Tech House, Minimal

Renaissance The Mix Collection (Mixed By Gui Boratto)
文艺复兴混音选：基伊波拉特
。巴西圣保罗绝美科技电声 Ｘ 浪漫前卫文艺复兴
。Adam Freeland、Moby、Massive Attack指名合作电音奇葩
。独家收录〈The Infinites〉等四首Gui Boratto新曲
短短三年间，先后以《Chromophobia》、《Take My Breath Away》两张创作专辑成功改写House、Techno、Minimal的未来模式，巴西电音好手Gui Boratto除了打入众多乐评与乐迷心房外，更攻下世界百大DJ榜，人气行情逐年看涨。如今，接下深具历史意义的《Renaissance The Mix Collection》系列，除了一展令人望穿秋水的DJing功架外，亦间接证明其不凡身价！
CD1以德国电气创作人 Oliver Koletzki的〈Hypnotized〉揭开序幕，运行起顺畅Tech House旋律，随后Gui Boratto去年佳作〈Take My Breath Away〉经过John Tejada巧手，呈现出Tech House的华丽风骨。辑中话题作品之一〈The Infinites〉，在Paul Conboy迷人嗓音与层层电子节拍间，结构起十足抢耳的Indie Dance曲调。而〈Daten-Übertragungs-Küsschen〉摆荡虚幻空间的Techno曲式中暗藏着Breaks肌理，宛如分水岭般为即将前来的碎裂电子音墙，划出一道明快准确的界线。
CD2开场曲〈Trills〉以持续运行的电流颤音与逐渐扩张的电子鼓击，随着歌曲行进渐渐合而为一，随后〈Milky Way〉转入更加明确的电子强拍，而Acid宗师Josh Wink的〈Dolphin Smack〉一曲，则以流动于大气中的电流粒子与〈HNO (Lemos Remix)〉、〈Funky Zeit〉串成一脉相连且质地细腻的电气暗流。始终窜流不止的电子脉冲与堆叠变奏的幽暗低回声响同时灌入Gui Boratto新作〈The Glam〉中，与〈Deep Blue (Stimming Remix)〉共同掀起闭幕前的高潮浪头。然而，久久不散的科技篇章，行至最终隐身缓步踏入Trip Hop大佬Tricky〈Past Mistake〉伸手不见五指的迷离浓雾中。

Genre: Progressive

One of Mano Le Tough's favored tricks is to use the bassline to introduce or anchor a new melodic passage. He'll keep a track locked into an entrancing, monotonic groove buoyed by a one-note bass pattern, and suddenly the bass will unspool into a heart-tugging riff. It feels a bit like being dragged from the heavens back onto the dusty earth, and that's also how I often feel when listening to this three-tracker of gorgeous, dreamy emo house: I'm floating in space, far away from my problems, then something concrete—a melody or vocal—digs into my heart and pulls back into the confused, messy realm of human desire.
On the title track a wavering male voice emerges out of bell-ringing bliss to croon "I'm sorry I didn't wait around to say goodbye, I guess I didn't want to wait around to see you cry." The voice is slightly meandering, almost stumbling, as if the words are uncertain, and hard to get out. When this sentiment, simultaneously gentle and cowardly, gets latched onto a warm disco house beat, it turns into raver break-up music, perfect for Morrissey fans on MDMA.
The other two tunes here form a neat trifecta with "In My Arms," each a welcome variant on mixing the melancholic with the psychedelic. This kind of aesthetic interplay gives additional urgency to the record's more spaced-out sections, which become additionally cathartic, ecstatically overcoming the gravity of conflicted emotion, even if for just one blissed-out, weightless instant, when filtered pads surge forth and synth notes seem to echo into infinity. On "Those Lights are Lives," trance tones spiral over a haunting Rhodes chord progression, and I feel like I'm barreling into the unknown future in a first-class cabin.

It's been a while since Smallpeople last appeared on Hamburg's celebrated Smallville imprint. Amazingly, this is their first release on the imprint for three years. Happily, they appear to have retained their famed sense of atmosphere, dropping three winding deep house gems that variously soothe and seduce the senses. The expansive, melody-rich "Blissful Limbo" sets the tone via sinewy strings, tactile grooves and yearning vocal samples, before "Lowrider Anarchy" goes charging off towards the dancefloor via rugged bottom end and smooth melodies. They aptly round things off with "Lazy Lama Legend", the deep house equivalent of wrapping yourself in a duvet and sipping on a fine single malt whisky.

Produced by La Blogothèque in association with ARTE France & Télénantes, DARKSIDE live at Stereolux - Nantes on March 21st, 2014. Featuring 7 sprawling and unique takes on tracks from Psychic, this live DVD captures the band at the peak of touring their critically lauded debut album. The live audio was mastered by Joe Lambert. Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.114 Minutes.

Ost & Kjex is a Norwegian electronic music duo from Kolbotn outside Oslo. The duo consists of Tore ”Jazztobakk” Gjedrem and Petter ”Hi-Fi” Haavik. The duos famous manager - Hannes Mårtensson from South Sweden.

Downtempo, Latin, Psychedelic Rock, Disco
Review by Justin Stewart:
The idea of chill-out music often implies hungover boredom, or depressing post-rave comedowns. But the music of Simon James and Dan Hastie (aka Woolfy vs. Projections) brings the vitality of prime-era Air back to the genre. Not tied to mere electronics, their coolly narcotic dreamscapes are bustling with guitars, Rhodes vamps, marimbas, and some vaguely spacey vocals (like the "Captain, where did I go?" refrain from "The Return of Starlight"). It's a winning amalgam of downtempo electronica meets outsider folk. "The Chase" even throws mega-reverbed yacht rock into the mix.