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Kate Simko

Albums
2562
3ofmillions
3 Seconds Of Air
Monty Adkins
Agoria
Anduin
Natalie Beridze TBA
Black Eagle Child
Boduf Songs
Bodzin Vs Romboy
Build
Marco Carola
Blake Carrington
Codes In The Clouds
Dreamsploitation
Federico Durand
Elektro Guzzi
Emanuele Errante
FiRES WERE SHOT
Rick Frystak
Garin & Gobart
Gerard and Graydon
Kraig Grady
Guthrie & Budd
Marcus Intalex
Jumpel
Slavek Kwi
March
Maschine
Melodium
Alton Miller
Obsil
Phaedra
Semiomime
Shaula
Kate Simko
Sleepingdog
Nobuto Suda
Moritz Von Oswald Trio

Compilations / Mixes
5ZIG
20 F@#&ING Years
Michelangelo Antonioni
Fabric 56: Derrick Carter

EPs
Agoria featuring Kid A
Aleph
A Story of Rats
Orlando B.
Ceremony
Cex
Matthew Dear
Entia Non & Tanner Menard
Nick Kuepfer
Clem Leek
Mat Le Star
Lulacruza
Paul Lyman
Moss
Resampled Part 1
Resampled Part 2
Snoretex
Subeena

Paul Lyman: Tozer / Witchcraft
Veryverywrongindeed Recordings

The ever-reliable Veryverywrongindeed imprint serves up a fresh two-tracker, this one a set of tech-house bangers from Nottingham-based DJ-producer Paul Lyman (written and produced by Paul Gribby, we're told). The two so-called stonkers receive especially high marks from label head Tim Sheridan (not that that's a huge surprise) who reports that, during extensive road-testing, clubbers typically made beelines for the decks, desperate for the name of the producer responsible for the material.

Having called the proceedings to order with a jaunty minimal bounce, “Tozer” slyly sneaks in ear-bending effects such as the cheeky, marimba-like percussive thrum that peppers the cut's buoyant pulse and a mid-song breakdown that features Lyman channeling his inner Liberace so potently the candelabra veritably appears before one's eyes. The slightly darker “Witchcraft” gets dirt under its black-polished fingernails with a metallic, percussion-heavy throwdown that marries syncopated tribal patterns with a burning synth-bass pulse and an equally on-fire house swing. Amounting to a quarter-hour only, the release vanishes quickly, but leaves one wanting more—always a good sign.

April 2011