Review: Heavyweight quattro-techno from A Paul, DJ Dextro, Red Rooms, Ramon Tapia and Arkvs for Planet Rhythm. Each track serving as merciless hoisters in the vein of 'Rough' techno, the A1 is deserving of the name, bringing scraping hi-hat blurs and gulping knocks to a mean mix. Deadened, unfeeling, callous calculation follows on the follower 'Binary Codes', while Tapia tabulates a 'Ratio' on the algo-rhythmic bleeper that ensues on the B1. Finally, 'Decoration Drugs' brings a prime movement, its facelessly numbered breakdowns and shuffles assuring us that there is indeed no end to off-planet production processes such as these.
Review: Techno powerhouse Planet Rhythm is back with more vital transmissions, this time thanks to Aero. Up first is the no-messing, direct-to-dance-floor banger that is Straight From The Shoulder' with its scintillating percussion and driving kicks. 'Come Again' is even more high octane with taught bass and thundering kicks. 'Lurching' keeps it a little more funky with glitchy sounds and broken beat patterns and 'Crutch' is a final assault that is minimal in design but maximal in effect.
Review: Planet Rhythm's back with its special series and the third instalment is another techno trip into another dimension. Toni Alvarez is the man on the buttons and for the opener 'The Renegade' he pairs panel-beating 90s techno drum loops with classic 90s dance samples to make for something equally intense, nostalgic and futuristic. 'The Jam' is expertly designed techno with pristine hi-hats and hurried kicks all superbly well defined, smooth yet powerful, with another 90s vocal dropped in for some extra throwback fun up top. Two brilliant bangers.
Review: With over half a dozen releases on the techno instituion that is this label, Spanish producer Toni Alvarez continues to perfect his ability to craft tracks that resonate with both energy and depth that are ideal to represent the label. The title track, 'Groove System', kicks off with looped melodic chords and immaculate production, creating an irresistible rhythm that captures the essence of modern techno. 'Jingo' follows with a pounding beat, tribal undertones and a primal energy that veers into sci-fi territory, making it perfect for adventurous DJs. On Side-2, 'Magalenha' dives deeper into tribal elements, delivering a thunderous groove that commands the dancefloor. Closing the release, 'Land Of Nowhere' offers hypnotic loops and hard-hitting percussion, seamlessly blending upbeat energy with an entrancing rhythm. With this EP, Alvarez not only reinforces his status as a Planet Rhythm mainstay but also continues to push boundaries, delivering tracks that are as functional as they are engaging.
Review: Purposeful and fad-free techno troubadours Planet Rhythm welcome aboard Antic Soul here for a quartet of sleek, minimal, effective cuts. 'Utapau' is super fast and layers up pulsing synths with wavy pads and driving drums. 'Asukara is even more urgent but this time feels anxious in its raw percussion and for the way the drums are almost stacked on top of one another. 'Transmutation' brings plenty of dub synth work and far-sighted Detroit melodies and 'Just A Dream' rides on shimmering synths and gliding hits that pack a punch both spiritually and emotionally.
Review: You always know what you're gunna get with Planet Rhythm and that is classically inclined techno that is economical in design but never less than high impact. Antic Soul contributes to that fine legacy with this new EP which opens with the high speed and dubby techno lushness of 'Crd Expression' before 'Borderlands' gets more raved up and injected with some raw textures and wobbly stabs. 'Fallout' is wall-rattling, panel-beating dub techno and 'Serenity' is more icy and nimbler, with bouncy drums and stabs all making you move your body at the whim of the machines.
Review: More mysterious acid-fired fare on leading Dutch techno label Planet Rhythm. In keeping with its predecessor, released earlier this year, the 'Acid Blood' EP has no credited artist. Whoever is behind the EP has done a fine job though, with all four tracks offering an excitable, addictive blend of raw, loopy, hard-wired TB-303 riffs, bouncy techno beats and booming bass. There's plenty to set the pulse racing across the EP, from the genuinely mind-altering excellence of 'The Dream Book', which recalls the stretched-out wonder of Choice classic 'Acid Eiffel', and the layered, red raw insanity of opener 'Stickman', to the redlined insanity of 'Acid Blood' and industrial techno slammer 'Unmentionable'. Breathless and brilliant - more please!
