Artist: Conforce

[ Delsin ] Looking over Conforce's five-year discography, its seems fair to say that his work has become darker, more deliberate and bottom-heavy. Where once Boris Bunnik put his name to free-spirited cuts like "Our Concern" or "Cruising," his newer stuff - "Vacuüm," for instance - is altogether more somber. Time Dilation , the Dutchman's latest 123, continues this trajectory, traversing the same luminescent, cavernous and dub-influenced realms of recent times. "Nomad" is [...]

One of favorite techno-leaning artists of the last couple years Dutch producer Boris Bunnik aka Conforce has been on quite the roll what with his late 2011 LP, Escapism , and 20122s even weirder, more inverted Silent Harbour full-length released under the moniker of the same name. Bunnik is aiming for a hat trick with his newest long-player project, an album by  the name of Vantage Point under his Versalife name. The album sees the English producer in paranoid downbeat mode. Stream a song from the album below. [...]

With only one release under his belt, Nick Sinna is a relatively new name on us. It's more about the quality than the quantity however and while we await some fresh material, Prime Numbers have opened up that debut release for some remixes. First up is James T Cotton AKA Dabyre . We're in classic acid house territory here with a squelchy hook meandering over some spacey pads while the rattly percussion does it thing. Conforce steps up next and takes on "Real [...]

LWE's 87th podcast, contributed by Conforce, was an hour of atmospheric techno, ambient, and more. Be sure to add it to your collection before it's archived this Friday, June 1st.

[RSS Readers: See post to listen to audio] HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Onuinu new single "Happy Home" had me looking for his album just one minute into it. Too bad the LP doesn't drop until August, he's on tour with Yacht on these dates . Its like a upbeat Black Moth Super Rainbow is backing Toro Y Moi for an encore at a outdoor roller disco, everyone is dancing. New Gold Panda dropped today out of nowhere, Derwin comes with a full sound that ramps up and builds [...]

• Conforce - love hate
• Gold Panda - Financial District
• Onuinu - Happy Home
• Paradis - Hémisphère

[Connaisseur Recordings] Strange Things Are Afoot . No shit; Conforce and Claro Intelecto appearing alongside Chymera on a record. Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for Brendan Gregoriy, the Irishman behind the Chymera project. It's just that his music, which hovers at the intersection of deep house, prog, and techno, seems rather incompatible with that of the duo responsible for two flawless solo albums on Delsin these past six months. Sure, Gregoriy has done records [...]

Chart courtesy of The Economist 01. Hunee, "Tide" [ Rush Hour Recordings ] ( buy ) "Let's grow!" It's an innocuous enough statement at the bottom of Hunee's SoundCloud "about" section, but it so perfectly describes his modest ambitions over these last three years. He started from a firm base in 2009 with his releases on W.T. Records and Feel Music, and yet every record since he's made strides in the strength and coherence of his [...]

Image by Phil Ashcroft [ Delsin ] In the four years since his debut release on Rush Hour Recordings, Boris Bunnik under his Conforce guise has become an indispensable part of the techno soundscape. His studied, modern take on classic techno theories and sounds are spread over nearly a dozen releases and two [...]

Installation by Gabriel Dawe [Clone West Coast Series] His work may not be as distinctive as that of say, Roman Flügel, but Boris Bunnik has done an admirable job of carving out a "Conforce sound." What's remarkable is that he's done so precisely where it seemed unlikely: at the well-scavenged intersection of dub and Detroit. Night Time Activities Part 3 - Bunnik's fourth record for [...]

Voor mijn top 10 beschouw ik een mengeling van live hoogtepunten en uitgebrachte muziek, meer dan dat er perse een album in 2011 is uitgebracht. Afgelopen jaar heb ik verhoudingsgewijs veel meer concerten bezocht dan de jaren ervoor en een bijzonder scala aan artiesten is aan mijn oog en oor voorbij getrokken. Groten als Snoop Dogg, Bootsy Collins en de plotselinge Prince revival waren tegenvallers. Maar daar stonden mooie ervaringen tegenover, hele mooie: 1. James Blake was mindblowing op North Sea Jazz dit jaar. De toegift Limit to your love eindigde in een muzikaal fysieke en psychedelische ervaring voor [...]

