textura

ALBUMS
Automotive
Benevento/Russo Duo
Benni Hemm Hemm
Caribou
[The] Caseworker
Eric Chenaux
Cineplexx
Claudia
Daedelus
J Dilla
Envy
Fond of Tigers
Formication
Grizzly Bear
Guther
Ike Yard
Kilo Watts
The Knife
Minimum Chips
Miss Violetta Beauregarde
North Valley Sub. Orch.
Quench
Sandoz
Dani Siciliano
Liam Singer
Stop Disco Mafia
Susanna/Magical Orch.
Vorpal
Wisp
Working Nuclear Free City
Peter Wright
Susumu Yokota
Zeebee

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
Belladonna Summer
Cut Copy FabricLive
Mark Farina
Magda
Tandem 4
Tiefschwarz Fabric
Total 7
Until Human Voices...

3"/7"/10"/12"/EPs
Allie
Barem
Deathprod
Ensemble
Extrawelt
Marc Houle
Loco Dice
Lost Trax
David Newlyn
Sandro Perri
Porter & Blain
Relay
Sirka Ragnar
SLG
Swat-Squad

Lost Trax: Lost Trax EP
Scsi

Epic two-track 12-inch from Lost Trax, with the unidentified author's name literally referencing the fact that both cuts were produced in the early-‘90s but, inexplicably, remained formally unreleased until now. The EP's acid techno is none the worse for wear though and, in fact, sounds wholly contemporary despite the old-school machinery involved. The majestic, 808-driven “The Saturiun System” cruises thunderously across the heavens, with sweeping strings deflecting off the shuttle's gleaming surfaces while urgent hi-hat rhythms incessantly chatter and bass lines throb. The flip's “Self Destruct Sequence” begins more languidly but soon accelerates to match the light-speed velocity of the other side. Above all else, it's hard to believe these breathlessly energized tracks are anything but fresh.

September 2006