Category: Dub-techno
The Perseids are a meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. Peak visibility is between the 9th and 14th of August each year. The name is due to the point in the sky from which they appear to originate, from within the constellation of Perseus.
Variant, aka Stephen Hitchell, was one half of the pioneering Detroit Dub-Techno duo Echospace. This track is a slowly developing drone in the minor scale with noise and textures developed from their minimal techno origins.
If you are reading this close to the time of posting, there is a high chance of a spectacular light show in your skies this evening. Any time from nightfall with the peak from around midnight to 4am. So keep you head held high, maybe you’ll see them fly!
Fluxion – Correlation (Vibrant Music)
V/A – Mood Compiled 2 (Greyscale)
Star_Dub – Voodub EP (Dubwax)
Jon Dixon – Detroit Get Down (4evr4wrd)
V/A – Dark Planet (Avoidant)
Roi – Crunia EP (Fanzine)
Detroit’s Filthiest – Fight To The Finish EP (Defrostatica)
V/A – Consortium Vol 3. (Motech)
CYMBA – Secret Loser (Obole)
Jayson Wynters – Filtered Xploits (Eon)
Russian producer and Shells Rattle label owner, Hoavi brings 10 tracks of dubbed-out dreaminess to the Balearic-based Balmat label. Serious production values here, with filtered echos fluttering across lush, evolving synthscapes. Japanese minimalism meets Berlin-school dub techno.
The sharp attention to detail carries from the sound to the visual, with another gallery-worthy cover piece from José Quintanar.
Recommended.
Vinyl and digital at bandcamp.
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Altone – Modern Natura
Out of Japan, Altone, delivers his first release on the long-running dub-techno netlabel Insectorama. Sometimes, with free netlabels / pay as you feel Bandcamp releases, the absence of financial barriers to release means that quality control can suffer, but not in this case. Deep, spatial, aesthetics that sit well with the best of the genre.