If Remco Beekwilder were about 20 years older, he would have been a suitable sidekick for Frankfurt’s PCP posse at 1993’s Mayday, when they staged a real ‘judgement day’ with a fierce live set. I’m not saying that Mayday is a thing about quarter-century later, but memories of the pastRead More →
“H+ Sexualis” is a marvel from Glasgow underground, conceived by the local artist Vickie McDonald who has arrived at Domestic Exile for the debut release under the Kleft alias. Formerly associated with punk and noise groups such as Divorce, Mourn, Zone Collective and Cartilage, McDonald now supplies an adhesive forRead More →
Buy vinyl / DL from Bandcamp Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Hard Wax (DE) A techno flagship breaking the silence It was a mid-nineties trip to London when I picked up both parts of Air Liquide’s “Abuse Your Illusions” and since then these two slabs of vinylRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Downtown 304 (US) Buy vinyl from Bent Crayon (US) From raver’s bliss to abstract beats Schmer may not be as well-known as the parent label Serotonin, but the return of both to the vinyl cratesRead More →
“Zenosyne EP” is a rave-minded gust from Tripalium, which is a renowned yellow smiley brotherhood from France and steadily providing vitriolic noise for the floors. The fourth release within the Tripalium Records Rave Series sees Minimum Syndicat in the controls, a French collective that has been around for almost tenRead More →
On November 14, 1992 The Temple rave was held in Helsinki. This a personal view on the event I attended. For me, all that happened because of Tapani Ripatti, a legendary radio host in Finland who ran Tri Patti’s Partyline on Radiomafia channel in 1992. In my memory, ever sinceRead More →
Since early nineties, Russ Gabriel has been a driving force of the UK techno scene. He’s mostly known as the founder of Ferox Records, a label that is still around after more than two decades and just released Cottam’s new EP. Latest addition to Gabriel’s own immense catalogue was a recent splitRead More →
About two years ago I fiddled around with my old school favourites from the ’90s for a mix called “Barely Under 140 BPM”. Now it’s time for the second edition, which includes tracks from German hardcore labels, such as PCP, Labworks, Super Special Corp., from US outlets Drop Bass Network and Temple Records N.Y.C., asRead More →
The foundations of the Techno Sound of Rome were laid by ACV Records that played an essential role in the first half of the 1990s. The label saw a number of international producers and DJs emerging, Leo Anibaldi being one of the main players along with Robert Armani, Paolo Zerletti, Riccardo Rocchi,Read More →
From a German club and dance magazine, international DJ charts by Prozac, Terrence Parker, Neil Landstrumm, Mike Dearborn, Anthony Shakir, Kerri Chandler and others.Read More →