NO MOON 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Fred Shepherd has been laying down thick slabs of electro for the past six years under the No Moon alias, taking in labels like X-Kalay, Echo Vortex, Craigie Knowes and Church. Now he's landing on Mechatronica with five new works, leading in with the compression chamber sonics of 'No Way Back' which doesn't need to roll fast to make its imposing presence felt. 'Small Moves' takes the interstellar elevator in pursuit of its own bruising intentions, while 'Go 2 Bed' locks into a more familiar mode of machine funk for the mid-tempo massive. 'Vegetarian At The BBQ' keeps things pinging and ponging atop those hard-ass drums, and 'All Roads Lead To Hear' winds things up with a rapid, bleepy selection for when the night wants to get a touch more delirious.

Review: On his previous outings for Craigie Knowes, Fred Shepheard AKA No Moon has proved adept at wrapping punchy electro rhythms and crunchy breakbeats in immersive, deep space ambient chords, psychedelic acid lines and enveloping pads. On Spins Parities & Multipolarities, he further explores the latter portion of his trademark style, largely removing the beats in favour of weightless, meditative electronic soundscapes rich in emotive chord sequences, drifting pads, intergalactic electronics, atmospheric field recordings, blissful melodies and pleasing nods to the similarly framed aural world of Global Communication. The results are gorgeous, occasionally grandiose and always alluring, with more than a few nods to Pete Namlook and ambient techno outfits like MLO or Higher Intelligence Agency.

Review: With the praise for his fine "653 Miles" EP on Church still ringing in his ears, Fred Shepherd AKA No Moon returns to X-Kalay for the first time in three years. He hits the ground running with the squelchy, acid-fired electro bounce of "Programmed Reality", before heading towards deep space via the deliciously percussive, bass-heavy and alien-sounding thrills of the equally acid-laden "Aoe Rushin". Over on side B, Adam Pits re-imagines that track as a fierce slab of bassline-driven breakbeat sleaze (honestly, it's properly raw and wild), while "Set Phases To Stun" is a deliciously deep, sunrise-ready affair that explores similar sonic territory to blissful Orbital classic "Belfast".

Review: Glaswegian label Craigie Knowes has yet to receive the hype that its quietly impressive back catalogue so clearly deserves. Perhaps this EP from sometime Mork White regular No Moon (AKA Manchester-based producer Fred Shepherd) will refresh the parts the imprint's other releases have yet to reach. All three tracks are impeccably spacey and futurist in tone, with Shepherd wrapping dreamy chords and glistening electronic melodies around snappy drum machine rhythms. Those searching for tracks to illicit saucer-eyed dancefloor moments should head straight for the rushing bliss of "Infinite Dreamz", while "Mallet Fury" offers a more bustling, bottom-heavy take on the same core idea. As for "Explanet Vibe Cult", it sounds like the kind of club-ready deep space electro jam that you'd find on cult Sheffield label Central Processing Unit.

Review: Mancunian electronic explorer Fred Shepherd once again dons the No Moon alias, this time for a quartet of distorted, redlined machine jams on Echo Vortex. He begins in confident fashion with the razor-sharp acid lines, whistling melodies and hustling electro rhythms of "Pretty Fly For A Lo Fi", before doffing a cap to early "techno jungle" on the humid and sweaty breakbeat revivalism of "Inspired By The Rift". On the flip, you'll find the punishing, insanely distorted techno beats and braindance style electronics of "Io", before Shepherd unfurls the epic deep house/intelligent techno fusion of "Return To Earth".