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Juno Recommends Techno

Techno Recommendations Best Of 2012

4 Dec 2012

True cat: CBS 012. Rel: 05 Mar 12

Techno

1. Grain

2. Be There At Nighttime

3. 24 (Gesloten Cirkel remix)

4. 24

Cat: AUTO 012. Rel: 05 Mar 12

Techno

1. Sophisticated Animated

2. Moonlight Sonata (parts 1 & ii)

Review: Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed Whalesong EP for Trelik, OCH returns with some other every bit crucial deep club orientated ii tracker. The A Side cut, "Sophisticated Animated", contains a level of funk and energy that is oft lost in today'southward house music. Existence constantly inspired by the US pioneers of the genre, OCH presents stripped back Chicago grooves alongside heavy analogue bass and jacking percussion, teasing with a sprinkling of 303 acrid and a thin all the same deadly piano solo. Up side by side, "Moonlight Sonata" is OCH's deepest work to date, incorporating dubstep inspired drums and ambient with lush old-school synth chords which build and modulate before the track climaxes into a thundering iv to the floor workout. Shrink-wrapped clear vinyl pressing.

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True cat: 7777 002. Rel: thirty Nov 09

Techno

1. This Love

2. Last Two

3. Ghettoblaster

4. Function Counterpart

Review: Here's a welcome acrid house reissue that'southward not from the '88 Trax fold, but rather the v-years-young 2d release on Jared Wilson'southward 7777 imprint. Information technology's everything we've grown to love from the human being, bringing gnarly 303 concern bang up to date while keeping a classic approach near his productions. "This Love" simmers with all the sensuality of a Music Box classic, while "Last Ii" flexes a lilliputian electro muscle in the mix. "Ghettoblaster" turns the filth up to 11 and makes no apologies about it, so "Role Analogue" blasts off into hyperspace on a most lurid and dazzling of synth excursions. Pure acidic perfection.

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True cat: 1000 05/10071. Rel: 05 Oct 20

Techno

1. Track 1 (ix:33)

2. Track 2 (5:51)

True cat: WOEVIL 01. Rel: 03 Sep 12

Techno

1. Intro

2. Night

3. Dusk

4. Later on Dusk (solo by Jon Dixon)

Review: The trans-Atlantic pairing of Kyle Hall and Funkineven inaugurated their Funkinevil collaboration with the much anticipated plate Night, probably the commencement of many twelve inch shaped emissions to surface in the coming year. Setting the tone with the dextrously smokey "Intro", this twelve inch essentially pairs off the rugged, flatulent sounding DJ tool that is the title track against its smoother B Side counterpart and fans of either producer will demand picayune boosted persuasion to indulge here. The manner that the percussion is almost spat out of the speakers at yous on "Night" is just one reason why the rail lives up to their new name, with the intermittent distorted chants of "evil" voiced throughout making for a neat reminder. In contrast, "Dusk" lets in more of the boogie infused swinging Eglo lightness, the moment those keys rise through and align existence a mere shade short of sublime. "After Sunset" proves to be a fitting final human activity, all too brief just allowing Hugger-mugger Resistance Timeline band leader Jon Dixon middle phase to show off his keyboard skills.

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True cat: EMP 011. Rel: 06 Feb 12

Techno

1. Mmmmmusic

2. Mmmmmusic (reprise)

3. Altitude

4. Mmmmmusic (Chicago Skyway Pay Cost mix)

Review: ** Repress for the Tang fans ** Obsolete Music Applied science aka Steven Tang has had another great year, nurturing his personal take on Chicago-filtered house music. "Mmmmmusic" is just sublime, taking u.s. on a journey through rugged, drum machine terrains, swaying pads and crafty vocals; whilst the reprise version unearths those synths to create a imperial soundscape which develops into a semi-groove thanks to its smart melodies. Over to the B-side, "Altitude" is equally deep as 1 tin go, aligning precipitous slabs of percussion to more tranquil pads and woozy synth chimes. Nosotros even go a bouncy Chicago Skyway refix of the title track, rendering about unrecognisable cheers to a truly mesmerising bundle of how-do-you-do-hats and toms. Beautiful.