We recently reviewed the new album by Conforce and the dutch master's second album impressed us with a keen blend of melodic techno and Detroit DNA built for the dance floor. Thanks to XLR8R you can get a taster of the album in "Shadows Of The Invisible" as a free download and take a wander over to Boomkat to snap up the whole thing if it floats yer boat. Conforce - Shadows of the Invisible You can also check out the [...]

The final hurrah for Ann Aimee's Inertia compilation sees four modern techno heavyweights add their exclusive sounds to the fold. Recent album stars Skudge are as economical yet efficient as you'd expect with their booming 'Pollution,' before Conforce designs yet more lush sounds with his deep technoid cut 'When It Appeared.' Restless Romainian Cosmin TRG confounds expectationst again with his rusty, rolling cut 'Plaisir Interdit' before Fachwerk co-founder Sascha Rydell gets a little spaced out on his kinetic and melancholic effort, 'Rainy Days'. Stand out on its own, but peerless when paired with the other three parts, Inertia 4 ends [...]

The problem that list enthusiasts face each year is the fluidity of the categories. An "album" can take many physical forms and be almost any length the format allows. The "single" is equally problematic in its definition, as a vinyl single is usually two tracks at least. But when you're pulling together tracks and albums lists, you're ignoring a vast seam of records that falls in-between even those nebulous categories. This list sets out to highlight five such records (not double-packs) which are the work of a single artist, and contains three or more tracks. It also must be [...]

Dutch producer Conforce is back with a long player on Delsin . His sound is characterised by taking the basic house DNA and crossing it with a tougher techy edge while still retaining a nice underground feel. Although this album gives us more of the same, there is a sense that a bit more exploration into electronica and leftfield samples is at work here. The name Conforce is a sign of quality as he has proven countless time on the likes of Rush Hour and Clone . We [...]

Peut être reparlerons-nous de l'album de Conforce qui parait à peu près maintenant. Ce remix d'XDB aurait à voir avec la vie d'organismes aquatiques hostiles. Des piranhas, par exemple.

pretaste of Escapism - Boris Conforce Conforce - Shadows Of The Invisible - Delsin Records

• Conforce - Shadows Of The Invisible

[ Delsin ] For my money, Conforce's Grace EP on Delsin was the best 123 of last year, in that if you could only buy one slab of wax, it would give you the most bang for your buck. Boris Bunnik has released a good deal since then for various labels, but there's something about the pairing of Conforce and Delsin that seems to bring out the best in both. [...]

To be honest, I've been so busy with work lately that I haven't bought or listened to any new records in over a month. However, here's a couple of mixes I've been enjoying recently. Antworth Kirk & Demdike Stare - Dublab: Live Thursday Transmission (2011-06-02) Another beautiful showcase of rare and obscure sounds, expertly curated by the mighty Antworth Kirk & Demdike Stare . Those guys truly never fail to impress me with their blend of obscurity and vintage electronics. Definitely a keeper. Conforce - LWE Podcast 87 [...]

Photo by Michel Mees Hailing from the remote isles of Terschelling, Boris Bunnik's introduction to electronic music seemed fated, with his father finding a black tape cassette in the forest and giving it to his son, telling him there may be something on it he liked. The cassette was filled with early acid and techno and sparked a love affair with the music in the young Dutchman. Years later, upon moving to the larger city of Leeuwarden, Bunnik met and befriended like-minded individuals Mohlao and Delta Funktionen who would prove to be an [...]

• Conforce - LWE Podcast 87

[ Clone Basement Series ] ( buy vinyl ) ( buy mp3s ) Having put out a rake of EPs last year, Dutch producer Boris Bunnik faces the dilemma that presents itself to so many upcoming artists: whether to cut down on the release schedule and in so doing limit the opportunities to gain exposure or to forge ahead regardless but to run the risk of burn-out. Bunnik also faces the additional problem of trying to make his music stand out in an area of electronic music, Detroit-inspired techno, that, to put [...]