Rhythm By Nature Germany Vinyl & CDs

Review: UK veteran producer Nail Tolliday is a very well-respected name in electronic music since the early 90s, even cropping up on one of the earliest Warp album releases, DIY's Strictly 4 Groovers in 1993 . After some years working on other music-related projects, the past ten years he has made a return to producing with a busy output of great dance music. Rhythm By Nature is a new German label and attracting Nail for their first release is a great sign of a strong label to follow. The 'Shake Two' EP's A-Side 'Thoughts' is just the type of track Nail is known for - a proper techno beat that has elements of house and generally adds a timeless melodic element to differentiate it from just being house or techno, even delving as far as to be ambient techno. Nail always brings a great tribal rhythm to his productions that set them apart from the crowd. 'Ribs' on the second side also shows how good Nail does with vocals on his tracks. He has a knack of knowing what works on the dancefloor. The SaPu dub mix adds a nice deeper alternative version to round out this strong record. If you like 90s UK techno like Mark Ambrose, Timewriter, Circulation or End Recordings as much as we do then this is a blind pick up.

Review: Since he made his vinyl debut two decades ago, Tommy Vicari Jnr has built up quite a catalogue - including EPs and singles on Robsoul, Cabinet Records and, most recently, Drifted Records. Here the Sheffield producer makes his bow on the fast-rising Rhythm By Nature imprint, kicking things off with the wonderfully titled 'Francis Bacon Sized Hangover' - a chunky, sub-heavy slab of slipped tech-house excellence with enough weird noises to delight even the most inebriated dancers. He slows things down on 'B Doll', a jazzy chunk of off-beat hypnotism blessed with LFO style bass and glassy-eyed chords, before opening side B with the light Red Rack'em influenced 'New Days'. To round things off, he drops the ultra-deep wonder of 'Vommer', a genuinely locked-in early morning treat.