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True cat: SHEWORKS 004. Rel: 19 Nov 12

Techno

1. Sailing Solvents

2. Nicotine Window Netting

3. A Room Full Of Fuck All

4. Clean Information technology Upwardly

5. Lifesbleach

6. Wideyed

Review: The quaternary release on Works The Long Nights sees the render of Karenn, and the near substantial statement of Blawan and Pariah's growing prowess as a duo. Brandishing some vi tracks of raw, growling techno spread across two hefty plates of vinyl, Sheworks 004 is as heavy to concur in your easily every bit the music is uncompromising on your ears. From the off, information technology's clear Karenn'southward music has been influenced by the creative constraints afforded by swapping software for hardware, and also Blawan and Pariah's growing relationship with Italian duo The Analogue Cops. The wonderfully grimly titled "Nicotine Window Netting" jostles for favour with its equally well named B Side accompaniment "A Room Full Of Fuck All" - the former dominated by the deranged acid line that jolts around unsettlingly atop the all as well dense thud. The latter'southward drum textures have this strange purring sound and even weirder velveteen, peel crawling sensation and this doesn't fifty-fifty encompass the onslaught of tunnelling deranged rave sirens that veer in and out of focus. The barbarous "Make clean It Up" demonstrates they tin can manipulate pretty directly forward, heads down yet nonetheless blunt techno, while "Lifesbleach" sees them dabbling in tape saturated electro.

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True cat: BP 030.1. Rel: 24 Jan 11

Techno

1. Mail Traumatic Son (Ben Klock techno mix)

2. Post Traumatic Son (Ben Klock Wave mix)

3. Postal service Traumatic Son (Ben Klock Vibe mix)

Review: O/Five/R'south "Post Traumatic Son" was 1 of the tracks of last year if you like your techno dusty and rusty, and Ruskin and Regis flexed their large name credentials here by enlisting Ben Klock to add his own perspective to the runway. Just for the 'kraic', the vested one has decided to produce three remixes, all of which are naturally covered in essentialness! Klock's Techno mix stretches across the A Side, a merciless locked groove of stomping, menacing syncopated textures with no concessions for anything as throwaway as a breakdown. This is rattling, heads downwards industrial darkness at its finest. The flipside offers Klock the opportunity to experiment, with the Wave Mix, stripping back the rail to a skeletal electro twitch, gradually accruing a haunting gloss via the ascending, foreboding synths. In contrast to this, the last Vibe mix drenches "Post Traumatic Son" in an all consuming psychedelic lustre, with the originals synths laid atop gently jacking beats and a delightful array of bleeps and beeps with the resultant effect truly hypnotic.

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Cat: AVN 001. Rel: 25 Apr 11

Techno

1. Track 1

2. Track 2

3. Track three

Review: Coming replete with a manus stamped Blue Tit (of the ornithological variety) the Avian imprint launched its debut release with the mystical sounds of Shifted - this yr's well-nigh elusive producer who prefers to let his productions exercise the talking. And we're not going to disagree with this opinion given Shifted's fantabulous output in 2012. Sounding vaguely reminiscent of the sort of techno excursions Mills has been exploring on the Something In The Sky serial, the A Side gradually fills the expanses between the crystalline rhythms with chilling atmospherics. Proceedings on the B Side crawl through the lower recesses of noir filled swampish ambience - freaking these ears out for the commencement time since Demdike Stare's "Hashshashin Dirge" - thankfully Shifted arises from the thick gloom with the fully reaching skeletal Berghain pump of the final track. Great first release and a highly awaited repress from this always-promising imprint.

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Cat: UNTERTON 01. Rel: 02 Apr 12

Techno

1. Leaning Over Backwards (Efdemin remix)

2. Girts (Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer remix)

Review: 2012 saw Berlin kings, Ostgut Ton create their considerably more housey, Unterton sub-label, giving the opportunity to some of Berlin's less pounding tracks to surface and emanate from those clangorous Berghain walls. For their first release, Berliner Tobias is remixed by ii inarguably charismatic artists. "Leaning Over Backwards" is given a re-impact by none other than Efdemin, who has shaped the original into a deeper, leftfield excursion - raw as hell percussion glides freely amid a whirlpool of strange bleeps and enchanting effects. For the B-side we have Meister Villalobos and Max Loderbauer giving some of their peerless organic beats and subtle harmonics. Smashing stuff every bit always from the German capital!