Review: Vital and versatile techno label Planet Rhythm has another super dance floor adventure on its hands here with William Arist's My PH EP. It is a no-nonsense tackle from the off with 'Cloro' a blistering mix of sharp acid entangled with fizzing synth lines and pummelling drums. 'Acidificado' is even more intense, this time with banging drums falling off balance each time they land and wonky synths propping them up as best they can. The title track 'My PH' then strips things back to linear and dubbed out techno heaviness and icy hi-hats madness, all run through with molten acid. "I'm The Machine' is a video game techno frenzy with caustic, eye-watering texture.
Review: Arkvs presents his latest record for Planet Rhythm, 'Moment To Breath', capturing the essence of the function of the human lungs in a short, waxen pulmonary burst. The emotive range of techno lends it many capabilities: for example, it can either provide the sense of filling the space, or it can provide a kind affective vacuum in which people might chill; Arkvs knows this instinctively to be the case, fusing the titular breathing room with a nonetheless extended motive to dance. 'Moment To Breath' (not breathe, apparently) plays up the purely roomy under-movements of techno, leaving much headroom for our excesses of somatic energies to fill the gaps; 'Conditions' carries out some of this work, working in a comparatively percussive modular drum sequence; 'Exodus' is the most jam-packed, but still conserves its 'breathing room' with thoracic stabs and bronchitic bursts. Is it possible to relax while dancing? Yes. Take a breather, but don't stop moving.
Review: This is the first in a new collaborative series between Derailed Records and Planet Rhythm who have teamed up for a new vinyl series that launches with Rotterdam's ARKVS. 'Sonus' rumbles with low-end threat and fizzy static that locks you in the moment. 'Deviate (feat Ronald Nels)' is more sparse with claps echoing out to an event horizon as supple acid tones linger in the air. 'Amphibian Velocity' layers up gurgling synths and pent-up drum tension and 'Crashing Rhythms' is a punchy but deep closer and a fourth and final evocative and sophisticated offering which gets this series underway in style.
Review: Planet Rhythm is back once again, this time with a wicked split EP featuring two top techno talents. ARKVS takes care of the A-side with the low-key and deep techno buzz of 'Endorphine' and then the floating drum loops and minimal sound designs of 'Forever Is Never'. Edit Select keeps similar quiet but potent styles alive with his sparse and moody techno roller 'Quatro' while last of all is 'Loophole'. This one has rattling train-on-track style percussive sounds and deeply buried sub-bass all making for a journey as heady as it is physical.
Review: DJ Thumper & Doc Roc team up this time to bring some serious funk and bass to the dancefloor. A-side features a Thumper remix to a classic rock tune by the Eagles, "Hotel California", this track has it all. B-side contains 2 tracks - both have the essentials to make the dancefloor move.
Review: Planet Rhythm bring a high-energy, percussion-driven EP from this hot new Brazilian producer. Side-1 launches with 'Latin Hot Sauce', a tribal-infused, mysterious techno cut that rides on rolling drums and deep, hypnotic grooves. 'Small Talk' follows with relentless, loopy energyidriving, hard-hitting and built for peak-time chaos. On Side-2, 'Locking Collar' dives into darker territory with subterranean bass and pounding beats, creating some heady atmosphere. Closing things out, 'Overcharged' brings a playful, high-voltage energy, balancing intensity with a sense of movement that keeps dancefloors locked in. A dynamic ride through modern techno's heavier side, built for DJs who thrive on pushing momentum forward.
Review: Brazil's own Gustavo Bassani quiet-drops another EP for Planet Rhythm. The 'Domme Sesh' is a careful rumination on peaktime weight and pressurised trances, bringing four subtle, greyish slow burns to the table. We open with 'Chromatic Therapy', which errs more on hard techno than any other tune on the EP and buzzes with a lead, bright chord; then there's the title track and 'Collision', both of which recall the polyrhythmic experiments of NON legend Psyk; and the closing bleeps, bloops, grunts and whispers of 'Sauna'; we're not sure what kind of saunas Bassani's been visiting, but they sure do sound space-age.
