Secret Society Chile 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Chilean imprint Secret Society stepped out in style last year with their debut release entitled Sheep: a various artists compilation which featured Vinyl Club boss Luc Ringeisen and Portuguese minimal hero Cleymoore. It is now over to Bendejo (Bende Panier) who is a Viennese producer that presents three deep and floaty tech house cuts on the reduced tip here. Featuring two absolutely lush versions of "Back 2 Deep" - the first by Berlin legend Audio Werner which was the one for us - this is the kind of dubby, loopy hypnotic bliss that you've come to expect from the man as heard on top labels like Cabinet, Toi Toi and his own Hartchef Discos. An honourable mention to Romanian Vlad Radu's rendition also, which was impressive in its own right and retaining the low-end driven vibe plus ethereal elements. On the flip, the bouncy, swing fuelled mini-funk of "Magical Av 50" will appeal to fans of SIT (who coincidentally appeared on the label's first release) or Thomas Melchior.

Review: Steve O'Sullivan's Bluetrain alias is one of the most revered in techno. Its output spans multiple decades and the quality level has always remain high. It is a project the serves up precision minimal sounds, steeped in dub history and always designed for dance floor hypnosis. 'Relacion Especial' is one of the more playful cuts he has produced, with a catchy trumpet riff layer over silky drums and whimsical chords. With his remix, German wizard Move D blisses it out to make for a perfect early evening house jam, while Joaquin Lledo ups the pressure and brings sun worshipping synths to the fore. A tidy package indeed.

Review: Nice to see Gari Romalis getting his dues. The underrated Detroit producer who has been producing since the mid '90s has been picked up by Chilean imprint Secret Society here. While their material is usually on the minimal tip, Romalis' style is nonetheless a good match as heard on the Detroit Underworld EP. 'Unorthadox' is a funky and low slung serving of mood music, receiving a remix up next by Irishman Derek Carr who takes the track further into hi-tech soul territory, while the dark and dubby subterranean vibe of 'Concrete Jungle' (Society mix) takes things deeper into the late night. Over on the flip, Romalis closes out in style with the emotive feelings of 'Motor City'. Tip!

Review: New Chilean label Secret Society kicks off with a split 12" called Sheep that features a who's who of the current minimal scene. Kicking things off is none other than SIT, aka Cristi Cons & Vlad Caia, with the deeply rolling, superbly emotive and utterly hypnotic "Near Jam". Subtlety is the name of the game on Funk E & Luc Ringeisen's "Your House", with its simplistic bump and shuffle getting you stoned into the groove. Finally, on the flip we've got the downright creepy and paranoid "Juice & Bread" by Joaquin Lledo & Cleymoore; its chilling atmospherics and dubby low-slung groove are perfectly suited for sleep deprived Sunday afternoons while it's raining down at Club der Visionaere this Fall.

Review: 'My System' is a fresh four-tracker in the vein of house/electroclash, flaunting the talents of Chilean producer Sweater, also known as Fantasna. Teaming up with local electronic scene pushers Secret Society, we get the grand tour of Sweater's system, i.e. a blooping calculus of endless machine-dance tabulations, kept accounts, and electrified convertible dancefloors. 'S F D' and 'Portals' make neat use of FMs, sine tones and filterswept retrosynths, while a much looser breaks-house remix from fellow producer Sit of 'Portals' is also heard on the B.