GENERATION NEXT 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Like Father, Like Son sees Big Strick and his prodigious son Generation Next team up for a split 12" showcasing this pair of criminally underappreciated Detroit producers. "Rain Dance" sees the elder of the two deliver a deep techno journey filled with abstracted textures and organic chimes that sound, while the young Generation Next shows a remarkable maturity beyond his years on "And You Too", where sparse, subtle chords and the simplest of melodies drift by on a light rhythm. On "Like Father, Like Son" the two pair up for the most gently uplifting of deep piano jams. Just like pretty much everything on 7 Days Entertainment, this is some nigh on essential material.

Review: Big Strick's 7 Days Entertainment welcomes the boss man's own off-spring Butterbandz and Generation Next to the label and both serve up a fresh pair of cuts. Butterbandz opens up with 'Perfect Numb' which is a deep Detroit house jam with signature dusty drums and menacing basslines. 'Rain Man' lifts its head with broad chord work swirling around a more suspensory house cut with steely tech drums. The same lovable lo-fi aesthetic defines the flip with Next's 'Roxbury' layering up piano chords and lush pads over crispy drums and 'Whatever Major Loser' then closes out in raw, punchy fashion. Acid lines and simple but effective chords take centre stage as the pulsing bass never lets up. Pure Motor City goodness all around.

Review: Tre Stickland is the man behind the Generation Next Project and, together with big bossman Big Strick, these two have become important new names from the 313. Stickland is on a solo mission this time, with three effective techno-house killers that'll appeal to fans of Omar S and Theo Parrish in his less soulful mood. "Cascade" is a simple yet full-bodied tune bolstered down by a dusty, mechanical beat flex, which is followed by the relatively more vibrant sounds and tones of the dubby house cut "Vultures". Over on the flipside, "Our Time" is the funk nugget, the track which manages to mix up the best elements of Generation Next's house, techno, and boogie sensibilities into a see minute monster. Recommended!

Review: Big Stick's 7 Days Entertainment delivers more of the same quality house music from the Motor City that it has fast become renowned for. The Strickmaster's latest release comes from none other than his own offspring, the supremely talented Generation Next, whose Ender 12" will definitely appeal to anyone that checked last year's Like Father, Like Son. Lead cut "Ender" is uplifting and soulful with its tough beat, mesmerising pianos and that bassline! "Dream States" is all dreamy keys and cowbells; what more you want? (its equally as funky!). Closing out proceeding is "Joni" taking things deeper but that 808 beat is absolutely tight!

Review: Four of the respected US techno label's regulars line up to deliver one track each to another 'oozing with quality' release from 7 Days Entertainment. Generation Next is first up with a subtle, slinky keyboard bassline as the percussion builds up and down according to mood, followed by the rough and ready 'Anarchy' from Butterbandz with OB Ignitt, which evolves from its scratchy, rough diamond origins into a thing of beauty with swirling strings and a pert, impossible to resist bassline. Big Strick's 'Jamblaya' opens the B-side and takes a stripped back approach that makes it the most original offering here, before Ron Cook's 'Dance Electric' finishes the 12" with a dash of old skool house flavour. Four very different takes on techno that go to make one unmissable EP.

Review: A new label out of Mexico, Short Attention Records launches its second release with a five track offering of proper melodic house & techno from Hector Ram with the word 'quality' stamped large upon them. 'Midnight Sounds' starts things off with the grand rhythmically-building 'Midnight Sounds', almost New Order-esque at times. 'For Our Small Parties' follows, old skool again in flavour, blending subtly employed breaks and a sturdy house framework, then 'Dear Dancefloor', probably the gentlest and most fragile effort here, opens side two. 'On The Road' boasts a more electro feel and Orbital-esque synths, and is deemed worthy of a second airing via a nicely throbbing remix from Detroit's Generation Next closing proceedings.