Review: Cave's Street Carnival 2024 EP is a blistering journey through the pulsating realms of techno, offering two original tracks and two stellar remixes. 'Skolopender' kicks off the EP with its relentless bassline and hypnotic percussion, promising to ignite dancefloors with its raw energy. Ben Sims' remix of 'Speleon' injects the track with even more intensity, making it a surefire weapon for peak-time sets. On the flip side, 'Street Carnival 2022' delivers tribal vibes with its intricate rhythms and primal energy, while Carl Falk's remix of 'Tambores' pays homage to classic loop-driven techno, delivering a relentless groove that will keep the crowd locked in. Overall, 'Street Carnival 2024 EP' is guaranteed to leave a lasting impression on any dancefloor.
Review: Netherlands outfit Planet Rhythm continues to fulfil their stated mission to explore the boundaries of dance music, and to 'design the future', with releases from talents whose music testifies the idea that techno is too big of a concept to be limited to a single idea. Yan Cook is one such talent in their eyes; his latest for PR's limited black labels series hears four laconic, calculative and dark techno numbers play back in cold step, like a one-track space probe feeling its way through a planetary ring of ice. Cook's sci-fi theme is inhospitable, with his take on the presence of 'Antimatter' in the universe amounting to a kind of fearful metallic object grating away in an echoic chamber; and 'Exomoon', which conjures the image of said celestial anomaly via frigidly bleak pads and starkly reverberative yawps and drum machines. A chilling vision of an exodic space-faring future, perhaps once in which we've been stripped of our humanities entirely.
Review: Widely admired techno craftsman Yan Cook serves up four of his most sublime cuts on this new, blue 12" for Planet Rhythm. It sounds as good as it looks right for the first tune with 'Roller' being an absolute definition of that slick and seductive techno sound. 'MoonFlow' then gets more turbulent with its sheet metal synths and howling solar winds adding drama to the fat drums. 'Beacon' then locks you into a clipped drum and bass loop, with rattling industrial motifs and a haunting sense of post-human bleakness. 'Synthetic Soul' is covered with fizzing static and warm, heavy dub drums. Perfection.
Review: Ukraine's Yan Cook is one of those low-key but highly skilled producers who have mastered the art of turning out consistently excellent techno cuts. It is Planet Rhythm that snap him up now for more of his linear bangers starting with the moody and paranoid opener 'Hydraulic', a pressurised cut that will bowl any dancefloor over. 'Null' then gets more gritty and textured as it rocks back and forth and 'Imla' (Red Rooms remix) takes a more subliminal and stripped-back approach to techno hypnosis.
Review: Yan Cook's 1310 EP takes listeners on an adventure through four intense and atmospheric techno tracks that delve into the depths of the genre. On Side-1, 'Rose' sets the tone with its deep techno vibes infused with a sci-fi mood, delivering a powerful and riveting experience. 'Freak Show' follows suit with its heavy, subterranean groove, immersing listeners in a cavernous sonic landscape that's both ominous and enthralling. Flipping over to Side-2, 'Quatro' introduces an alien tribal groove accompanied by eerie bells and accents, creating a beat with relentless energy. Closing out the EP is 'Loophole,' which delivers hard-hitting grooves that demand attention and leave a lasting impact. Each track on 1310 showcases Yan Cook's ability to craft serious techno that not only moves the body but also engages the mind.
Review: Techno doesn't come much more pure and effective than when it is served up by the Planet Rhythm label. At the helm of this fresh serving is Creznight. He goes straight in at the deep end with the muscular drum funk and tightly lopped vocal fragments of 'With You' which soon get you banging the walls. 'March on Mars' is just as direct but funky with warm and punchy kicks triggering percussive rolls and smeared synths. 'Backstab' shows no let up in the drum pressure but does have a more deft melodic touch that allows in some light and 'Instinct' shuts down with more well designed loops, a hint of 90s minimalism and a taught bassline that keeps things moving at pace.
