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Reviewed: Frequency Variation by Bruce Gilbert & Ron West

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:35:26 PST

Album with 1 Track, out on Sahko Recordings.

Released on Monday (02/06/2012) and available as MP3s.

Rescued from the vaults, this recording of 1974 collaboration between Wire's Bruce Gilbert and Ron West of The Tea Set was inspired by a talk given by Brian Eno. An incredible 30-minutes with freaky oscillator flexes reverberating between haunting noise and eerie calm. Still as compelling almost 40 years later.

Reviewed: Unreleased Experimentals 2 by Stephan Laubner

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:29:26 PST

Album with 12 Tracks, out on Something.

Released on Wednesday (02/08/2012) and available as MP3s.

Stephan Laubner aka STL's otherworldly approach to deep house make all of his releases on labels like his own Something, Smallville and Perlon buy-on-sight. This 2012 collection of unreleased cuts and jams is equal parts trippy and stone-cold beautiful, deep supra-dancefloor journeys. Highly recommended.

Artist of the week: Seuil

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 PST

Growing up on the tranquil island of Reunion is unlikely to have prepared Alexis Benard a.k.a. Seuil for the busy Paris club life, yet he has established himself as one of the key players in the French capital's electronic music scene since his move there in 2000. Since 2006 he has released well over 20 EPs on prominent labels such as Moon Harbour and Circus Company, gradually evolving his sound away from minimal techno towards complex deep house compositions.

[ All Releases by Seuil ]

Reviewed: Blondes by Blondes

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:26 PST

Album with 19 Tracks, out on RVNG Intl..

Released on Tuesday (02/07/2012) and available as MP3s.

New York's avant-synth-house duo Blondes compiles their recent singles for an impressive full-length debut, with an added second album's worth of remixes coming from Andy Stott, John Roberts, Optimo, Traxx, Teengirl Fantasy and more. Huge!

Reviewed: Fuck Christian AIDS (Audio Edition) by Stay+

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:37:26 PST

EP with 5 Tracks, out on Ramp Recordings.

Released on Monday (02/06/2012) and available as MP3s.

Forced to change name for legal reasons from Christian AIDS, Manchester's newly renamed Stay+ releases this strong EP on Ramp. Opening track 'Stay Positive' rewires 90s-eurotrance euphoria with a slodgey ghostly 2010s disenchantment, gritty and twisted feverish tracks. Hot stuff.

Now featured: 'Cold Memories' by Atom TM (Sähko Recordings)

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:27:25 PST

The inimitable Uwe Schmidt in his Atom TM guise provides the perfect soundtrack for Europe's current cold freeze, 'Cold Memories' is two one-hour tracks from the Ambient City radio project in Helsinki in 1994. Indescribably beautiful electronic journeys from a true pioneer. Unmissable.

Reviewed: Fluctuat Nec Mergitur by Seuil

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:59:26 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Circus Company.

Released on Monday (02/06/2012) and available as MP3s.

Alexis Benard appears once more as on esteemed Paris house label Circus Company, 'Lutetia' warm and shuffly heady house with attention to soulful detail, 'Don't Trust' wistful addictive vocals over tense chords. Stylish, immaculately produced house music with a melancholic-euphoric edge.

Reviewed: Polo (Versions) by Maxmillion Dunbar

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:49:26 PST

Maxi-Single with 2 Tracks, out on Live at Robert Johnson.

Released on Monday (02/06/2012) and available as MP3s.

With releases on Future Times and Ramp Recordings, Maryland-based Maxmillion Dunbar shimmies onwards, debuting on L.A.R.J.. 'Polo' is a wonderful piece of underwater abstract house which gets reworked by Arto Mwambe's Philip Lauer imbuing it with deep ethereal magic. Sweet!

Reviewed: Planet High School by Mux Mool

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:13:26 PST

Album with 10 Tracks, out on Ghostly International.

Released on Monday (02/06/2012) and available as MP3s.

Mux Mool returns since 2010 eclectic 'Skulltaste' again appearing on Ghostly with a slightly less hyperactive album of his highly imaginative hip-hop driven electronic excursions. Paced over 10 tracks, from funkin' IDM to broken hiphop delirium with videogame synths still dipping in, an accomplished album.

