The July Mix - Part 2

This mix turned out as a balance between melodic and hard techno, with 16 excellent techno tracks building up from the easygoing nature of dubby techno to the gritty face of acid-tinged tunes, finishing with a touch of light and melody. Featuring original songs and remixes (including one of a classic 1997 tune), this collection will take you on a 80-minute ride to techno bliss. All tracks were reviewed on this blog from July 16 to 31, 2018.

Tracklist:

1.- Isolee - Yes Let
2.- H.O.S.H. & Groj - Jedi
3.- Der Dritte Raum - Blau
4.- Oliver Lieb - Gone
5.- Locked Groove - From Beyond
6.- Carlo Ruetz - Kolaps
7.- Mono Electric Orchestra - Neutral Density
8.- Xenia Beliayeva & Maksim Dark - Sold Out
9.- Teenage Mutants - Into The Rave
10.- Skream - Poison (Alan Fitzpatrick Remix)
11.- Assailants - Effort 8
12.- Wehbba - Catarse
13.- Shlomi Aber - Whistler
14.- Phase Fatale - Reverse Fall
15.- Thomas Schumacher - When I Rock (Thomas Schumacher Remix)
16.- Bastian Bux - Somia

Selected and mixed by courin

Bastian Bux - Somia

A musically minded techno producer, Bastian Bux offers us five tracks on the Somia EP that go from the deep and groovy Edenvale and the corrosive The Game to the emotional title track. A well-rounded release by Suara that further showcases this artist´s talents in the studio.

Wehbba - Catarse

With his Catarse EP, Wehbba continues his incredible output of releases showcasing his talents in bringing out magical moments from the hardest techno grooves. Using melody and contrasting sounds, uniting the darkness and the light in his productions, he has been able to create some of the most engaging music of the year. Released by Drumcode, the EP contains four tracks of techno goodness, touching on everything from hard beats to minimal sounds to the power of a well-produced, killer melody.

Carlo Ruetz - Kolaps

Carlo Ruetz has followed a very impressive path as a producer, with his music being played by names such as Richie Hawtin and released by Minus, Deeperfect, Sci+Tec and KD Music. He brings his Stormer EP via Mood Records with four tracks that range from the urgent Stormer to the hazy Silence, with Ruetz´s moody, melodic side represented by Kolaps. 

Locked Groove - From Beyond

Locked Groove is a Belgian native based in Berlin who first caught the eye of Scuba´s Hotflush label, which published his debut and several other releases. Afterwards, his work has been featured on many influential labels like Suara and Afterlife, and he has also started his own Locked Groove Records, where he concentrates his more personal productions. From Beyond comes from his label, and shows how much of the 90s trance and techno sound influence his music, adopting a melodic and subdued style that shares the dramatic feeling that was abundant at the end of last millennium.

The July Mix, Pt. 1

This mix features some left-field tunes as well as proper techno bangers, so it turned out somewhat eclectic. Weird melodies get paired with massive kicks for a shifting and heady session, covering the many different faces of techno, as The Techno Chapter´s mixes always do. All tracks were reviewed on this blog from July 1-15, 2018.

  

Tracklist:

1. Barnt - If She Says She Is A Healer, She Is A Healer

2. Red Axes - Sipoor

3. Darlyn Vlys - Faux Semblants

4. Dubspeeka - Contras II

5. Fideles - Lotus

6. Eitan Reiter & Ella Gotman - Spin

7. SCB - Extint (ANNA Remix)

8. UMEK - Foresight

9. GusGus & Metodi Hristov - Magenta (Skober Remix)

10. Ronnie Spiteri - Thunder Life

11. Marco Faraone & Hertz Collision - Terraforming

12. Person of Interest - Neurogenesis

13. Flug - Rejected

14. Rebekah - Enigma

15. Boston 168 - Cosmic Tribe

Barnt - If She Says She Is A Healer, She Is A Healer

Barnt is a founding member of Magazine, the Cologne label he runs alongside Jens-Uwe Beyer and Crator, which explores the many experimental sides to electronic dance music. His quirky, unconventional style is all over the If She Says She Is A Healer, She Is A Healer EP, out on Holger, from the crazy title to the two tracks it contains. The title cut is a melodic workout that mutates with every bar and keeps you drawn in with its cryptic synth notes.

Fideles - Lotus

Tale Of Us´ Afterlife concept includes a series of events as well as a record label focusing mainly on the melodic side of techno. Their Realm of Consciousness Pt. III compilation features 15 tracks from artists like Recondite, Scuba, Edit Select and many more, and includes Lotus, by Italian duo Fideles, a cut that carries a unique groove and melody.

The June Mix, Part 2

It´s time for another mix, using the music reviewed in this blog from June 16 - 30. This time things start at a strong pace and pick up in intensity as the session goes along, passing through many different sides of techno: melodic, funky, hard or just plain weird. 

Tracklist: 

1. Tone Depth - Errors
2. Matt Sassari - Seigneur Gondor
3. Frankyeffe - The Sun
4. VNTM - Be A Freak
5. ANNA - Razor
6. Thomas Evans  - Because I´m
7. Hell Driver - Exoplanet
8. Kaiserdisco - Salacia
9. Drunken Kong - One (Michael Klein Remix)
10. Flug - Rave
11. Blawan - Vented
12. Roberto Capuano - Define
13. Enrico Sangiuliano - A Further Existence 
14. Camea - NAF97
15. Martin Eyerer - El Circulo

The June Mix - Part 1

It´s time again to compile all the tunes we´ve selected these first 15 days of June, mix them together and present the result to you faithful readers. This session begins with the lovely Booya Boy by PanTone and progresses from the more melodic to the harder techno, ending with the blistering, white-hot Wrong Meta by Deapmash.

As always, it´s a real pleasure to select and mix the best techno tracks out there, and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it. So here´s 1 hour of uninterrupted, cutting-edge techno.

Tracklist:

1.- Booya Boy (Original Mix) by PanTone
2.- Excelsior by Costello
3.- Hex (Original Mix) by OC & Verde
4.- Again Again by Hidden Empire
5.- Underground Diva (Matt Sassari Remix) by Nerdjack
6.- Crank (Original Mix) by Octave One
7.- Heat It Up (Original Mix) by Loco & Jam
8.- On My Way (Original Mix) by Marco Faraone
9.- 51 by Philip Bader
10.- 12 Hours by Ray Kajioka
11.- Droogs by Rhyw
12.- Keep the Funk by Fjaak
13.- Five by Falcon Black Ops
14.- Pestered by Juxta Position
15.- Wrong Meta by Deapmash

May 2018 techno mix

Here´s a short and sweet mix of the 8 tracks selected for May (sorry for the delay).

Playlist:
1.- Posthuman- The Damocles Syndicate
2.- M€RCY - Black
3.- Yotam Avni - Luna
4.- Hyperloop - In Your Mind (Reflections)
5.- Patrick Berg & Matt Sassari: Discovery
6.- Maceo Plex - Mutant DX feat. Maars
7.- Gary Beck - Pneuma
8.- Slam - Chimera

A new mix will be published twice a month, so watch this space!