Review: The Crime Partners duo from Nantes, French, are no strangers to this label, having dropped plenty of heat here before. This new EP is another one primed and ready for the club: 'Pumping Bush' bursts out of the blocks with musical drum funk and classic dub chords smeared over the top. 'Raindrops' is a grainy and monochrome dub techno driver with endless reverb to get lost in and 'Deep Cover' is an unsettling pumper that keeps you on edge with its nervy synth loops. There is more upright and punchy techno fun on 'You Got Our Vibe' and 'Keep Pushing' while 'One More' is a great and gritty warehouse banger.
Review: Daisychain's Mamasei EP on Planet Rhythm is a high-energy techno release that pushes boundaries with its use of a famous vocal from a certain late pop star with a fondness for monkeys and fairgroudn rides. Side-1 features a remastered version of 'Mamasei' , a powerful techno track that delivers an intense, full-throttle experience, ideal for peak moments on the dancefloor. On Side-2, the 'Mamasei' (Paula Cazenave remix) offers a different take, with a more stripped-down approach in parts. Despite the minimalism, it builds to a compelling peak, maintaining the track's high energy while providing a fresh perspective.
Review: Planet Rhythm must be one of the hardest-working labels in the game - it seems to drop new music on a nearly daily basis but all of it is essential. Dajusch is the man at the buttons here with 'Gazell'e exploring a techno sound as lithe and quick as the animal it is named after. 'Average Channel' brings some dub chords to the party over cantering drums, and it is to Detroit for the machine soul and serenity of 'Ster One'. 'Beginner' closes down with more minimal stripped-back rhythms but no less impact.
Review: Death, taxes and quality techno from Planet Rhythm are the three sureties of life. The label that maintains a high laity output and never strays from its blueprint is back with more functional and well-formed sounds, this time from Mattia Dambrosio. He opens with a cut doused in static, fizzing synth lines and with a funky, mid-tempo beat on 'Spring.' 'Ossidiana' dials it back to allow the dub chords and deep roaming bassline room to lure you in then 'Domani' mesmerises with silky synth sequences that glow bright above an implied rhythm. 'Stabs' is an upright and warm techno pumper with Detroit chords and 'Warmer' then takes you way down deep into cavernous underground dub worlds.
Review: Dub Wars is a series from the mighty Planet Rhythm label that serves up killer cuts with a dub inflection. This new one comes on flame red vinyl from DBFB and kicks off with the driving dub techno intensity of 'Akord.' The superb 'Reminisce' then has more frosty chords rallying over the face of the track as ticking hi-hats keep time. 'Source' is a bunch one with lithe pads and silky drum loops working you into a hypnotic state and 'Radiant' closes out with some kicking broken beats for a more direct vibe.
Review: Planet Rhythm help lay down 'Catalyst', the latest from producer DBFB. Four ineffable techno cuts are heard in quick synchrony, be they the title track or, yes, 'Ineffable' on the A - both evincing that mercilessly uniform feel of ultra-mechanised, ultra-fantastical, ultra-formal techno - or 'Penumbra' and 'Luminescence' on the B, which open up the floodgates ever so slightly to reveal just a hint of ricocheting light.
Review: We love a trip to Planet Rhythm because it always results in hearing some fad-free, high-quality techno from key players. DBFB is behind this new white slab of wax and it starts with the hammering drum funk and rippling synth lushness of 'Stroke' before progressing into the pulsing late-night sounds of dubby cut 'Rummage'. '91' takes it back to a simpler time when jacked drums and molten dub chords are all you need for a good time and 'Resistance' shuts down with a more raw edge and driving, percussive techno slammer.
Review: Deas is the Greek producer now based in Krakow with a relentless, prolific body of work behind him. Since he first signed with Planet Rhythm in 2019 it's been hard to keep up, but the quality doesn't dip so the onus is on you to stay in the loop. His fourth release of 2023 kicks off with the pressure cooker, strobing pulse of 'Black Air' before pirouetting into the cyclical head trip of 'Tanzhaus' So far, so solid. 'Dark Line' on the flip fires off nervy bleeps on top of a thunderous rhythm section and 'Cut' completes the picture with a huge monotone arp hitting around the low mids and some Detroit-style stabs sneaking in up top for a true roof-lifting moment to peak any self-respecting techno set.