Reviewed: Cold Memories by Atom TM

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:35:26 PST

Album with 2 Tracks, out on Sahko Recordings.

Released on Monday (02/06/2012) and available as MP3s.

Last Weeks Best Rated Releases

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:02 PST

Way to Moksha

by Dadub.

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Stroboscopic Artefacts.

Released on Friday (02/03/2012) and available as MP3s.

Ember

by Function.

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Sandwell District.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Radio Slide (2007-2010)

by Seldom Seen.

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Frustrated Funk.

Released on Thursday (01/26/2012) and available as MP3s.

We're In Heaven

by Cruise Family.

EP with 3 Tracks, out on Not Not Fun.

Released on Tuesday (01/31/2012) and available as MP3s.

Pop Ambient 2012

by Various Artists.

Compilation with 10 Tracks, out on Kompakt.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Divine Logic

by Kirk Degiorgio.

EP with 2 Tracks, out on Rush Hour.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Diskotopia, Vol. 1

by Various Artists.

Compilation with 14 Tracks, out on Diskotopia.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Reviewed: Way to Moksha by Dadub

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:11:26 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Stroboscopic Artefacts.

Released on Friday (02/03/2012) and available as MP3s.

The Dadub duo, resident mastering wizards at Stroboscopic Artefacts HQ blast open 2012 with this blistering hunk of an EP. Inducing pure concentration on mystical noise, defty dub beats and intricately carved cavernous techno, fans of Sandwell District and Blackest Ever Black miss it at your peril.

Reviewed: Plays Piano (Bloomsbury Theatre, London, July 28th 1985) by Roedelius

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:29:26 PST

Album with 21 Tracks, out on Bureau B.

Released on Friday (09/23/2011) and available as MP3s.

Hans-Joachim Roedelius, founding member of Cluster, Harmonia and the Zodiak Arts Lab was invited by Brian Eno to play a solo piano show in London in 1985. The fellas at Bureau B have kindly taken it upon themselves to restore and release this stunning piano performance. Exquisite.

Download Charts - Week 5

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:01 PST

Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller I

by Drexciya.

Album with 13 Tracks, out on Clone Classic Cuts.

Released on Monday (12/12/2011) and available as MP3s.

Soul Machine

by Shades of Gray.

Double-Album with 22 Tracks, out on BEEF Records.

Released on Thursday (01/19/2012) and available as MP3s.

The Best Of Disco Demands - A Collection Of Rare 1970s Dance Music - Compiled By Al Kent

by Various.

Album with 45 Tracks, out on BBE.

Released on Monday (01/09/2012) and available as MP3s.

Peaches

by Blawan.

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Clone Basement Series.

Released on Monday (12/05/2011) and available as MP3s.

Monkeytown

by Modeselektor.

Album with 11 Tracks, out on Monkeytown Records.

Released on Friday (09/30/2011) and available as MP3s.

DJ-Kicks

by Scuba.

Compilation with 33 Tracks, out on !K7.

Released on Monday (10/17/2011) and available as MP3s.

This Is Electro

by Anthony Rother.

Album with 27 Tracks, out on Data Punk.

Released on Saturday (01/01/2005) and available as MP3s.

Horse Meat Disco III

by Various Artists.

Compilation with 27 Tracks, out on Strut.

Released on Monday (07/04/2011) and available as MP3s.

In Aufruhr

by Extrawelt.

Album with 14 Tracks, out on Cocoon Recordings.

Released on Friday (11/04/2011) and available as MP3s.

Shortcuts

by A Made Up Sound.

Album with 20 Tracks, out on A Made Up Sound.

Released on Tuesday (02/10/2009) and available as MP3s.

Artist of the week: Leila

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:00:00 PST

Leila Arab moved to London after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. She started recording for Rephlex Records in the mid-1990s, developing her own style of IDM-influenced electronica. In 2008 Leila signed to Warp Records for her album 'Blood, Looms & Blooms', which she followed up with 'U&I' in 2012.

[ All Releases by Leila ]

Label of the week: Sandwell District

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:15:26 PST

Loosely knit techno collective Sandwell District has been tremendously successful in recent times with its low-key approach and great productions of reduced, yet spacious techno. Tracks by core members Regis, Function, Female and Silent Servant range from industrial beat constructions to subtle dub techno, and have made Sandwell District a favourite for fans of Pan_sonic style minimalism and the Berghain school of techno alike.

