Matt Walsh wrote (on 18/05/08):
if any of you were at bugged out last night there seemed to be a massive shift towards a new techno sound, probably due to some of popofs records....
Two months on, and how right this prediction was, contemporary clubland has re-kindled it's love affair with techno manifesting itself in the form of a new brooding mutated style of tech-house. It's increasing popularity can be attributed to an unspoken but growing disdain with countless excessively distorted justice-clones, and stagnancy breeds creativity.
The speakers at disco's revenge have been throbbing away to the beat of these turbulent basslines of Popof, Huntemann et al, and having noticed the inclusion of techno artists such as The Field making it into the playlists of big-room houser Sebastian Ingrosso (check out his surprisingly excellent Cream Ibiza CD free with this month's Mixmag) it seems as though it is spreading rapidly.
Here's one to kick you off:
Adam Freeland - Silverlake Pills (Gui Boratto Remix) [Direct Link]
Gui Boratto transforms poor middle of the road breakbeat-tinged electro into an epic 6 minute masterpiece, with the nagging synth line elevating the listener on to a higher plain amid a melee of technological beeps and squeaks before reversing into an incredible conclusion.
If that has whet your appetite then prepare to indulge in a luxurious 5 course dinner in the form of our next track. Solee is German producer Norman Flaskamp, responsible for one of the most euporic & atmospheric tracks of last year 'Different' (pay a visit to your local record store or not-so-local mp3 provider if you slept on this one) and returns with his new masterpiece 'Timba' on parquet recordings. Here is the most promising of an astounding remix package from relatively unknown Shin Nishimura. Echoing the peaks and troughs of much trance, Nishimura delivers a haunting, futuristic number which could effectively provide the sountrack of an astronaut, lost on a far away moon, cautious yet frantically searching amongst the cavernous, desolate craters for any remaining existence.
Solee - Timba (Shin Nishimura Summer Of Love Remix) [Zshare Link]
Although leaning more heavily toward the kind of blistering acid house offered by Felix Da Housecat, even David Guetta (yes he of dodgy 80s popstar looks and naff mainstream vocal fodder 'Love Is Gone' fame) has produced a track of rough edgy, tech inspired madness. Featuring an unmistakably acid TB-303-esque synth line, this curveball has been shocking and surprising genre figureheads such as 2ManyDJs for months with it's pulsating intensity. It was made available as a nodding gesture towards Guetta's "twisted, trippy, darker side" according to the press release and made available as a free download via beatport...more of the same please D.G.
David Guetta - Jack Is Back [Rapidshare Link]
//Techno//Logic//
Bonus:
DJ Rush - Motherfucking Bass (Popof Remix) [Zshare Link]
