If you missed Anthony Rother's Psi49net 03 or Asem Shama's Shokoy 26 releases, here's an opportunity to make up for it. Taken from the mix CD by Draco and Exzakt to come on this new US label, Future Soundscapes gathers together four tracks that feature the current electro sound in Germany and in USA. As well as above-mentioned productions, this 12'' will offer two groovy and unreleased cuts from Transparent Sound ("Keep Control") and Larry McCormick ("Transfusion" FS Edit). Classic and essential !!
www.releasedjs.com     www.exzakt.com
Nexus 6, 28/09/2001

The 5th release of Interface Records sub-division is done once again by the French duo Human Body (Stéphane Deshezeaux et Yannick Baudino). Pumpin' and captivating techno ("Sun Series"), deep house ("Tentation") and oldschool electro / techno ("Dangerous"), the three tracks have been produced brilliantly. One more time, this record shows that high quality music is used to coming from the French town called Grenoble. Check it !
www.interface-bigelow.com
Ludo, 27/09/2001

After Chromatix and Kitlbuilders, here's the new discovery from World Electric owner Andreas Bolz ! Scandinavian Thomas Nyström, in his first appearance before a forthcoming album in 2002, offers a very successful and varied E.P, in the great tradition of this famous Kohln label. From dancefloor techno to Detroit electro on A-side, this 12'' introduces two dark and syncopated tunes ("Same Shit Different Name" et "B Boys Shake That Ass") that will funk your body on the reverse ! Promising !!!
www.worldelectric.de
Nexus 6, 26/09/2001

Martin Stepanek is back on Austrian Cheap with Catarina Pratter and Matthias Lichtenegger under the name 550 Rondy. Somewhere between downtempo, ambient, experimental, funk, jazz and even house, this talented trio brings a lot of originality and savoir-faire. Something really nice : this EP which is mainly dedicated to home listening comes with a 7" bonus ! Check it !
www.cheap.at     www.mdos.at
Ludo, 25/09/2001      

New music from Eastern Europe !!! Produced by Minsk based duo Denis Sinicin & Egor Soskovets, this excellent E.P (we have never heard so hard on Kazumi !) shows a very interesting vision of the current Russian hard-techno scene. Three awesome and high quality cuts. While "Groove Brothers" hits like a heavy artillery thanks to a fearing bassline, "Don't Joke With Robot's" & "Unconscious Mind" develop hypnotic distortions. If Gorbatchev's children get down to techno music, we'll never stop twisting in Moscow !!!
www.pornostarmusic.com
Nexus 6, 24/09/2001

A killer preview of what should sound the album !!! Taken from upcoming "Evolve" cdmix featuring main Larry McCormick's (Monotone / Psi49net) past tracks on Frajile and Exceleration plus unreleased songs, Electronic Dream offers a perfect follow up to "Musik is the drug", produced this year. In three cuts, half of US duo Resident Alien defines... read more
Nexus 6, 21/09/2001

Following the same sound on his own imprint, Bacto delivers three driving pieces, continuing Hardcell's story. Minimal, percussive & groovy, with some cool string breaks. These tracks are engineered for 3 decks only. Check it out before it is released !
diodemusic.techno.org
Lesha, 19/09/2001      

Both masterminds from this well-known French label from Grenoble offer one track on each side of this E.P. On A-side, "Nation", written and produced by Oxia, evolves from tech-house to tribal techno sounds, in Laurent Garnier style. On B-side, "The Last", in an own The Hacker nostalgic spirit, offers beautiful trancy and new wave layers. A very fine way to celebrate Goodlife's third birthday and tenth release !
www.goodlife-ozone.com
Nexus 6, 14/09/2001

Third and last part of Endlich Fünfzig Remixes serie with once again some of the best European producers to date : Nylon aka Stefan Riesen (Speaker Attack / Phont music), Yamaoka ( Kazumi / Frisbee), Umek (Electrix), Obscurum (E-Com) and at last Rob Acid (Bpitch Control / Force Inc). The result is a five tracks E.P from tech-house to acid techno. Yamaoka's version simply sounds like a Holzplatten anthem. Awesome !!
www.brixton-music.com
Nexus 6, 12/09/2001

Here is the second release of the young Italian label Resonant Recordings. It has been produced by Ployd and it should rock a lot of dancefloors : three strong techno titles mixing heavy basslines, percussions, short voice samples and at last but not least long breaks where appear nice and dark strings which make these tracks original and very efficient at once. For sure, the crowd will shout on the floor !! Check it !!
www.resonantrecordings.net
Ludo, 11/09/2001      

Created in London, SMB records explores electronic styles that are mostly misunderstood here in France. From break-beat to drum & bass, this young label welcomes today four tracks from Simon Brown aka The Dexorcist. This electro freak, already heard last month along with Bass Junkie on Battle Trax 06, offers a very interesting and dark vision of... read more
Nexus 6, 10/09/2001

Facets is Mikael Persson's latest label that tends to focus more on the atmospheric side of techno. On this third release, 23 year old Australian Scott Vallance presents us his own vision of future : Low Orbit City. Four very solid tracks : Detroit flavoured techno with deep and mellow surrounding that would fit perfectly in a soundtrack for some Sci-Fi movie. Beam us up, Scotty !
www.backbone-digital.com
Joso, 07/09/2001