Detroit // MNML / Techno

sep22

https://nehzarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice

Hassan Abou Alam - Ice (NZA003)

Hassan Abou Alam - Ice EP [Nehza Records]

093022

SAY IT LEFT (say it right) 2AT RMX

SPU1

https://soundcloud.com/controlfreakrecordings
https://soundcloud.com/kincaidofficial

Kincaid returns to Control Freak for a main label release with the Sugar EP - 4 saccharine, club-ready weapons from a producer at the top of his game.

Drawing on an array of club sounds from trance to UK garage and the best in contemporary leftfield techno, the EP marks our most rave-ready statement yet, with percussive drum tracks and soaring euphoric pads - carefully crafted for dark rooms and packed dancefloors.

On the A-Side, 'Air-ism' and 'Sugar' bubble with peak time energy - a pair of secret weapons which haven’t left our record bags for months now. B1 'E' is a pounding, energetic 4x4 pumper, whilst 'Sycamore' closes things out with moody, shuffling drums and powerful low end pressure.

All tracks written, produced and mixed by Joe Arthur.

Pressed by Deepgrooves - Europe’s leading ecologically-friendly plant for sustainable vinyl production, made using 100% green biomass energy.

Distributed by Rubadub.

Sugar

𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 ➟ Kincaid - E

Egyptian artist Hassan Abou Alam delivers the 4-track EP Ice, glistening with unusual textures that glide through several soundscapes spanning techno, breaks, bass and unclassifiable noise.

Things get spooky on ‘Hollow In C#’ as Hassan pairs a reverb-heavy vocal with chugging drums and eerie pads, echoing his mental and physical state during quarantine last year. Freaky but fierce.

Hassan Abou Alam has spent the last decade exploring disparate sound palettes and genres, from breaks to techno to bass. Today, his curiosity is unwavering. Hassan produces music using a hybrid setup of analog and digital instruments, conveying organised but compelling chaos that’s won him legions of fans worldwide.

@hassan-abou-alam
@nehzarecords

Buy:
https://nehzarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ice

PREMIERE: Hassan Abou Alam - Hollow in C# [Nehza Records]

Label https://soundcloud.com/muakk

MUA01 - Muakk Besitos Bailables 

Coming all the way from Bogotá with the collaboration of over 20 artists from Latam and the world, Muakk brings to the internet a new exploration of latin sounds. Oscillating between 140 and 180 besitos per minute 💋 comes "Muakk Besitos Bailables", a latincore bomb loaded with speed perreo, hardcore, guaracha, tuki, trance and club. Besitos Bailables is born from our aggressive yet tender streets; the sonic transgression and the disruption of trends essential to our youth energy from the last couple of years.

From Latam to the world, the universe, and the metaverse. Sóbelo with love, Muakk.

❌💋❌💋

Muakk Besitos Bailables

COP & DROP

PREMIERE: Moreit x Ana Luisa - The Next Episode - Muakk Besitos Bailables

He didn't give much away, his mouth said one thing and his eyes another. She couldn't work out if this was just in his character or if he just had no interest in communicating with her; either way it intrigued her to no end, she wanted to get to the bottom of it. Rather than deter her, his dark eyes and his icy stare drew her further in. There was something behind it, a story that needed to be told, and she wanted to be the one to hear it...

Hard at work since 2008, Egyptian producer Hassan Abou Alam has shared his musical fruits with the world via labels like Rhythm Section, Naive and Banoffee Pies, which explore and blur the borders between breakbeat, techno and bass. For his next outing, he lands on Rinse resident Roni's Nehza Records with a new four-track EP called Ice, that once again showcases his versatility as a producer. Crafted using a mixture of analog and digital gear, the resulting tracks are packed full of textural sounds, meticulous drum work, fx saturated vocals and squelchy bass.

PREMIERE: Hassan Abou Alam - Ice [Nehza Records]

The third collaborative effort between producers Lila Tirando a Violeta and Sueuga sees the two artists effortlessly combining their styles for an organic, two-track sonic experience at the intersection between cyberpunk and Latin tribal mysticism. Distorted drums, eerie textures and abrasive industrial sounds come together in the unsettling heavy-hitter “Residual Self-Image”, while Lila’s vocal performance floats over the manic percussion and melodic minimalism of Sueuga and Tazar Yoot in “Archivios Corruptos”.
As intense as it is sudden, “Residual Self-Image” entangles the audience with its dark atmospheres and oppressive rhythms, making its rare bright passages precious instants of pure bliss.

Stream & Download: https://push.fm/fl/residualselfimage

"Residual Self Image" Produced by @lilatirandoavioleta & @sueugakamau
"Archivos Corruptos" Produced by @lilatirandoavioleta, @sueugakamau & @tazaryoot-143
Artwork by IG: karinagevox
Mastering by @dj_ghepard

Stream & Download

Sueuga & Lila Tirando A Violeta - Residual Self Image

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-hassan-abou-alam-shmoolaire

@nehzarecords tee up their fourth release, a debut from the amazingly talented Egyptian producer @hassan-abou-alam. For anyone not yet familiar, ‘Ice’ should provide a fine introduction to the artist’s unique sinewy and bass-heavy sound.