Review: Karol Mozgawa is Polish techno talent Deas, and he brings his class to Planet Rhythm here, although it's Ferdinger remix of 'Dissociation' which gets things underway. It's a speedy and supple techno pile-driver with euphoric chords sure to elevate the 'floor. '8 AM' is much more mechanical and industrial with unrelenting drums and textured hooks peeling off the beats. 'Dissociation' in original form is a classic bit of soulful hi-tek Motor City goodness and 'Error' closes with some raved up synth madness and super-sized hi hats.
Review: Nowhere does techno as proper as Planet Rhythm. This latest 12" is another no-frills banger with rusty synth and menacing drum loops all perfectly intertwined. There is a hurried sense of funk to 'Formation' that really keeps you on edge, while 'Basel' is turbocharged with video-game style synths. 'Romance' gets more edgy and brings some industrial percussion and automation to the beats while 'Here' slips into thumping and loopy house territory of the sort that reminds us of the one and only Floorplan.
Review: Here are two promising guys who are known for their harder, uplifting techno sound. This is exactly what you will get when you purchase this one: full dancefloor bangers with a razor-sharp edge!
Review: Rotterdam label Planet Rhythm has snapped up some searing tech from relative newcomers Dynamic Forces here. The electrifying duo are one again not mucking about here as they serve up some pumping techno bangers that have a playful heart and plenty of great designs buried deep in their unrelenting grooves. 'New Set Up' for example is backlit by a nice heavenly synth glow and 'Plague' is a real head wrecker with twisted leads and super sized hi hats. 'Tango' is a minimal number that moves like a cat on a hot tin roof and seems to get ever quicker throughout.
Review: Strap in for some punchy and unrelenting techno bangers here from Dear Wax on the Planet Rhythm label. This is archetypal future music, cosmic techno for interplanetary travel. The hefty drums of 'Flat Head' are bouncy and funky under the urgent synth stabs and icy over sized hi hats, then 'Rats' scurries along like the rodents it is named after with scraping hits and distant solar winds. 'Dial This Number' is urgent and hurried in its mission to get from a to b as molten chords drip and droop round the beats. 'Sharp Paper' is another one packed with pent up tension and a sense of real drama.
Review: Planet Wax take us on another expertly curated techno trip on this latest Timeless Journey 12". The VA release kicks off with Earwax, aka breakthrough techno star Domenico Petrosino who has a refined, dubby take on modernist big room techno. Simone Tavazzi keeps the pressure up with nagging chord stabs set to stun and a juicy kick to sink your teeth into. 'Timeless Journey' itself comes from Dave Simon, who piles on warm swathes of synthesis without compromising on the impact of the rhythm section. Lenny San completes the picture with another deep n' dubbed-out workout, bringing a sense of consistency to this classy micro-collection.
Review: Enter The Void's 303 Acid EP is a powerful four-track collection that delivers relentless acid techno energy, perfect for the dancefloor. Released on Planet Rhythm, this EP is an excellent listen for fans of the genre. Side-1 kicks off with 'Track 1,' a heavy techno acid track reminiscent of Hardfloor. It's packed with rave energy and a big club sound that's sure to ignite any set. 'Track 2' follows with sci-fi acid sounds and a liquid 303 workout that's both futuristic and hypnotic. Side-2 opens with 'Track 3,' where acid lines call dancers to the floor like sirens, supported by a bassline-heavy, crushing beat that demands attention. The EP closes with 'Track 4,' an epic track with rising acid notes that pay homage to the pioneers of the past. The intensity and emotion in this track verge on legendary, making it a fitting tribute to the acid techno legacy.
Review: Welcome back to Planet Rhythm, where the techno is proper and the grooves true. In what marks a quick return to our shelves just a week after his outing on HAYES, Fresko is the man at the helm for this one. He heads straight into turbulence on 'Twist', a tune that is indeed twisting and turning relentlessly, while 'Bravado' is a filtered banger with whomping great kicks and deft synth slashes cutting up the beats. 'Hands' is another tense and bass driven techno workout with spangled synths and 'Bungy' rounds out with high-speed dub inflections. A superb EP.