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Cat: MPM 15. Rel: 15 Jun xv

Techno

1. Contradistinct Ego

2. Confess

Review: ** FLOORPLAN REPRESS ** It's fair to say that this was 1 of the best Robert Hood moments in a while! Just two tracks but boy do they hit hard - "Altered Ego" is more brakey than the usual Hood bombs but he's kept the inimitable chords, all wailing and weaving their manner through the trounce. The real estrus is on the flip still, where the nostalgic, rave-infused piano keys of "Confess" make for a certified classic! Is it Hood who influenced Shed on this sort of beat or the other mode around? Who cares, it's bloody amazing!

Cat: KLOCKWORKS 004/57563. Rel: 10 Nov 08

Techno

1. Pulse

2. Grope

3. Catch Me

4. Grasp

Cat: SITS 002. Rel: 29 Oct 12

Techno

1. Track 1

2. Track 2

3. Track 3

4. Track iv

Review: What would nosotros do without these warehouse finds? Luckily, our dedicated squad at Juno HQ are ever on the lookout for such rarities. This time information technology's the second instalment of the Something In The Sky serial by none other than techno guru, Jeff Mills. All untitled of course, and "Rails 1" sets the scene with a galloping thump of a drum loop, surrounded past a myriad of eerie sonics and spooky melodies; "Track two" adds the classic Mills-esque grit to the percussion and finds itself lost amid glitchy, minimalist howls and distant dissonance injections. Over on the flipside, "Track 3" indulges in a faster tempo and reduces the tune to shreds, whilst "Rails 4" uses more shuffling tactics and comparatively less frightening timbres to its core. A must take!

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True cat: MATH 044. Rel: 27 Sep x

Techno

1. Desert Trek (original mix)

2. Life Choice

3. Fullness For Life

4. Bright Shadow Of A Star

Cat: HOS 356. Rel: 24 Sep 12

Techno

1. Utopian Disaster (Cease) (10:07)

2. The Strange Attractor (seven:24)

3. Invocation Of Lust (five:12)

Review: Juan Mendez has pushed the largely abstract arroyo on his debut anthology towards the dance floor. Ironically though, the LP version of "Strange Attractor" was more brutal and upfront. On this version, Mendez lets the concatenation mail service groove throb beneath layer upon layer of eerie chords, abstract whispers and what could be an bending grinder running in the background. This extended version of "Invocation Of Lust" has an eerie, garbled vocal in the background, but fused with spiky metallic percussion and a thumping kick pulsate and throbbing bass, makes for a compelling club tape. Finally, "Utopian disaster (End)" is the nigh Sandwell-esque track on offering, its slamming rhythm, droning sounds and reverberating, doubled upwards claps sounding like a sequel to the Negative Fascination EP that was released on the seminal, now defunct techno label.

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Cat: SD 20. Rel: 30 January 12

Techno

1. With All Faces Bleached Out

2. Worn/Scarred

3. White/Drip

Review: The mysterious Rrose secured peradventure the most potent release in Sandwell District's glorious history with the thrillingly unrelenting sounds that permeated both sides of Merchant Of Salt. This was soon followed by the proclamation that operations as we know it at Sandwell Commune HQ would soon halt, though the inflow of a new Rrose 12" was a final final surprise. "With All Faces Bleached Out" simmers with clinical restraint, offering several movements in audio sculpture as the needle draws unerringly towards the runout groove. Firstly, barren mechanical textures undulate through the swampy surrounds of sub bass and rippling percussion, seemingly falling victim to the increasing awareness of sonic claustrophobia before emerging midway in the midst of sub aquatic bleepery, only to be dragged back downwardly in the closing spectral moments. The pivot pricking sensation continues with a sense of almost gleeful menace with the two Rrose productions on the flip, though both are pretty much in the shadow of the epic A Side.