Hassan Abou Alam - Shmoolaire [Nehza Records]

@hassan-abou-alam steps up on @nehzarecords with four cuts of frosty, bass-heavy techno 

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-hassan-abou-alam-lost-jar-thyme

Premiere: Hassan Abou Alam ‘Lost In A Jar Of Thyme’

basic channel - quadrant dub ii

Label: Interdimensional Transmissions
Catalog: IT-33
Artist: BMG & Derek Plaslaiko
EP: The True Story of Detroit Groove

33 RPM

A side    

A1 The True Story of a Detroit Groove 8:49
A2 Breaking You Down 2:35

B side

B1 Your Mind is Mine 4:20
B2 The True Story of a Detroit Groove (instrumental) 8:40



This record tells the story of a Detroit Groove from the perspective of the speaker, taking you through time from Luomo's to the Hardware Syst3m parties, and the first leaky warehouse roof No Way Back where Dean Syst3m worked the door, with all the disrespectful nature one would naturally expect from a true Detroit Groove.

Created by two veterans of Detroit Grooves, BMG & Derek Plaslaiko, who now calls Berlin home, in BMG's studio in the center of Detroit. This song celebrates some of the out there characters and crazy cowboy outlaws that made this Detroit scene happen on the underground level, that made such an impact that is still felt around the world today.

A bonus beatless synthesizer piece and techno jam included. 

A1 The True Story Of A Detroit Groove (Excerpt)

Having developed an impeccable reputation in the past twenty years since delving into the word of turntables and mixtapes at an early age, Sims can be called a genuine legend in the world of techno. As a producer he has remixed Jeff Mills, Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer and Kevin Saunderson as well as releasing on just about every seminal techno imprint there is. As an A&R he’s been at the helm of nine labels, including the highly influential Ingoma and KB Records inc, and continues to steward Theory and Hardgroove towards the boxes of the discerning fans. 

Most recently the London-based producer has seen his ‘Way Back Wednesday’ (with Tony Anderson), ‘Funk You’ and occasional disco radio shows garner huge support while ploughing further energy into the futurist techno club night “Machine’ alongside Kirk Degiorgio. 

It’s with Sims’ multitude of achievements and notoritey in mind that the knowledge that ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ is his debut LP is somewhat unbelievable, but fact it is. After initially hooking up with Adam Beyer’s Drumcode imprint late in 2010 after a long standing friendship, the affable and dry witted Sims’ was persuaded to deliver an LP and the lengthy writing and selection process began. The result is 11 superb productions which showcase Ben’s talents, influences and perhaps most importantly, his vision of what techno can and should be. 

From the off ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ is a technicolour affair that refuses to sit too comfortably into one groove, preferring to pull the listener through a range of vibes that, while disparate, flow together perfectly. As the album moves, snippets of new vibes bleed through before developing into themes and this is one of the brilliant elements of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’.  

The rousing and prophetically titled ‘Riots in London’ opener leads us into a frenetic, dub-tinged and filter-driven aesthetic which is neatly carried on in ‘Descent’ but subtly augmented with almost-there soulful vocal samples. This nod to soulful elements is then carried on in the less pacey, house referencing ‘ The Snake’ which fuses stabbing keys to a skipping beat which is as much New York as it is Detroit, London or Berlin. 

As ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ develops, suprises like the out-and-out tech-funk of ‘Back To The Pod’ and the street party disco of ‘Can You Feel It?’ are hinted at but never lack surprise when dropped. The emphatic drive of the huge sounding ‘I Wanna Go Back’ featuring Blake Baxter takes things back to techno territory and does so with real purpose while darker edged tracks such as the lethal ‘Bullet’ and the late-night discordance of  ‘The Afterparty’ ramp up the tension. 

The twilight sections of Sims’ debut are perfectly judged. The dubbed (and blissed) out title track lightens the mood before the slightly more aggressive but widescreen ‘The Calling’ trips proceedings out in anticipation of the closer, the Tyree Cooper vocalled and aptly titled ‘I Feel It Deep’

‘Smoke & Mirrors’ has been more than worth the wait. It’s as balanced, entertaining, engaging and powerful as you’d expect from such an artist as Ben Sims and, complete with artwork from Alan Oldham and collaborations from Blake Baxter and Tyree Cooper, is essential stuff.

Ben Sims - The Afterparty

Label: Bush ‎– BSL5
Country: UK
Released: 2006 

Dave Clarke - Wisdom To The Wise (Red 2) (Robert Hood Remix)

Take me home lucid country dreams

TAKE ME HOME LUCID COUNTRY DREAMY ROADS

Blue Dirt

De gaafste r&b en disco uit 1980 t/m 1999!
De vetste remixen en beste versies van verschillende hits!
Brings back memories of the scene then!!

Inner City - Big Fun (12 Remix)

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