NO MOON レコード& CD

Review: Last heard on Craigie Knowes, Berlin-based Fred Shepherd makes his first appearance on Church via a suitably deep, dreamy and intergalactic collection of cuts. "Dayz" sounds a little like some of Larry Heard's most far-sighted, emotive and futuristic early deep house cuts, while "Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" is the kind of tactile, saucer-eyed breakbeat-goes-dream house number that would sound simply stunning if you listened to it while watching the sun come up. "Highland Spring" offers an icier and arguably even more picturesque take on deep house/breakbeat fusion, while opener "653 Miles" contains some of the lushest chords and most evocative piano solos we've heard for some time.

Review: Fresh from his intergalactic travels, Manchester's No Moon lands his rocket on planet X-Kalay with four more far-out sonic adventures. "Manc1010101" sets the tone and taps into his city's infamous penchant for straight-up, heads-down tech grooves with unassuming but seriously stately Geraldian chug factor. Deeper into the EP we're dive deep into the dense weaves of poignant pads and lead-like kicks on "Nothing Else Matters" and enjoy some jazzy fingers on "Listing Lazily To The Left". Finally, the brilliantly-titled "Everything's Coming Up Milhouse" closes the show with a sense of proto house tropical mystique. Limited!

Review: The Blorp imprint is back with its second instalment and this time the label have recruited Machester's Fred Shepherd aka No Moon to sail the ship forwards. "Aoe Atmos" isn't exactly steady around the edges, but it certainly gets out juicer flowing - a grainy, distorted beat groove scatters percussion all over the place amid a minimal cascade of melodies and bleeps. "Space Exploration 101" on the flipside is a straighter sort of monster, still grounded in principles of distortion and decay, but its hazy instruments are now bouncing straight rather than sideways. Nice little tip here!

Review: New imprint Blorp is described by its' creators as an outlet for "dream music from outer space". It's a fairly accurate description, because the four tracks showcased on this first label sampler deliver spacey, Motor City-influenced deep house goodness in spades. No Moon opens proceedings with the gentle acid lines, reverb-heavy dream chords and undulating machine drums of "AoE Cutz", before Gnork doffs a cap to early '90s ambient house and intelligent techno with the luscious "Lose Control". Flip for Douala's "Untitled 1", a broken beat/ultra deep house hybrid that evokes memories of Neo Image's recent work for Pacific Rhythm, and the deep space sludge of S Channel's trippy "Polar Express Pigeon".

Review: We are always excited when something new emerges on North Yorkshire based Crow Castle Cuts, who present some super deep 303 house and techno excursions here on this double 12". Tape Hiss gently ease us into the EP with melodic and dreamy opener "Fade", before Manchester based producer and DJ No Moon (Fred Shepherd) serves up some deep and emotive electro with standout cut "Last Track @ 64" and Golden Pudel resident and all round Hamburg legend RVDS (Richard von der Schulenburg) presents three versions of the 303 acid epic "Strings Of Black", followed by the sunset balearica of "Turtle Real".