At the 1051 Magazine office we are not very fond of end-of-year lists, but as this is our first 365 days of existence, we are going to go with the cliché but in our own way (like everything we do).
That’s why we’re going to make our own lists, the best tracks and the best albums (here we’ve also included what we used to call mini albums, or EP’s of at least five tracks).
In order not to bore people, we have reduced it to 15 positions for each category.
Today, from 15 to 11, and the following two weeks, the rest. We hope you like them as much as we have liked them.
TRACKS
15. RETZA – NENE
On the verge of his tenth anniversary as a producer, Feel EP is the new work of Australian producer Retza. From Melbourne, the DJ and producer caresses our ears with four Deep House tracks of extraordinary elegance and good taste, without losing sight of his main objective, the dancefloor. Nene is pure House of many carats, which brings back memories of those impressive Vladislav Delay records in his Luomo mode, with great emotional intensity. You can read the full review here
14. ROBERT DIETZ – WAW
Robert Dietz, despite being based in Berlin, is a natural son of that new Frankfurt sound full of waves of Techno and House. WAW completes this EP with a very dreamy inspiration, in the line of the previous track, with a tremendous elegance. Every release from Robert Dietz is an event to celebrate, and Schnups ephasn’t broken that rule. Full review here
13. HARALD BJÖRK – LUFTLUST (Justus Köhncke Remix)
When there are things to correct in life, they eat you up inside as time goes by and it doesn’t get done… “I decided to face the old ghost and make it real. The time was ripe for the re-release of Luftlust, on my terms on my own label Kranglan Broadcast.” (Harald Björk). And for the reissue we have the original version now remastered and corrected by Harald, the one that saw the light of day as the B-side of Brus and two remixes. One is by his compatriot Özgur Can, the second has fallen into the hands of one of the favourites at 1051 Magazine, the legendary Justus Köhncke.
Full review here
12. MONOBOX – FORWARDBASE KODAI (Ø [Phase] Remix)
Straight from Detroit, one of the masters, Robert Hood, resurrects an alias he started using last century. After tremendous releases as Floorplan with his daughter, Robert Hood brings us the announcement of a new EP and album as Monobox. Forwardbase Kodai is the EP with three interpretations of the title track, the original version, a furious remix by Ashley Burchett, British producer better known as Ø [Phase] and a variation by Robert himself (Robert Hood Re-Plant). Full review here
11. AFFKT – HUMPERDOO (GusGus Nasty Disco Mix)
Marc Martinez aka AFFKT, founded Sincopat 11 years ago. Now they celebrate the hundreth release. Humperdoo is a track of great power in its original version, which shows the emotional control that Marc imprints on many of his tracks. GusGus delivers their Nasty Disco Mix, almost seven minutes of deconstruction in their own style, with a danceable maelstrom that may be one of their best remixes in recent times. An unbeatable gift for Sincopat’s anniversary. Read the review here
ALBUMS
15. STEVE O´SULLIVAN – GREEN TRAX
Green Trax is a compilation of tracks he released on his own label (Green/As It Is, a sub-label of Mosaic) between 1995 and 1999, including three unreleased tracks that Steve has rescued from his personal archive of recordings. The tracks offer a faithful portrait of the underground scene of those years, with hypnotic and narcotic minimal techno, dark in many of its passages. Read the review here
14. LAMEDISCOS – CUENTOS DE CIUDAD EP
At 1051 Magazine we love to discover those jewels that are created in the most different places of our planet. Today we go to the Colombian capital, Bogotá, to discover a young talent that is emerging strongly on the national scene.
Santiago Zaraza Martinez, better known as Lamediscos, was born 24 years ago in the city of Bogota, and these six tracks released by Raw Quarter, catalysts of the Colombian electronic music scene. Full review here
13. VA – STOMPING GROUND / LATE NiGHT REMIXES
Underground house has an inexhaustible source in the American West Coast, where cultures and influences blend to form an incredible sound of its own. This time we get a release from the city of San Diego, literally right on the Mexican border, from the crew of the Late Night Jackin label… this release is full of high quality, high carat Coastal House. The review can be found here
12. MOKTAR – MOKTAR EP
Moktar is a well-known fixture on the local, Melbourne scene, having played in multiple bands and produced and remixed Australian artists. But the release of his debut album has marked the beginning of a search towards his Middle Eastern roots, which have become a source of pride and inspiration expressed through his music. The result is five tracks of extremely high quality, five listens that grab you from the first second, with carefully crafted rhythmic base work, combining Arabic elements with addictive bass lines and vocals that add just the right amount. Full review here
11. ROBERT – LEXICON
(Robert) is another pseudonym for Robert Yang, also known as Bézier, who is becoming one of 1051 Magazine’s favourite emerging artists. The intelligent techno DJ and producer, a San Francisco native who straddles Berlin and California. created Lexicon, his second album, released on his own label, Piece Of Work, and each of its tracks is a particular journey into unknown territories that Robert presents with mathematical and almost surgical efficiency. Review here
