If you never heard about Michael Hastrich (and it's not surprising), this explosive EP should portray this brilliant character in a trice ! Teamed up with Sebastian Ostermann from German label Kennziffer, young talent who appears for the very first time on the electronic scene, successes a perfect hat trick : three tracks, three bombs ! Combining phat beats, discreet 303 bassline and industrial synthesizers, "Headrusher", "Go Bezerk" and irresistible longplayer "The Day After" offer an innovative, absorbing and delicately aggressive hard techno. One of Holzplatten's very best releases !
www.pornostarmusic.com
Nexus 6, 06/05/2002

Duo of the moment is called Psylocity !! Made of Duniz and Henrixx, this German team with a clear round since 2001 had only released until now one EP and a handful of tracks on Psi49net. Distilling in homoeopathic doses a very efficient electro for dancefloors, they're back in a long format for their very first album (and actually the first album... read more
Nexus 6, 03/05/2002

Before starting a new serie called "evolution funk", Danilo Vigorito brings here the last part of the "Organic dub". One more time when listening to this record, we have to say that his music is really close to Rino Cerrone's one. A very similar tech' house style, a so driving groove & rhythm and a perfect production. My favourite track is the excellent track "bassdriven" which remember another Italian sound : the Question sound of Marco Carola. Bravo Danilo !
www.syncsite.it
Ludo, 03/05/2002      

After the brilliant mix by Jennifer "Electroniculture vol. 2" released last year, UCMG starts with a new series of techno and electro compilations. Here is the first volume mixed by Bruno Capriata from Play's Cool. This time, it's fully dedicated to dancefloor addicts with a selection of 20 tracks which includes various remixes : Felix Da House... read more
Ludo, 02/05/2002

This second release from this French young producer on Interface Records' label is once again a success ! Giving up with his early electro industrial experiments, Endrik delivers here a dancefloor and mature three cuts EP influenced by Detroit sound mainly on "Robotic Dancer", an incisive mixture of heavy bassline and spacey melody. More offensive on dark "From Beyond", music from the Grenoble based artist dares some innovations on hard to describe "Time Machine", a pure electro / techno jewel enhanced by a beautiful vocoder. Similar to "Melodies en sous sol" or to some of Gigolo's releases !
www.interface-bigelow.com
Nexus 6, 01/05/2002

Well known in Italy for, as they say, supporting and developing sound experimentation related to the electronic music culture. The 3 guys come from Bologna and interesting thing about them is they are doing something else with music - developing instruments for Native Instruments' Reaktor software which can be downloaded from their website. Let's... read more
Lesha, 01/05/2002

ddkern appears alone for the first time on the famous Austria label Mego. This 12" is made of six tracks (including two short interludes) in various styles like retro techno (yeah, so good !), experimental and oldschool & dubby electro. The whole is quite perfect and deserves to be checked carefully. One of the best surprises of the last weeks ! Listen to this record on Mego crazy web site that is changing his skin every time you visit it !!
www.mego.at
Ludo, 30/04/2002

After a spotlight on an Int. Deejay Gigolo cd, Gabe Catanzaro appears on Mental Groove with his unique pop skill. "Memories" is an incredible italo disco anthem with sweet new wave synth and a sexy rhythm : a must to buy for 80's fan and maybe a summer hit ! On the flip side, Mark Verbos (half of Binge'n'Purge) brings a fat bassline, vocoder and the perfect gimmick to bound the floor.
www.mentalgroove.ch
Chaton, 29/04/2002

The serial killer of the dancefloor hits back !! Hidden on Marc Gottling's lair, merciless artist from Monheim comes once again to terrify with biting bass and fearsome changes of mood : icy on "Why", a minimal techno tune with tortured break, the German get irritated on ultra phat "Malachit" before he shows a vicious face on brilliant "Thermotransfer", a pumping old school techno murderer track based on Lil Louis "French Kiss" sample. A bloody EP not to miss !!
www.tinnitus-tontraeger.de     www.geheimniskremer.de
Nexus 6, 29/04/2002

The label managed by Savas Pascalidis welcome Levent Faki to rock the dancefloors and it's successful ! On the first side, "Body Rocker" is a powerful and drivin' track in a typical German techno style. The synth / bass line remembers the tune by DJ Rok "cycle sluts" released some years ago on Müller Records. On the other side, the sound is softer, somewhere between techno and 80's & retro electro. A great EP.
www.lasergun-records.com
Ludo, 26/04/2002

An explosive duo focused on bass ! Teamed up on "The Bystander" funky track, London based artists reveal themselves fearsome dancefloor killers with use of industrial sounds and old school samples as Michael Jackson "Billy Jean" 's one for instance. On B side, Purenoise manager appears alone on linear "5AM Hyperion", an heavy minimal tune enhanced by a phat bassline in a pure rave tradition. With this fourth successful release, Darcmarc keeps the very hard techno spirit alive and maintains the pressure !
www.purenoise.co.uk
Nexus 6, 25/04/2002

Welcome B Rave ! A brand new label from Geneva dedicated to early 90' rave. The unknown artist Black OPS puts some rough energy in the two 12" : massive kick, surexposed hi-hat, post acid bleeps and above all a dark & terrific synth. Enjoy again the power and the arrogance of rave. Forget 80's electro, RAVE UP !
www.mentalgroove.ch
Chaton, 24/04/2002