Last week from Piccadilly

Georg Levin : Heaven EP – 12″ (with RIMA remix. Really growing on me)
MF DOOM : Operation: DOOMsday – 2xLP (according to Piccadilly this is the final batch of these ever per licensing issues, so run don’t walk)
Omar S : 001 – 12″ (i.e. not AOS #1. Loving it BTW)
Patchworks Pres. Mister Day : Deep Ocean EP – 12″ (sounds a bit St. Germaine-ish, in a very good way. Some of the best Patchworks stuff I’ve heard)
Shed : Citylicker EP – 12″ (really good. His stuff keeps getting better)

And this week, 3 records with wicked titles from Piccadilly
Afx : Analord 05 – 12″
Brownstudy : Tell Me More About Bubbles – LP (Groovy Jason Hogans stuff)
Plant Life : When She Smiles She Lights The Sky – 4Hero / Interfearence Remixes – 12″ (I like the original on this one. Nice vocals)

And these from Juno
Crusho: Traffic Jam EP (Q Tape France) – 12″ (trying to order this for the third time, and I think this remix is better than the new three with Osunlade, etc BTW)
James Duncan : Night Tracks (Le Systeme US) – 12″ (Phwoar. Sounds like it’s probably his best yet)
Kid Sublime : Basement Works Volume 4 (Jahwell/Rush Hour Holland) – 12″ (Tasty Moodymann-esque action)
The Model : Robotiko (Traum Germany) – 12″ (RAVE!!!)
Cris Prolific : People (Versatile France) – 12″ (Bit of a hip hop and R&B departure on Versatile, but some sweet beats and inoffesive MCing)
Sleeparchive : Research EP (Sleeparchive Germany) – 12″
UND : Coccopuffs (Trapez Ltd Germany) – 12″ (Listened to loads of recent Trapez stuff last night and this was the only one I really felt I needed. That Xmas tack is the nuts)
Luke Vibert : Lovers Acid (Planet Mu) – 12″ The firs ttwo tracks sound excellent. The second almost like a YosepH meets Kerrier ting)
Wen / Een Tuell / Hendrik Luuk / Move D : Airbag Craftworks Compilation Vol 2 (Part 2) (Out To Lunch Germany) – 12″ (first David Moufang I’ve seen in years. Love his stuff. Cheers to Jason Brunton for the tip if he out there. The other tracks sound tasty too. Very deep, dubby and a bit of everything stuff)

…which nearly justifies the 3 hours I spent listening to clips last night. Brain-deadening.

AFX (APHEX TWIN): Analogue Bubblebath (TVT US) 12″

AME: Ojomo (Sonar Kollektiv Germany) 12″

BARNETT, Thomas: Thrill Of The Hunt (Audiomatique Germany) 12″

CRAIG, Carl: Just Another Day (Planet E US) 12″

DJ BONE: Encounter 1 (Encounter US) 12″

HANNA: Music For The Savant Part 1 (Flat & Round) 12″

MARCELLIS: Dry Delivery EP (Black Label Holland) 12″

PROSUMER: Newborn (240 Volts Germany) 12″

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARP: Funk Series Pt 2 (Pigna Italy) 12″

STEEVIO: Rogue Patterns (Mindtours) 2×12″

WOOKIE: Taboo (white label) 12″

V.A./ENJOY DETROIT COMPILATION/3ELP-010 2×12″

D5/FORMATION ONE EP/DS-05 12″

Afx : Analord 01 – 12″

Afx : Analord 02 – 12″

Ame : Sarari / Hydrolic Dog – 12″

DJ Bone : Longevity EP One – 10″

Viktor Vaughn : Venomous Villain – LP

Various Artists : Rhythm & Sound – See Mi Yah – 7×7″ Set

PROSUMER: The Craze (Playhouse Germany) 12″

SLOPE: Remixed (Sonar Kollektiv Germany) 12″

WEINBERG, Arne: Spectral Disease (Arne Weinberg) 7″

Analog Fingerprints : Tribute – 12″

Rick Wade : Night Phases – 12″

Various Artists : Acido Records 002 – 12″

…and a few used:

Aqua Bassino – Baby C’mon remixes (Ron Trent/Soul Designer) (F-Com)

Fusion – Galaxy of Future Visions (Ferox)

FYM – Monkey Styler EP (Telegraph)

Kenny Larkin – Ancient Beats (Peacefrog)

Rei Loci – The Future is Our Time (Headspace)

RSL – The Mast (Players)

Soul Designer – EP1 (F-Com)

154 : Strike [Delsin] 2xLP (FINALLY!!!!)

Inner City : Say Something (Reese Remix) [KMS] 12” (am I the only one who likes this)

Robert Hood : I [M-Plant] 12”

Loosefingers : Glancing at the Moon [Alleviated] 12” (Third time’s the charm, I hope)!

