Articles
2009 Top 10s and 20s
King Midas Sound
Starke

Albums
36
Aardvarck
Matias Aguayo
Anaphoria
Anduin
Arbol + Fibla
Aufgang
Beneva vs. Clark Nova
Black to Comm
Bvdub
Cornstar
Dinky
Enola
Fieldhead
FOURM / Shinkei / Turra
Billy Gomberg
The Green Kingdom
Chihei Hatakeyama
Ian Hawgood
Marek Hemmann
Khate
King Midas Sound
Marcel Knopf
Robot Koch
Lambent
Shinobu Nemoto
Olekranon
Laurent Perrier
Piano Magic
Porzellan
Pylône
Ryonkt
Shadyzane
Slow
Small Color
Solomun
The Sound of Lucrecia
Stray Ghost
The Use of Ashes
Sylvie Walder

Compilations / Mixes
Sebo K
Will Saul
Tama Sumo
VOLTT Amsterdam Vol. 1

EPs
Blindhæð
Roberto Bosco
Franco Cangelli
Dieb
dub KULT
Abe Duque/Blake Baxter
Gemmy
Christopher Hobbs
Duncan Ó Ceallaigh
Christopher Roberts
The Sight Below
Two Fourteen
Van Der Papen
Andy Vaz
Vetrix
Eddie Zarook

DVD
Optofonica

Roberto Bosco: Login Exact EP
Mowar

Mowar's fourth release finds Naples-based Roberto Bosco showcasing his techno skills in two deep, Detroit -laced cuts and bringing Matt O'Brien aboard on remix duty. The title track bolts from the gate with a thunderous tech-house groove whose tribal pulse Bosco warms with swirling streams of synthetic chords. The pace never flags and if anything grows more inistent as the track unfolds and a joyfully sweet sing-song melody sneaks in from the sidelines. Naturally less feverish by nature, “Login Dub” retraces its predecessor's steps albeit in a slightly more relaxed gait and in a mix that emphasizes billowing atmosphere more than kinetic thrust—at least until the floodgate opens and a bottom-feeding bass throb rolls into position. On the flip, Offkey Industries head Matt O'Brien tackles “Login Exact,” stripping the original to its skeletal essence, imbuing it with a subsonic force, and wrapping it an eerie gyroscopic melody that makes the trip feel like a sonic transcription of a psychotic episode. At twenty-one minutes, the EP's cuts get the job done in unfussy and ultra-efficient manner.

December 2009