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Boneless One :: Hazard Bringer (ProForm Series)

Reviews 01/07/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

Music to blister eardrums and break speakers; in other words proper dark and mean techno. I was surprised when Tabernacle Records announced its Ride the […]

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DROWNED RECORDS :: From Bremen with bite

Profiles 01/05/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

Drowned Records has some similar characteristics to ZCKR. Both labels have released music from Qnete, a homegrown talent with a penchant for raw and thumping […]

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MMT-8 :: Sequencer EP (Cultivated Electronics)

Reviews 12/31/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Sequencer shows the sharper side of Cultivated Electronics. Clinical rhythms, driving bass lines and just a touch of warbling funk when needed. A solid expression […]

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777 :: Breaking from the Bonds of Berlin (Interview & Mix)

Profiles 12/28/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Perhaps I was wrong about Berlin and survival of the fittest. New and exciting imprints, like Wilson’s, are flourishing. Maybe “THE capital” has enough shelve […]

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Savage Grounds :: Unpleasant Music for Unpleasant People (Lux Rec)

Reviews 12/22/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

The style of techno that Savage Grounds are exploring isn’t the conventional type. Their form adopts the underproduction of Chicago house, the bursting rage of […]

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Born in a less than likely place :: Vielspaß

Profiles 12/21/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Born out of basement space, described by Prioux as a “bargain underground club,” underneath the DMA Vielspaß has all the attributes of an arts college […]

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Kraftjerkz :: Kid Ginseng, Lexander James, Newmonics

Reviews 12/21/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Styles are mixed and matched. New with old. Classic with experimental. There’s a touch of vintage shop chic to the whole endeavor. Kraftjerkz isn’t a […]

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Charlton :: Forgotten (Mord)

Reviews 12/20/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Raw and raging, Forgotten is a red throated roar. Teeth gritted, eyes clamped and fingernails in palms from the Berlin resident. Charlton is the nom […]

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Drvg Cvltvre :: The Right Knife In The Right Back (Poverty Is Violence)

Reviews 12/20/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

The EP is very drum focused and other sounds are reined in by either percussion or static. But on several listens the subtlety is laid […]

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Der Noir :: Blue (Love Blast/Subsound)

Reviews 12/18/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Blue depicts that line between elation and melancholy, expanding the boundary dividing these emotions to produce a superb piece of electronics. I first came across […]

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