emphatically for where it’s heading, delivering a mix to work just as well on the headphones as it does on the dancefloor.

There’s gorgeous deep house of an atmospheric nature from Boo Williams with ‘Peaking Point’, the melancholy grooves of Dale Howard’s ‘Bubbz’ and the Underground Resistance meets basic Channel vibes of Leonel Castillo’s ‘1974’. The sublime wonder of Lil Tony’s ‘Employee Only’, a lustrous concoction of soaring melodies and robotic clicks, brings the collection to a glorious end.

Following the release of the compilation, Robert will be back on the road, taking in performances at some of the world’s premier clubs. Heading first to Asia, Robert will be touching down in Singapore for a show at Zouk before then making his way onto Tokyo to play Ageha. Next up he will jetting over to the Americas with gigs in Santiago de Chile, Caracas and then New York for Halloween. Robert will also be making appearances in Moscow and London so don’t miss your chance to experience this ever evolving artist in the flesh.

4 Boo Williams - Peaking Point (CLIP)

1.Yagya - Rigning Fjorir (Sending Orbs · SO 011 )
2.Fingers In The Noise - Close Your Door (BineMusic · BINE 028CD)
3.Sven Weisemann - Elapse (Telrae · TELRAE 013 )
4.Dublicator - Unstable Manifolds (ZeECc · ECd-SP02)
5.Reimut Van Bonn - Maserung (Organon Remix) (Telrae · TELRAE 005)
6.Intrusion - Never Forget (ruin · ruin 1972-2008)
7.Textural Being - Raincloud (Cold Tear Records · CTR030)
8.Federsen - Stage One (ZeECc · ECd-SP08)
9.Biodub - 7pm September Light (Tiefenrausch · TR EP001)
10.Gubatz & Van Bonn - Marathon (Dublicator's "Long-distance" Dub) (Telrae · TELRAE 010)
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