2ND SELECTION – A new one every Monday.
Want to stay up to date with the most recent music, for instance for your DJing? Each Monday, we list and comment on our favourite releases of the moment. This week:
George Kostopoulos – Unnoticed [Slope Point, 2021-10-29]
DUB TECHNO
Elegant release of subtle dub techno on Slope Point.
Fur:ther Sessions – Praeterea 02 [Fur:ther Sessions, 2021-11-01]
TRIBAL TECHNO
From epic journeys to creative experimental propositions, phenomenal VA, consistent enough to sound “like an album”, including tracks from Doctrina Natura, Kontinum, Polygonia, Delusional Circuits and many more.
Semantica Records – In. SEMANTICA 130.4 [Semantica Records, 2021-11-02]
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Profound VA all in restraint, including tracks from Qeel, Mary Yuzovskaya, Svarog, Yukari Okamura, Aleja Sanchez, natural/electronic.system., Laura BCR and many more.
Cliche Morph – Time Paradigm [Unknown Timeline, 2021-11-02]
DANCEFLOOR-ORIENTED
A fat acid line carried away by a well-balanced beat, it’s dark, hypnotic and massive on Unknown Timeline, including a remix by Michal Wolski.
Adhémar – Night Bloom [Artscope, 2021-10-29]
ORGANIC TECHNO
The French artist is back with his contemplative low-tempo work, playing a deeper card on the Seoul label Artscope, with tribal remixes by Laima Adelaide and Atoloi.
04061 – NFR016 [N F E R E E, 2021-11-05]
DRONE-ISH TECHNO
Impactful percussions taking off thanks to beautiful eerie drones, which come as a gentle caress for the ears, in this very evocative release on N F E R E E, including remixes by SAMSQN, Petit Astronaute, Rauda and Mechanist.
Edward Bei – Blue Lotus [Charybdis, 2021-11-05]
DANCEFLOOR-ORIENTED
Fresh organic tracks “made to be listened loud” on Charybdis, with remixes by a n j e, Polygonia and KR:DS.
Yukimasa – Kyber Crystal [Crescent London, 2021-11-05]
DANCEFLOOR-ORIENTED
The Japanese artists are so good at “colouring outside the lines”, sometimes resulting in curious releases, such as this very coloured experimental one on Crescent London, including remixes by Refracted and Concrete Gold.
* Page’s cover picture: Oye Kreuzkoelln in Berlin, a record shop from a member of our community.
