Flexxseal Germany Vinyl & CDs

Review: Record Loft staff member and Flexxseal boss Christopher Joseph seems to have been studying some of the classic, 1990s techno that passes through the infamous Berlin store. Mind At Sea, his latest 12", is full of sly references to vintage dancefloor gear, from the Artificial Intelligence series style rich electronica of "History", to the balls-out romp of the Surgeon style fuzziness of "In The Cage". Elsewhere, he takes a trip into deep techno territory on the brilliant title track (undeniably the EP's most alluring moment), and joins the dots between raw, robust rhythms and stargazing breakdowns on the similarly attractive "Sometimes I Don't Know".

Review: Berlin's Flexxseal are back and label head honcho Christopher Joseph appears again next with the Outside The Lines EP: four servings of tough and functional analogue driven techno bangers that call to mind the zeitgeist on mid 90's techno. On the A side we start out with the haunting and post apocalyptic soundscape of "Continue To Nothing" then the hiss, clatter and boom of the uncompromising banger "Outside The Lines" which is reminiscent of early Luke Slater. On the flip the driving cyclical mayhem of "Post Traumatic" is totally epic and reminds us of classic James Ruskin. Finally he hammers the message home with industrial body basher "The Queen & The Real Me" with its violent broken beat, grinding arpeggio and distorted industrial vocals raising hell in a big way.