Review: It's time for another trip around the orbit of Planet Rhythm, one of techno's finest galactic bodies. Fresko is at the control for this one and is in quite a hurry from the off. 'Post Urban Condition' is pacey but funky with its perfect designed loops rolling endlessly. 'You Have Sexy Arms' is charged with warming dub techno chords and more slick kick programming and flipside cut 'Lowme' then switches it up with a more broken beat and nice oversized hi hats. Last of all is 'School', a darker, more playful cut that completes a fine EP.
Review: Fresko's definition of 'punk funk' is a little different to the sub-genre defined in the early 80s, though there's no doubt that his no-holds-barred approach to techno is punk in attitude and far funkier than some of the other material made by his 21st century production peers. For proof, check opener 'Cold Modern', where effects-laden vocal samples and thrusting arpeggio lines rise above a breathless groove, and the fizzing, rave-igniting stomp of 'Rapids'. Title track 'Punk Funk' reminded us of the disco-looping 'techno-funk' offered up by UK legend Dave Angel in the late 1990s (albeit with some lusciously tactile breakdowns thrown in), while 'Act 31' is moody, weighty and percussive, with some genuinely mind-mangling noises thrown in to spin out dancers.
Review: Few labels in techno are as consistent as Planet Rhythm. This latest 12" comes on flame red vinyl and Federico Gandin is the man stoking the fires. There is no messing about here as 'The Storm' soon takes off on classically inclined loopy minimal techno grooves with urgent calls and synth pulses. 'Les Intrepides' then pairs a bendy, elastic baseline with scuttling sound FX and tunnelling beats. 'The Hideout' is more glitchy with broken loops and underlapping drums carrying you away while 'The Arrival' actually marks the end in serene, deeply cosmic techno style.
Review: Glenn Wilson's Planet Rhythm has been a purveyor of dark, cerebral techno music since 1994 and the label has featured a plethora of artists from all corners of the dance sphere. This time around its two artists from Italy who make an appearance, Rome's Giorgio Gigli and Cagliari's Ness, and drop three ultra-slick cuts. "Eon" is as electric and molecular as it suggests, and "Resin" pounds its way with more malice across the room, whereas "Ergo" is broken, stumbling and heavily atmospheric...perhaps the defining moment of this solid EP.
Giorgio Gigly & VSK - "Memories Of An Unconncet Era" (4:23)
Giorgio Gigly & Ness - "Eon" (10:56)
Giorgio Gigly & Ness - "Reson" (7:56)
Giorgio Gigly & Ness - "Ergo" (6:43)
Review: Italian techno heavyweight Giorgio Gigli has been at the forefront of his country's scene for some time now, working with Dozzy way back in 2004 and releasing an album on Speedy J's Electric Deluxe label in 2015. This release on Planet Rhythm gathers together a series of collaborative EPs Gigli recorded for the label between 2015 and 2018, working with tough techno operators Ness, Paul Ritch and VSK. Gathered together in one handy triple-vinyl package, this is an essential set for anyone who cherishes dark, driving techno loaded with steely atmospheres and next-level production.
Review: Welcome back to Planet Rhythm, where the techno is serious and the grooves unrelenting. Gunlock is your host for this one and he welcomes us to a first volume of the Dubwars Sessions series on nice silver-coloured vinyl. 'From Within' opens with sleek and smooth dub techno unfolding at real pace. 'Theme From Dubwars' is more urgent and heavy, the drums slam and the chords rattle off the walls. 'Gatekeepers Ball' has that Mills-style melodic minimalism woven into its supple drum funk and 'Ratsel Box' then closes out with a pent-up sense of tension and kinetic energy that is bloody lovely,
Review: As always there are no frills, no fads and nothing fancy about this fresh slab of techno goodness from Planet Rhythm, just pure and unadulterated rhythms to lose your shit to. Gunlock is the one firing them out and 'Thorax' sure does come at you like machine gun bullets, while 'Mo' Future' is more metal and trippy with its busy, tight synth loops. '19th & Nicollet' keeps things lively with nimble drums and shot, pithy synth details that ping about the mix. There is more brutalism to the hammering drums of 'Good Droids Gone Bad' and still space for two more techno tools that will rewire any dancefloor.
