Review: Italian DJ and producer Luigi Madonna sources high-technical pressure on his latest release for Planet Rhythm. The Shinto torii on the front cover appears in stark contrast to the EP’s otherwise manic mechanics, with the sonorant ‘Red Gate’ - if it is to reflect any kind of religiosity at all - bringing meaty, dreaded kicks and a reflective lead stab, as of a doomsday techno-cult, not a decentralised polytheism. Hardly the peaceful image we’re met with on the sleeve! ‘Untuned Harmonics’ files back the A1’s textural bark for a more dynamic calculation in sound, while ‘Over The Sky’ ravels automatic growls and yaps around seething hats.
Review: Medellin producer Marck D (Charlie Escobar) is a new Planet Rhythm poster child, though his digital releasing repertoire is nonetheless colossal even without them, his many affairs including Illegal Alien, Phobiq and IAMT. Shocker it is, then, that 'Dune' is Escobar's first ever 12"; the record brings ultraphonic chord slurries ('Behind The Chord') and federated, intergalactic-dynastic codes of techno honour ('Atreides'), riding the sand-wormed thematics of the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic.
Review: Planet Rhythm is a far-away world where techno is always playing. The Dutch label never lets up with its release schedule but also somehow never compromises on quality either. This EP from Muzmin is a testament to that once more with opener 'Brick' soon establishing a serious groove with automated factory floor sounds adding detail. 'What Is Not There' brings a more cosmic feel with pulsing synth blips and 'Doesnit' has a little texture in the dry hits and fizzy static sounds that marbled the arrangement. 'Nknwn' is the unresolved and unsettling closer for those more warped moments.
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