Order & Progress

MECHA TOKUSATSU

Todd — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:10:41 +0000

Dark, playful house from Roland Appel, perhaps better known for his work in the Rainer Truby Trio.

Dark Soldier featured on the first of three releases for Berlin’s Sonar Kollektiv, four years ago.

Harmonic basslines envelop broken nu-jazz elements that together achieve a mysterious yet light-hearted vibe.

Roland Appel – Dark Soldier / BUY

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MEMORY LOSS

Todd — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:34:33 +0000

In less than three years, Content has grown from a project between like-minded friends into a mainstay of Manchester’s house and techno culture and beyond.

Born at the Roadhouse and continuing to grow at Joshua Brooks, Content’s contribution to the city’s electronic music scene grows ever greater. Aside from a succession of parties featuring guests more akin to headline-making ‘superclubs’, the collective and its individuals have taken steps into production and are about to inaugurate their own imprint.

Resident DJ Lee Daley has kindly curated the third chapter of our Rainy City Soundtracks mix series, and we also chewed the fat about all things Content ahead of Friday’s party with Move D and Deep Space Orchestra.

READ & LISTEN HERE.

Move D – Computer Flop / BUY

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TOIL AND TROUBLE

Todd — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:05:18 +0000

One half of Session Victim, Matthias Reiling has released two albums individually, both for the Weimar-based DIY label Giegling.

Fittingly the A1 from the first of the those fantastic records, the vinyl-only Das Gespenst Von Altona, Bubble To Bubble credits Hauke Freer (the other half of Session Victim) on 808.

The fusion of leftfield arrangement and warm sounds take it low. Real low.

Matthias Reiling – Bubble To Bubble / BUY

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NUCLEAR ENERGY

Todd — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:47:57 +0000

Originally released by Montreal’s Stickman Records in 1997, Hollis P. Monroe‘s ‘I’m Lonely’ smoothly delivers harmonic organs inside a cosmic-tinged pumping house jam.

Hollis P. Monroe – I’m Lonely / BUY

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OVER AND OVER

Todd — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:19:49 +0000

A future classic here from an artist whose output continues to impress, Tom Trago.

Tom Trago – Use Me Again (And Again) / BUY

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SEVENTY SEVEN

Todd — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:54:34 +0000

Manchester’s Idiosync collective have launched a label, Idiosync Music. Respect and good luck to all involved.

Catch the launch party tomorrow night with Superpitcher. Now making waves with collab-project Pachanga Boys, this remix for Lullabies In The Dark from a couple of years back is a favourite.

Lullabies In The Dark – Iridium (Superpitcher Remix) / BUY

photo : paul octavius

BIFIDUS DIGESTIVUM

Todd — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:11:09 +0000

Banana Wine is the second EP from Mo Kolours, including a contribution from Beautiful Swimmers.

Essentially a house extension, the remix beautifully elongates the soulful dub sounds of Mini Culcha, the third of seven originals from the Mauritius-born artist’s mini-album.

The whole release is available free on bandcamp.

Mo Kolours – Mini Culcha (Beautiful Swimmers Remix)

photo : stephanie toppin / boooooom

NELLY & KELLY

Todd — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:44:03 +0000

Boo Williams‘ Home Town Chicago, originally released on Relief in 1996, was re-issued last October by London’s Anotherday Records, proclaimed as “a new label dedicated to plucking forgotten classics from the sometimes murky depths of musical history.”

This record is a great place to start. Eight tracks of seminal techno and house range into acid and deep territories, and while there are occasional Vodka Revolution moments, the bump is soon back.

Boo Williams – Evil Ways / BUY

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DARE TO DREAM

Todd — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:55:06 +0000

Au Rêve is the closing track from Cassius‘ second record, of the same name, released in 2002.

Cassius – Au Rêve / BUY

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GALACTIC GANGSTERS

Todd — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:48:33 +0000

Space Dimension Controller plays the Selective Hearing birthday party next Saturday in downtown Cottonopolis.

Astro Bandits, given away on soundcloud, is a snapshot of the lo-fi, futuristic funk sound the Belfaster has championed.

Space Dimension Controller – Astro Bandits

image : adam j. o’day