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Review: It's a measure of the esteem in which Scottish producer Gary Beck is held that he has managed to attract not one but two of techno's most seminal talents for this remix package. Long-serving artist Mark Broom is going through something of a renaissance period; as his recent Acid House album for Saved showed, Broom has put the purist sounds of Pure Plastic on hold and is making more party-based material. Unsurprisingly, he brings this approach to his version of "Consumed", based on a rolling rhythm and deep filters that build to an effective and somewhat epic climax, Broom's remix also has sharp jacking beats to ensure that it doesn't end up like a light version of his King of Snakes material. Speedy J aka Jochem Paap is also in fine form. The Dutch producer's first take features rolling house beats, but allaying any doubts that he is mellowing out, he drops searing, razor-sharp percussion and waves of jagged metallic hi-hats. Paap's .Straight Faced Dub' is also sure to cause chaos: based on a woozy filter and a quaking, evil bass, the fact that it doesn't slam the listener into submission with a fast tempo makes its intense, low-end approach all the more effective.

Review: Edit Select, who's first release was a massive hit after being played by the likes of Richie Hawtin everywhere, is back with "Reduktion". The new EP comes with two more reduced techno tracks, drenched in white noise and spacious reverb textures. This first pressing is limited to 1000 copies.

Review: "Edit Select 1" is hypnotic and reduced minimal techno from an unknown Soma artist. Already being played and supported by Richie Hawtin, James Ruskin, Derrick May and more.

Review: Rasser is a new name on these pages but we hope this won't be the last time we hear from whoever is behind this fine techno trip on Edit Select. It opens with the perfectly streamlined beats and well reduced synths of 'To Late To Understand' which is a deeply burrowing linear masterclass. 'React In Time' rattles more, with underlapping kicks tight and pinging while frosty pads bring the tension up top. The subtleties of techno are again explored in back room slow burner 'Assimilate The Process' then 'Atypical Concerns' closes with gurgling synths that make it feel like you're circling round the plug hole.

Review: If there's one person other than Mike Parker that you'd want to remix seminal techno production "The Wipe" by Teste right now, it would be former Sandwell District alumnus Rrose. Just the thought of this combination is enough the to make your skin bubble, but here Rrose is more reserved than what we heard on, say, "Waterfall", with the producer instead opting to extend a plateau of climbing sound design which makes for one long boil. Dino Sabatini's remix focuses on rhythm and syncopation as opposed to mind bending modulation, which works, because where Rrose flies higher, Sabatini fathoms deeper.

Review: Teste are back, but not without reminding us why they are so revered. Their track "The Wipe, originally released in 1992, is often credited as a forbearer to a style of techno described as bassline driven, and a style long championed by Munich label Prologue. So before Teste release any new music, Edit Select has extended their famous cut so the wormhole experience of "The Wipe" can last all the more longer. The real treat though is "Ascender", a brand new production between Teste and Edit Select which is similar to "The Wipe" only it swaps foreboding sounds for something lighter and the results are transcendental.

Review: Having debuted on Tony Scott's Edit Select label last year with "Typhon", the Avian co founder Ventress returns here in remixed-by-noted-contemporaries fashion. In original format, Ventress's production was that most intriguing of techno oxymoron's; the subtle peak time number. In the hands of Semantica boss Svreca, there are still notable remnants of the track's DNA, not least the underplayed filters, and Svreca also reins in the originals growling menace with stripped back, heads down results. Vaguely mysterious Swedish artist Abdullah Rashim takes a similar approach though his production has a notably murkier finish to it. Recommended!