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CD Album Recommendations August 2012

Juno Recommends CD Albums

Juno Recommends CD Albums

CD Album Recommendations August 2012
6 Aug 2012
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Cat: 50WEAPONSCD 08. Rel: 30 Jul 12
 
Techno
STP3/The Killer
Silent Witness
I Come By Night
Gas Up
Day After
Phototype
The Praetorian (LP mix)
Ride On
You Got The Look
V10MF!/The Filler
Follow The Leader
Review: "If you do not hear this" a distorted voice says at the start of Shed's third album, The Killer, before deploying a low bass frequency, "or that, you will not feel it". It's a statement of intent which is followed through with some of the heaviest material of the producer's career - whether it's the dense ambient of "STP3/The Killer", the tunnelling, waspish drone of "I Come By Night", or the screaming oscillations of "Day After". Despite being an album grounded by monolithic rave-era breakbeats, it's also an album of contemplative moments - the thermal current melodies of "Gas Up" and "The Praetorian" chief among them. The artwork says it all - this is an album made for the body, and our advice is to turn it up loud and let techno's greatest contemporary producer work his magic.
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out of stock $8.41
2
Cat: REKIDS 011CD. Rel: 23 Jul 12
 
Techno
G's Riddem
One Year Later
Clearing Space
Pumped Up
Dark Thoughts
Remember This!
Absurd Beatz No 4
Pause 4 Thought With You (feat Garfield King)
Mango Came Round
Bill's January Blues
New Life
Review: House music survivor Mr G returns with his second studio album, released via Matt Edwards' Rekids imprint. Although he's been on the scene for two decades, Colin McBean only dropped his first full length album, Still Here, in 2010, and he follows it up here with 11 tracks of stripped back, no nonsense deep house and techno. The late nice, big room bounce of opening cut G's Riddem" is a definite highlight, but be sure to check the raw "Clearing Space", the rolling machine funk of "Pumped Up" and cheeky trance homage "Remember This!"
out of stock $12.10
3
Cat: PJPN 001. Rel: 09 Jul 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Ass Nation
Make It Mellow
Diamond Star
Runnin' (part 2)
Upskirt
Milky Way
Boogie Drome
For Your Love
Aldeia De Ogum
Andalucia
out of stock $12.62
4
Cat: STS 214CD. Rel: 23 Jul 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Rabass
Shine
One For Kenny
Going Down
The Way I Like It
Love Hunter
Le Wasuk
Jazz Axe
Review: Given that they released their first 12" nearly 20 years ago, it's somewhat surprising to find that Cellar Door is the Idjut Boys first "proper" album of original material. There have, of course, been other albums - a 2002 collaboration with Quakerman on Glasgow Underground, 2009's Rune Lindbeak hook-up as Meanderthals (on which they were rumoured to have done most of the work) and a string of typically dubbed-out disco re-edit collections (Phantom Slasher, Noid etc) - but nothing that could be called a definitive Idjuts album. Cellar Door, then, should perhaps be seen as a neat bonus rather than the culmination of a career that has stuttered between sublime brilliance and aloof eccentricity. Listened to on those terms, it's even better than you'd expect. First of all, it's a proper album in the old fashioned sense. Clocking in at under 40 minutes - like many of the greatest albums of the vinyl era - it shimmers with Balearic intent. Seemingly inspired by their recent work with Mudd and the Claremont 56 label - see the sun-bright guitars of opener "Rabass" and blissful reprise "Jazz Axe" - it's noticeably brighter and breezier than much of their work. Another obvious inspiration is veteran Balearic types A Man Called Adam, long time pals and occasional collaborators. Sally Rodgers' vocals are all over Cellar Door, from the soft focus Ibizan laziness of "Shine", to the Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac dreaminess of "Going Down". With the Idjuts usual delay-laden production style to the fore, it's an uncomplicated, singalong delight. Cellar Door, then, is an enjoyable and suitably laidback listen. Heady and intoxicating on one hand, sweet and country-tinged on the other, it's a grown up, radio-friendly set that should please those with a penchant for glistening Balearica.
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out of stock $3.15
5
Silent World: Soundtrack For The Motion Picture
out of stock $13.68
6
Cat: WLCD 03. Rel: 30 Jul 12
 
