Interesting disco, house and post-jazz electronic funk amalgam in this Sublime album from Max Brennan. A bit far from the current disco revival, it's fast, weird, complicated and really well-programmed.
This might be the first one I heard been classified as 'tech house', as far as I remember. Out in Substance.
Hawke is Gavin Hardkiss' (still active) project for funky, organic San Fransisco break-house. Blending latin percussions with deep, dubby elements, electro-acid references and loads of sampled material, he surely has style and tells a different tale, separating itself from the rest of the US house scene - Chicago-, NYC- or Detroit- influenced.
Spliff house full of disco samples and dubby effects by YMC, deep house duo that had a relative impact on the chill-house crowd with their later LP 'Essentials' in Yoshitoshi. This is their first album, out through Source (*), a hypno-house + downtempo favorite of mine I unearthed only recently and listen to again these days with great pleasure. I have no knowledge at all of their nationality or anything else for that matter, so all clues are welcome.
Great album by New York's finest Damon Wild (see Synewave) and Dennis Ferrer (see Ibadan) in their short-lived Morph combo, caught somewhere between New Electronica's synth heritage and banging acid techno NYC-style.
Some more clicking minimalism from Force Inc., a compilation of remixes of Auch's 'Tomorrow Goodbye' tracks. Contains a priceless Farben track, plus many others of the usual FIM suspects. And although I first encountered Villalobos from his '808 The Bassqueen' (*), his contribution here is rather outstanding (the ending is pure acid joy) and surely was the track that established his name in my mind.
Deep and dubby electronics with pop references (occasionally bordering on the mainstream lounge sound) from Anders Remmer, more famous from his later City Centre Offices releases. Out in danish Flex's FX sublabel, this is his last pre-CCO album.
A 2CD compilation of Sutekh reworks and remixes. Experimental electronics and deep minimal techno a la Force Inc., with that extra San Francisco touch. Out through Leaf Records.
Compilation of remixes by Herbert - a simple guide to some of his legendary experimentations in pop, swing, house, jazz and clicks 'n' cuts.
Dub's most revered crazy Lee Perry meets beat pioneers Yello on a proto-techno & reggae fusion (actually sounding like it was produced in 1992). Once more, out through ROIR records. Had it on mp3, still looked for it for a long long time. Just found it, so here...
Some more of Carl Craig; this time his Innerzone Orchestra combo's album, giving us some live weird-funk jazzy electronic vibes to enjoy and think about. Also out in a 5x10" box, through soulful d'n'b infected legendary Talkin' Loud.
Koze's first compilation of collaborations, remixes, etc. If you liked his recent 'Reincarnations' in Get Physical (and who didn't...), definitely check this one - it might even be better than the new one.
Classy, forward-thinking techno and electronic dubby experiments from Cari Lekebusch.