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Vinyl + DigitalAlbums - DanceTECHNO & HARD TECHNO / Mark NeenanAlbums - DanceTOP TUNE //10D.A.V.E THE DRUMMER. - SOCIAL NETWORKS STEAL YOUR SOUL [HYDRAULIX 100]99Henry Cullen's legendary Hydraulix imprint reach the huge milestone of 100 releases, brought to you by the mainman himself D.A.V.E The Drummer. Six no nonsense Hard Techno tracks are here to choose from and as iexpected, they are all awesome! 'Meat Grinder' is a heads down stomper, full of dark grinding rhythms. We havethe somewhat deeper and hypnotic 'It Was Too Dark' with hoover esque synth bleeps, subtle acid on the breakand a great groove. There is the heavy and thumping ravey one in 'One Trick Pony' with an ace old school vibefrom the break and then the infectious chugging rolling bass of 'Look At What We've Become' full of wickedreversed hoovers and clever percussion. My favourites though are title track 'Social Networks Steal Your Soul'which is a relentless dark pounder with metallic hits aplenty, distorted Gabba drum fills and a very apt vocal fromH himself, warning us of the perils of too much social media.. (I'm sure by the time these reviews are out, youwould of all heard this track!) ''Tweet, Tweet, Tweet. Little Fucking Bird!'' and my other fave is 'Himmel' which ismassive! A huge rumbling Kick drum accompanies fast, Filthy and grinding Acid Techno at its finest / dirtiest witha cool robotic 'Time To Get Funky' vox and lots of industrial percussion noises throughout. Hats off to you Henry.Here's to the next 100.https://davethedrummer.bandcamp.com/track/social-networks-steal-your-soulSTERLING MOSS / MARK EG / TIAGO SANTOS - POWER TO THE PEOPLE [REBELTEK 007]Sterling Moss' wicked Rebeltek series continues with this great 3 tracker of electrifying acid Techno! Forthe title track 'Power To The People' he teams up with everyone's favourite madman from Leeds Mark EG.Hard as nails energetic Acid here, which uses the brilliant final speech from Charlie Chaplin in TheDictator. Such a great hard groove on this with all the classy production you'd expect from these twolegends with ace use of such a poignant vocal. ''Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!''Track 2 is 'Violent Torpedo Of Truth' and is a solo outing for Sterling. The BPMs are upped in this raveyand energetic screech fest! A mental breakdown ensues and causes all sorts of havoc. End of set bangerthis! For Sterling's track with Tiago, they use the classic 'Time To Get Mad' sample (Have heard this usedabout 4 times this year!) but it is such a great sample from the classic film 'Network' and very VERYrelevant. Chugging evolving acid Techno at its finest here. Top top release this and you can pre order thelimited edition Grey marbled vinyl (Ooh fancy!) and wav/mp3 now!https://www.deejay.de/Sterling_Moss_%26_Mark_EG_Tiago_Santos_REBELTEK_007_REBELTEK007_Vinyl__960560RECOMMENDEDLOUK - PITCH INVASION [SYNTAX ERROR 002]10Following on from their great debut release, Syntax Error No' 2 is here and me old mate Louk has pulled in the bigguns! The infamous Player himself Jon Nuccle alongside Kevin Walsh, released 'Division One' back in 1998 under their'Pitch Invasion' guise on the Orbits wicked label Radious. The excellent original which has been included here is a hardclanking tune of epic proportions with a super crazy synth line that gets you hooked and wonky dancing within no time!For 2020 who better to do a fresh remix of said tune I hear you ask? Only D.A.V.E The fucking Drummer! Henry goes totown with a relentless energetic hard and rattling rework of epic proportions. He keeps the ace twisted Synth hook ofthe original and adds a modern twang to it. Add to this tonnes of drum rolls, fills and evolving percussion throughoutthis is a certified beast! On the flip side (Yes it's available on a limited vinyl run too) label boss Louk supplies a darkheads down thumper called 'Penalty Kick' (the original draft was VAR sucks, how apt lol) Well this certainly doesn't suckand it's definitely a Penalty kick by Alan Shearer and not Gareth Southgate! Great work mate. On the remix for thisGerman legend Andreas Kraemer slows things down a touch and manages to get a brilliantly crafted melodic versionsomehow, which will appeal to many. Crystal clear production as always from Andreas on this groovy tribal chugger.Quality package this, No 3 has just appeared in my inbox whilst writing this and Paul Mac is involved on that one!Blimey. Big things coming from this fresh new label.https://www.juno.co.uk/products/pitch-invasion-louk-syntax-error-002/796050-01/RED - 1997 [XRX 01]Brand new label here and I have literally no idea who 'RED' is and there is no blurb nor write up. (Howvery Techno) This needs to be included though. 4 class tracks of boneshakingly hard Techno here.Chapters 1, 2 and 3 are ace and full of driving hard kicks, energetic rolling percussive elements and subbasses so powerful you will need to change you're pants after 30 seconds! Chapter 4 is my favouritethough, Red distorts the kick and adds even more Oomph! (Is that even a word?), add a subtle vocal, ahypnotic synth line and tonnes of movement and you have a 'Dax J' esque monster on your hands. I willbe sure to look out for this label and whoever Red' is. Banger!https://www.decks.de/track/red-1997/cgy-q4