[ All Releases by Sandwell District ]

Reviewed: TMA-1 EP by ASC

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:46:04 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Space Cadets.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

ASC continues to pursue his very own stylistic fusion of d'n'b and electronica. 'TMA-1' is a killer excercise in d'n'b minimalism, a finely tuned hybrid of Adam F and DJ Stingray, while the rest of the EP veers towards the lushly padded edge of ASC's sonic spectrum. Ace.

zero" // Update #075 - January Essentials: Pop Ambient 2012, Seldom Seen, John Talabot

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:05:34 PST

Hello,

After catching a breath over the holiday season the music world gradually returns to its usual state of frenzy. 'Pop Ambient 2012' and Pinch's Fabric mix continue two of electronic music's best-loved series, while John Talabot, Gonjasufi, Leila, and Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka deliver stunning artist albums.

Compilations by the Ann Aimee and Diskotopia labels, fresh additions to the Sandwell District catalogue, as well as a killer exclusive by Santiago Salazar provide nothing to sneeze at either.

Enjoy!

[ More ]

Reviewed: Ping Pong Remixes by Konea Ra

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:25:26 PST

Maxi-Single with 6 Tracks, out on Vienna Wildstyle Recordings.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Vienna Wildstyle Recordings introduce the pop / future r'n'b crossover sounds of Konea Ra complete with slightly over-the-top vocals and a stylisticly diverse set of remixes, including two recommended witch-hop alterations by Weisz & Schrenk and Tomoroh Hidari.

Reviewed: FABRICLIVE 61: Pinch by Pinch

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:15:26 PST

Album with 22 Tracks, out on Fabric Worldwide.

Released on Monday (01/16/2012) and available as MP3s.

Tireless dubstep innovator Pinch follows up his recent must-have collaboration album with Shackleton with an equally essential Fabric mix. 22 tracks represent the state of the art at the confluece of electro, techno, dubstep and experimental electronica. Don't miss.

Reviewed: Krypta 1982 (Rare Robotnicks Part 2) by Alexander Robotnick

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:11:33 PST

Album with 18 Tracks, out on Crème Organization.

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Crème Organization compiles its second volume of rare Alexander Robotnick recordings with eighteen tracks that cover the legendary Italian artist's entire breadth of styles, from raw, analogue electro pop to sonic synth experiments. Excellent.

Reviewed: More Circulations by Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:43:26 PST

Maxi-Single with 4 Tracks, out on Faitiche.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Jan Jelinek continues his - aural and philosophical - sample explorations by constructing tracks from recorded snippets of publicly performed music. The result is a lovely collection of free-jazz and library music sounds with a touch of Farben's rhythmicity.

Reviewed: We're In Heaven by Cruise Family

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:11:26 PST

EP with 3 Tracks, out on Not Not Fun.

Released on Tuesday (01/31/2012) and available as MP3s.

Austrian space cadet and king of limited cassette editions Stefan Kushima debuts on Not Not Fun with three surprisingly floor-friendly tracks that topple layers upon layers of synth goodness over balearic disco beats and KLF-like post-rave basslines. Delirious!

Reviewed: Audience of One by Oren Ambarchi

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:53:35 PST

Album with 4 Tracks, out on Touch.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Experimental guitarist Oren Ambarchi matches the intimacy hinted at in the album's title with two songs, the fragile 'Salt' and the more Emeralds-like 'Fractured Mirror', which frame the two remaining, more drone-like tracks of 'Audience of One'. Lovely.

Reviewed: The Night of the Burning by Young Hunting

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:31:26 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Blackest Ever Black.

Released on Wednesday (01/25/2012) and available as MP3s.

Edinburgh-based Young Hunting debut on Blackest Ever Black, burning next-level effigies of the darkest industrial inspirations. 'Embers…' begins the EP with nightmarish venomous rhythms, 'A Hunger Artist' slopes with Kafka-like theatricality in unnerving perpetual mobility. Invigorating, not for the faint-hearted.

Reviewed: Easy Changes by Ghostek

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:05:26 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Shipwrec.

