Blog: Random Circuits

Chaton - "+91 Ahead" (Session 1) [Plak] (buy) Chaton is Swiss producer & label owner of Plak Records (label & shop) & probably best know for his "Catch The Beat" EP which dropped last year on Agnès Sthlm Recordings label. His latest EP, "+91 Ahead" comes in two parts, the first part is from Chaton himself with (Session 1) a&b then later there will be (Session 2) with remixes from Agnès & Ripperton thus making "+91 Ahead" a strictly Swiss affair. Session 1 is a edgy techno groove that rolls along with raw - repetitive percussion, jazzy [...]

Tin Man - Wasteland (Global A) (buy) Tin Man (Johannes Auvinen to his mum), has released four records prior to Wasteland , on his own label Global A and the Sähkö-affiliated Keys of Life. Primarily they have focused on the wider possibilities of the Roland TB-303 drum machine, as evidenced by titles such as Acid Acid , Love Sex Acid and Keys of Life Acid . These records captured the early spirit of experimentation present in the sounds explored by [...]

KiNK & Neville Watson - Full Flight (Rush Hour) (buy) After punishing rib cages with their heavier-than-heavy warehouse track "Inside Out", KiNK and Neville Watson make a welcome return to Dutch powerhouse Rush Hour. Although this record sounds like it could and should have originated from the holy land of Chi-town, its a pleasant surprise to learn that KiNK hails an area of the world not renowned for its grasp of Chicago house; Bulgaria. Watson is a London resident who its plain to see is heavily influenced by the sound that was developed in the Music Box at the [...]

Gosh its been a busy few weeks here at RC, first of all I would like to formerly welcome our 2 newest members of the family, Si & Peder both of whom have slotted in like a missing piece of a jigsaw & both bringing something new & exciting to the site. I must say a huge thanks to Taron - Trekka & all the work they put into making our 8th Random Mix, & finally thanks to everyone who has been in touch & those of you who have sent us music and mixes [...]

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STL - 51 Degrees North (Something) (buy) Stephan Laubner (aka STL) has had a red-letter year. Prior to his exceptional Perlon EP The Early Tracks in late 2006, he had released only a handful of tracks sprinkled across Superlongevity compilations, and a hidden gem on a split with Ricardo Villalobos (a great way to blindside your way into DJ's boxes across the world incidentally). While previously then his output was all about quality over quantity, over the past year he's opted [...]

Taron - Trekka (Daniel & Andreas) are producer DJ's based in Germany who are best known for their "Secret Findler" EP which came out in June this year on the Brut! label, if your not familiar with this EP or if its passed you by then I advise you to look it up as its a great four track EP of rough late night techno & comes complete with a Marcel Dettmann remix. The guys have also remixed what I would say is one of the finest dub releases this year, Freund Der Familie's excellent - "Sark" which again needs to be heard! So, anyway I got in contact with [...]

Immer Chic / Vakula / Even Tuell / Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Rüts 3/3 (buy) Focusing on the more experimental side of house and techno, Meakusma bring us the third of three EP's in their Rüts series. Meakusma is the spin off label from the Brussels based club night of the same name whose upcoming line-ups include Surgeon, Shed & Aardvarck as well as guest slots abroad. For their third Rüts EP, Meakusma have brought together their most house friendly line up with tracks from 2008 heroes Move D & Benjamin Brunn, [...]

Levon Vincent/ Jus Ed - "These Games" EP [Novel Sound] (buy) These Games EP comes courtesy of up coming producer talent from Levon Vincent, and has been released on Novel Sound, a newly established label which is being taken care of by Jus Ed. It's a four track EP of excellent raw house & deep techno depending on which way you see it. Lead track, "These Games" is a dirty-dance-floor-deep-techno- bomb & is just a taster for what the other 3 tracks bring to the table in terms of raw Panoramabar style house music. The EP also features an awesome instrumental track by Jus Ed & two [...]

Various - "Kann 003 [Kann Records] (buy) This is one of the great joys of techno and house. A small label comes out of nowhere with an attention to detail and level of quality rarely found in the usual glut of releases that we flick through every week. If DJing is all about digging up truffles, then this pig has just sniffed out a kilo's worth. Kann is a new label [...]

It all started in middle England, mid-teens, with a tape in my friend's car. Usually the car rattled to the subs of UK garage and drum'n'bass, and I was fixated on Sonic Youth and Bob Dylan, but then one day this alien sound of bleeps and bass, all wrapped in a thudding four-four beat, piqued my interest. It was LFO, pioneers of the hypnotic groove, sounding as fresh as a daisy, even after almost a decade. From there it was a short trip (musically) to Detroit, Chicago and [...]

