RFR Germany Vinilo y CD

Review: Michal Ruzicka aka Czech producer/DJ Schwa returns with his first proper release in five years, the Obsolete EP. The Beef Records head honcho teams up with Name Does Not Matter (S9K) here on 'Ape King', a grungy low down acid jam where ethereal elements hypnotise you to a backdrop of dusty drums cracking away alongside a seriously dirty bassline. Adding more dancefloor dynamics is Posthuman's Freak Your Body remix, which is perfect for jacking away under the strobe lights in a dingy basement. B-side cut 'Obsolete' gets off on more of an electro tip, also utilizing the Roland 303 to great effect, but it's all about Jerome Hill's remix where the Super Rhythm Trax main man reworks the track into another one of his mentalist warehouse techno epics.

Review: Shed Remix - This one is made for cardiovascular shit. Best used in dark basements, group gatherings, fire-dances (think Rothschild Surrealist shindigs), but can do wonders for your lower back and thighs, if surrounded with thugs and nasty guys.??Reformed Society Remix - This goes down the threaded path of classic Motor-city tech. That famed conveyer belt gave us the best combination of man and machine. And here it works quite well, might we add. Cruise-control on.

Review: After a break of almost three years, Joannes returns to RFR with his most forthright and full-on EP to date. For proof, check opener 'Kiss', a brain-melting techno stomper that wraps high-pitched bleeps and wayward TB-303 tweaks around a stomping groove, and the subtly Jaydee influenced peak-time hypnotism of 'Date', with its distant-sounding melodic loops, twisted bassline and non-stop beats. Over on side B, Joannes cannily combines booming sub-bass, loose-limbed house-style drums, deep pads and alien-sounding electronics on the decidedly intergalactic 'Love', before layering up waves of trance-inducing synth sounds and hypnotising riffs on the locked-in, late night excellence of 'Hate'.

Review: Germany's RFR Records welcomes some high-grade Vienna impact from Peletronic here with his tough blend of electro and abstract house hitting the spot across three new cuts. 'Riddim & Bassline' opens up with fizzing synths a percolating percussion over snappy kicks and hits that never sit still, and nor will you. 'Sry I'm Dazed AF' has a cyborg funk feel with rugged bass and crispy broken beat drum programming. 'True Brew' is a coarse bit of house music for dances in derelict factories - the far-sighted synths bring some lovely Detroit soul. DMX Krew remixes with his usual golden touch to close.

Review: RFR's Bavarian Stallion Series reaches volume four. This time round, they've secured tracks from an impressive selection of pedigree producers. Noted techno studs the Zenker Brothers kick things off with "Schwirbler", a heavily distorted, energy-packed peak-time slammer with plenty of extra percussion to keep things moving, before Jelly3000 offers a more melodic and life-affirming take on the techno blueprint whilst retaining some heavy bottom end pressure. Over on side B, Kessel Vale lays down a spot of trippy, early morning broken techno with added Motor City electronics, while Steril impresses via a bouncy electro cut rich in warm and woozy synth stabs.