Articles
2013 Top 10s & 20s
The Knells' The Knells
Spotlight 11

Albums
John Luther Adams
Arovane
Astro Sonic
Avatism
Cakewalk
Mark Cetilia
Ulises Conti
Stephen Cornford
Exercise One
Stavros Gasparatos
Huntsville
itsnotyouitsme
Rael Jones
Jubei
The Knells
Letna
Lord Echo
Selaxon Lutberg
Martin & Berg
Josh Mason
Mem1
Ron Morelli
Nuage
Oiseaux-Tempête
One Far West
Orange Yellow Red
Piano Interrupted
Oleg Poliakov
Recondite
Saffronkeira + Massa
Scarlet Youth
Shifted
Silencio
Burkhard Stangl
Talvihorros
Peter Van Hoesen
Vatican Shadow

Compilations / Mixes
EPM Selected Vol. 2
My Love For You Is Analog.
OFF To ADE 2013
Scope
Tempo Dreams Vol. 2
Transit 2

EPs / Cassettes / Singles
Dalot
Elika
Fighting Lion
Kyle Fosburgh
Fre4knc / Nuage
Rezo Glonti
Halvtrak
Ishan Sound
Jacksonville
Lullatone
Pennygiles & Phil Tangent
Dominic Petrie
Response
Sontag Shogun
Strategy
Thrash Pilot

VA: OFF To Amsterdam Dance Event 2013 (compiled by Andre Crom)
OFF Recordings

Though OFF Recordings' head Andre Crom obviously designed the eighteen-track compilation OFF To Amsterdam Dance Event 2013 with this year's ADE in mind (the label, in fact, celebrated the release—its first compilation, by the way—at the Sugar Factory on October 17th), there's no reason why listeners can't keep on playing its tech- and deep house tunes now that the festival's over. Selected and mixed by Crom, the collection features cuts by many OFF associates as well as contributions from artists affiliated with DFTD, Visionquest, Crosstown Rebels, Border Community, Freerange, Minus, and others. Adding to the release's appeal, well-respected figures like Jimpster, Henrik Schwarz, and Deetron contribute to the set.

Without question, it starts on a high with V/A's fabulous “No Escape,” a moody, late-night dynamo whose infectious house slink's elevated by a sultry, Rihanna-esque lead vocal. But one looks far and wide to find another track that's at the same level (Stefano Ritteri's swoon-inducing remix of Kruse & Nuernberg's “Off Course” perhaps comes closest), even if some prove worthy of recommendation for different reasons: Jimpster's “Can't Stop Loving” and Henrik Schwarz's makeover of Wareika's “Madame Scorpion” both swing mightily; a tight, synth-heavy groove and exuberantly soulful vocal by an unidentified female singer give Tough Love's “In My Way” an undeniably powerful charge; and Stefano Ritteri & Robosonic make a passionate case in support of “She Was On My Mind.” The vocals-heavy tracks are a consistently polished lot, too, with punchy grooves a primary selling point, as demonstrated by Martin Ikin's deep house jam “What You've Done,” V/A's also-strong “Nobody,” and the beatific bass rumble of Sidney Charles' remix of Darius Syrossian's “Days Without You.”

December 2013