Galeria Discos – Memorias EP (2014)

Monofónicos

/Tech-house, Club dance, Deep house, Remix/

Comment: this 3-track issue is a decent one thanks to techno and house rhythms mixing and roomy and lush synthesizer based drawings atop. The first track Hervor is a solid example of deep house music – incorporating a soulful touch and velvety vision to it and Memorias on the other side is clearly a tech-house issue. There is also represented M.A.L.A remix of the last one merging predominant tech-house elements with some deep house glimpses. The issue is released on a Medellin, Colombia based label, Monofònicos whose discography includes many superb music issues. It is very recommended for those people who like sapid club dance music.       

Vandelklang – Rolanron EP (2013)

Monofònicos

9.4

/Dub-tech, Tech-house, Dub house, Club dance, Remixes/

Comment: this batch of 4 pieces is a poignant dub and club dance mixed whole. Catchy, even funky rhythms are varied or blended with lofty synth swirls, spacey hisses and hypnotic, repetitive beats and shadowy bubbling. Generally the release involves a pair of original tracks and two covers of one of the original compositions, entitled as the self-titled one. Behind Vandelklang hides himself Camilo Naranjo, a producer from Medellin, Colombia. Whose eyes and moustache are seen on the picture?

Galeria Disco - Tenue EP (2012)

Monofònicos

9.4

/House, Electro-house, Remix, Deep house, Club dance/

Comment: this set of 6 tracks consists of fabulous house vibes filled in with repetitive rhythms and soothing plateaus. Deep carvings are varied with more uplifting, electro-tinged ones. However, every original track does include remix version either. This issue of contemporary disco music (or the sort of dream pop for disco music) is released on Monofonicos, a decent label from South America. Recommended to all and for any time, pertaining to visceral parts and brain-related parts of the body. Relieving and freeing.

Merino & Rat - Metamorfosis (2011)

Monofonicos

9.1

/Industrial techno, Soundscapes, Experimental techno, Dub-tech, Illbient, Dystopbient, Psycho-acoustic, Avant-techno, Electro-acoustic/

Comment: Santiago Merino & Miguel Isaza have created a seamless blend precessing around the axis of techno rhythm sequences (which are obviously dub-inflected at times) and more or less dystopic electro-acoustic ambiances/soundscapes and heavily drilling industrial-soaked sonic effects (hiss-drenched vapour, croaks, murky reverberation, squeaking bits-bats). In a word, the whole is subjected to an algorithm of permanent changes and disillusioned gradients.

Giggs - Universos EP (2011)

Monofònicos

8.6

/House, Club dance, Downbeat, Tech-house, Remixes, Dub-house/

Comment: This release from Medellin (Colombia) makes up much sympathy over you. Being embellished with confident cadences of tech-house and dub-house, brooding mid-tempo and at times minimal slow-tempo beats, Universos EP seems to be masterfully variegated and balanced in any cases. It reminds of those listening times of radio shows in the evenings in ending part of the 90`s. Half of the tracks are original, half of them are remixes. Indeed, it is genuine satifactory in its rhythm connections and mood interactions.