is it just me or are new releases getting quite good again ?

[nightshade]

I know Im not a regular poster on this list,
and I have been out of the new releases loop for a minute now,

BUT

I am being compelled to buy records again cause there is a grip of good tracks coming out...

Adam Beyer - So Bizarre - Mad Eye
Tim Track - Panic Voice - Abyss

these two records have completely charged me up on new techno ...

would any one have any recs for absolute musts for newish harder techno ??

[tioneb]

well to be fair the beyer is the first one i like on madeye .. though sounds A LOT software produced with less warm sound than his other stuff....

recently producers have reduced quantity and issue les smusic, so it appears they do a selection in all that they produce... for sure it sounds more "quality".

second reason is that small labels sell too few now to survive, so the waves of new labels emerging from nowhere with crap music and cheap production are not anymore (that was easy to guess they wouldnt survie, but they still hurt techno for 3 years ...)

[BRADLEE]

I would definitely say that sound quality and production quality is beign risen as we all chat. Everyone is now stepping up the game. Which is good.

[nightshade]

it seems interesting how some of the bigger producers are moving from new label to new label issuing about 5 or so records and then starting another label....

I appreciate that I hadnt even heard of abyss or mad eye until the aformentioned releases and I recently became acquainted with internal error and enemy and some others... it remains to be seen if they will have a long production run or not eh ?

[miss bass]

I seem to be loving the electronica new releases more than anything else, theres so much bullshit out there.

[Sunil]

I'm not sure that there's been a huge improvement in releases, but there hasn't been as much crap to wade through, I think it's more a case of some people being consistent and constant with their releases... Oliver Ho is one that springs to mind.

[Frank Dogshit]

theres a lot of good shit about at the moment....

a lot of the stuff at the moment sounds really well produced,more thought out and clean sounding.

if you filter through all the shite at the moment the quality stuff really shines through. still diggin a lot of the mulero,itoh stuff me.....sounds fresh as a daisy. :rambo:

[killarava2day]

I'm not sure that there's been a huge improvement in releases, but there hasn't been as much crap to wade through, I think it's more a case of some people being consistent and constant with their releases... Oliver Ho is one that springs to mind.

I tend to agree.

[Sunil]

still diggin a lot of the mulero,itoh stuff me.....sounds fresh as a daisy. :rambo:

Hmm, I'm not sure about that. Mulero has been using the same distinct samples/sounds in his tunes for a very long time now from what I can hear, he just jigs them around a slightly different way each time. "The Damage Done 2" for instance, with Christian Wunsch, was embarassingly bad in this respect. Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Mulero's previous work, but he definitely needs to take a time out from releasing, or at least think a bit about what he's putting out, i.e. a record that sounds almost identical to the last. For all that people say about Marco Bailey milking the same formula, Mulero is no different in the slightest.

[Frank Dogshit]

he may be milking the same formula but each and every LAZY producer has there own set sound and mulero is no different to any other.

compared to bailey hes a million miles ahead and the majority of stuff he puts out actually sounds like the way good techno should sound......imo of course ;)

[Sunil]

he may be milking the same formula but each and every LAZY producer has there own set sound and mulero is no different to any other.

compared to bailey hes a million miles ahead and the majority of stuff he puts out actually sounds like the way good techno should sound......imo of course ;)

Well, if I had to choose there'd be no doubt, I prefer Mulero's sound... I'd really like to hear some progression to the current formula though. His track on the last Nheoma 12" with Exium is actually an improvement, he still needs to make some new samples though :)

[eyes without a face]

there have been some cracking eps out over the past few months, definately... i think things are a little better musically at the moment than say towards the end of last year, for me personally that is before anyone points out how much shit there is still around... there will always be shit, and u dont have to wade thru any shit if u just avoid the shit altogether ;)

as for mulero/itoh stuff... yeah it works still, but yeah its a tired old sound for me at the moment, well maybe not sound no as i love that dark sound, but for me personally the big boys in that area like wunsch, mulero are very stale at the moment.... ive never liked itoh's stuff really, the key playa's in that sound for me at the moment are Exium, Valero, Event 7 and the odd bits from Gunny and Supagrupa too... not heard much from the likes of Reeko lately, or Grovskoppa.... ive been digging Luka's stuff too lately

tis all good tho ;)

[Boboagogo]

aye, got that nheoma 12 last week. still got those same vocal samples as u said, exactly the same sounds used on his world game rmx for go hiyama. bit daft really, cudnt really be that hard to dig out some fresh samples. really does make his ,otherwise well put together, tracks sound weak and dated when he does this. prefer the exium track anyway, lethal so it is :rambo:

[Bas Mooy]

have to say i really like the new mad-eye..but also really like the previous ones, when i played them lots of people came to check what it was, so i would say that thats a pretty good sign its good stuff, anyway...MAD EYE is one of my favourite labels at the moment... :clap:

[fresh_an_funky_design]

i think there is so much crap out there at the moment, producers just seem to be churning out the same sound over and over again. Which just dosen't do it for me. However if you look there is some really good original tune's knocking around. I'm increasingly finding that my shopping is not limited by my wallet but more by the selection available

[Joseph Isaac]

This week had quite a diverse selection to choose from...check juno.

[Louk]

have to say i really like the new mad-eye..but also really like the previous ones, when i played them lots of people came to check what it was, so i would say that thats a pretty good sign its good stuff, anyway...MAD EYE is one of my favourite labels at the moment... :clap:

I think your latest one is rather shit hot too my friend.

Louk

[Zektor]

I'm not sure that there's been a huge improvement in releases, but there hasn't been as much crap to wade through, I think it's more a case of some people being consistent and constant with their releases... Oliver Ho is one that springs to mind.

I tend to agree.

Agree.

[nightshade]

have to say i really like the new mad-eye..but also really like the previous ones, when i played them lots of people came to check what it was, so i would say that thats a pretty good sign its good stuff, anyway...MAD EYE is one of my favourite labels at the moment... :clap:

Yo mate, just herd the ARMS 005 trax on yer site....

tasty !!

me esp likes that Bad Sunday track .... arrrrrrrr

^_^