The release is probably from 1993 or 1994, when hard trance was still in a dominant position in Germany, with Harthouse pictured in the middle and flanked by labels such as 23 Frankfurt, Delirium, Superstition, Plastic City and many others. The scene dished out an enormous amount of twelves thatRead More →
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 →
Right before leaving for a holiday week in Malta, I got a message from Optic Nerve Engine, an electronic project from the main island’s smaller neighbour Gozo. By sharing new music, in a way they reminded me that the local scene is/was not limited to the electro artist Microlith akaRead More →
The first part of the 1998 in review can be found here. Michael Knight – Knight Ryder (Devon Records) A recent aftermarket purchase and unconscious realisation of a teenage dream, because Ed DMX’s electro release is a tribute to the Foundation’s heroes with whomRead More →
The second part of the story can be found here. When browsing my collection for the annual review 1998, I was surprised how much everything felt like 2018. Of over 60 releases in my shelves, a large number is filed under electro, which tallies the genre’s revival we are experiencingRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Redeye Records (UK) Buy vinyl from Groove Distribution (US) UK techno from the glorious 1990s Former times are trendy in electronic music when vintage rave and hardcore riffs are returning to new productions, not to speak about fulfilling the dreamsRead More →
The two-tracker by Cloak was hiding in my collection’s so-called back row – an incidental purchase years ago that I had almost forgotten. The black vinyl in a paper sleeve is credited to Alex Rodriguez who recorded the tracks for Backdoor Records. It was a short-lived label that operated out ofRead More →
Groove magazine, a symbol of German club culture since 1989, announced this week to abandon the physical format and become an online-only publication. Unfortunately print is not trendy (and most of all, not profitable) anymore and even when this decision is not too surprising – fellow magazine De:Bug stopped theRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Buy vinyl from Hard Wax (DE) Buy vinyl from Jet Set Records (JP) Down the Grand River Ave. at nightfall John Selway’s and Jason ‘BPMF’ Szostek’s imprint Serotonin has sent obvious signals of being back from what seemed a retirement. A crucial roleRead More →
Now and then I tend to spin a record from the better end of the mid-2000s minimal, from the time when the genre flooded many European countries and raised questions about electronic music’s health. But there are fond memories from this period too, one of those being “Breitling Orbiter 8”,Read More →