Southern Outpost

Just wanted to mention some great music that I have picked up recently…

- Aguirre (Haswell & Hecker Remix) - Popol Vuh - Mego Editions
If your a fan of Haswell & Hecker, you know what you are in for with this remix. Starts very innocently, spacious and ambient, but very soon gets very dark, frantic and as you would expect noisy. The mastering on this is superb, done by Rashad Becker @ Dubplates and Mastering. Mika Vainio does his reworking of Nachts: Schnee on the other side.

- Indio-Inca EP (Parts 1 & 2) - John Beltran - Rhythmic-Tech Records
I really haven’t been keeping up with Beltran’s releases for some time, but these two releases have given me a wake up call and to be honest breathed some new life into ‘real’ techno. Personal favourite is the A side of part 2, really reminds me of those early Detroit records that made the hair stand up on the back of your neck… lush and moody strings, layers of syncopated percussion and that banging kick! I doubt i’ll hear this out in San Francisco on a nice loud system, but I can only hope.

- Watamu Beach Rework (Moritz Von Oswald) - Sebbo - Desolat
Great to hear some production (well… remixes) by Moritz again. As with most of his other work, especially under his Mauritzio alias, this track takes it’s time to develop, taking up the whole side of the 12″. It’s stripped back right down to the *really* thumping kick and the groove of the simple bassline, only occasionally breaking into some distant pads and trademark echo.

- Eichenholz ep - Leftover - Baum
For the fans of deep dub techno or for those who miss the sound of the M series. I like them both, so this works for me ;) Lots of echo, straight up mid paced beats and low bass. This is just smooth all over. Need to check out more of his stuff.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 pm and is filed under General News.