Released on Thursday (01/26/2012) and available as MP3s.

Dutch label Shipwrec release the second EP of elusive producer Ghostek. Sinister UK garage, melancholy melodies and a true-to-his-name ghostly crackle, 'Easy Changes' a sweet Gold Panda-electronica twist, and the rest of EP sitting well like a slightly more dancefloor compatible Burial.

Reviewed: Divine Logic by Kirk Degiorgio

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:57:26 PST

EP with 2 Tracks, out on Rush Hour.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Two years after 'Ripple Effect,' legendary British techno producer Kirk Degiorgio returns to Rush Hour with 'Divine Logic,' an electrifying arpeggiator driven Detroit techno track, timeless in form, that progresses and builds in tension and emotion in classic Motor City style with its spacey, rising string chords.

Reviewed: Diskotopia, Vol. 1 by Various Artists

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:35:26 PST

Compilation with 14 Tracks, out on Diskotopia.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Fresh Tokyo-based record label Diskotopia presents its first compilation featuring a wildly diverse set of future-facing electronic bass music from home-grown artists such as BD1982, Optimum, A Taut Line, and Greeen Linez. Highly recommended.

Reviewed: Artificial Light (1969 -1909) by RRose

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:59:26 PST

EP with 3 Tracks, out on Sandwell District.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Having appeared on four releases thus far for Sandwell District, still not much is known about RRose. We are left only with the impressions made by his dark, tunnelling techno tracks on this first EP for 2012, which lead us to believe this is a producer not to be messed with.

Reviewed: Neon by J. R. Plankton

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:17:26 PST

Album with 5 Tracks, out on Karaoke Kalk.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Debut release of Jens Strüver and Robert Ohm's collaborative project, Strüver whose recent wonderful Conrad Schnitzler reinterpretation with Christian Borngräber earned well deserved attention. Gritty analog synths to wilder rhythmic territories, this is a mighty album for fans of modern cosmic electronics.

Reviewed: Radio Slide (2007-2010) by Seldom Seen

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:03:26 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Frustrated Funk.

Released on Thursday (01/26/2012) and available as MP3s.

Santiago Salazar of UR, Los Hermanos and Historia y Violencia fame steps into his Seldom Seen guise, compiling four unreleased tracks in his UR-approved 'Slide' style: acid-drenched electro funk that's bound to make the sweat drip from the ceiling. Killer.

Reviewed: Lineage by Shigeto

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:45:26 PST

Album with 8 Tracks, out on Ghostly International.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Shigeto returns to Ghostly with this mini-LP. On 'Lineage' Shigeto extracts elements of jazz, funk, and soul, elegantly composing a collage of organic sounds and ideas and displaying a proficiency in his art across eight sophisticated instrumental tracks. Stunning.

Reviewed: Mr Machine - The Remixes by Brandt Brauer Frick

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:33:26 PST

EP with 3 Tracks, out on !K7.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Soul Clap lead off the remixes to Brandt Brauer Frick's recent 'Mr Machine' album with a deep and symphonic floor edit of 'Pretend'. Horror Inc (Akufen) and Dollkraut follow this up with jazzed-out minimal grooves and a wacky synth Mambo. Cool.

Reviewed: Pop Ambient 2012 by Various Artists

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:19:26 PST

Compilation with 10 Tracks, out on Kompakt.

Released on Monday (01/30/2012) and available as MP3s.

Kompakt traditionally starts its yearly release schedule with a new volume of 'Pop Ambient', and this year it is up to two of the label's main protagonists to kick off the series' 12th instalment. Wolfgang Voigt and Jörg Burg introduce their new joint project Mohn with the album's noise-padded opener, 'Manifesto'. Superpitcher follows this up with his welcome debut appearance on the series, the simplistic, yet addictive synth-piano étude 'Jackson'. Morek, Magazin and Triola head off into sprawling symphonic territory, before Wolfgang Voigt returns to change the album's mood. His 'Rückverzauberung 5' is certainly among the volume's highlights, a distinctive neo-classical piece of perpetually cascading plucked strings and bells, underpinned by dissonant string crescendos. Voigt's abstractionism is countered by Bvdub's washed-out chords, while Marsen Jules introduces jazz as a frame of reference. Simon Scott's stoic 'For Martha' finally sets the scene for the album's closing track, the guitar-led 'Riding The Bikes' by Loops Of Your Heart a.k.a. The Field's Axel Willner. Again a remarkable collection.

