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Chicago based dj/producer m50 has been producing music under the alias Area for a while now. With releases for Echospace Detroit and Francois K’s Wave Music, this singl brings together artists affiliated both with the New York and Detroit musical circles. Fresh of the press for UK based label FullBarr,  Cellicos EP brings 3 tracks and an ambient bit for those DJ’s keen to creatively fulfilling time on the dance floor. Excellent feedback from Laurent Garnier, DJ Hell, Claude Von Stroke, Francois K, Slam, somewhat guarantees this is a premium cut of well thought out mixture of IDM, Techno and House. Brendon Moeller and Davor O. on remixes move from side to side as far as genre is concerned, from lighter driving tech setting to deeper techno sounds.  Preview clips to follow shortly…

Talented Croatian techno producer Jolka wraps up a landmark year by talking to Juno Plus about his top tunes of 2009. Davor O, Planetary Assault Systems and the Marcel Dettmann/Shed collaboration Deuce all come into the reckoning, as does his own debut 12?, The Jolka Experience.

Check the whole chart at Juno plus

Ilmar Kerm is a member of Estonian based underground label Laks Recordings. Here’s a mix by him designated to show the more deeper and beautiful side of dubstep in his own words. Definitely digging these deep and lovely sounds here at the HQ.

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1. Phaeleh – Numb – Urban Scrumping – 2009
2. Kryptic Minds – Wondering Why – Osiris Music UK – 2009
3. Scuba – Speak – [NakedLunch] – 2009
4. Pinch – Gangstaz – Tectonic – 2007
5. DJ Madd – Someone (Breakage Remix) – Black Box – 2009
6. Instra:mental – Forbidden – Apple Pips – 2009
7. Scuba – Aesaunic – HOtflush – 2009
8. Davor – Transitional Objects (Area Entropy Version) – Matrix – 2009
9. 2562 – Flashback – Tectonic – 2009
10. Ikonika – Fish – Hyperdub – 2009
11. Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer – Hyperdub – 2009
12. Joker & Ginz – Purple City – Kapsize – 2009
13. Phaeleh feat Anneka – Awakening – Urban Scrumping – 2009
14. Pinch & Moving Ninja – False Flag (Kryptic Minds Remix) – Tectonic – 2009
15. Joy Orbison – J.Doe – Doldrums – 2009

After the initial vinyl test pressing released earlier this year, The Jolka Experience is finally out in stores and dance floor worldwide! Already in the record bags of Ben Sims, Rolando and Luke Slater, have no doubt this is a premium cut of sensible, dub infused, dancefloor oriented deep techno.

The EP starts  with Inception, a signature track with circulating synth and comforting keys, all about hitting a melancholic vibe and keeping it between sustain and release. It’s no wonder that deeper shades of techno came into collective consciousness as music like this has the tendency to get under your skin, simply asking for repeated plays.  Arcus plays along the same vibe but has a more ghostly character, definitely something for the late morning haze.  Convection is the fierce one , progressing and mellowing out on the pads, with strong rhythm and sense of direction. This is a track that leads to the subtle peaks of deep techno. The last track, Dreamful, offers a place for imagination to run loose. Pumping layers of reverberating synths unfold through space as beautiful pads fill the spaces in between. A great track to finish off an excellent EP ! Check out Juno for vinyl.

Jolka’s spoke to Electronic Directory Japan earlier this month, and also has a new DJ mix up there  (including tracks and remixes  by fellow Croatians Davor O., Homeboy and Petar Dundov). Recommended !

Jolka “The Jolka Experience” EP

1. Inception

2. Arcus

3. Convection

4. Dreamful

Ratko Filipovic aka Examine has had quite a productive year. After releasing music for Savior, Stolen Moments and Etoka records, his new singl “Confess and Undress” arrives on Holland based Manual Music. The original track is a classy production based on a melody that easely flows into ears.  Dirk Diggler remodels the original in his driving tech-house style many might be familiar with from his production on Resopal and Raum.  A stream of dub synth evolves slowly and invitingly,  placing the seed on top of the groove which flourishes later on in the track. Crispy material for four in the morning that will definitely get your tie off ! Thomas Lauren takes on the remix more dramaticaly from the start with original layers of seducing bright melodies and lush chords.  Perfect tune for an open air summer party.

Check Manual Music website and Examine’s myspace for details.

Examine “Confess And Undress”

1. Confess And Undress (Original Mix)

2. Confess And Undress (D.Diggler Remix)

3. Confess And Undress (Thomas Lauren Remix)

• Agoria – Libellules [Infiné Music]
• Chymera – Sumatra [Figure]
• Davor – Transitional Objects Remixes [Matrix]
• Deetron – Zircon / Orange [Music Man]
• DJ Bone – Encounter 002 [Bastardo Electrico]
• Erica LaFay – Rain (Special Vinyl Only Edition) [Wallshaker Music]
• Fabrice Lig – Cosmic Booty [MVSICA]
• Jeroen Search – Figure SPC A (1, 2 & 3) [Figure SPC]
• Jolka – The Jolka Experience [Sect]
• Kirk Degiorgio – Mass [ART]
• Mick Welch – Morphological Construct EP [Elektrosouls]
• Orlando Voorn – Power Of Beauty [Divine]
• Quince – My Life’s Rhythm [Delsin]
• Shake – Levitate Venice [Morphine]
• Trish Van Eynde – Subject Belgium [Subject Detroit]
• Various – El Quinto EP [Ican Productions]
• Various – Union Match 1 [Union Match Music]
• Vince Watson – My Desire [Planet E]
• Wax – No 20002 [Wax]

Thank you Kazuumi for supporting the record !

http://www.electronicdir.jp

Florence Foster Fan Club is the brainchild of Zarkof and Yas, two electronic music artists coming from a small industrial city of Sisak. Named after what is considerably the worst vocalist in the history of music, Florence Foster Jenkins, their sound and production resembles nothing of the tasteless adjective soup attributed to the lady diva. Undeniably, they’ve described the project best themselves.

