Steve O'Sullivan made lots of minimal "intelligent" techno stuff for mosaic. Anyway, this one is build for the dancefloor. Ghetto Hardhouse rhythm (DJ Funk style), nice vocal shit, remembering late 90'chicago house (Relief, Dancemania) ! 3 tracks, must be played on blunted floor..
Chaton, 06/01/2001

According to this EP from new talent Da Fresh, there's no doubt his first album will be a success. Three powerful cuts to wake up the dancefloor, close to D-Mon productions. Spicy pump'in house at its best !
Nexus 6, 05/01/2001

We were waiting for the 18th release of the German label Kurbel for a long time. Now it is out and it is produced by Savas Pascalidis. A high quality 4 cuts EP of German techno dedicated for the dancefloor (and even disco with "Fly with the wind" !) : great rhythm, basslines, strings, effects and voice samples are perfectly mixed. Absolutely brilliant ... Buy it !!
www.kurbel.com
Ludo, 04/01/2001      

Another cool label from Netherlands, Clone (Viewlexx's friends) comes with techno house stuff. Between Fragile and KMS, 4 tracks of hi-tech funk, basically influences from Detroit : good old classic 808 rhythm, swinging' bassline and mystic synth. A great tune for the dancefloor and your mind !
www.clone.nl     www.hotmix.nl
Chaton, 03/01/2001

Promoters of famous Got Milk parties in Strasbourg invite for the first time this noisy and prolific neighbour from Germany. A very limited tenth production focused on groovy techno and experimental sounds. Hard to find but not to be missed !
www.b-product.com
Nexus 6, 25/12/2000

Weaked or Disko B ? This new electro-pop release on UMF house sub-label shows how leaders Marc Twins and Fleur Alloin are open to every musical style. Written and produced by Skizo, with lyrics from Frédéric Joly, this five rock'n'roll cuts is surprising. Hard to describe and very fresh !
Nexus 6, 23/12/2000

Holzplatten, a new area for Motor City artists ? After releases from Jay Denham and Fanon Flowers, this German label from Dusseldorf invites Real Estate's leader, to express his funky vision about techno / hardtechno. A very successful four cuts e.p., close to Tim Baker's old productions on his first "Elephanthaus records" label based few years ago in Detroit.
www.holzplatten.de
Nexus 6, 22/12/2000

After his first brilliant EP released two months ago, EAL is back on the fourth record of the French label Interzone Records. The sound is still great, minimal, especially deep on two tracks (A1 and B2), jazzy / downtempo on a third one (B1) or even experimental on the fourth one (A2). EAL is a very talented artist coming from France and not from Germany as we could think when listening to his tracks !
www.atome.fr/interzone
Ludo, 21/12/2000

The English label Worm Interface comes back with a great selection of electronica. That's not really surprising because remember, this is the label who let discover Squarepusher... On this fourth compilation, there are known artists like Mira Calix and Freeform from Warp Records but also producers from many place of the world like Plod (Sweden), Meek (Canada), Himuro and Baraki (Japan), Jake Mandell, Solenoïd and Rook Vallard (USA), Gamers in Exile (Italy). The result is high quality and very varied. This record should satisfy every experimental or intelligent music addict. Simply brilliant.
www.worminterface.com
Ludo, 20/12/2000

The English electro pioneer comes back with a dancefloor single track. User style loop, old school techno bleeps, stupid club vocal (oh yeah !). Not really an innovative tune, but a big impact on the floor so... smile and shake your body ! Bonus :download it on Icrunch website !
www.icrunch.com
Chaton, 19/12/2000

It is very hard to resist this very nice compilation from Steve Bug's label. You'll find on it really good tracks from Hakan Lidbo, Martini Bros ou Jackmate (we love "The Jacker")... And also the great remixes of "At the front" by the Frenchy David Carretta and of "Loverboy" by Josh Wink. Also, there are 2 exclusive tracks that were made for this... read more
Ingrid, 18/12/2000

A famous new member on French famous techno label managed by Marc Twins ! Prolific German producer on Contrast and Tinnitus labels, Andreas Kremer writes one of his best e.p !! Four techno cuts with various musical universes : dark and mental on the A-side, minimal and groovy on the B-side. Excellent !
Nexus 6, 17/12/2000