Deep House
I Knew This Would Happen (with Tanner Ross feat PillowTalk)
You Know It's True (with Gadi Mizrahi)
Love Triangle (instrumental with Wolf & Lamb)
The Way We Live (with Gadi Mizrahi feat Navid Izadi)
Hypocrite (with Gadi Mizrahi)
Right On (with Gadi Mizrahi vs Hardage feat Michael Franti)
Don't Wanna Be (with Kenny Glasgow)
Safe Word (with Soul Clap feat Navid Izadi)
Wake Me Up (with PillowTalk & Thugfucker)
Blackness (with PillowTalk & Thugfucker)
Thunder Clap (with Voices Of Black)
The Beat Drops (with Tanner Ross feat Jules Born)
Review: A true product of the Wolf + Lamb family, Deniz Kurtel's second album comes drenched in the kind of 21st century boogie that has made stars of Soul Clap and the like. It's a thoroughly clean affair, as the Moog basslines and melodramatic pads get streamlined and twisted into a dark pop balladry that fits neatly into the trajectory being plotted by the new wave of US producers. With sizable contributions from Tanner Ross, Soul Clap, Wolf + Lamb and Thugfucker amongst others, lovers of this silken strand of house music will be in neo-romantic bliss.
out of stock $3.69
7
Cat: ESP 008CD. Rel: 23 Jul 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
We Hunt Buffalo Now (Andrew Weatherall remix)
Obo (Tiago ESP Disk mix)
Thunder Thunder (Spectral Empire remix)
Talking Jungle (Justin Vandervolgen remix)
Air (Secret Circuit remix)
Magic Milk (Beautiful Swimmers Coconut dub)
Little Lights (Cos:Mes remix)
200 Satsumas (Young Marco Dust remix)
Slowdown (Cage & Aviary bonus beats)
Mirador De Las Estrelas (Ray Mang remix)
Wicker Man (feat Kathy Diamond - Cosmodelica remix)
out of stock $12.62
8
Cat: SHACD 006. Rel: 23 Jul 12
 
Drum & Bass / Jungle
No Doubt
Light In The Dark (feat Terri Walker)
Ish Chat
Sometimes We Lie
The Curb
Knuckle Waltz
Away With Me (feat Tamara Blessa)
Fool's Paradise
Buggin'
SOUR (feat Echo Park)
Memento
Shackles (feat Fox)
Shoestring
Review: Brighton duo Spectrasoul grace Shogun Audio with their debut album Delay No More, following a slew lauded 12"s for the likes of Critical, Exit, Subtitles and Metalheadz. It's been a hotly anticipated LP in D&B circles and beyond, and it lives up to the hype with 13 tracks of dubby, nourish D&B pop. With guest vocals coming from the likes of Tamara Blessa, Terri Walker, MC Fox and Echo Park, there's plenty of variation to the beats, which range from classically-tinged, James Blake-ish introversion ("Knuckle Waltz", "The Curb") to more straight forward D&B rollers ("Sometimes We Lie"). Recommended.
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out of stock $10.47
9
Cat: VTGCD 002. Rel: 16 Jul 12
 
