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Aardvarck
Vieo Abiungo
Celer
Concern
Enrico Coniglio
Copy
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Gareth Dickson
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Dryft
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Lugano Fell
Benjamin Finger
Fond of Tigers
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Gibson & Rose
Gareth Hardwick
Haruki
Marc Houle
I'm Not A Gun
Rafael Anton Irisarri
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Minamo and English
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okamotonoriaki
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Seaworthy and Rösner
Sketches For Albinos
Slow Dancing Society
Solo Andata
System
Antonio Trinchera
Walkner.Moestl
Zazie V. E. Anderen Stern

Compilations / Mixes
Bacterium
Lost Tribe Sound: One
Ninja Tune XX

EPs
Aufgang
Bogdan
Ibex
Jacksonville
Komet
Minus
Morning Factory
Novak + Manning
rANdOMoiDz / NoseTek
Sozonov
SQware
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Ibex: Meltdown EP
Yore

Having appeared previously on 3rd Ear, Rushhour, and Carl Craig's Planet E, Tony Ollivierra aka Ibex now brings his Detroit House sound to Yore for the label's twenty-sixth release. Like Yore releases in general, Meltdown is quality music from start to finish, and Ollivierra invests the EP's four tracks with a painter's eye for detail and acoustician's ear for rhythm. Opener “18681” strolls in with a pumping, Latinized beat and a grooving bass line before dizzying synth swirls and staccato piano figures twist the tune into jazzier shape. Crowd noise gives the title cut a party vibe that nicely complements the track's funky urgency; claps, siren-esque strings, and a broiling bass pulse bring a raw and earthy feel to the mix, while Rhodes chords add a smattering of warmth. The flip's “My Mojo” plunges deeper, as thick smears of chords and analog synth melodies drape themselves over a gliding, hip-swinging pulse, after which “Mystery Babylon” unfurls in Rick Wade mode with an in-the-pocket, bass-powered jam caressed by silken strings and prodded by insistent syncopations—a gloriously soulful finish to another stellar Yore outing.

October 2010