Wax Poetics: Issue 31 (Wax Poetics)
Disco Nouveau Pt.2 (Ghostly)
We Still Kill The Old Way Pt. 3 (Viewlexx)
Datassette (Ai)
Objets perdus (Ai)
Tar File Junction (Ai)
New Town (Ai)
Electronica Techno
- AILP005CD - CD £12.99 Buy
'In the space of the last 12 months, ai has become one of the most talked-about, revered and collectable of all and any independent labels anywhere in the world today. "New Town" is the label's long awaited dual-format compilation, bringing to conference over 5 years of exposure to the deadliest kind of dancefloor destroyers from a core of artists that the label has picked up and nurtured over a considerable period of time, and a staggering selection of brand new, hitherto unknown talent.
This is a simply devastating collection of electronic tracks for the dancefloor. Following his hugely influential EP "Piece of Mind", Claro Intelecto finally returns with two brand new cuts : the dense, punishing electroid mashup of "Delete", and the Rhodes-infused Drexciyan chill of "Breathless". Claro has been cited by many, not least us, as the finest producer of electroid/house hybrids on the scene at the moment - a British producer who can at long last rank amongst the most decorated Detroit operators- typifying precisely why he has been in so much demand over the last few months. FZV, another core artist, displays a relentless IDM construction that spins with the sort of dark strokes that fans of Bola and early Skam will adore - a mangle of crunch and strings designed to evoke and terrify.
Joe Franks, meanwhile, summons the spirit of Mantronix through a series of filters and flangers that digest the squashed drums and appregiated basslines into a factory monster : tough, considered, flawlessly executed electro sizzles of the loveliest kind. SWF's beat engineering comes straight outta Company Flow's rulebook - deep structures and a blue, crisp crunch of uncompromising beats to draw in a machine-led future on the gargantuan "True". With uplifting Motor-city House chords shimmering on Andy Freer's "Super Galaxo", ADJ's mangled machinery evoking EP7-era Autechre brilliance and the Carl Craig/69 vibes assembled on T.R.I.P.'s "Donald Plays Techno", New Town deploys a heavyweight assault through the ages of electronic music - past, present and future � always landing just spot-on. This is one collectable item you really, truly don�t wanna miss out on, housed in some of the most exquisite packaging we�ve seen this year. Absolutely essential purchase.' [BOOMkat]
Numbers Lucent (Warp)
Polyfolk Dance (Warp)
Revolutions (SOE)














