DUR 004 vinyl

While they might have some catching up to do in terms of competing with the likes of Leipzig greats Kassem Mosse and Mix Mup, the DUR crew are certainly here to stay. Their first three releases have all been revelational, and have finally brought some new artists to the scene, so we've welcomed number 4 in the series with open arms and, importantly, open minds. Beate Furcht and Detlef Diamant both debut with these six 'dance' experiments, a curious collection of rhythmic grooves which never quite unfold into what your typical Saturday night raver would call 'club music'. In our world, that is a good thing, and it leaves plenty of room for these two newcomers to build their names from the ground up. Tracks 1 to 3 are rich in movement, and while they certainly travel across plenty of different genres and moods, all three of them lean towards the more cavernous end of the scale. On the flip, things are just as loose and hazy, with "Track 4" retaining that dubwise outlook amid its off-kilter waves, and "Track 6" providing a scintillating flow of percussive downtempo that feels right in all sorts of ways. What a release!