Author: Mattias

Zaiaku – Lost Identity/The Defect [Titan Records]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]While I am not known for reviewing much D&B, if any at all, Zaiaku’s release on Titan Records is definitely a great attempt at a modern style of music that blends genres and energy into a great combo of...

Slam – Catacoustics (Gary Beck Remix) [Soma Records]

Gary Beck’s remix of Catacoustics is absolutely top notch techno that will bring you back to a dark, dingy club somewhere under the railroad tracks of a large city. Heavy, intense, and trance-inducing, Beck uses that classic kick-hat combination to...

Squire – City Cemetery / Midnight Gardens [Rebellion]

For those of you still at Berghain, here is a new tech house release by Squire that is a unique addition to anyone’s library. Staying on the lower end of tech house BPMs, these tracks are deep and minimalistic and feature...

Pleasurekraft Presents: Kraftek Villains Vol. 3 [Kraftek]

For fans of techno and tech house, this release is for you. Consisting of four superbly produced tracks by established DJs in the genre, the release will keep you satisfied with new sounds and the pumping bass-lines you need to...

Rich Wakley – Time To Jack EP [Definition:Music]

Wakley’s “Time To Jack EP” is a collection of tech house tracks with a classic sound, and modern ideas. The first original, Time To Jack, is retro in its stylings. The percussion is old school and has that classic kick-clap combination...

Mr. G, Mr G – BREED 02 [Breed Records]

While oddly credited twice on both tracks, Mr. G delivers a fantastic example of that Berlin techno/tech house sound I absolutely love with his release BREED 02. Each track is dark, bass heavy, and so very very cool and funky...

John Tejada – Signs Under Test – Selections [Kompakt]

Signs Under Test is an absolutely wonderful tech house EP. It is inventive, it is unique, and it is highly danceable. In some ways, it reminds me of Paul Kalkbrenner’s style with ambient, reverb-laden futuristic synths, and a thick, big...