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Albums
Aerosol
Andrasklang
Aquarelle
Matt Bartram
Bassnectar
Bell Horses
Broadcast & Focus Group
Angus Carlyle
Celer
Ytre Rymden Dansskola
Do Make Say Think
Dorosoto
Isnaj Dui
Shane Fahey
Jan Garbarek Group
Lisa Germano
Rachel Grimes
Halogen
Hellothisisalex
Christopher Jion
P Jørgensen
Leyland Kirby
Klimek
KZA
Elisa Luu
Mountain Ocean Sun
Marcello Napoletano
Andy Nice
Nicolay
port-royal
Rameses III
Sankt Otten
Danny Saul
Simon Scott
Sleep Whale
Susanna & Magical Orch.
Syntaks
Traxx
Claude VonStroke

Compilations / Mixes
5
Crookers
Favourite Places 2
Music For Mathematics
Snuggle & Slap
Sander Kleinenberg 2
Y9

EPs
DJ Bone
DJ Nasty
Duque and Baxter
Filterwolf
Ghenacia & Djebali
Ikonika
Kez YM
King Roc
Vadim Lankov
Lavender Ticklesoft
Lo-Fi Soundsystem
Niko Marks
Seuil
Subeena
Mark Templeton

Filterwolf: Futura EP
Process Recordings

Filterwolf (aka Munich-based producer and DJ Adnan Duric) checks in with a half-hour EP featuring four tracks of funky electro-tech-house . Though it may start out as a slightly off-kilter take on minimal, “Neo Aux” gradually distances itself from the genre with the accumulation of percussive slams, ticks, and pitter-patter. The track's nine-minute running time affords a subtle transition from pounding techno to electro-house, and Duric also neatly sneaks a distinctive skip into the cut's rhythms. Even funkier is “Zeromancer,” a fidgety slice of disco-techno peppered by oodles of electro sparkle and a woman's sensual vocal punctuations, while the theme is taken up in “Acrobat” when an Indian vocalist's ululations are worked into the track's surging throb. Duric here shows his skills in their best light when reverb-heavy percussion accents cross swords with the fragmented vocals of the female singer and a looped snippet of a tongue-tied male, while the bubbly groove gathers steam underneath. Showing no downsizing in the electro-funk department, the pulsating swinger “Love Code” brings the release to a satisfying close. If there's nothing terribly earth-shattering about the release, it's certainly a solid enough outing from the Living Records artist (whose South Disco EP on dub KULT's label includes remixes from Tigerskin and Hrdvsion).

November 2009