Between each record he's producing on the Italian label Rilis, Rino Cerrone appears on an international label. Some months after his previous release on Speaker Attack, he's back on another Swiss label own by Stefan Riesen : Phont Music. And as usual, it's a perfect mixture of minimal and groovy sounds. Check it and especially the great "upward movements" track !!
Phont webpage
Ludo, 16/12/2000      

The last release on Müller, one of the best German label. Beroshima aka Frank Müller (label owner) mixes up a timeless tune of great techno-house : 80's bassline, warm techno sound, shit vocal through a vocoder (the fashion effect of the year !). The Müller 2025 grows with a little trancey touch. 4 different mix's, it's one of the finest tune released this year.
www.mueller-records.de
Chaton, 15/12/2000

Savas Pascalidis made the fifth release of his own label with the French artist Lab Insect. The tracks made by the two producers who are also working for the German label Kurbel are simply great. The first one is quite original : some percussion's and warm sounds come with a dark melody. On the other side, the sound is more minimal and groovy with a great pitched voice : for sure, a good dancefloor dedicated track !
Ludo, 14/12/2000

We saw him playing live 15 days ago in Geneva. It made us wanna buy his album. We are not disappointed. We love "passion", "bushes" and "superstar". We are happy. We find it fresh, sincere and minimal. As the sleeve. And it is accessible to a large audience. We recommend it to downtempo and minimal house addicts. Good job.
www.perlon.com
Ingrid, 14/12/2000

German sounds from British Marco Lenzi ! A killing four cuts e.p with Franctfort or Berlin techno minimal influences. Far away from compatriots Cristian Vogel or Luke Slater productions !
Nexus 6, 13/12/2000

Second release from Discomobile (French label from Annecy). Between Saint-Germain and Air, David Grumel keeps on exploring disco-jazz in an electronic way. 4 tracks, a fresh swinging style, sound like a soundtrack, build for the warm-up !
discomobile.free.fr     www.davidgrumel.com
Chaton, 12/12/2000

One more hit on MGroove from sweetzerland. Luciano, who made nice things on Perlon, comes here with 3 tracks : futurist lovely house, breakbeats. In a very personal style, Luciano creates a hypnotic sad story for a domestic use or for the dancefloor ! A really innovative record.
www.mgroove.com
Chaton, 11/12/2000

Few info about this 5th release on Rhône-Alpin UMF's sublabel. Nevermind, this efficient two cuts e.p will provide you House with hottest tribal sounds far away from Daft Punk's last eurodance production.
Nexus 6, 09/12/2000

A very minimal and dark atmospheric four cuts. Thanks to this new e.p on Holzplatten sub-label from brilliant artist Ronin, hard-techno is not only a music to dance but also a music to listen. A lot of energy ! Very interesting.
www.holzplatten.de
Nexus 6, 07/12/2000

With this ep, Hong Kong Counterfeit taking us in a kitchy world full of flashy Barbie dolls... Oldschool sounds, bleeps and 80's drum machine, sexy robotic voice for naive lyrics : as we had already told you, the eighties are back !!! Console or Antonelli Electr. fans, this record is for you !! The very special Metal Disco Legowelt vs Orgue Electronique Mix is simply Marvellous, one of the best electro track of the year !
To have further information on the Katya Casio's disconcerting world, check Mooner website.
www.mooner-industries.de
Ingrid, 06/12/2000      

This very personal project from Heiko Laux's best friend sounds like a movie soundtrack ! Following the success of "Illuminate the planet" and "Reality to midi" lp's on Kanzleramt, "Future primitive" third album is less dancefloor than usual, but extremely pleasant to listen at home. Dedicated to children born or to be born in the 21st century,... read more
Nexus 6, 05/12/2000

Do you remember C-64 ? It was one of the world's most used home-computer in the eighties. It was made by Commodore and had a sound chip called SID which was generating very special sounds. About 20 years later, the nostalgic German producer and label manager Mooner decided to make a compilation of remixes using those video-game sounds. And here it... read more
Ludo, 04/12/2000