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Review: Alphonse is an anonymous artist who has found a happy home on the Klasse Wrecks label. This is his third outing and is another interesting concoction that touches on everything from acid to ambient, new age to techno. And that's just on the opening tune 'Fanatic' which is as busy as you can imagine yet still has room to breathe. 'Everstar' is a hyper speed cut with layers of gleaming melody and long-tailed electronics. Further technoid funk comes in the form of 'Signify' and the more heady, dreamscape breakbeats of 'Beechwood.' These are yet more expressive weapons from this anonymous artist.

Review: Alphonse pens a love letter to jungle on this new EP for Klasse Wrecks. It's a flurry of drum breaks and powerful rhythms all served up through a classical lens with hefty bass underpinning each tune. This is a real journey into jungle with epic 12-minute plus opener 'Android Mash' twisting and turning through a flurry of tumbling snares, police sirens and yearning vocals. 'The Eagle' is a more soulful sound but still dense in its arrangement and tense in its rhythms. 'Elevation' closes down with plunging basslines and dark soul atmospheres.

Review: South London duo Aura aka Gary Folgate and Dave Tutt are the artists behind the original on this fourth EP on Klasse Wrecks sub-label Elegal Records. The original came out first in 1993 but now comes as four different versions from original group member Electron Forest (aka Dave Sage) and label regulars Luca Lozano and DJ Steve. The original is included and is still an essential sound with deep bass and tropical yet cosmic techno vibes. The Electron Forest Reentry mix brings some acid madness to the fore, then Luca offers a big, bouncy breakwater remix and DJ Steve keeps things nice and tripped out with his celestial chords.

Review: Klasse Wrecks welcomes Bristol-based Marco Bernardi to its ranks following strong releases for Clone, Delsin, Rawax, Planet E, and most recently the Kelly Twins' Happy Skull label. Spacejam provides an EP of demented drums, fiddling electronics and refreshing originality, showcasing the signature sound of the studio-obsessed Scottish born DJ and producer. His idiosyncratic style runs through the three tracks here, from the space jack and Green Velvet-inspired vocals of the title track, through the rubbery funk of "No I Didn't" and frenetic acid of "Oist Mal".

Review: Klasse Wrecks is one of the quiet workhouse sou the European underground - never really in the headlines but always there with quality, effective club sounds in a range of different styles. Cybernetik Synergy is their latest and it's a collaborative affair between Dawe and Luca Lozano that brings out the best in both. 'Data Transfer' is electrified broken beat techno with fizzing synth malfunctions, wispy stabs and fractured vocals for raw rave vibes. 'NRG' is a more stripped-back but no less edgy sound, with spare hits riding a slick broken beat and mournful pads adding atmosphere. There's a remix and further rugged techno on the filpside with 'Virtual Space'.

Review: Don't get messed by the moniker, Tim Schumacher's electro project is anything but normal. Sculpting his 808s with a sense of soul and strong vapour trails of foundation break-based tracks that formed so many genres we know and love today, there's a strong sense of timelessness laced throughout - the air of electro boogie on "N4 Theme", the Jam & Spoon feels of "Purity 0%", the 2 Bad Mice ruffage of "Cult Of Alecto" and the classic acid sinewy sonics of "Hu Strike" could all have smashed crowds throughout the last 20 years. Authentic.

Review: At this point we don't know who DJ Steve is. A few years ago, some masterful leftfield disco edits came on the Beats in Space label from an apparent Spanish butcher named DJ Steve, but we sense this is a different person entirely. Mainly because these are prop throwback acid tracks that transport you to a '90s dance floor in an instant. 'Azul Electrico 1' is all rugged bass undulations, cowbells and bleeping melodies. 'Secret Touch' layers in a classic vocal sample to add some soul to the glistening electronics then 'Vandal Eyes' offers a scruffy drum track overlaid with more bleeps and squeaks. Luca Lozano's A Perfect Circle remix is a chunky bit of cosmic tech funk to close down with.

Review: Having spent the last two years working on upgrades on his top-secret Sheffield bunker, Luca Lozano is ready to return to action. By the sounds of it, he spent the time well, because Lozano 2.0: Music Man contains some of his most emotive and musically intricate material to date. For proof, check 'Imdoingthis4u', where subtle nods towards disco and funk are detectable amongst the chunky beats, weighty bass, sparkling electronics and raw riffs. There's a similarly warming and surprisingly dreamy feel to acid-flecked mid-tempo number 'Zusammen', while 'Beaten With a Beat Tool' sees him add fluttering female vocal samples and saucer-eyed, sunrise-ready chords to a rolling, Afro-influenced beat. Best of all though is 'A Higher Place', a druggy chugger that alternates between trippy, mind-altering intensity and surging, rave-ready positivity.

Review: After many years turning out 12"s, Klasse Wrecks has decided to serve up a first-ever 10" and they give the honour to Mr. Ho. His '000 Baby' is a delightfully widescreen sound - a post-rave mix of comedown electronics, dusty breakbeats and soothing ambient pads with some smart vocal samples drifting like wispy clouds. On the flipside, we're treated to and OM Unit remix that beefs things up and speeds up the drums. The percussion too is more defined and the energy levels ramped up with deft 808 bass and searching acidic leads. A nice yin to the A-side's yang.

Review: Phran is a brand new recording artist based out of Barcelona and Venezuela, his debut EP for Klasse Wrecks is a fantastic and blistering trip into live hardware session jams. Buzzing with electricity and fuzz the 'Bad Format' EP is an impressive debut from the young artist and sure to please fans of both traditional Electro and forward thinking House. Alongside the four originals we have a remix from up and coming Belgian producer, Innershades. Innershades recently impressed music lovers with his very well-received 'Nina In The Boiler Room' track which was released via Creme and has turned in an effective interpretation in what is soon becoming a recognizable style from the young producer.

Review: Berlin's Klasse Recordings launched their new sublabel Klasse Wrecks last year to showcase some more adventurous styles beyond their usual endeavours and this new one by Phran certainly delivers. "Basical" starts things off in an exotic fashion with sampled monologue backed with bongo drums beneath smooth, dreamy keys. The broken overdriven kick on "Alberca" soon gives way to killer steel drums drenched in delay and a mesmerising melody. Samo DJ and Baba Stilts hand in a nice remix of "Basical" that's full of deepness too. On the flip we have "Ayoo" with its snarling, overdriven bassline and hissing metallic hi-hats getting all in your face, while "Handprints" gets deep again with its persisting harpsichord assisting a throbbing groove that brings in laser zaps, looped strings and a killer bassline.