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Main Element featuring Kyla - Take Me Down (Disc 1) - 01-Nov-06 07:27 PM
The main, original mix of this turned up in Sashas part of the 2002 Delta Heavy Essential Mix. 4 years later, listening to it still sends the same shivers down my spine. Its a truly gorgeous piece of music from every perspective - the ethereal vocals, the haunting synths and pads, the shimmering, crisp and unbelievably complex production - youll lose yourself in this tune before you know it. What Gwill Morris is up to nowadays I dont know, but I hope he finds more tunes like this within himself...

Joey Negro - Make A Move On Me - 16-Dec-05 08:31 AM
This is a great track from Dave Lee, but its not original. Back in 1999 he recorded a track with the same name under his Z Factor alias, which achieved moderate underground success on Azuli records. This is a remake of that track, using the same vocal over a completely new backing track. The result is far better than the original.

Itchdoktors - 24-Jun-05 11:54 AM
Itchdoktors make deep techno with a feel for the past, but also with that quality of (to quote Jeff Mills about his vision for techno) "...something that you never heard before".

Deep basslines set against organic, punchy analog pattern sequences and metronomic Roland TR 808 rhythms open up a modern dialogue with the classic language of Detroit and Chicago machine funk. Theres also warmth, personality and even a sense of playfulnes.

Itchdoktors have that outsider quality reminiscent of moments such as In Syncs Warm/Storm on the Irdial discs label or even the unique electronic funk that Dan Curtin and friends brought to the party via releases on his Metamorphic label.

Coco Da Silva - Coisa Nossa / Close My Eyes - 20-Jun-05 06:44 AM
I first heard this track on Parks & Wilsons seminal 2000 Essential Mix. What I heard then has not aged one bit. The track is a strange hybrid of heavily-compressed bass, filtered tribal percussion and organic, almost ghostly washes and synths. Theres so much going on that it becomes more than a track; it becomes a fusion of vocal snippets, reverberating samples and dark twisted effects that meld effortlessly under Da Silvas expert touch over a deep and penetrating bass and percussion line. An astonishing aural accomplishment, and I continue to be amazed by it every time it put it on.

ABA Structure - Terra / Illusion - 21-May-05 09:19 AM
Despite the claim of "all music" being produced by Williams, Illusion in fact borrows a 1-bar break from Innerzone Orchestras Bug In The Bassbin. It is, however, used to great effect to break up the smooth landscape of twisted sounds and swirling synths - a perfect example of a classic sample used to lift a fairly simple track to the upper echelons of its genre.

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