RITES WILD – ‘WAYS OF BEING’ LP
adelaide, australia’s stacey wilson has been constructing shadowy echoplexxed swoon songs for a few years now and ever since we heard her self-released tape EPs she’s been a household favorite. /WOB /collects the choices gems from these OOP vaults, plus a couple unreleased cuts, for the perfect introduction to her enveloping soundworld.
PROFLIGATE – ‘VIDEOTAPE’ 12″
noah anthony’s latest burned mind industrial overload alias is also far and away his best. /Videotape/ captures 2 eerie, sprawling, horizon-jamming drum machine/synth epics, the perfect follow up to last month’s /Come Follow Me/ LP. direct orderers get a home-dubbed tape of Profligate remixes.
ROCHE – ‘A NIGHT AT THE HAÇ’ 12″
san fran old-schooler unspools longform zombie brainwash acid with all analog gear. deep house infinities.
EZLV – ‘SELFISH BEAT’ 12″
french-canadian duo splits the diff between malvoeaux and sound stream strategies: pumping twisted disco edits, half glitter domed, half end-of-the-night melancholy.
MAGIC TOUCH + SAPPHIRE SLOWS – ‘JUST WANNA FEEL’ 12″
excellent style-marriage between magic t’s unifying house anthems and casio chanteuse sapphire slows’ faded metropolis vocal hooks. plus a dark atmospheric I:Cube remix, and a magic touch dub. one of the silkiest SILKs to date, no doubt.
VERTICAL67 – ‘SOULMATES’ CS
awesome collection of woozy, memory-haunted electronics by this versatile berlin producer. shades of acid sparkle, nostalgia ambience, and rubbery robot dancefloor magic.