Reviewed: Flux (Martyn Remix) by Sei A

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:43:26 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Turbo Recordings.

Released on Tuesday (01/24/2012) and available as MP3s.

Another confident showing by Sei A, who mixes Terrence-Fixmer-style Berghain techno with dubstep elements and chiptune bleeps. Add a pumping, rumbling Martyn remix for a highly recommended package.

Reviewed: They!Live (+HD Video) by Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:17:26 PST

Album with 9 Tracks and 1 Video, out on 50 Weapons.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3/HD Video.

Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka's excellent full-length debut oscillates between the poles of funked-up Berlin-style techno and dreamy, Mount-Kimbie-esque dubstep pop. An absolute stunner and one of the finest album's of the year so far.

Reviewed: Okinawa Channels by NZCA/LINES

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:33:26 PST

Maxi-Single with 4 Tracks, out on LOaF.

Released on Monday (01/16/2012) and available as MP3s.

The finest electro pop we've heard in a while comes from London outfit NZCA/LINES. 'Okinawa Channels' combines Hot Chip and Junior Boys influences with great songwriting. Equally fine remixes by Sauvage and Black Devil Disco Club. Recommended.

Last Weeks Best Rated Releases

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:00:03 PST

Listen

by Harmonious Thelonious.

Album with 8 Tracks, out on Italic.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

LUV001

by Various Artists.

Album with 4 Tracks, out on Luv Shack Records.

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Ember

by Function.

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Sandwell District.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

All Junglist EP

by DJ Q.

EP with 2 Tracks, out on Unknown To The Unknown.

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Inertia // Resisting Routine

by Various Artists.

Compilation with 17 Tracks, out on Ann Aimee (Delsin).

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Binary Opposition

by Phase.

Maxi-Single with 2 Tracks, out on Token.

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Neon

by J. R. Plankton.

Album with 5 Tracks, out on Karaoke Kalk.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Fin

by John Talabot.

Album with 11 Tracks, out on Permanent Vacation.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Reviewed: The Best Of Disco Demands - A Collection Of Rare 1970s Dance Music - Compiled By Al Kent by Various

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:09:26 PST

Album with 45 Tracks, out on BBE.

Released on Monday (01/09/2012) and available as MP3s.

Glasgow's crate digger and edit wiz, Al Kent, compiles this extensive volume of his re-edits for BBE. Forty-five lesser known disco gems get resurrected and streamlined for the dance-floor. Essential!

Reviewed: Ember by Function

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:21:26 PST

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Sandwell District.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Sandwell District badman Dave Summer aka Function drops this first SD release for a while, as usual nothing but the highest grade techno. 'Descending' aggravating pulses and uneasy chords, the bass-driven cosmic 'Picabia', ambient interferences of 'Ember' and 'Inter' continuing its adventurous trajectory. Ace.

Reviewed: Listen by Harmonious Thelonious

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:51:26 PST

Album with 8 Tracks, out on Italic.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

The follow up album to the critically acclaimed 'Talking', Harmonious Thelonious continues to electrify modern conceptions of dance music with neo-Africanisms. Gleeful tribal-minimal instrumentation presides more dominantly over darker industrial edges this time, an intense and very unique journey. Highly recommended.

Reviewed: Fin by John Talabot

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:05:26 PST

Album with 11 Tracks, out on Permanent Vacation.

Released on Friday (01/27/2012) and available as MP3s.

Barcelona's John Talabot drops his debut album on Permanent Vacation, all previously unreleased tracks of his sturdy roasting warm sunshine sound, traces of heady disco and low-swung house grooves. An album that makes you forget the winter and gets better with every listen, excellent!

Download Charts - Week 4

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:01 PST

Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller I

by Drexciya.

Album with 13 Tracks, out on Clone Classic Cuts.

Released on Monday (12/12/2011) and available as MP3s.

Soul Machine

by Shades of Gray.

Double-Album with 22 Tracks, out on BEEF Records.

Released on Thursday (01/19/2012) and available as MP3s.

