Z@P Vinilo y CD

Review: REPRESS ALERT: Uruguay's finest house and techno export Z@p continues his welcome return to active service - at the freakier end of the scene - with this spot on Cartulis Music. "Tracid" has a clue in its title, and it doesn't take long to detect the brazen 303 baiting taking place through the core of this peppy workout. It's an effective weapon used in just the right way that should get bodies wriggling with approval. "That Break" meanwhile diverts into a kind of braindance territory with the titular drums matched with more wobbly synth leads and spooked out pads, and then "Acid Rhytms" rounds the EP off with a more reflective cut for calmer moments in the dance.

Review: Fernando 'Z@p' Zapico returned to action last year after a near seven-year absence, delivering the rather good Sonic Utopia EP on Melliflow. Here, his revival continues via a four-track EP on Traffic. He starts confidently, fusing vintage bleep techno motifs, heavy bass and off-kilter tech-house rhythms on "Sendas". The track that follows, "Basement", is a darker and slightly more angular late night workout, while "S_t" sees the Uruguayan show off his collection of vintage synths and drum machines. Closer "PTN2" is a foreboding and slightly creepy affair, with ghostly chords and IDM style electronics tumbling down over a pitched-down electro groove.

Review: Ibiza-based Vinyl Club Recordings welcomes two brilliant newcomers from the incredible merging scene
from South America; Z@p and Edunetto from Montevideo, Uruguay with their new ep, 'Palvince'. These
two young and talented producers are part of the South American net-labels Ouzo music and GRHK.