Frank Music Germany Vinilo y CD

Review: Wurzburg wonder Johannes Albert returns to Frank to cast more of his signature melodic techno spells. As always it's a vast spread; "Generators" is the initial full-pelt blast. A power lightning strike, causing your body to move involuntarily, it's Albert at his most active. "Minilogue" pays homage to Korg with a vibrant arpeggio and shimmering peaks while "Frame" closes on a beatless note; dense atmospheres that enshroud and mystify, it's Johannes at his most alluring. Wunderbar

Review: Frank Music look to main man Johannes Albert for the second volume of their Rarities series and he covers plenty of musical ground in the process. First up, Benjamin Frohlich's 'Tivoli' gets a super upbeat and summery 4/4 disco re-treatment to kick things off, before Albert steps up again to tackle Kayroy's 'Identification Unknown' with future-facing disco synths. The version of 'Fomo' he serves up is more dirty and danceable, with acid lines and twinkling arps. Last of all, Albert's remix of Leon Revol - 'Acid Is Rolling' is an undulating cut with muscular beats and crispy snares.

Review: Johannes Albert's Berlin based imprint Frank Music is on a roll right now. Their new compilation series celebrates five years in business and what a way to celebrate, drafting NYC deep house legend Fred P with the sublime "Energy Cloud" which is one of his best tracks of late in our opinion, Berliner Iron Curtis with the ultra-smooth deepness of "Operater 123" (live mix)" and the epic dancefloor drama "Got The Juice" showcasing Freer and Reilling's typical studio magic as always. The most upbeat offering is by Tim Toh who has previously released on Philpot and Ornaments with "Hidden Beauty" a late noughties style journey in the vein of classic Innervisions, Buzzin Fly or Freerange.

Review: Heidelberg-based David Jackson is half-Irish, hence this giddy attempt to combine giddy, kaleidoscopic Italo-disco with nods to his ancestry. In truth, only 'Guinness Emotions' - an effects-laden, spaced-out fusion of electric folk and glitchy, spaced-out electronica - features distinctive nods to Irish musical culture. What's on offer elsewhere across the EP, though, is still highly impressive. Title track 'Guinness Italo' is a throbbing, shirts-off chunk of celebratory Italo-disco/Hi-NRG revivalism, while 'Guinness Trance' sits somewhere between neo-trance, Italo and late '80s Eurodance. Bonus cut 'Guinness Drumapella', a proto-house style drum workout, is ideal for those DJs who like to get busy in the mix and build up the percussive pressure.

Review: Germany's always club-ready label Frank Music is back with another beefy 12" that finds mainstays and newcomers unite in fine fashion. Johannes Albert and Lauer open up with a trio of collaborations that go from full throttle, chord led house on 'Based on Boss' to the deeper grooves of 'Four 44' and far sighted, soul drenched tech of 'Posh-O-Rama'. Boris Dlugosch, Marc Romboy & CAR step up on the B-side with the woozy and hypnotic 'Survivor' which also gets remixed by Johannes Albert into something more raw. Useful grooves for sure.

Review: After a pair of solid debuts in 2015 and 2016 respectively, Johannes Albert and Johannes Paluka return to Germany's Frank Music with their effortlessly left field Moon project, and this time they've landed in our atmosphere with a mystical, far-reaching album named Industrie & Zartlichkeit. Paluka is, of course, deep house magician Iron Curtis, but this particular project is reserved for his more experimental flex, and the duo clearly get on like a house on fire. Through a mixed bag of electro oddities, majestic machine-drum soul, and sprinkled with just a hint of house for good measure, this album keeps growing until the bitter end; it's clear that the duo have worked up something of a beaty. Ups, downs, and constant hits of gorgeous electronic constructions. Recommended!