The Best Of Disco Demands - A Collection Of Rare 1970s Dance Music - Compiled By Al Kent

by Various.

Album with 45 Tracks, out on BBE.

Released on Monday (01/09/2012) and available as MP3s.

Peaches

by Blawan.

EP with 4 Tracks, out on Clone Basement Series.

Released on Monday (12/05/2011) and available as MP3s.

Monkeytown

by Modeselektor.

Album with 11 Tracks, out on Monkeytown Records.

Released on Friday (09/30/2011) and available as MP3s.

DJ-Kicks

by Scuba.

Compilation with 33 Tracks, out on !K7.

Released on Monday (10/17/2011) and available as MP3s.

This Is Electro

by Anthony Rother.

Album with 27 Tracks, out on Data Punk.

Released on Saturday (01/01/2005) and available as MP3s.

Horse Meat Disco III

by Various Artists.

Compilation with 27 Tracks, out on Strut.

Released on Monday (07/04/2011) and available as MP3s.

In Aufruhr

by Extrawelt.

Album with 14 Tracks, out on Cocoon Recordings.

Released on Friday (11/04/2011) and available as MP3s.

Shortcuts

by A Made Up Sound.

Album with 20 Tracks, out on A Made Up Sound.

Released on Tuesday (02/10/2009) and available as MP3s.

Artist of the week: Modeselektor

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 PST

The insight that producing intelligent dance music does not necessarily rule out a self-depreciating sense of humour and an insatiable taste for partying might be Modeselektor's prime achievement and the single most important ingredient of their successful formula. Starting out with a string of rather experimental 12"s for Berlin's BPitch Control label, Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary quickly became a favourite of critics and club-goers alike for their energetic and humorous live-shows that posed a fresh alternative to the usual...

[ All Releases by Modeselektor ]

Now featured: 'Inertia // Resisting Routine' (Ann Aimee)

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:09:25 PST

Ann Aimee compiles its four recent 'Inertia' EPs along with a mix by Delta Funktionen. Sixteen tracks by the current greats of modernist techno, from Lucy to Peter Van Hoesen, Skudge, Sigha, Redshape and Cosmin TRG, make for an excellent volume. Essential!

Reviewed: Inertia // Resisting Routine by Various Artists

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:39:26 PST

Compilation with 17 Tracks, out on Ann Aimee (Delsin).

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Reviewed: Kowton V Dusk EP by Various Artists

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:57:26 PST

EP with 3 Tracks, out on Keysound.

Released on Monday (01/16/2012) and available as MP3s.

Keysound crew on the offensive, co-founder Dusk appears with fiesty beat shakedown of 'Fraction', subsumed with eerie chords and an angsty grime/UKG vibe, Kowton masterfully reworking it in a straighter yet equally uneasy style and Kowton's flawless 'Looking At You' rounding off an impeccable EP.

Reviewed: All Junglist EP by DJ Q

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:09:26 PST

EP with 2 Tracks, out on Unknown To The Unknown.

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Exquisitely assaulting futurist jungle dimensions, Radio 1xtra's DJ Q dishes out this devilish EP on UTTU, 'All Junglist' teasing a synapse-hotwired synthline direct to your darkcore dancebone and 'Will I Ever Be Free' tootling epic bassline whimsies to new energy levels. Woah.

Now featured: 'MU.ZZ.LE' by Gonjasufi (Warp Records)

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:35:25 PST

Gonjasufi returns to Warp with another incredible album, recorded and mixed in his home studio in the Mojave Desert. Dark, intense and uniquely passionate, he pushes out of hiphop moulds with his trippy instrumentation, fuzzy crackled vocals, skewed sound worlds. Astounding album, hugely recommended.

Reviewed: Adonis by Boys Noize

info@zero-inch.com (zero'' // zero-inch.com) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:41:26 PST

EP with 6 Tracks, out on Cocoon Recordings.

Released on Monday (01/23/2012) and available as MP3s.

Boys Noize Alex Ridha's Cocoon debut 'Adonis' from late last year was a svelte shimmering 90s house corker, now it gets treated to a riot of remixes. Mark E's remix brilliantly conjuring its wilder spirits up, Terence Fixmer's stripped techno version and Djedjotronic's extra rave energy amongst them.