\\ TUNES88.58.58.58.5AKA CARL - THIS SOUND [SUBCULT 73]The man behind Subcult records Aka Carl returns to the label with this great release. 'This Sound' is amodern, rolling tough Techno hit with bags of energy. It has a really infectious groove, lots of clever fx andedits and a huge building breakdown which climaxes with some bubbly Acid when it all kicks back in. Topstuff! On remix duties is Canadian Ben Mercalf (the guy behind classics 'That Fuct Camera' and 'NeedleDamage') Ben's take is a more crossover and Melodic version which is also heavy on the ride cymbals. Itfeatures an almighty crazy lead synth on the break before the track gets flipped on its head when it comesback in. Really clever stuff. You must check this out!https://akacarl.com/tracks/VARIOUS ARTISTS - SUF SUPER LIMITED 005 [STAY UP FOREVER]Right, I need to mention these releases from the legendary London label. Since this Covid lockdown craziness happened,the guys at SUF have been releasing 'Super Limited Edition' vinyl only runs, of 100 copies only of fresh and exciting AcidTechno 4 track ep's. These come from a mixture of well known legends and also new comers to the scene. These are prettyhard to get tbh, I've been lucky to of got gold of the first 7 so far (Many more to come i hear) So far they have featuredthe likes of Benji303 & Tiddles, Jah Scoop, Darc Marc, Sterling Moss & Matt Acidic, Tassid, A.P. & The Geezer to name afew. My favourite so far probably has to be 004 which features a Huge track by my South Coast pal and Filth favourite L.Self featuring the vocals of 6KRAT'R titled 'Revolution' which is a typically thumping L. Self production with quality buildingand searing acid throughout. Followed by a monstrous Groove fuelled squelchy acid track from boss man Chris Liberator &that crazy vinyl junky Biri. Wicked stuff lads. The flip side contains 2 beauties also. A crisp modern acidic track from SamDfl called 'Drugs' and a heavy breakbeat Techno influenced warehouse banger by Krismix and Koss. I suggest you do yourbest to support the underground in these crazy times and hunt out these records, but be very quick. Out exclusively viastayupforever.com me!https://www.discogs.com/label/1183-Stay-Up-ForeverVARIOUS ARTISTS [INTERRUPTION 002]Dublin based Techno / Acid Techno collective Interruption headed by David Oblivion have set up a fresh new label and fortheir second release the have gone to town with 4 quality tracks from 4 great artists here. Track 1 is by the ever wickedA.P. Allan gives us 'Turbulence Whip' Crystal-clear produced rolling modern Techno in his Refined Format stylee. Chunkydrums, punchy percussion, filters down to one crazy breakdown before the 'Bass' vox launches us into overdrive! Brillianttune! Italian legend and Polymeric records head honcho Maxx Rossi serves us up some Hard percussive and drivingTechno of sheer quality with an excellent 'Into my mind, into my Soul' vocal. Great stuff! Benji303 gives us 'Nothing ToSave' an ace rolling warehouse track with a proper London feel to it, minus the acid this time. Quality stuff this from the303 Alliance main man! The amazing 'Geezer' finishes off the EP in style. He needs no into. Guy gives us 'The Nads' arather dark and sinister pounder in his RAW (Ripe Analogue Waveforms) approach, albeit darker than usual with a sub solow you can feel it right down to your 'Nads' Excellent second release this, available on Vinyl and digital soon.. 8. 5/10https://www.decks.de/track/various_artists-interruption_records_002/chh-zyELECTRORITES - ARCHIVES VOL 4 [STRUCTURES RECORDS]Italian Hard Techno maestro Electrorites (Luca Vollaro) returns to his fresh 'Structures' imprint with 3 moremonsters! 'Archive 10' as expected, goes straight in for the kill with slamming kick drums, distorted bass,crisp panned hi hats and a screeching synth that grows and growls in this epic piece of dance floororientated hard Techno! 'Archive 11' is a dark pummeling bass heavy beast with gabba kick drums and anepic uplifting synth that builds in intensity. 'Archive 12' is just pure nasty! Rattling hard as hell Techno,tonnes of distortion and a really dark and eerie synth. Perfect Halloween vibes here. Excellent stuff asalways Luca!https://www.deejay.de/Electrorites_Archives_Vol_4_STR004_Vinyl__961243KUSP - ORBIT [ODD RECORDINGS 045]Fresh from a string of top releases on legendary labels R&S, We Are The Brave and even remixing for JC'sBubblejam, UK Techno duo Kusp return to popular Spanish label Odd Recordings with 4 massive tracks.'Anthera' is a punchy modern Acid Techno tune which builds and drops in all the right places. It's full ofenergy, crazy acid lines and a classic 'Don't Stop' vocal. Ace! 'Second Phase' is a hypnotic rumbler with anaddictive main synth hook. 'Orbit 2cb' is really cool. Full of hard crisp beats that are layered with hugerising build ups that sound like when James Bond is riding the Centrifuge in Moonraker. Wicked stuff!'Overload' sees the lads back on the Acid trip with a hard, deep, brilliantly produced modern acid Technocut. Another fine release this from the lads! Take a listen.https://soundcloud.com/odd-recordings/sets/odd045-kusp-orbit-ep
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