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When it appeared back in 1995, no one could have predicted that a track from Terrence Dixon's Hippnotic Culture release as Population One would have provided the name for one of European dance music's most respected hubs. As its recognition grew, the people behind Rush Hour went back to the source of their name and started to release new material by the Detroit producer, including the excellent Theater Of A Confused Mind album in 2014. Now the Dutch label is further recognising its roots with this exemplary remix package of tracks from Hippnotic Culture. Veering in sound from the jazzed out, loose percussion of "Lost In Space" to the stripped back, atmospheric techno of "Lovechild" and the rolling snares and wild howling filters of "Rush Hour" itself, this is a fitting tribute both to the label and to Dixon himself.
 
 
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Glasgow based record label Craigie Knowes is named after a wooded area in the neighbourhood of Craigie in Perth (Scotland) where the founder grew up. They now present Texan producer Textasy aka Dustin Evans for their next release - his guy has had releases on top labels of late such as Natural Sciences and E-Beamz: so you know you're in good hands. Much like his previous output, it is still on the retro tip, of course - take for instance the dynamic opener "Blow Your Head" which sits somewhere between the late '90s big beat sounds of Brighton and classic electro aesthetics. "Eternal Gurn" (Manik Piano edit) takes you all the way back to even earlier in the '90s: to the sounds of UK rave (pre-jungle) on this euphoric breakbeat driven monster that Fabio & Grooverider could have played at their famed Heaven residency. Finally, he gives his best dedication to Detroit legends Dopplereffekt on the retro-futurist drama of "20th Century Bass".
 
 
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Parisian duo Reless are comprised of Hugues & Thomas who head up the World Talk imprint, and here they serve up the label's sophomore effort. Starting things off in fierce fashion on the Circuitry EP is the title arck: a powerful expression in hypnotic techno that takes it cues from local heroes such as Antigone, Francois X or Shlomo. Tunnelling, strobe-lit and adrenalised all the way - this one is serious! The more aggressive attitude of "Limitation" was equally impressive: this one features trance inducing polythryms that had us reminiscing of the early '00s glory days of techno - mainly by the likes of James Ruskin and Oliver Ho. It gets an equally impressive remix up next by Swedish producer Kuf (Mindtrip/Arsenik), who delivers a stripped back and industrial edged perspective with a truly disorienting clockwork style melody over steely rhythm patterns.
 
 
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While others are worried about 'slow months' or releasing at the right time, the Sued imprint has a knack for coming out with records when you least expect them. Moreover, they happen to also be absolutely sick, each and every time. This time, SW and SVN's label sees the latter team up with Dynamo Dreesen - long-time associate and co-member of the Dresvn unit - and their newly formed producer/friend, A Made Up Sound. Yup, we never expected this either before their debut as a team on Dynamo's own Acido label. "Track 1" is a head-driven, stripped down kinda lick that spins and coils its subtle bells and lo-fi bass around a steady kick, before nose-diving into a funkier terrain; "Track 2" rattles and bangs its tribal percussion without a steady four-to-the-floor, while "Track 3" shifts everything down to a murky, slo-mo jam made up of grey-scaled low tones, flangered percussion and, well, the trio's inimitable style. Recommended, as always.
 
 
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Legendary Belgian imprint R&S are always on the pulse when it comes to showcasing the most dynamic talents at present within electronic music. On this new various artists EP they feature some young guns with fresh and impressive sounds on display. Other than heading up the Sulk Magic imprint, you would have heard Bird of Paradise from his hot releases for the likes of Correspondant, Throne of Blood or Me Me Me. The Steve Leggett dub of "Alone Again" is a tough and banging jacker that calls to minds the sounds of Tom Diciccio or Berlin's Fachwerk imprint - not what we were expecting, but not altogether unpleasant either! By contrast, the evocative classic house vibe of G-Prod's "D-Light" is one of those tracks that has you in its grasp from the first beat. Its lush chord progressions and immaculate rhythm programming is one of the best tracks we've heard in 2018 thus far. Finally, they get back onto the heavy artillery in the form of "Collider" by Argentinian producer Hermetics: here's a brooding and slow burning industrial techno workout.
 
 
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The rise of the titans right here! The two biggest hi-tech soul merchants from the United Kingdom team up here on Spanish imprint Suara, for some epic and futurist dancefloor drama on "Rise". Strict rhythms accompany layer upon layer of warm emotive pads and soaring synth leads - as you'd expect from the duo. Their further homage to Detroit (via Glasgow and London) continues on second original offering "Variable Slope" which brings the funk with its bleepy bassline and killer groove for a life affirming dancefloor journey. There's a couple of killer remixes too. French sonic wizardry from the one and only Voiski: who leivers a scorching rendition, plus a lovely neon-lit classic house perspective from the controversial Marquis Hawkes . If that was not enough, a sombre, deep electro re-take on the aforementioned "Rise" by Leipzig's Lake People caters to a more downbeat moment.
 
 
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