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The Mnk EP is his first release for Irish collective Invisible Agent. Its a dark and trippy affair, drawing on halfstep and breakbeat rhythms throughout. Trudging along, it channels Zomby-esque psychedelia and dark electro influenced electronica from the genres heyday at the turn of the century. Read the full review here

Ghostkid’s debut release on BFW Recordings, ‘The Unlikely Future Of Reverse Engineering’ is a 7 track EP consisting of laid back beats layered with melodic curves. All tracks have distorted, stretched or reversed melodic loops with layers of funk influenced breakbeats. ‘Hopeful for a Future (part 2)’ is uplifting and bright, stripes of warbled and [...]

If Phuture and Adamski sold their possessed 303s and Junos to bass crazed space invaders from another dimension, this is what the alien transmission might sound like. Actually, Hyper Typewriter would sound better. wAgAwAga employs earth-shaking bass-lines and a near fanatical use of intricate acid tweaking. The 303 programming is complex and keeps you constantly [...]

The netlabel tracker continues its endless quest in search of quality netlabels that are active and innovative. I’m concentrating hard to spread the tracker across as many genres as possible and encompasses music with acoustic guitars as much as synthesized beeps and booms. After homing in on a particular label & genre I squeeze every last bit out of my Internet connection amassing the collections of quality and free music that are on offer. So far I’ve happily filled 10Gb of my hard drive with netaudio, no credit card needed to ride this train!

For the last tracker in 2010, I’m proud to present Philadelphia-based label ‘Foundsound Records’. Foundsound showcases quirky, dancefloor-friendly minimal Techno and Microhouse. Their first 12″ vinyl was released in June 2004 and with 23 releases and counting they’ve been a busy crew. On the flip side they run Unfoundsound Records and release high quality music under Creative Commons.

It’s foolish to ignore the future of music distribution. It’s obvious that the old encumbents are bloated and slow to act.

Excellent DJ Mag review of Warren Daly’s new electro release Epokhe, labelling it jaw-droppingly beautiful, with sensuous melodies and sweet chords.

Don’t be fooled into thinking this album is a one hit wonder, it’s not.

Finally – The delayed (UK) pressing of ikeaboy ‘metanoia volume 1′ EP is available in all good record shops.

Edwin James has been a prolific player on the local electronica scene for quite a few years, yet, as seems to be the case with many Irish producers, it’s taken until now for his debut album to emerge.