Review: German powerhouse label Ostgut Ton turns 16 with another of its big and mighty compilations. Ostgut Ton Funfzehn Plus 1 spans 20 tracks and features a number of top draw collabs from artists who work closely with the label. Some come together for the first time such as Martyn and Duval Timothy, or Len Faki and Honey Dijon, and all were due for release last year originally. They say "the music focuses on the interwoven nature of the label and the club in its multitude of different spaces and musical facets." We say, get it bought.
Impact (30 Years Later & The Earth Is Still Burning mix) (11:51)
Chime (30-Something Years Later mix) (5:37)
Halcyon (30-Something Years Later mix) (9:16)
The Box (30-Something Years Later mix) (4:06)
Belfast (30-Something Years Later mix) (9:36)
The Girl With The Sun In Her Head (Floex remix) (4:45)
Belfast (David Holmes remix) (12:04)
Halcyon & On (Jon Hopkins remix) (7:10)
Chime (Eli Brown remix) (5:36)
Impact (John Tejada remix) (7:54)
Are We Here? (Dusky remix) (5:52)
Belfast (ANNA Techno remix) (7:25)
The Box (Joris Voorn remix) (6:43)
Are We Here? (Shanti Celeste remix) (5:41)
Review: Finally getting around to celebrating their 30th Anniversary, Orbital here serve up a whopping deluxe boxset of exclusives. Built around their fabled live show, this veritable cornucopia of material contains reworks, remakes, remixes and reimaginings of all your favourite tracks, including Satan, The Box, Impact and Belfast. Jon Hopkins, Logic1000, Yotto, ANNA, Shanti Celeste and - yes - Stephen Hawking all feature.
Space Dimension Controller - "Cold Tunings" (6:55)
Orlando Voorn - "Samurai" (6:12)
Marco Faraone & The Florentian Cabaret - "Uni-Verse" (5:49)
Fango - "Betta" (7:28)
Review: The Cocoon alphabet compilation is an always timely snapshot of the year in techno that was. It's well-curated by label head Sven Vath and always digs into several different sub-genres with a knowing skill. Now up to letter U, it is still going strong as we dive into everything from the soft and dreamy acid-laced deep techno delights of New Jackson's 'Acid Jackson' to the more bright and intense sounds of Jakob Reiter's 'Il Rotori'. Drumcomplex & Frank Sonic provide more epic peak time moments with 'Lacalute' and Space Dimension Controller's deft synth flourishes on 'Cold Tunings' make for a gorgeous high-speed techno trip.
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