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RM 024EP
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The latest drop from Retrometro is not for the faint-hearted, as Germany's Myk Derill brings the metal machine music. "You Are" is a stomp-and-grind monster, with speaker-troubling kicks and torture-chamber soundscapes. "Zerone" is a brutal, relentless Berlin warehouse workout, with deep reverbs, on-point percussion and a juicy roll on the low-end. "Alert" brings yet more of the factory floor pump, with its white noise build-ups and decayed percussion. The caustic rhythms and haunting synths of "Between" bring another dynamic to the EP.
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RM 021EP
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MTD presents his Random Thoughts EP. "Nonsense" will blow the stack, with cavernous kicks, down-the-line 909 claps and hats, and good old-fashioned warehouse bells. "Decision" is a jackin' factory floor jam. Spitting percussion that's reverbed to the roof combines with a one-note synth and pacy high-end work for a full-on strobelight track. Myk Derill goes DIY on his re-work of "Nonsense," bringing more detailed rhythm work and creating a dynamic jam that ebbs and flows, constantly moving in and out of focus. Polishing off this belting release is "Imprinted" -- an atmospheric sci-fi rhythm reminiscent of Convexion or even Monolake.
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RETRO 019EP
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Detect Audio are Arnaud Le Texier and Antonio De Angelis. "Minotaur" brings heavy, upfront kicks and unrelenting perc drive together with a smooth Convexion-style synth line. "Freak Lip" is a cranked-up ghost-in-the-machine groove. ROD reworked "Minotaur," which comes through with a hard groove flavor and a no-prisoners bass drive. Meanwhile, Antigone turns up the dub pressure in his remix, combining discombobulating pads and tooth-shattering bleep to massive effect. Make sure you've got a penny on top of the needle, because it's heavy.
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RM 012EP
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This is RetroMetro's first vinyl outing. The four tracks of sweet soul music from Sailor Moon take you right back to that time when a bassline could bring a tear to your eye, and a one-note synth line could make your heart burst with joy. Simple, raw and emotionally-charged, this EP is as much a love letter to R&S and great, almost forgotten European artists like Frank De Wulf, as it is to Chicago legends like Phuture and Steve Poindexter.
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