Browse by Label: NARITA

Artist:	ILAR, ANDERS
Title:	Nightwidth
Label:	NARITA
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	NRT 002CD

"Anders Ilar's output has spanned a gamut of electronic styles, from the dubwise techno explorations for Echochord, via the blissful ambience of Everdom through to the deeper abstractions of his Audio.nl pieces. Narita's brief as ever was to keep things down, deep and dirty -- Anders has delivered! 'Radius' opens up proceedings with the faintest stutter and a click, the bassdrum finds its balance and the scene is set for some rambunctious darkside techno -- no prisoners here -- just an unremitting dancefloor killer. 'Rourei' is perhaps even more direct, eschewing even the slightest bodyswerve in favour of a punishing four four regime with sub-bass to die for, topped with a spooked soundtrack vapour of trauma and whispers. 'A Day Ago' begins rotating around a subtle thump and a whirling motif which allows harmony and an almighty classic techno riff to land centre stage almost unnoticed, certainly unsuspected. The kind of open-ended melodic figure which has seen droves hammering on the door of Mathew Jonson for tunes -- Ilar here shows us all how it should be done. 'Dawn' allows the customary fourth track cool-down zone for Narita artists tuckered out after the first three tunes -- Ilar summons up something suitably special -- a lighter spun variation on the monsoon squalls of Chain Reaction, yet more bitter than the Cologne pop ambient confections."

Artist:	APENDICS.SHUFFLE
Title:	The Diligent Puzzle
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 002EP

"'The Diligent Puzzle EP' is the second 12" by [a]pendics.shuffle aka Ken Gibson aka Eight Frozen Modules. All the tracks have been constructed and re-constructed by the man himself in beautiful Echo Park, California. From the outset, Ken adopts a measured, but suitably effects-driven, spaced out dubby techno approach. Tracks build from skeletal fragments of bit friendly percussive buzz, into a steadier mesh of melodic syllables and organic bass, pushing the beats straight to the dancefloor's head. Ken applies a refined template of micro-house adjustments, to the deep funk of all tracks on offer. The order of the day is heady, thoroughly dancefloor friendly techno: equally at home in smoked filled clubs or in the widescreen environment of outdoors parties. Rocking."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Terminal One
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 003EP

"The opening track on this exceptionally good 4-tracker from Merck's offshoot label 'Narita' is one of those rare dancefloor destroyers that crops up every so often, and for our money not nearly often enough. 'Swaggle' obliterates everything in its path with a rampant nod to Detroit, breaks, hiccup vocals shredded through a meat grinder and a bassline shuffle that you just cannot mess with. At all. Trust us -- that's precisely the sh*t we're talking about, no argument, no messing, no competition! And that's just track one......phew. Anyway. This is by a long shot the finest release on the label to date."

Artist:	YARD
Title:	Bloom
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 005EP

"Three new bangers from the 'Terminal 1' hitman. Here Yard revisits three aspects of his still amazing 'Swaggle' from Narita3, the 'Terminal One' sampler, taking it places anyone close to some of the legendary early nineties parties will find right up their strasse. Tough techno for the headstrong, merciless aspects of the original are amped up and strapped to busting drums and some oscillating top end fallout. A tune designed to help you lose it. 'Bloody Mary' bears some relation to 'Bite The Bullet Baby,' again from those heady nineties halcyon days, but possessed of an all new dementia. 'Numba' considers a dubby fallout, and opts instead for a steady and satisfying thump. Not to forget the bouncing, fully deranged Adam Johnson mix, dedicated to Neal's Yard, a locale in Central London no doubt familiar to every hardened vinyl addict."

Artist:	ARCTIC HOSPITAL
Title:	Metropolis Love
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 008EP

"The mysterious Arctic Hospital returns with a prime slice of futuristic 4/4 goodness. Taking cues from the hazy neon cityscapes of Bladerunner or its namesake Metropolis, we are generously provided with four epic tracks oozing with sci-fi goodness. Kicking off with the dubby 'Our Metropolis' we are already propelled into the darker side of clubland; sleazy beats and narcotically enhanced synthlines forcing their way into the back door of the mind. Think underground New York clubs at 4am and you'll be on the right lines. On the flip we are treated to a remix of Yard's stomper 'Mitten' from his seminal Bloom EP; a crunchy electronic beast of a track, with a distorted beat more abrasive than unused sandpaper."

Artist:	ILAR, ANDERS
Title:	Downhill
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 010EP

"These four brand new tracks are more examples of twisted minimal techno with funked Detroit bass chords through to glacial Arctic ambient beats, and show off exactly what the man does best. It seems over the last few years the Swedish producer has made a name for himself in this scene, releasing on a number of labels, however Narita is the label that will remain closest to his heart and that will always house his finest tracks. With a glacial style reminiscent of label mate Arctic Hospital (who turns in a killer remix for this 12") or Drexciya at their most delicate, 'Downhill' is sure to cause serious dancefloor tremors worldwide and re-affirm the name Anders Ilar in the minds of the great and the beautiful. Nordic techno and house has been out of the spotlight for too long, on the evidence of these tracks they should soundtrack all our Antarctic escape dreams for the winter months to come."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Terminal 2
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 011EP

Four track compilation with Senor Frio, Eric Mcintyre, Arctic Hospital & Benjamin May. "Narita have been at the forefront of chunky sci-fi influenced techno for some time now, and this 12" shows they have still more tricks up their grubby sleeves. Senor Frio gets the party started with a cut which sums the label up perfectly -- dubby stabs, clipped but powerful beats and deep deep bass. Flip the record over though and you get the biggest surprise, a filtered housey number from Arctic Hospital who sidesteps his usual glacial styles in favour of a more obvious dancefloor stormer. And then for the more discerning clubbers among us, Benjamin May rounds up the wax with a gloriously deep and dubby cut for people in search of the inner German in all of us."

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