Scott Grooves - La Riddum (Clone) (buy) (buy mp3) Following on from his excellent but possibly overlooked "Technique EP", Scott Grooves brings us his debut for Rotterdams fabulous Clone label. Where his previous release focused more on machine soul, this release finds Grooves back on a more human tip. Utilising a live and organic feel, "La Riddum" offers a more understated vibe based on a fierce array of latin percussion. The track doesn't take long to find its feet as Grooves brings in some dusty keys closely accompanied by sinking toms that provide [...]

Ican - "Pa Mi Gente" EP [Planet E] (buy) Ican are South American born duo Esteban Adame & Santiago Salazar who are based in Los Angeles and make Latin inspired electronic music by fusing deeper electronic sounds with uplifting melodies, organic vocals and wonderful Latin inspired percussion. It's a refreshing change to come across some Latin inspired house & techno that's not tacky & not been sampled hundreds of times before, I mean lets face it, Latin & house & minimal, sadly has had its day and has definitely been abused over the course of 2008. The "Pa Mi Gente" EP however is a [...]

San Soda - The Limited Ge ar EP (buy) After releasing one of 2008's hidden gems in thebacked "20070505", San Soda aka Nicolas Geysens had a lot to live up to with the second release on Red D's, currently vinyl only, "We Play House" label. Hailing from a tiny village in Belgium, both We Play House and San Soda have only 2 releases credited to their name but it's safe to say that the start has been more than impressive and fans of Move D should definitely take note. "Just In" kicks off the EP with a nice summery feel that builds up in a satis fying as the [...]

Nearly 15 years later and I'm still listening to this thing called house... For me it started with tapes passed down from family members with my interest booming when I bought my first set of turntables and a load of Daft Punk and Dust Trax records. Growing up in the remote but surprisingly switched on scene in Aberdeen, Scotland, my first outings to clubs where sound-tracked by the likes of Andrew Weatherall, Dave Angel and an awesome little group called Optoplan (anyone heard of these guys or know if they are still [...]

Eddie Fowlkes - "Tiazoe Project" [Detroit Wax] (buy) Long serving Detroit house producer & the man with a thousand aliases, Eddie Fowlkes returns to his newly established offshoot label, Detroit Wax. Eddie is one of the old skool with releases spanning back as far as the mid 80's, he has numerous labels and is highly regarded by many. The Tiazoe Project EP which has recently dropped on Eddie's Detroit Wax imprint is two solid tracks of heavily influenced Detroit house music. First up is "Reach Your Soul" which is a huge nod to early Detroit with [...]

Efdemin - "America/ The Pulse" [Curle Recordings] (buy) ( buy mp3 ) You wouldn't think thar its been over a year since Phillip Sollmann, aka Efdemin brought out a single EP, well in all honesty its been even longer as it wasn't strictly a Efdemin release but in fact a split EP, still its been more than worth the wait for him to release the aptly titled "America/ The Pulse" EP via Curle Recordings at the beginning of the month which also coincided with the release of his first mix CD, "Carry On, Pretend We're Not In The Room" which is [...]

Its come to a time that we've decided to expand our writing staff here at RC & we want you the readers, bloggers, writers & lurkers to help us in our time of change. What were looking for is it to expand our writing staff by at least two by the end of the year, you will need to be able to write weekly reviews, have good knowledge on house and techno & the affiliated area's in electronic music, have daily access to the Internet & be passionate to the cause, & inturn we will give you the chance to [...]

Tim Toh - "Join The Resistance" Part 2 [Philpot] (buy) Tim Toh is a 22 year old electronic music producer & Philpot's latest signing. Toh fuses electronica and deep house effortlessly to create a unique and quite inspiring EP of excellently produced house music. His first release and the first part of the "Join The Resistance" EP was released on extremelylimited wax via Jackmates excellent Philpot label back in April this year. So now its time for the second part of this trilogy and like the first part it comes highly recommended. Labeled only by numbers, which lets the music speak [...]

DJ Aakmael - "Music" EP [Uzuri] (buy) Lerosa's home-grown house imprint, Uzuri is back with a shiny new deep house EP from a relatively new artist to most - DJ Aakmael. After a brief break over the summer months Uzuri is back doing what it does best, giving the masses expertly crafted deep house music from some of the best up and coming raw DJ talent out on the scene today. Still a relatively new label with only 5 releases to date Uzuri has quickly become a deep house label that you need to take notice of, the quality is always high and the attention to [...]

Once again its time to bring you some of the best articles, videos & music of the week with our weekly edition of the Random News. First up is a link to a new set from Lee Jones of My My fame. Anthem magazine.com have kicked of their new podcast with a cool 1 hr Ableton live mix & an accompanying short interview from Mr Electronic Frank himself. Go here for the mix and short interview RA have a really great deep house mix from Jus Ed which you can find here [...]