C.h.a.r.l.e.s. M.a.n.i.e.r. - 'L.u.x.u.s. S.t.e.r.o.i.d. A.b.a.m.i.t.a.' (2017)
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D.B.1. - 'Z.w.i.s.c.h.e.n.w.e.l.t.' (2017)
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P.o.r.t.e.r. R.i.c.k.s. - 'A.n.g.u.i.l.l.a. E.l.e.c.t.r.i.c.a.' (2017)
anguilla electrica is spanish for electric eel. porter ricks are old timers in this game. here is a stupidly written interview with them from pitckdork.
_DJ Meat On A Stick
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B.r.o.k.e.n. E.n.g.l.i.s.h. C.l.u.b. - 'T.h.e. E.n.g.l.i.s.h. B.e.a.c.h.' (2017)
i'm on a serious resident advisor kick lately. letting them dictate what i check out much in the way that i would follow record labels religiously as tastemakers in the 90s, buying anything at all put out by labels like simple machines, quarterstick, trance syndicate, touch and go, drag city, thrill jockey, etc. i am not going to lie and tell you that this album is fully rideable. there are these spoken word tracks that are kinda annoying. still, some really fresh electronic on display here.
_DJ Cookie Crisp
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O.v.e.r.l.o.o.k. - 'S.m.o.k.e. S.i.g.n.a.l.s.' (2017)
approximately from age 16 to age 26, my favorite film in the whole wide world was lynch's lost highway. approximately from age 26 to now, my favorite film in the whole wide world has been zulawski's possession. both films are sampled on this fine album of drum 'n' bass music, and i happen to think that is a very fine thing indeed. _alibi
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V.a.r.i.o.u.s. A.r.t.i.s.t.s. - 'D.y.s. F.u.n.c.t.i.o.n.a.l. E.l.e.c.t.r.o.n.i.c. M.u.s.i.c.' (2017)
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s.a.m.u.e.l. r.o.h.r.e.r. - 'r.a.n.g.e. o.f. r.e.g.u.l.a.r.i.t.y.' (2017)
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g.u.n.n.a.r. h.a.s.l.a.m. - 'k.a.l.a.a.t.s.a.k.i.a.' (2017)
i love modern techno and you can too. there is construction going on outside my window as i post this at 9am after having been up all night and the bulldozers go so well with this music and a sleep deficit, i can't even tell you. good stuff.
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n.u.m.m.e.r. - 's.e.c.o.n.d. s.i.g.h.t.' (2017)
let's talk about electronic sub-genres for a sec. this here record is contemporary house music. i'm getting more into house. it's not as hard hitting as techno. it's more around the house friendly. writing in resident advisor, matt mcdermott notes: "Ambient tracks are to house and techno albums what skits are to rap albums: an overused method bridging one track to the next. For Corre and Letellier, traveling between the meatier material is half the fun. "Liège Trinité" begins with what sounds like Steve Reich jamming with Pink Floyd before it becomes frantic house." that desciption certainly piqued my curiosity. this album is fully rideable start to back. nummer isn't afraid to flex some different styles and different bpm (in other forms of music, we might call this "tempo" :P). definitely some fresh and pristine beat science for 2017.
_mink nun
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r.i.c.a.r.d.o. v.i.l.l.a.l.o.b.o.s. - 'e.m.p.i.r.a.c.l.e. h.o.u.s.e.' (2017)
villalobos means village of wolves. apparently it's not an uncommon last name. makes you wonder.
this music is really chill. it's this weird genre of electronic that doesn't seem to mind using fake sounding approximations of instruments and manages to make them sound not at all cheesy. petre inspirescu treads similar territory and does so wonderfully. this record is decidedly more groovy than inspirescu's stuff. four tracks, 50 minutes. this one might make my year end best of list. simultaneously experimental and catchy. not an easy feat.
_mink nun
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