Sweet variety collection of Techno to get hot and bothered about... these tracks have been keeping me warm as the long cold Chile nights roll in....                                                          

Slightly mixed thoughts on including this one in the post - some classify this as Techno, others as Electro House - however because it was included on an album called 'The Definitive Techno Compilation' - i am pretty sure its Techno.  Its a fantastic remix, the duo have spruced up the originals punchy bass and tweaked the echoing space-synth to roll over, imparting a much groovier feel - this remix inspired me to buy most of Olivier Giacomottos' productions

Gail In The O (John Acquaviva & Damon Jee Remix) - Olivier Giacomotto.mp3

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Marek receives honorary title of hypnotic funk daddy with this dreamy euphoric groove. Driving crystal strings, a wavering bass line and of course the crooning vocals delivered by Fabian Reichelt who manages to impart solemn soul into the fresh techno. I love the gentle break before the drop.
Its a delicious production from a producer i had great hopes for in 2009 (see my post here,) he has certainly stepped up to the mark. I can only hope 2010 brings more Hemmann! His Left/Right EP will be available to download on the 26th April here

Left - Marek Hemmann.mp3

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If you love deep & dubby Techno then check this out - 'Mekong Delta' was originally released in 2007  this massive production is a mix of dry drums, pulsing organ and frequent breaks. Its an essential piece of "big" techno, and one of my favorite rave anthems...was lucky enough to see this at Melt 2008 where it just tore the dance floor to shreds

Mekong Delta - Len Faki.mp3

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DJ Madskillz is one of the most respected DJs in the Netherlands he boasts a discography over 90 productions,  not to mention a huge list of remixes, i enjoy his work. With his 2010 remix 'Mr Bean Does an E' he audiolizes the fantastic title by bringing a huge amount of energy into this remix, jumping it up with a pumping beat…. this is a fantastic tech house track that bears little resemblance to the original... best thing to come from the commercial clubbing giant Ministry of Sound since, well...ever!

Mr. Bean Do An E (DJ Madskillz Remix) - Dan Curtin.mp3

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Some great whomping Techno, from my choice duo 'Moonbeam'  - rapid bright plucked strings, a cold spacey synth, shimmering bass lines and soaring breakdown, a really pleasant atmospheric Techno melody...get it here

Liveliness (Moonbeam Mix) -  Moonbeam & Jan Zyabovski.mp3

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Its time for my favourite kind of post - a mixture of Downtempo, Trip-Hop, Deep House & Techno and general chilled out beats for your listening pleasure!

Taken from Starkeys' new album Stars (feat. Anneka) (available here)  is 'Stars (Ital Tek Remix)'.
Ital Tek has transformed the orginal. He starts it slowly with a modicum of bright synths utilising the originals soft vocals before slowly transitioning into a beautiful medley of deep intelligent beats and edgy soaring chords...extremely relaxing Ambient Dubstep


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Taken from the Colour Series - Pink 07 Sampler (released on Freerange Records) is 'Wanna Love You' - the artists Vincenzo & Elmar Schubert have taken a fantastic disco sample and deconstructed it into a few pulsing chords - the addition of a solid house beat gives it a really catchy quality - but its really smooth listening with a very pleasant breakdown...definitely worth the purchase!

Wanna Love You - Vincenzo & Elmar Schubert.mp3
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Swiss artist Raphaël Ripperton recently released album 'Niwa' (Japanese for Garden,) its a fantastic compilation of Deep House and organic Chillout - and 'The Sandbox' is my choice track - its a warm atmospheric track, i really love the loop of child vocals, the gently plucked guitar and the bell chimes on the breakdown...