Review: Gunjack indents a lasting impression with the 'Detroit Tango' EP for Planet Rhythm, taking after the distinct Motor Citied techno style whilst also bringing a supremely balanced and original slant. The producer shows off a clinical, precise, nigh surgical approach to texture, gain staging and mixing, building on a genre that otherwise prides itself on 'rawness' (i.e. gritty street-realist unpolish) and moving further into a direction of serenity and clarity. Take the low end movements of 'Rocket Surgery', on which the track's coltish hook and subnautical kick do not sound separate, but rather one sounds to 'emerge' from the other; and 'The Drumz', which evidently takes after Millsart's 'The Bells' for a more enlivened jamboree, albeit one that still somehow fits in with the softer subtleties of the EP's obverse trax.
Review: Gunjack, one of Planet Rhythm's techno veterans, enchants with his bold, hard techno style in Footprints. The EP opens with 'Fat Lady Sings', a high-energy track that merges intense techno and euphoric house chords over a relentless beat. 'Body Memory', true to Gunjack's prowess, showcases his intricate percussion. It's a dancefloor anthem with a relentless driving force, destined to ignite crowds. The title track, 'Footprints' is a prime-time dancefloor weapon, its infectious stabs and galloping technocracy creating an unstoppable groove. The EP's last track, 'Iceman Cometh', echoes Basic Channel's iconic chord stabs, infusing acid elements to deliver a captivating finish. With its masterful blend of pounding rhythms, exciting movement in the percussion, and relentless energy, 'Footprints' solidifies Gunjack's status as a quality techno producer.
Review: Gunjack and Matt K Strike back on the 64th release on the massive techno imprint Planet Rhythm! 'This Thing Of Ours EP' is a serious
beats extravaganza that will test your eardrums on how much bass you can handle. Dirty beats, dirty samples, serious techno with a hip-hop flavour.
Review: JSPRV35 delivers a powerhouse of tribal techno, helping to solidify Planet Rhythm's reputation further for percussive excellence. Side-1 opens with 'Pulse', a high-energy tribal track that masterfully blends addictive loops with relentless beats, perfect for igniting a dancefloor. The title track, 'Robotika,' shifts gears with its alien, sci-fi textures, crafting an otherworldly vibe. Side-2 ups the intensity with 'Madafaka', a wickedly hard techno banger that packs a punch with its raw power and unyielding drive. Closing out the EP, 'Practik' channels the loopy brilliance of icons like Ignition Technician, Glenn Wilson and Hardcell with hypnotic rhythms and expertly layered production. A thrilling journey through the darker, tribal side of techno, offering both technical precision and unrelenting energy.
Review: Almost every 21st century techno fan likely knows about or has experienced an identity crisis at some point, if not for the sheer fact of the music's inherently destabilising quality. But Jsprv35 dares to go further with the concept, likening human identity to sheer mechanistic function. The 'Identity Malfunction' EP is the logical result of this philosophy, with brooding titles like 'Cybotronik' and 'Science' fast-tracking heller electro and breaks to the robot ears of us lossless techno fan clones. The title track is obviously the glitching highlight; we can't tell if that's a strained robot voice sandwiched between the impacts, or mere the electric gargling of corrupt quantum circuitry, but we also love that we can't tell.
Review: Brazil's KaioBarssalos first came to light in 2018 with releases on Ground Factory, Black Square and Reload, but it's with the Dash EP for Planet Rhythm he makes his first appearance on vinyl. It's a grand entrance too, as the emergent artist demonstrates his years of experience with the huge, pulsing techno wave of 'Dash' before piling into the steely thrust of 'Cubismo'. This is proper techno in the Planet Rhythm vein, and the B-side maintains the pressure with the edgy rhythmic interlock of 'Anxiety' and 'Closer Gap'. If you need some razor-sharp techno tools in the bag, look no further.
Review: If there is one planet we would like to spend some time on, it's Planet Rhythm. For techno lovers, it is one of the finest out there thanks to its consistently high quality, fad-free output. Kaiobarssalos is next to add to the cannon with this uptempo and stripped-back EP. 'Fatia' is all twisted and unsettling synth motifs, 'Lupulo' gets glitchy and 'Not About' is packed with unresolved loops that keep you on edge, and last of all some of the pent-up pressure is released through the more smooth but still banging deep techno trip that is closer '80's Moove'.
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