The folks over at NYC based imprint UNO offered us this exclusive mix from deep house starlet Fur – naturally we snaffled it up.
The fifth season of the Warehouse Project is just a few weeks away from starting in Manchester, promising some 16 weeks of rather tasty looking lineups.
The Juno Minimal podcast eeks towards it’s 40th birthday with a selection that includes Martyn’ s contribution to Ben Klock’s Berghain mix, some Villalobos from the latest Cocoon compilation and Mount Kimbie’s ‘William’ being remixed by Prosumer and Tama Sumo on the always essential Hot Flush.
Artist: Phil Kieran
Title: Shh Remixes
Label: Cocoon
Genre: Minimal/Tech House
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Phil Kieran returns to Cocoon with an EP of remixes from his Shh album of last year. Featuring reworks from Pan-Pot, Egbert and Patrick Kunkel amongst others, the EP takes on six tracks off the album, delivering new versions for 2010.
Having previously flexed his more minimal tech house muscles on two singles for the Frankfurt based label, Kieran unleashed his eponymous album in September of last year. Shh was a particularly broad minded affair that showcased his diverse set of influences, earning the accomplished Irishman much praise. Now, Cocoon delve back into the album with a clutch of excellent and equally diverse remixes.
Pan-Pot, the Berlin based duo who have also released on Mobilee and SCI + TEC, open the EP with a reductionist rework of “Blood of Barcelona”. It has a subsonic feel, with deep synth stabs piercing through a simple yet bouncy bassline. Ingo Boss also take on the same song at the end of the EP, instead turning it into a pumping club track. The strong beat leads the way as glitch tech FX play out the rest of the track. In between, rising Dutch talent Egbert morphs a hypnotic bassline into a beautiful and uplifting dub track on his remix of “Never Ending Mountain” before Patrick Kunkel turns the same track into a pumping hybrid of techno and dub that somehow keeps the harmonic feel of the original. Matador exercises a minimal wig out on “Dirt” and Kevin Gorman gets things dark, pumping and irresistibly groovy on “Playing With Shadows.”
Phil Kieran’s original album showed just how versatile and diverse techno can be today. Fittingly then, this remix EP goes on to show even more imagination and creativity, throwing off the shackles of functional techno and exploring the genre’s musicality to the max.
Review: Tom Jones
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Artist: Electric Rescue
Title: My Inner Colours
Label: Cocoon
Genre: Techno
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
DJ D’Jedi, aka Antoine Husson releases his second EP on Cocoon with three tracks of techno madness that bring the energy of early 90s rave to a more modern sound. The My Inner Colours EP is an assault on the eardrums, designed to turn the clubs into a frenzied battlefields.
Following on from last year’s debut for Cocoon, the Parisian producer keeps the tempo up and the beat pounding on his latest techno workout. Opening with “Crazy Purple,” Electric Rescue demonstrates how quickly he can create a storm on the sound system. After an unassuming start, some steadily building and unforgettably crazy noise modulation begins to pierce through the beat and send the track into overdrive. Anything but unassuming by half way through, this is an electro tinged, techno monster that has the potential to make any club explode.
“Bleu Electrique” is next up, serving as a bridge between Chicago-esque phuture sounds and the acid trance of twenty years ago. Although slightly more reserved than its predecessor, it still flexes the driving techno muscles of the entire EP. The Frenchman returns to club madness for the finale, “Acid Rosso”. Peppered with sounds of the acid era, the track is built on the foundation of a thunderously slo-mo basskick that fuels its mighty power.
Review: Tom Jones
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