Drum & Bass / Jungle
My Own Way (intro)
Circa 96
Loops For Days
Everything Is Everything (with Alex Reece)
The Fountain
Conrad Funk
Re-Do My Thing (2012 version)
Invisible Cities (with Collette Warren)
Crossing Frontiers
The Warning (with David Boomah)
Fair Play
Broken Home
Slice Of Nature
Infinity 155 (Wax tribute)
Review: This is the third album from Barnet-based drum and bass producer Luke "Utah Jazz" Wilson. Like his two previous sets (released in 2008 and 2010 respectively), Groove Therapy delivers a fluid, liquid take on drum and bass that frequently touches on soul and jazz. Check, for example, the bluesy Alex Reese collaboration "Everything Is Everything" (one of the album's highlights), or the jazz pianos and steppin' beats of "Conrad Funk"; both tracks are typical of Wilson's intoxicating and admirably grown-up take on D&B. See also "Crossing Frontiers", an impressively atmospheric cut whose haunting chords recall the Pet Shop Boys' breakthrough hit, "West End Girls".
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out of stock $7.37
10
Cat: BINE 028CD. Rel: 16 Jul 12
 
Techno
Le Dormeur
Close Your Door
Lazy Beat
Du Bruit Derriere La Porte
Gaussian Blur
The Day Before
Sounds From The Moon
Hot Sand
Flying Panda
Dead River
Amnesia
out of stock $12.62
11
Cat: DSKCD 002. Rel: 23 Jul 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
March 12th Street
Palm Coast Freeway
Courtside Daydreams
Hibiscus Pacific
Fantasy Glide
Cubic Mentality
City Cell 1
Forgotten Shores
City Cell 2
Knowledge (feat Awa)
Frisk
Lift Off
out of stock $10.47
12
Cat: SOMACD 098. Rel: 30 Jul 12
 
Techno
Powder
Breadrin Beats
Insomnia
Doing It For Yourself
Amy
Natives
Lone Ranger
Keep It Coming
Liberation
The Nurse
Review: It's been ten years since Pig & Dan first set their stall out as purveyors of vaguely progressive tech-house. Since then, they've released just one album - Imagine on Cocoon back in 2007 - but impressed tech-house DJs and critics with a series of well-received singles. Here they celebrate 10 years in the game with a second album of original material, this time for Glaswegian techno and house stalwarts Soma. It's perhaps not an ideal match - Pig & Dan's shuffling, soft focus take on techno seems at odds with the label's fun time remit - but Decade is at least an impressive collection of club tracks. There are few surprises, but plenty of atmospheric, bubbling cuts to tickle the fancy of tech-minded DJs (see the excellent "Doing It For Yourself" and percussive "Natives").
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out of stock $9.46
13
Cat: HDBCD 008. Rel: 16 Jul 12
 
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
He Said I Said
What This World Needs Now
Come Into My Room
Landscapes
Good Times
Sunshine
Trying
Playin' Me
Trouble
What Airtime
It's Serious
Is It Gone
Up In My Head
Review: Hyperdub's year of excellence continues apace with the release of Playing Me, the long awaited debut album from Cooly G. Emerging as a key figure in the UK funky scene some four years ago via some highly prized Dub Organiser CDrs, Cooly's musical progression has been charted via a series of EPs for DVA Music and Hyperdub. On this thirteen track album what is most apparent is the confidence this South London producer has in her own singing, a voice that sounds dipped in pain and anguish at times. At others Cooly utilises her vocal delivery as an integral part of the music, which draws from all manner of UK music history of recent times whilst very much sounding part of her modern house template. Oh and there's a Coldplay cover to end the LP too...
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out of stock $14.73
14
Cat: GVRCD 002. Rel: 30 Jul 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Funkin Your Mind (Rayko Mind F*cker edit)
Conscious Of My Love (Rayko Mighty Dragon Soul edit)
Come & Get It (Rayko Mighty Dragon Soul edit)
Get It Off The Ground (Rayko edit)
Love Wars (Rayko Dragon Soul edit)
Keep Giving Me Love (Rayko Red Dragon Soul edit)
You're No Better Than A Common Thief (Rayko edit)
I Can Do It (Anyway You Want It) (Rayko edit)
Hold On To Your Dreams (Rayko Spiritual Gargamel edit - bonus track)
Review: Not a week goes by without a new Rayko release dropping, making him the disco edit scene's version of Marco Dionigi, a man who finishes an album on average every 13 seconds. Dragon Soul, though, is the Spanish re-edit king's first full-length. It rather surprisingly hangs together well as an album, offering a typically dubbed-out mix of sparkling boogie, comfy deep house and, of course, cheeky disco. Highlights wise, there's plenty to excite, from an excellent re-dub of D-Train and the sweaty disco of "Love Wars", to the oh-so-sensual "Conscious Of My Love" and the jazzy gorgeousness of "You're No Better Than A Common Thief".
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out of stock $16.32
15
Cat: TRCD 001. Rel: 30 Jul 12
 
