textura

Albums
Actress
Ellen Allien
The Alps
Aniline
Anodyne
Tommy Babin's Benzene
Maya Beiser
Pier Bucci
Budd & Wright
Celer
Ceremony
Richard Chartier
Deceptikon
Deepchord & Echospace
Marcel Dettmann
Dirac
Efdemin
GéNIA
Guillaume & C. Dumonts
Hammock
Helvacioglu & Boysen
Richard A Ingram
Inhabitants
Marsen Jules
Akira Kosemura
Manual
Dom Mino'
Teruyuki Nobuchika
Nono/ Wakabayashi
Olan Mill
Originalljudet
Fabio Orsi
M.Ostermeier
Rene Hell
Jeffrey Roden
J. Rogers
Roll The Dice
Secret Cities
Soundpool

Compilations / Mixes
Main Control Board
SEED X: Part I - III

EPs
Alternative Networks Vol. 2
Aural Diptych Series # 1
Aural Diptych Series # 2
Celer
Deerhoof vs OneOne
Filterwolf
Incite/
Ketem
Kogumaza
Yann Novak
Poratz
Quiroga
Repeat Orchestra
Sepalcure
Sub Loam
v4w.enko
The Zeitgeist EP

DVD
Stephen Vitiello

Sepalcure: Love Pressure
Hotflush Recordings

Sepalcure, a captivating new Praveen Sharma project with Machinedrummer Travis Stewart, hits the sweet spot indeed on the debut EP Love Pressure and its four future-thinking fusions of deep house, funk, and dubstep. The title track sets the bar high with a totally fresh blaze of vocal fragments—“takin' me,” “love,” et al.—and delirious wails woven into a sugar rush of deep house chords and buoyant pulsations. In “Down,” a soulful vocal line (“deep in the underground”) ricochets atop a thrusting house groove and surging synthetic chords. Easing the intensity for a moment or two, Sepalcure slows the tempo for the lascivious swing of “Every Day of My Life” and brings some thudding bass wobble with it for the ride. Though nowhere near as feverish as the opening tracks, the tempo picks up for the smooth closer, “The Warning,” which oozes spectral radiance in its marriage of harp strums and elegant piano flourishes. It'd be interesting to hear whether Sepalcure would be able to sustain the EP's high-quality level for the length of a full album. Here's hoping we get a chance to find out.

June 2010