In-between days

Apologies as no posts last weekend as I was at the Sonar festival, but will hopefully get the review done next week. No posts this weekend either as I will be away for the long weekend as it is San Juan here in Barcelona. I need a break after the worst week of work in my life I think.

But not all is bad. My musical salvation of the week has been an astounding podcast by Ben Klock for Chris Liebing and the CLR label which can be heard here. Ben Klock's remix of Jooris Voorn, Rejected and Edwin Oosterwal's "For the people" also caught the ear too. Maybe a headliner for Sonar next year?



Chris Liebing was also the subject of a fascinating Resident Advisor exchange if anyone is interested in his story.


Finally, there is a nice video for a new Workshop single by the ever interesting Move D aka Dave Moufang that is due imminently.



Out today is also a 4x12" package called [In Loving Memory 4:4] from the silent, but deadly dub techno label Styrax from Berlin. Featuring tracks by Sven Weissemann, Tony Daly, John Beltran, STL, Morphosis and more it looks even more a bargain with an extra set of some rare and unreleased tarcks from Ron Trent, Larry Heard, Isolée and DJ Qu.









More soon.

Tommy Four Seven

2011 is shaping up to be a landmark year for experimental techno. January opened with Sandwell District’s “Feed forward” which was a masterful blend of crystalline minimalism and hopeless, shadowy moods. February saw Italian Luca Mortellaro aka Lucy release “Wordplay for working bees” on his own Stroboscopic Artefcats imprint, probably the most “in” techno label now and subject to a showcase at this year’s Sónar. Perhaps less techno and more IDM than Sandwell District, Lucy’s album nonetheless reinforced the dancefloor side of the label while demonstrating Mortellaro’s extensive skills at blending political messages with ambient industrial sounds. More recently in March, Tommy Four Seven released his debut album “Primate” on Chris Liebing’s CLR imprint. Rugged, dirty and fascinatingly mixed almost without high hats.Tommy Four Seven has also been busy making a number of promotional videos for the album release, including the most recent "G" as well as the two earlier singles "Armed 3" and "Track 5". The crossover between CLR and Stroboscopic Artefacts has also been productive with several remixes recently released or upcoming.