Experimental/Electronic
Omni
If We Could
Ocean Drive
Tonight
Paper Heart
Lament
Surface Tension
Lost Hexagon
Hover
Fragment Reflect
Willows
Slight Light
Fly Into This Night
Unexpected Days
out of stock $7.37
16
Cat: 93DSR/DFT CD1. Rel: 09 Jul 12
 
Electro
Frozen Land
Enter
Utopia
Redemption
Target
And If You Know
Challenger
Onkalo
On A Distant Journey
Review: Despite still being in his 20s, Niels Luinenberg has already released a string of acclaimed EPs and has showcased his impressive DJing skills through gigs around Europe and a series of excellent online mixes, as well as this year's Inertia compilation. Can he now take the next step and translate his skills to the album format? "Frozen Land" starts the album in contemplative mode as austere synths unravel over slow-paced, shuffling drums. It's followed by "Enter", where robotic vocals and seared acid lines underpin a slow-motion, ominous bass. Together, these tracks make for an atmospheric opening. Traces then shifts from the esoteric to the visceral, as "Redemption" rides heavy claps and rough acid lines; "Target" unfolds to cavernous drums and heavy tribal beats, while "And If You Know" features scatter-gun percussion and a "Losing Control"-style pitched down vocal sample. The parting shot, "On A Distant Journey" is perhaps the album's finest moment. It sees Luinenberg draw inspiration again from the classic techno and electro sounds that feature in his sets. Delta Funktionen may not have Forward Strategy Group's experimental edge or Shifted's unique sound design, but on Traces he proves himself to be one of the few to thrive in this most adverse setting for techno producers.

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out of stock $11.57
17
Cat: MOODCD 018. Rel: 09 Jul 12
 
Minimal/Tech House
Fingers Inc
Der Groove
Treat Me
Analog City
Low Slove
What Can You
707 Heaven
Fantazy
Alpha
Eagle Eyes
Review: Four years on from the release of his second full-length album Toinen, Klas-Henrik Lindblad (best known, of course, as Sasse), returns with his suitably titled third long player. Given his experience and continued fascination with joining the dots between deep house, techno and tactile nu-disco, it's no surprise to find that Third Encounter is a warm, rich and musically varied set. Throughout, Lindblad flits between Larry Heard inspired analogue deep house jams (see opener "Fingers Inc"), near Balearic piano house (check the gorgeous "Eagle Eyes") and icier, heavily electronic fare (the Orbital-ish "Der Groove"), stopping occasionally to throw in the sparkling nu-disco number ("Analog City").
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out of stock $12.62
18
Cat: 30539. Rel: 09 Jul 12
 
Funk
Cool Million & Peggi Blu - "When We Loved"
Cool Million & Laura Jackson - "It's Your Life"
Cool Million & Kenny Thomas - "Without Your Love"
Cool Million & Meagan McNeal - "Pick It Up"
Cool Million & Gary B Poole - "Running Around" (12" version)
Cool Million & Francisca - "You Don't Care"
Cool Million & Chidi - "Take Me Home"
Cool Million & Westcoast Soulstars - "We Can Work It Out"
Cool Million & Monique Thomas - "Love Dance"
Cool Million & Peggi Blue - "What About You"
Cool Million & Jono McNeil - "Peace Of Mind"
Cool Million & Natasha Watts - "Show Me"
Cool Million & Donna Gardier - "Shout It (From The Rooftops)"
Cool Million & Bashiyra - "The You In Me"
out of stock $15.78
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