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Its not often you get a speech on the crisis of today's society in a techno track - but Piano Africano is an exception - the full opening minute is a lecture  accompanied by a slow beat build, climaxing into a deep techno anthem...perfect for the morning floor, and its available here

Re-Drum is both a respected Torrentech Radio DJ & a serious producer, who has several releases TT's netlabel. I had listened to a few of his sets and was impressed, but it was only when i visited his Soundcloud, that i truly realized what a versatile and talented producer he is. I promptly approached him, and managed to get him to give ONEUPMANSHIP this interview


Well, when I was a kid, I had a writing problem: I was writing in mirror and to cure that problem, the doctors gave me these rhythm exercises... Also, it's a reference to the movie "The Shining" - and i do a bit of drumming


I'm based in Brest, France. The scene here... well i have lived here for 3 years and I don't really know the scene here. But it seems that drum and bass is pretty huge... But you know, France is not a great place when it comes to electronic music, i mean, the "night life" is a bit restricted by our laws... I haven't had the chance to do live sets yet, but I really want to!


When I was like 8 years old, the "French Touch" was pretty big... 'Homework' - Daft Punk & 'Music Sounds Better with You' - Stardust etc... these are the sounds I grew up with. Later, (around 14,) my sister gave me DJ Shadow - Entroducing and this was the moment i discovered great drum patterns, sampling and such. It introduced me to great labels like Warp, LEX, Rephlex... I think Aphex Twin is my main influence, he is the artist that gave me the passion for electronic music - Warp is a huge influence, especially Boards of Canada, Autechre & Squarepusher...


I've produced a lot of different genres. I started to produce jungle/glitch and ambient at first. Then Downtempo, Dub Techno and Dubstep... I'd say that Dub has been my biggest influence lately.


Mmmm... in a ideal world, I would say, traveling around the world doing concerts and when I'm home producing music. I would like to make a decent living doing music.


Ah, the piracy... I think a lot about it and it's normal and everybody should think about it. I like to give my music away for free because, it's a very good way to spread the love. I think most artists don't see the "promotion" side of it. I know a lot of people who download music to see if they like it. And if they like, they buy! I do that myself and I think that, without piracy, i would buy less music. Copyright is out of date but it's still the standard... things do need to change but it will take time!


Really... I don't care. Actually, if it's shared around and people like it, I would be very happy, I'm here for the music. I decided to release it on a "classic" label to see what happens. And I have to say, when I see the Last.fm page, it's very odd. I see people listening to my music just few hours after the free release, but with the commercial one, I see nobody (for the moment)


I am collaborating with Josh Winiberg, a pianist from UK, living in Berlin now, he has also released on the Torrentech netlabel with "Game Over". He his very talented and right now we are working on some new tracks, I'm very excited about it because we share the same idea of music and the way we work is very interesting!


Ok, 5 tracks, thats very hard... but I would probably say:

1 - DJ Shadow - Stem/Long Stem.mp3


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2 - Boards Of Canada - Turquoise Hexagon Sun.mp3
 

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3 - Pink Floyd - Time.mp3


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4 - Deadbeat - Groundation (Berghain Drum Jack).mp3


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and 5. Joker - Digidesign


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Thanks to Re-Drum for the great interview, and for the goodies he has kindly sent over -

This is the track that made me contact Re-Drum, and we are seriously lucky to be given the 320, eerie & mellow but with a hint of funk in its deep beat - really beautiful easy listening, the video he put together is also great, check it out here!

Purple - Re-Drum (320 kbps)

He has also prepared a mix for us -

Tracklist:

01 - Deadbeat - Groundation (Berghain Drum Jack)
02 - Slam - Ghost Song (Joris Voorn Remix)
03 - Yofunk - J City (Karol XVII & Mb Valence Remix)
04 - Joris Voorn - No Revolution (Technasia Remix 1)
05 - Lukeshara - Morska Panna
06 - Neurotron - System 2
07 - Milton Jackson - Backwards Disco
08 - Joris Voorn - No Revolution
09 - Delano Smith - This Heart
10 - Soul Minority - I Get Deep
11 - Moonbootica - June

Download here

For more tracks, please visit Re-Drum's Soundcloud, or to listen to his latest album, click here