Robert Hood : Untitled 5 [M-Plant] 12”

Firefly : Music Of The Supreme [Poussez!] 12″ (My first King Britt record ever, probably because this sounds nothing like his normal stuff. The A-side is kinda Carl Craig-ish and the B-side is kinda deep techno-ish)

Fluxion : Redundant [Vibrant Music] 12″ (sounds much better than the new one to my ears)

Lowtec : In Fail We Trust [Playhouse] 12″ (seriously deep gear. A welcome departure from the stuff that was on Famous When Dead III)

Phlegmatic/The Mole : Motorsoul Trax Vol 1 (Chapter 3) [Philpot] 12″

Rec : Batter Up EP [Eevo Lute] 12″

Sienkiewicz, Jacek : Displaced [Cocoon] 2xLP:

DJ Minx : A Walk In The Park (Ricardo Villalobos / Josh Wink Remixes) [Plus 8] 12″

Steve Kotey : 4 In 1 EP [Bearfunk] 12″ (More house than disco)

Plastikman : Nostalgik.1 [Plus 8] 12″ (Really old unreleased Plastikman edited by Villalobos)

Querida : Jupiter 6 [Kanzleramt] 12″ (New Ian O’Brien proper techno thingy)

RJD2 : Through The Walls / Ghostwriter [Definitive Jux] 7″

Juan Atkins – Fast Forward [New Religion]: Each of the four tracks as good as the last. I’m sure a favourite will emerge, but at the moment they’re all sounding great to my ears. I was pretty hyped about all the recent stuff (less so the one on Metroplex than the others), but this blows them away. Probably the best Juan Atkins release since ‘Deep Space’. Possibly one of the best records ever?

Claro Intellecto remix of Vector Lovers on Soma. Long, slow drawn-out techno.

The two B-side cuts on the new Vince Watson on Headspace are sick. The first is deep, slightly tracky techno, maybe reminding of Hood??? The second makes me think of mid-’90s Warpish techno. Really nice stuff.

Memory Foundation – Hot and Smokey ep on Central, for the last track. The other three all show some promise but don’t quite hit it. The last one does for sure though, with big chunky European beats beneath Detroity stabs. A nice combination.

Dirty Criminals – Organized Confuzion on Gigolo. About half the cuts on here are exactly like what you’d hope Traxx would put out. DIRTY acid with an EBM edge, plus enough Hyroglyphic Being throughout to not make it feel one-dimensional. TOUGH. I would love to see Traxx play this stuff…

Chicago Housing Commission 2 + 3. That ‘House is Mine’ whatever-it-is is dope. Does it sample the Hypnotist tune, or do they both sample something else? I like it plenty, at any rate. Also ‘Berlin’ on Volume 3 is a pretty cool noisy but reverby take on acid. Still haven’t heard more than one stand-out cut on any of these, but think both of these are worth the price.

DJ Yoav B – Boogie Down Saturn: Two Friday’s ago I forwarded to the part of ‘Clinically Inclined’ that featuerd this track to play it for my flatmate when I got home. 30 minutes later found myself on a spontaneous journey to Brighton to see Carl Craig, having been seized by techno. Can’t wait to hear this loud. Totally brilliant.

De La Soul – Grind Date (Included per J Dilla production): Some serious Motown edge to a lot of this. I think it’s the best album since ‘Stakes is High’ (which I rate as their best). Some people may think it’s too R&B in places, but if that won’t bother you I think this will float your boat.

There are some moments of production genius, that’s for sure. I fear the lyrical themes may be getting tired, but every time I hear a new De La they find a way to defeat that resistance after about 5 listens, so my hopes are high!

Pirahnahead – Dreams [Mahogani]: BIG house from a disco perspective. Seems a bit strange on Mahogani, but I can feel the Detroit in it, just like Amp Fiddler. Really like the big non-vocally bit in the middle, not so much because it doesn’t have vocals as because it’s just good. Can’t see myself playing it out, but can see myself dancing to it in the right set, if that makes any sense. Like I think Mike grant could play it well, but it would stick out like a sore thumb in one of my sets…

[Dead horse beating time] All that Shed stuff on Soloaction and Delsin. Not a bad cut yet, and most of them are wicked. Really digging some of the different directions on the Delsin one too.

Rhian Benson Feat. Slum Village & Dwele : Say How I Feel – Bugz In The Attic Remix – 12″

Jimmy Edgar : Bounce Make Model – 2xLP

Kazi : The Plague – 2xLP

Vector Lovers : Suicide Android / Futures In Plastic – Claro Intelecto Remix – 12″

Vince Watson : Lost Episodes EP – 12″