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Review: Florence is back on their own self titled label for a fifth outing that once again brings hardcore funk groves laden with great samples. 'Get Down' is raw and driving with hard hits and bouncing bass all delivered in a lo-fi style under guttural vocals. 'Dirty' is more sleazy and low slung with a more seductive vocal sound and plenty of modern synth lines next to the authentic rhythm section sounds. Whoever is behind this project sure knows how to cook up the funky goods and then some.

Review: Caserta is legendary digger Kon's long time engineer, and he sure does have a wealth of tricks up his own sleeve. Here he gets to tackle his own super 7" on the Bridge Boots label and first off he serve sup a lovely take on a Stevie Wonder tune. 'Stevie?' (Caserta Sunday Saint mix) has mid-tempo grooves rolling away nicely beneath exquisite synth work and a well-treated vocal from the man himself. JoDaCe steps up on the flip for a Saturday Sinner mix that is more driving and ready for the club. The bass is rugged, the vocals more looped and freaky, the effect just as brilliant but in different ways.

Review: Emerging hero of the Russian techno underground Pavel Milyakov aka Buttechno appears here for new Kiev based imprint Muscut. A diversion from his usual dusty, lo-fi techno experiments, here Milyakov presents some surreal dark ambient excursions ike on the dreamy opener "Mondjazz" and the jagged and disjointed arpeggiation of "Audiopfad" which is supported by textured and noisy field recordings for added measure. On the B side, "Mondjungi" rinses snares through tape delay so that they disperse frantically across the audio spectrum, while some woozy and sinister pads keep you calm amidst all the madness. Finally the title track creeps you out nicely with its gradually evolving pad chord swimming amidst haunted layers of odd tonality.