Rolling 2006 Techno Thread

Techno 2006 = Cut Copy, the new Aardvarck album on Rush Hour released this week. It includes the three "Cut Copy" singles released since 2002 and comes with a DVD (which I haven't seen yet).

Make that "Cult Copy" all round, no need to thow some indie band in here... ;-)

Heard the new Duplex album on iTunes, Late Night Driving (as opposed to Cycling). Some nice textures but nothing that interesting or exciting sadly.

Maybe the Röyksopp massive (are they still massive?) will enjoy it, I found it a bit overmelodious and lacking in forward propulsion ie cracking beats.

in a recent interview Oliver Lieb claims that the next two Solieb records are finished and awaiting release, and that hes going to start another label called "monofleur" at the end of this month. i am excited!

also a louderbach mini album megamix has emerged

cool news about Solieb. also, last year, I downloaded this fake soundtrack he did (in collaboration w/someone else who escapes me now) in the 90s for Koyaaniquatsi - very droney, minimal (what else?). I think it was never officially released, or if so, only very ltd. anyone know more?

i'm really into the sort of microhouse but not quite but a bit techno-y and a little bit electro-y kind of stuff. I made a mix that went down quite well with things like:

Two Lone Swordsmen - Sticky
Les Visiteurs - Snoop's Acid Drop
Vitalic - The Past
Jeans Team - Oh Bauer

etc. I don't know if this really counts as Techno but people who are in the know please recommend me some tracks.

Two Lone Swordsmen - Sticky
i reckon good electro with female vocals is rare but try this comp or any Anthony Rother album

Vitalic - The Past
Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene (Part IV)!! seriously!

the Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack = Dr. Atmo & Oliver Lieb - Music To Films

The new Split Radio Show is up, it's pretty siiiiick :)

splitmusic.net Jan. 2006 show

BEN SIMS & CHRIS FINKE pres SPLIT SHOW JANUARY 2006 - SPECIAL EDITION.

Well folks as we launch into 2006 we thought we would give you a special one off "best of 2005" show to kick the new year off. Less chat and more music is the policy this month as we give you 3 hours of continuous music selected by us from the shows
of last year, plus some music we have picked up along the course of the year that may not have made it onto the shows.

Everything is back to normal next month, so dont forget to keep those demos, new music, mash-ups and shout outs coming in!

So turn it up, sit back and enjoy the best of 2005...

SPLIT

THE 2005 MIX UP.

PART ONE - CHRIS FINKE

JOHN TEJADA - PARANOIA - PALETTE
TIEFSCHWARZ - WAIT AND SEE (ALTER EGO REMIX) - FINE
AUDION - NEW J - SPECTRAL SOUNDS
BLAKE BAXTER - THE UNDERGROUND TRACKMASTER - MIX MEDIA
PAUL MAC AND VINCE WATSON - 002 - INFLUENCED
SLAMMM - REVERSE YOUR FUTURE - ACID KID
A GUY CALLED GERALD - UNKNOWN 001 - SUGOI
FAXID - ACID IN MY HEAD - BLANK
BRETT JOHNSON - MY CASIO (LUTHER BLATANT EDIT) - ICON
SOUNDSTREAM - FREAKIN - SOUNDSTREAM
SWITCH - A BIT PATCHY - DUBSIDED
DJ MADSKILLS - REDUX - 100% PURE
SHARON PHILLIPS - WANT 2 NEED 2 (TRENTEMOLLER REMIX) - BRICKHOUSE

PART TWO - CHRIS FINKE

DJ SKURGE - SLIDE SKATE - UR
THE ADVENT - TELECOM - KOMBINATION RESEARCH
TYREE COOPER - DANCE MANIA MIX 1 - LONE
VOLTAIC - BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION (DYNAREC REMIX) - POINT ONE
YELLO - BOSTICH (DARTH VEGAS MACHINERY MIX) - MOXX
PAUL MAC - RETURN TO THE FOUNTAIN (DARK SCIENCE REMIX) - INGOMA
SLS - FLIP MODE - NEW SOIL
DJ DEX - BLIGHT - UR
DAVE CLARKE - WAY OF LIFE (TECHNASIA'S HOUSE MIX) - SKINT
LEN FAKI - JUST A DANCE (TECHNASIA FILTER DUB) - FIGURE
KILLA PRODUCTIONS - FEELIN ACID - KB RECORDS INC.

