textura

Albums
Aardvarck
Vieo Abiungo
Celer
Concern
Enrico Coniglio
Copy
Corrugated Tunnel
Dalot
Darkstar
Gareth Dickson
Directorsound
Dryft
Eskmo
Lugano Fell
Benjamin Finger
Fond of Tigers
Gel-Sol
Giardini di Mirò
Gibson & Rose
Gareth Hardwick
Haruki
Marc Houle
I'm Not A Gun
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Library Tapes
Markus Mehr
Minamo and English
Yann Novak
okamotonoriaki
M. Ostermeier
Morgan Packard
Petrolio
Benoit Pioulard
Hein Schoer
Seaworthy and Rösner
Sketches For Albinos
Slow Dancing Society
Solo Andata
System
Antonio Trinchera
Walkner.Moestl
Zazie V. E. Anderen Stern

Compilations / Mixes
Bacterium
Lost Tribe Sound: One
Ninja Tune XX

EPs
Aufgang
Bogdan
Ibex
Jacksonville
Komet
Minus
Morning Factory
Novak + Manning
rANdOMoiDz / NoseTek
Sozonov
SQware
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rANdOMoiDz / NoseTek: There's No Techno Like NoseTek, No?
Lewd Recordings

Lewd Recordings' second release serves up four tracks of madcap tomfoolery from beatmongering delinquents rANdOMoiDz (Rory Lemon) and NoseTek (Lemon joined by Lewd co-founder WattKnot aka Hakon Smith). In rANdOMoiDz's “Hurry Cane Brain,” belches of machine squelch careen and collide as the track desperately tries to find its footing; hammering kick drum and grinding acid patterns eventually lock into position, sending the track on its steamrolling way for eight roiling stutterfunk minutes. “Plural Beatings” begins sedately with gentle electric piano playing before the storm hits, in this case a piledrive of funk beat crunch. This second rANdOMoiDz cut is a little bit less fractured than the first, even if an acid cyclone does eventually appear in an attempt to tear the track apart in a turbulent frenzy. NoseTek's “Turbojacker” is a slammer from start to finish, all funky tribal breakbeats, congas, and overdriven synth fire, while the rude “Gums N' Noses” is as viral and relentless a floorthumper as its sibling. A cheeky mashup of Kid606 and Squarepusher might result in something similar to the twenty-four minutes captured on There's No Techno Like Nosetek, No? It's all good fun but serious in its own demented way too.

October 2010