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Review: In original cassette form, Untitled by Huerco S was one of those astounding early releases that really brought the Opal Tapes label to wider attention. The NWAQ gone grubby sonics of the three track, 40 minute release were subsequently one of the first few Opal Tapes releases to get a vinyl edition, courtesy of our friends Boomkat and their Boomkat Editions label. If you were one of those who passed over the initial pressing last year and have been filled with an unquenchable sense of regret ever since then good news! A second pressing from Boomkat is here and listening back makes us wish for some all new produce from the New York-based producer. C'mon Huerco!

Review: The last "Untitled" Future Times white label release arrived in 2012, a record that we now know, thanks to the eagle-eyed searchers of Discogs, featured a Hunee edit of "Re-Mida" by Don Carlos. We don't know what kind of material features on this new "Untitled" release from the label, but the bumping hip house rhythm and vocal combo and lush '80s analogue bassline suggests some kind of vintage material has gone under the knife to create this track. Regardless, this one-sided 12" is another essential cut from the DC-based operation.

Review: The Untitled EP for Homepark continues the London-based duo's steady run of one EP per year since 2010. It's the first time Homepark have appeared on Courtesy Of Balance Recordings, sub-label to Chez Damier's Balance imprint. First up is the deep, skipping and resonator fuelled "Ratios", matched in fathoms by "Standing", a dubby and rhode-driven joyride. "Fly Away" sees Mr. Fingers' bassline inspirations take full effect next to lounge time piano playing, while "M&J's Dub" again traverses from deep house territory into a sphere of dubbier Sven Weisemann sounds.

Review: REPRESS ALERT!! Superconscious is here with it's second instalment Last time we brought you a solo production from Imhotep, whom is one half the Zanzibar Chanel duo and co-founder of Ruff Records. This time we bring you the other half..mysterious Melbourne citizen and all round cool-guy Luis CL. Featuring four stompers which we wont bother trying to explain, because explaining music is like describing your dream last night. Just enjoy yourself and listen.

Review: Glasgow's Ooft! continues the FOTO-X series on his label with a sure shot 12" that presents two tracks sure to nestle their way into all manner of on-point record bags for many moons to come. First up is iLO who plays the long game with a yearning and burning slice of deep house that starts out stripped and subtle before blossoming into a fully-fledged vocal delight. Ooft! takes care of the B-side with a boogie-tasting get down entitled "Howard's Way" which will get heads nodding and bodies popping to a bassline that calls to mind Evelyn King's much loved "I'm In Love" low end destroyer.

Review: Smile & Wave appears from out of nowhere with two unknown names heading up the first release. There's no indication of who is behind A Houseband or Russian Hackers, but both of them have done a damn fine job of bringing two sure fire killers to wax. The first is "Another Love Another Happiness", which as the title candidly suggests is yet another version of the oft-sampled "Love & Happiness", this time framed in a bubbling, dubby deep house context for the mellow heads to soak up. By way of contrast Russian Hackers get busy with "303", bringing some forthright jack to the table.

Review: After 19 years in the game, techno veteran Jens "Lowtec" Kuhn is still going strong. While he's recently been in a nostalgic mood - as reissues of early material prove - Kuhn is still capable of producing fresh, high quality material. There's much to enjoy about this first EP for new Malmo label Blundar, from the loud tape hiss, spooky melodies and weirdo ambient dub intent of "Track 2", to the moody, early Autechre throb of Skam-ish closer "Track 4". Dancefloor-minded thrills come in the shape of hypnotic opener "Track 1" - all unsettling, one-note chords, restless rhythms and distant electronics - and the hard-to-pigeonhole madness of the schizophrenic "Track 3".

Review: It's safe to say that Paris based musician, DJ and producer Jerome Caron is something of an enigma. With only two original productions and a mere handful of remixes released over the past five or so years, he's not exactly prolific. But what Jerome might lack in quantity, he more than makes up for in quality which is why both "Moustache" and "Untitled" have become established classics with many of the top DJ's. For many DJ's (including Dave 'Solid Groove' Taylor, Alix Alvarez and Jimpster) "Untitled" is up there in their all time top 10 house tracks. An absolute stalwart in their DJ sets and something of a criminally underrated stone cold classic that so many missed out on when it originally appeared on small French label Project Recordings. In it's original form "Untitled" is simply one of those magic productions that sounds totally out there in a league of it's own, with beautiful Rhodes chords, hooky synth stab and the funkiest, most rolling groove you've ever heard. Freaky Detroit style keys and lush strings all help keep the interest but never detract from the stripped back drums and bass underpinning the whole thing. Such a strong track is not easy to improve with a remix. Kerri Chandler was a first choice, and of course, he totally kills it! Concentrating on reworking the Rhodes chords into an alternative pattern, the king of NY house has delivered an awesome classic sounding Chandleresque remix that's stronger than Jeff Capes on Angel Dust!