Sean Roman ‘The Moan (MANIK, Waifs & Strays remixes)’

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Sean Roman offers a dirty slice of electro house funk stuff, whilst Plain & Simple favourite MANIK gets on the remix tip, with Waifs & Strays doing the same.

Chris Carrier ‘Thrashin EP’

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Chris Carrier does what he does best by delivering three cuts and a remix of dirty old house music, complete with hypnotic hooks and a side of 80s power drums.

CHOICE CUT- Motor ‘Man Made Machine’

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A host of exceptional collaborators get on board with Motor’s new LP, not least Depeche Mode’s Martin L. Gore, music legend Gary Numan, and Billie Ray Martin.

Safeword ‘West Portal’

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West Coast flavours abound on Bad Animal’s second vinyl release, which comes from San Francisco duo Safeword, and boasts hypnotic sirens, acid hooks and more.

Plankton ‘Edding EP’

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Marseilles based producer Plankton delivers three driving cuts, but Mark Broom steals the show with a compelling refit of the title track. Solid techno stuff.

CHOICE CUT- Lukas Greenberg ‘Essence of Me’

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CHOICE CUT Lukas Greenberg / Essence of Me CD / DigitalĀ  Plastic City / Released March 2012 It’s obvious Greenberg started life as a hip hop DJ, considering the contents of this, his third LP offering. Similarly, after listening, it should surprise few that his career spans decades (and therefore stylistic trends) within the techno [...]

Dan Curtin ‘Stolen EP’

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Stalwart Dan Curtin teams up with fresh faced Bristol imprint Leviathan Sounds to deliver the best piece of warehouse sounding house music so far this year.

Thomas Barfod ‘Broken Glass’

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WhoMadeWho drummer Thomas Barfod goes solo on Friends of Friends with two tracks of sublime electronica and percussive house sounds, with remixes to boot.

Jimmy Edgar ‘This One’s For The Children’

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Mr Edgar returns with the first sounds we’ve heard in over 18 months, delivering a slice of electro-sleaze for dancefloors, and broken glitch for elsewhere.

Ben Sims ‘Slow Motion (with Rob Hood, Skudge, Rolando rmxs)’

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Skudge, Robert Hood, and Rolando all remix Ben Sims, and create this bumper package of techno. Mechanical funk, minimal, and mainroom rarely sound this good.