REMOTIF Vinyl & CDs

Review: X-Kalay hits its 30th release with a fine new outing drawing on some powerful prog vibes and peak time techno. Opener 'In The Blink Of A Cosmic Eye' is a sleek and electrifying cut and then 'It's Inside U' has an even more driving vibe that tunnels deep. The B-side explores a different but just as potent sound with 'For Love Or Money' slowing the tempo but twisting the mind and '3AM In The Mobius Strip Club' offering downbeat post-club excursions to the stars.

Review: As the co-mingling of tech house and trance continues apace, we've reached the point where prog is fully back on deck and Space Lab are absolutely here for it. The continuously joyous, rave-minded party and label are in thrall to the unifying sounds of richly melodic, trippy club music, and Bristol-based producer Remotif is ready to give them what they want, not least on ecstatic lead track 'Substation Fever'. Adam Pits holds true to the overall vibe of the track while offering his own nuanced kind of trance-out on the 'Cascade Remix' before we flip over to savour the hot and steamy 'Hi Tek Lo Life' with its rowdy 90s house jack and expertly woven atmospherics. 'The Signal Prevails' switches stance for a slow but meaty breakbeat joint laden with a synapse-tingling array of pings, tweaks and wriggles for the wide-eyed massive.