Inwave Holland レコード& CD

Review: With releases reaching back to 2009 on Fear Of Flying, Neostrictly and Broquade, Cally has more than earned his stripes in the field of stripped down tech house. This latest missive comes to light on Inwave, which has recently started operations with the likes of Vinyl Speed Adjust and Vincenzo Monastra at the controls. There's a strict economy of sounds at work on 11 Months, using slight textural and tonal elements to fill in the space between the tightly clipped beats, no more so than on A side cut "Dim". "Hey You" flirts with a looser rhythmic framework but still keeps the core groove steadfast before "Combo" spreads itself out into a scattershot techno pattern that sits in neat contrast to the housier propulsion of the other two tracks.

Review: Looking to build on the momentum of their debut release, fledgling Italian label Inwave swiftly return with a second offering that retains the split artist focus but draws from a different selection of producers. Given the high standards of the Romanian minimal scene, it's little surprise to find Inwave making inroads there with Bucharest pair Vinyl Speed Adjust calling shotgun with the deep percussive grooves of "Railway". The unheralded ZPH show off their skill at fluid programming on "Breaks Of Mediate" which is reminiscent of early DJ Food in some respects, whilst another Romanian duo Dubson indulge their abstract side with the excellent "Pripote". To close proceedings Inwave look closer to home with "Otherside" from Messina-based Vincenzo Monastra the kind of production you'd find wedged on a Perlon B Side.