Alejandro Lopez pres. Jandroide Coracion ( Soma )

Jandroide is a pseudonym for Spanish producer Alejandro Lopez, newly signed to Soma Records. His first releases released on the Minimise label.

Title track Grande Coracion is a jacking house workout with a minimal edge. The driving bassline takes you on a journey with a pounding rhythm in complete control of your feet. On the flip Haunted Chamber is a freaky cut of glass melodies and pulsating rhythm. Closing the E.P What is Spanish Dust gets a groove on with tis cracked rhythms, patchwork samples and jazzy brass and basslines....

Frankie Flowerz - Sweet Dreams e.p ( Hypercolour )

The foufth release on Brighton based hypercolour records - Berlin's Frankie Flowerz with past releases on Crosstown Rebels drops his trademark throbbing basslines and cool synth sounds. Definatley one for the early hours dancefloors combining a building bassline with some well crafted squelches. The a-side features a remix from Alexander Maie who takes a slightly more " techy " approach to the track.

Definately a worthwhile purchase with supporters like John Digweed and Laurent Garnier who have charted past Hypercolour releases.

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Estroe - Lovely Sadness ( Neuton Music )

Deep post Detroit techno from Amsterdam born DJ Estroe. Sublime bass sounds and groovy hand claps very reminicent of early 90's techno from across the pond. All in all a quality release with a ten minute Jamie Anderson remix on the flip side. Whats not to like ;-)

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Andy Cato - Volume 4 ( Pack Up and Dance )

Continuing with Andy Cato's soundrack to his Pack up and Dance label is the fourth release. First up is Morton Lighthouse - if you've been lucky enough to catch Andy d.j'in this summer you'll recognise this straight up. A massive rolling groove that keeps on bouncing..

Second is Cosmic Force - quite an obscure groove with lots of pads and a quirky guitar riff to boot. Apparantly its Andy Cato on guitar and drum duty on this track..

Moving onto Andy Cato's own remix of Uppers on the South Downs - a massive bassline with  a full seven minutes locked into the groove, taking no prisoners on the way.

Finally the last two tracks are remixes of Cosmic Force - Francois Dubois takes a deep house take and turns out a gem in my opinion, very classy. Soul Minority finish off the honours with another deep affair butt his time slightly more " electronic " feeling, charted by Martin Romboy in his Top 10

Bushwaka! - Long Distance ( Olmeto )

Following on from the massive " Remember " takes some beating but " Long Distance " is mighty close... If percussion sounds are coming back then these Bushwaka trademark snare rolls are the reason why. Dark repetitive synth stabs and hypnotic bleeps keep the listener hooked... ace

Onderklank - Neon Lights ( Surprise )

Released on Belgium label Surprise this has to be our track of the summer - melodic drums deep synth sounds that build throughout the complete track make this a stunning record. Quite who Onderklank are remains a mystery but do we care as long as they continue to releaae gems such as this...