DJ Koze - Rue Burnout EP

A Blume Der Nacht
B Rue Burnout

Set up as an outlet for DJ Koze and behind-the-scenes Get Physical man Marcus Fink to release the records that don't quite fit anywhere else, Pampa Music has lived up to its remit with its first two 12-inches. Die Vogel's Blaue Moschee was the Cadenza-house-on-steroids, the repulsive and captivating logical conclusion of the house scene's fascination with horn samples. Jackmate & The Missing Linkx's Discodisco2, meanwhile, was too strange for the sort of maximum dance floor effectiveness demanded by DJs in a hyper-competitive scene. Needless to say, they're both pretty fucking wonderful.

Somehow, though, DJ Koze's own offering for the imprint fails to reach the deranged heights of its previous releases. You understand why few would be willing to take on the rising angelic choir, lilting piano loop and relatively straightahead beat—if Koze even bothered to send it around to other labels for consideration. It's Koze as DJ tool, which means it's mighty nice to listen to, but doesn't really go anywhere. That's no bad thing. As "Rue Burnout" illustrates, Koze tools can be devastating. Soulful hollers, slightly out-of-tune piano lines bashed out with demented glee, a gradually intensifying beat. There are clearly worse things than listening to Koze straightening up (a bit) and giving the dance floor something to hang on to...www.residentadvisor.net

Ribn – Light Black EP

A. Light Black
B1. Sin & FIgs
B2. Stonedrum

This latest release sees Manuel Tur & Langenberg teaming up once again, to produce under the ever more familiar guise of ‘Ribn‘. Along with managing to find out just what kind of a super hero Manual Tur aspires to be, Soundcanvas has managed to wrangle a cheeky review advance on This latest offering and our findings are as follows . . .
A/ Light Black
This is a seriously atmospheric, progressive groove of a track, with a nice techno percussion twinge. With its bulbous Basssline grinding away throughout, the track fills the space between your ears with some lovely panning, reverb etc, in short the production here is slick. Though the overall vibe of Light black is pretty soft and palatable on your senses, you can rest assured that hearing this dropped into a set in a club should be a sure confirmation you are you will not be leaving til you’ve had a quiet word with yourself in the corner around 6am. . .
B1/ Sin & Figs
Having passed the tracks between us here at Soundcanvas, our over all the favorite from this installment is the ‘Sin & Figs’ track which our very own Hennessy summed up beautifully. . . “A bit of me that, I’m all over it like a smoked bacon and fried egg sandwich with white crusty uncut bread and a mug of rosie with one sugar. This track lulls me into a real relaxed zone and I could happily listen to it all day, day dreaming. The deep beat, coupled with the earthy and techy percussion, rolls along beautifully and the various chord, key and sound arrangements have me sold. This tune is definitely going to make it onto my next mix.” the ever graciously descriptive Hennesy there . . and I quite agree with him, light skippy high-hats and an almost acoustic guitar sounding riff let this 8 minute ride vibe you out to the max.
B2/ Stonedrum
Crackle crackle of the vinyl . . . introduces this great retro tinged down tempo number which has me got me seriously nodding in my chair right now. This track would sit perfectly in the middle of a ‘Disco/Down Tempo’ set or well. . . as a ‘closer’ at the end of any respectable set actually, but again, this is, at its core a brilliantly produced chugging deep house bump. You know what . . . I think this could be my favorite actually . . .www.minimalistica.org

Kyle Hall - Must See EP

01. Must See
02. Ghosten
03. osc_2
04. Body Of Water

He's Kyle Motherfucking Hall, girl. And he can be as promiscuous as he wants. The young Detroit producer makes his fourth debut appearance on a label of 2010 with Must See. You can hear exactly why he might feel the need to do so. His Hyperdub release, Kaychunk, was Hyperdub, fast-paced, shock-of-the-new stuff. (However that's defined.) And this Third Ear release fits snugly into the Third Ear canon: Easy-going, lush, considered. The Motor City's boy wonder isn't here to wow you, he's here to seduce you. Girl.

The fastest he gets is on the B2, "Body of Water," but he leavens the 127 BPM by layering the dreamiest backing of all four tunes over top. It's got tons of moving parts, but they're so primed toward beauty that you almost don't notice. Indeed, that's the big takeaway from Must See: Everything sounds exceptionally easy, but listen a little bit closer and you become floored by its complexity. The scratching groove of "Osc 2," the melancholic "Ghosten," "Must See"'s offbeat wonky house. There's a level of sophistication behind these tunes that is almost frightening in a producer so young, leading you to wonder not only what he will produce next, but also where...www.residentadvisor.net

Tama Sumo & Prosumer - Rarified EP

1. Rarified
2. Rarified (The Oliverwho Factory Remix)
3. Flow Figure

Panorama Bar's most respected residents go toe-to-toe on two tracky new cuts for Ostgut, backed with a rare remix from Oliverwho Factory! We should say that we've got a real soft spot for Oliverwho Factory and their remix of 'Rarified' neatly satisfies our craving for off-kilter narcotic Detroit house with that late-in-the-day feeling. Meanwhile, Tama Sumo & Prosumer's original mix takes a more refined and slinky route to the centre of the floor and the fantastic 'Flow Figure' summons the ghosts of old Boo Williams with odd metalic sound sphere and a ruff-but-sexy rhythm snag. Dope!...www.boomkat.com