PART THREE - CHRIS FINKE

ANGELA FLAME & PACOU - BOUGAINVILLAEA - AUTOFOKUS
HUGO MOYA - MOVE - RELIEF
OFFSHORE FUNK - CUBISM - KANZLERAMT
2000 & ONE - THE PANNER - INTACTO
ELEKTRABEL - CROCKS - 6277
HIROAKA IIZUKA - RADIANT - SYMBOLISM
JAMES RUSKIN - SURGEON REMAKE - BLUEPRINT LTD
LOCUTUS - MINDSHAPE - ANODE
GREEN VELVET - WAR ON THE SAINTS - RELIEF
DJ FUNK - FUCK FACE DOWN - DANCE MANIA

PART FOUR - BEN SIMS

HENRIK SCHWARZ - LEAVE MY HEAD ALONE BRAIN (MIX 3) - SUNDAY MUSIC
M PITTMAN - DIRTY - FXHE
DJ YOAV B - ENERGISE - WABI SABI
OMAR S - SIMPLE THAN SORRY - FXHE
NEW WORLD AQUARIUM - THE GAMES THAT WE PLAY - NEW RELIGION
HIEROGLYPHIC BEING - JE SUIS MUSIQUE - SPECTRAL SOUNDS
THE SUN GOD - ANCIENT ECHOS - KLANG ELECTRONIC
JEFF MILLS - ROMAN AGE (WHEN IN ROME MIX) - MK2
THEO PARRISH - FALLING UP (CARL CRAIG REMIX) - THIRD EAR
MEGABLAST - JUPITA (STEREOTYP REMIX) - LA ROSIERE
JUST ONE - LOVE 2 LOVE (PHLASH EDIT) - NEROLI
GREEN VELVET - NO SEX - RELIEF
THE MISSING LINK - PHI - WAGON REPAIR
I CUBE - CHICAGO SUR SEINE - VERSATILE
AME - RES - SONAR KOLLEKTIV
KEITH TUCKER - DETROIT SAVED MY SOUL - 7TH SIGN
SHINEDOE - PHUNK - INTACTO
MATHEW JONSON - PUT YOUR BOOTY SHORTS ON - WAGON REPAIR
AARDVARCK - CULT COPY PART 3 - RUSH HOUR
A JACKIN PHREAK - TAKE A LOVE BREAK - KOMPAKT
HUTTON DRIVE - MOODIN - FRANTIC FLOWERS
PAPERCLIP PEOPLE - JERRY LEWIS (MAYDAY MIX) - PLANET E CLASSICS
7 SAMURAI - MUZIC (PANOPTIKUM REMIX) - GAMM
NUBIAN MINDZ - SAMBA 909 - HEAD TO TOE
BOOZOO BAJOU - TAKE IT SLOW (SEIJI REMIX INSTRUMENTAL) - !K7
FREEFORM FIVE - ELECTRMAGNETIC (SEIJI REMIX) - PERSPEX
BAKURA - BADA (DOMU DUB) - ESPECIAL
EDDIE MEETS YANNAH - SHAMED (DOMU REMIX) - COMPOST
DIESLER - HEIST THEME - TRU THOUGHTS
THE MOLE - WHERE IS IT GOING - MUTEK
DJ GREGORY - HEAD DUBBIN - DEEPLY ROOTED HOUSE
ELECTRIK BUGG - VOLUME 2 - ELECTRIK BUGG
TOKYO BLACK STAR - VIOLENT RUSH - SONAR KOLLEKTIV
SEBA - SHAPESHIFTER - SECRET OPERATIONS
BREAK - Z GROOVE - QUARANTINE
FOUR TET - SUN DRUMS (GAMELAN REMIX) - DOMINO