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Cat: TTT 005. Rel: 01 Oct 12

Deep Business firm

1. The Overlord

2. African Honey Story

3. Duh Duh Dunk

4. A Summer In Grass

Cat: UNTERTON 02. Rel: 09 Jul 12

Techno

1. SFS

2. Bias

3. Begger

Review: Gerd and Phil land their first set of original Tuff City Kids tracks in mode, taking the controls for the second release on Unterton, the newly established adjunct of Ost Gut Ton. The Bobby Tacker EP has Janson and Lauer crafting three tracks of beefcake house with one clear purpose in mind, and executed with the skills they've honed over countless splendid remixes nether the Tuff City Kids banner over the years. Atomic number 82 rail "SFS" wastes no fourth dimension in playing its trump card; a glossy, thick synth line that pulses all the way through the track while the bottom terminate comes on all rugged and antsy. Meanwhile "Bias" exercises an air of restraint, letting a simple beat unfold while a tense cord edges in from the side hinting at the fearsome techno line that growls in the lower register, imbued with the DNA of dub but twisted to a malevolent intent. Finally "Begger" kicks off on some booming Chicago drums slowed downward to a mod cruise, but once again information technology'southward a powerful lead synth that rules the day.

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True cat: MOTELP 01. Rel: xvi Apr 12

Techno

1. Bleeding Through

2. Out Of Tune

3. Leather

4. Colour Of The Autumn

5. Suffocate

6. Relict

7. Lexis

8. More Static

Review: Shifted's identity has remained somewhat of a mystery in 2012, but crucially, he does non come from the small coterie that has dominated UK techno over the past twenty years. Like the signature image he uses, a grey, shadowy creature creeping through a snowy wood, his infiltration of the sound has been stealthy and understated. In many ways, his lack of connection with techno, his automatic outsider condition, has immune him to effect an archway into a hitherto new terrain. Like his releases on Mote Evolver and his ain Avian banner, Crossed Paths tingles and fizzes with an atmospheric sensibility that monochrome techno often lacks. All of this is fabricated possible past his distinctive audio design; intricate and subtle, yet at the same fourth dimension both functional and multi-faceted, where all of these divergent paths cross, you'll find Shifted.

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Cat: CA 004. Rel: 10 December 12

Difficult Techno

1. Mark Tyler - "23 Degrees"

2. MAXX - "Triple Alpha"

3. Rene Reiter - "Megamech"

4. Acid Chochi - "Techno Severo"

Cat: UR 078. Rel: 09 Jun 08

Techno

1. Sao Paulo

2. Erzuli

3. Cachaca

4. Minha Mocambo

Review: Thank heavens for the repress habits over at UR headquarters! The surprisingly kind Mide Banks has actively resuscitated many sought subsequently records form the 90s in the concluding couple of years, many of them going for triple their original prices. Hither, Marking Flash injects some exquisite South American flavours to the Detroit audio and "Sao Paulo kicks things off with rugged breakbeats and a deliciously meandering synth. Next up, "Erzuli" takes a broken beat approach, aligning its jagged, percolated rhythms to frightening dabs of mutant bass and a chilling female vocal. On the flip, "Cachaca" sounds more similar it was fabricated in Bristol thanks to its dangling half-stride beats and tribal percussions; and "Minha Mocambo" further explores African grooves, delivering some killer bongo work topped with some impeccable tribal hymns.

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Cat: GHC 001. Rel: 17 Sep 12

Techno

1. Rubber Jazz Band

2. Pipe Dreams

3. Climb The Walls

4. Beatnix

5. Street Jazz

6. Ghetto Booty

7. Work Information technology (remix)

8. The Underground

9. Follow Me Ghetto (acid)

10. Computer (remix)

11. FTMFB (revised)

Review: If the title of this new reissues characterization is to be believed, we should be in for an abundance of great Trip the light fantastic Mania-era ruffness from the nastier side of Chicago'south souvenir to dance music. Parris Mitchell's bumper Life In The Secret is a not bad place to start, covering the side of ghetto firm that was more than concerned with challenging sonics and dust than it was with donkey and titties. There is an obligatory nod to the ladies on "Ghetto Booty", just tracks like "Street Jazz" are downright revolutionary in their manipulation of erstwhile records, while "Work It (Remix)" comes on like a truly primitive vision of where juke concluded up.