Florence Foster Fan Club came to light straight from the darkest nightmares on reanimation of lost technological anti-utopia. All the worse things that emerged out of the post-industrial civilisation are nowadays in full glow. FFFC are here to smear this with loops without choruses, un-synced synthesizers and fierce sound of drum pads.

Having played a bunch of hardware-only live shows throughout Croatia, Germany and Netherlands, the guys compiled their album from a body of work made from 2006 to 2009. The game here is electro in diversified shapes and form that will cater your ears and question your image of self by pure friction. Titled Everyday Theatre, the album is a deeply confessional voyage into a world that, somewhat sadly, never happened. Apart from the early EBM, dark wave electro influences, FFFC comes through as  a band with a perplexed, engaged lyrical messages sarcastic of today’s consumerist climate and disruptive materialism. It’s like they say, this is an electronic vocal dark-body-pop duo for the proto-apocalyptic era.

Florence Foster Fan Club album Everyday Theatre is out on Brazilian label Wave Records. Head over to their myspace for music, videos and tour dates !

September 2009 (Alphabetical order):

&ME: FIR (Keinemusik)
Adam Beyer & Par Grindvik: Living Wheel (Drumcode)
Aroy Dee: The Planets (Delsin)
Craig Smith & The Revenge: The Soul Pt II (John Daly RMX) (Delusions Of Grandeur)
CV313: Subtraktive (Dub) (Echospace)
Davor: Transitional Objects (Jolka’s Remake) (Matrix)
Dennes Deen: Break It Up (Gary Beck RMX) (MB Elektronics)
Obtane/Giorgio Gigli: Transmission (Zooloft)
Robert Hood: Superman (M-Plant)
Somnabulist: Human Dreams (Samuvar)

http://planetary-folklore.blogspot.com/

The cool mister Kirk Degiorgio charted the Transitonal Objects Jolka’s Remake which is a blessing in our terms as we have been fans here in the camp since back in the day. Take a few minutes to check out his blog and read, listen and enjoy his music and writing. Thank you Kirk Degiorgio !

Hailing from Croatia, Davor is the latest talent to join the long list of Matrix international artists. “Transitional Objects” is an amazingly epic track made in the image of the classics of techno.

On the original mix, Davor concocts a dark brew of tweaky bleeps and shredded atmospheric chords. Digital shards echo into the distance, as Chicago acid house meets the 21st century.  Warm Detroit soul washes over the track in waves, one after the other.  Underneath, bubbling bass and precision percussion keep feet moving.Fellow Croatian Jolka reshapes the track into tough, melodic techno.  Juicy synths and an insistent bass line propel the remix in the grand Kanzleramt tradition.  A luscious breakdown shows he’s got bleeps up his sleeve, too. Chicago-Berlin resident Area flips the original into a reduced entropy version floating on deep bass and creating a post-industrial atmosphere. Finally, the “No Gravity Mix” pulls the percussion and highlights the rich textures of the original.  It’s like audio time-lapse photography, as electronic flora bloom and multiply.

If you missed out on the very first Convextion records on Matrix in 1996, now is your chance to get what is sure to be another highly revered and sought after Matrix treasure.  The first pressing is a limited release colored vinyl edition and will be highly sought after by collectors and fans.

DJ support: Santiago Salazar, Russ Gabriel, Kirk Degiorgio, Patrice Scott, Kevin Gorman, Miles Sagnia, Jack de Marseille, Juho Kahilainen, Aaron-Carl, Grovskopa, Samuli Kemppi, Marco Passarani, Andrew Duke, Phase

Shop: 12″ vinyl available at  Rush Hour , Juno , Clone , Hardwax , Decks , Phonica , Underground Gallery , Nuloop , Compufunk

Others about the record:

Planetary Folklore  - Top Ten September 2009

Abstract Forms – Electronic Cuts – September 09

Bleep43 – Records of the week – September 18th

Electronic Directory – Playlist / Selection – September 2009

Davor “Transitional Objects” Remixes

1. Original Mix

2. Jolka’s Remake

3. Area Entropy Version

4. No Gravity Mix

Brilliant weekend at LED fest in Karlovac with great music and people who came out to hang out sunday night.  The setting in old Korana hotel in city center is fabulouse for the dity, bass heavy and deep techno and house music.  Nice little review of the event  in Croatian at Plan.et magazine. Check out some of the photos from the site. Video to follow….

Invazia Open air in the past few years  has built up to a solid late summer get-together for Zagreb’s party people . Located on the banks of Sava river’s west coast it’s a great place to bang tunes to a vibrant crowd still on the summer high. Davor is playing the BONDAGE label floor, early slot for some mental music in the mix!

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