PART FIVE - BEN SIMS

TERRY BROKES - ISIS 3007 - DELSIN
FIX - SHAFTISM - ELECTROFUNK
FREEDOM SOUNDZ - JOURNEYZ - NEROLI
AS ONE - THIS PRECIOUS LIFE - VERSATILE
SHAWN RUDIMAN - SECOND IS FIRST - DUST SCIENCE
SOLID GOLD PLAYAZ - FREAKS - KANZLERAMT
STEPHEN BROWN - PLANET WAVES - PROJECT RECORDINGS
KENNY BLACK - BROKEN SOULS (BIOGROUND DIRTY SOULS MIX) - FINEST BLEND

COMPILED AND MIXED BY CHRIS FINKE AND BEN SIMS.
EDITED BY BEN SIMS.
RECORDED AT THEORY HQ.LONDON

ben sims? WHAT HAPPENED? no more tough tribal loops? =(

oh well, at least ken ishii's still keepin the faith ...

sims has always been a pretty versatile dj. I've heard straight up hip-hop sets from him, deep house, tru-detroit, etc etc, along with the banging stuff. He's been doing it all for a while, too. I have been trying to get people to dig this split show for a while but I guess he's not german enough ;). Now his productions, on the other hand....not that varied.

i'm quite feeling all the add noise 12"s on earsugar beatbox - very well done "proper" (to my ears) techno...

Available worldwide from UR's own mp3-shop: https://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/

And great stuff it is!!

I think Add Noise are Irish. I like those too, tho they still feel electrohousey to me, albeit in the deeper style.

germans do detroit oh yeah

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/205000-01.htm

suburban knight does (in order): detroit, breakbeat hardcore????, matthew jonson

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/194163-01.htm

diego is always good for some interesting shit. track 2 on here is killer

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/199562-01.htm

and the last one in my latest shipment: stanny fransen tearing it up

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/203967-01.htm

omg Out of Mind got remastered!!

Anyone heardBodycode - The Conversation Of Electric Charge

anyone heard this? Am intrigued after reading about his Portable stuff, and the samples grab my ear quite nicely which is unusual for Ghostly/Spectral stuff (for me).

I'm undecided after one spin, but it's got an interesting palette to it. He sort of takes these noticably artificial, techy sounds and then tries to put them in a more organic house-ish setting.

What I'd read is that he draws a lot from African rhythms (in a more microhouse way on his other stuff) which I can definitely hear subtly, but I expected it to be a bit more prominent somehow... and there's no way to tell if those tracks develop or go anywhere more crazed from 30 second samples really.

Probably old news and perhaps too pop for this thread but Ghostly/Spectral have some podcastwee mp3 mixes up @ http://www.ghostly.com/ghostlycasts/

(one of them being a mix of tracks from the album mentioned above, which I nearly bought the other day, but didn't...)

New splitmusic radio show up, and it's great, as always:

http://www.splitmusic.net/radio.asp?rid=34

the 'Keep The Faith' compilation on Dust Science sounded pretty good (I heard the sampler on Bleep).

Deetron - Twisted

http://www.discogs.com/release/781247
http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/237254-02.htm

^ very nice, elegant album. might be my favourite this year if it wasnt for Thomas Schumacher

I haven't heard the Schumacher! Everyone says it's amazing.

It's good!

(both Schumacher and Deetron)

The Deetron is ace, I've been a huge fan of his for years. When I was booking a monthly techno party 2 years ago I had the chance to bring him to town for what would have been a guaranteed loss of big $$$ but I almost did it as a present to myself because he's also a great DJ. I regret passing it up now :(