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Cat: SPECIALREQEP two. Rel: 14 May 12

Techno

1. Deflowered (Kassem Mosse/Mix Mup remix)

2. Lolita (Warehouse dub)

Review: This was the killer second twelve in Paul Woolford'southward Special Request projection, dominated by yet some other collaborative slice of excellence from Leipzig duo Kassem Mosse and Mix Mup. In discussing Special Request, the freshly invigorated and newly beard rocking Woolford has explained the project has been inspired past the current crop of those that go in on Rinse FM which brought up the producer's own nostalgic visions of original pirate cloth. Given their continuing amid the Rinse acolytes such equally Ben UFO and Jackmaster, commissioning KM & MM to add their own slant to Special Asking seemed like an all as well inspired conclusion. It'due south one that evidently pays off tenfold, with the duo'south remix of "Deflowered" a heavily smudged out slalom through recycled rhythms that could only e'er come from them. On the flip, Woolford drops a Dub version of "Lolita" that only serves to ramp upwardly the menace of those heavily phased waves of hoover bass - as a side annotation it sounds strangely wonderful at 33rpm!

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True cat: KLOCKWORKS 005/59210. Rel: 31 Aug 09

Techno

1. Searching

2. Floating

3. Running

Cat: VS 003. Rel: 22 Oct 12

Techno

1. The Realest Of The Real

2. Sonic Weaponry

3. Rebel Music (version one)

4. Who Are You?

Review: The Idiot Savant Masterpieces is an absolutely mental slant on the house and techno template from Chicago resident Amir Alexander, a producer whose unwillingness to cede his stylistic principles has seemingly been belatedly embraced on a wider scale with some well received EPs for Hype LTD and Deep Vibes. This 12" also marks the showtime full release from Alexander on his own Vanguard Audio label, and anyone with an open heed will probably be hooked as soon as the dense but warm brilliance of "The Realest Of The Real" launches into action. A near perfect example of Alexander's craft, the fashion the rails agitates from betwixt a very focused groove and all out madness really sets him apart from the always swelling raft of slow revivalists out there, which the remaining iii tracks also reach. You need this record in your life.

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Cat: PLE 653471. Rel: 21 May 12

Techno

1. Welcome Center

2. Oscillator

3. Paperclip Man

4. Climax

5. The Floor

6. Clear & Nowadays

7. Throw

8. Steam

9. Parking Garage Politics

10. Land Boy Goes Dub

11. Slam Dance

12. My Neighborhood

Review: This yr saw Planet E delve back into the sizeable athenaeum of label boss Carl Craig with this timely remastered edition of the Paperclip People anthology The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich. Originally released in 1996, this double LP collated ten of Craig's early 90s emissions under the Paperclip People moniker, drawing on a rawer sound than the mechanoid Detroit artful seen under other monikers like 69. It's perhaps down to the shoddy nature of the original pressing that Planet E have opted to remaster the release some xvi years on, and the chance to bask in Paperclip People classics like "Throw", "Oscillator" and "The Flooring" should not be passed up by those who don't already ain them.

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True cat: 3024 018. Rel: 21 May 12

Techno

1. Lied To Be Loved (feat dBridge)

2. Nada

3. Stay (feat dBridge)

Review: It was an important year for Jon Convex and later on his spectacular collaborative album with his Instra:Mental brother, Boddika, he needed to proceed delivering the goods. London's 3024 has been his closest imprint, having released a string of fantastic releases for the label. The title rail features the debaucheries of D&B fable, dBridge, where the pair have conjured a monter track, filled with swarming slices of bass, shifty drums and smooth vocals. "Zero" places its thumping drums next to bleepy melodies and a seriously odd bass line - a certified booty shaker! "Stay" is a gentler hymn, aided once once more by dBridge's mastery, where iv/4 beats meet with anthemic piano keys and ludicrously seductive bass tones.

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True cat: SECTCDVS 2. Rel: 05 Mar 12

Techno

1. Jolka - "Life Is Irresolute"

2. Casual Violence - "Acceptance Of The Fact At Hand"

Review: The 2d vinyl sampler showcasing some of the highlights from Sect'south recent compilation It's All For Yous sees Croatia's Jolka and Manchester's Casual Violence share the billing on this fantastic 10", pairing two huge tracks that feel similar two sides of the same coin. Jolka's "Life Is Changing" is the more overtly bright of the ii, utilising a jagged arpeggio and brilliant stabs which provide an intensly hypnotic backdrop to the track's monolithic beats. On the flipside, Casual Violence's "Acceptance Of The Fact At Mitt" operates on a slightly more subtle level - its sweeping strings and soothing tune deceive you lot into thinking the track is lighter than it is, but the thundering kicks and concise percussion tell a different story, creating what is an organic, cavernous limerick filled with rich textural dash.

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