Taken from Various Artists – Inertia 4 (Ain Aimee)

The final hurrah for Ann Aimee’s Inertia compilation sees four modern techno heavyweights add their exclusive sounds to the fold.
Recent album stars Skudge are as economical yet efficient as you’d expect with their booming ‘Pollution,’ before Conforce designs yet more lush sounds with his deep technoid cut ‘When It Appeared.’ Restless Romanian Cosmin TRG confounds expectationst again with his rusty, rolling cut ‘Plaisir Interdit’ before Fachwerk co-founder Sascha Rydell gets a little spaced out on his kinetic and melancholic effort, ‘Rainy Days’.
Stand out on its own, but peerless when paired with the other three parts, Inertia 4 ends a special project indeed.

Boomkat: Cosmin TRG continues his trajectory into deeper House and Techno grooves on his third release for Rush Hour’s Direct Current series. The title track begins with a cascade of strangely tuned strings before becoming consumed by driving 4/4s, while ‘Negligee’ views Detroit from a distance with zig-zagging bars oscillating between pitched strings and squirming bleeps propelled by thick, padded bottom end. Magnetic Bodies’ takes the vibe somewhere more romantic with fluttering synths and cannily uplifting chord progressions alloyed to firm but supple rhythm programming and ‘Sirop’ elevates the energy levels for a finely filtered construction fusing NYC Garage and Chicago House sensibilities. Ace.

Track listing

1. Maurizio – M7 Edit – M7
2. Joyce Muniz – Bedstories (Cosmin TRG remix) – Exploited
3. Cosmin TRG – Sirop – Rush Hour
4. Frozen Border – FB07 A – Frozen Border
5. Skudge – Below – Skudge
6. Mike Dehnert – Teilfolge – Delsin
7. Jonas Kopp – Nibirus – Enemy
8. Cosmin TRG – Separat – 50 Weapons
9. Anthony Shake Shakir – The Floor Filler (Skudge remix) – Rush Hour
10. Cosmin TRG – Izolat – 50 Weapons
11. Mike Dehnert – Framework – Delsin
12. The Oliverwho Factory – Galactic Transit (Instrumental) – Rush Hour
13. Armando – We’re On the Move (Mike Dunn’s Snare mix) – Warehouse/ Muzique
14. Marcel Fengler – Twisted Bleach – Ostgut Ton
15. STL – Qrz – Something
16. Future Past – Clinically Inclined – Planet E
17. Cosmin TRG – Negligee – Rush Hour

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw_TIucT2TQ

My remix for Joyce Muniz is out now on Exploited Records.

Early support and nice words from James Holden, Modeselektor, Hudson Mohawke, Catz’N'Dogs, Chris Carrier, Shadowdancer,Kiki, Rhadoo, Renaissance Man, Philip Sherburne…

You can find it at Boomkat, Zero”, Juno, Beatport, WhatPeoplePlay and more.

Cosmin TRG’s exclusive zero” podcast has the inventive producer focus on the housier side of things. Starting out with Basic Channels classic ‘Q1.1 III‘, Nicolae mixes his way through a highly interesting selection of current productions, including highlights such as Nick Höppner’s remix of Airhead’s ‘Paper Street‘, and Schatrax 2010 edit of ‘Champagne Dancer‘.

Full post here.

Modeselektion Volume One Vinyl release number three:

A1 Marcel Dettmann – Lyrate

B1 Robag Wruhme – Bierholer

B2 Cosmin TRG – Space Station Love Affair

Out now on Monkeytown

“Liebe Suende” builds a nest out of dusty drum-machine hits and multiple layers of processed samples, which sketch out the tonal outline; its loose, thumping groove signals its rejection of a purist four-to-the-floor stomp at the tail end of every four bars, when the kick drum stubbornly stumbles. As the tune builds, fluttering chords and a detuned acid line fill out the spaces in between dry beats, like a skeleton oozing something viscous.

A very kind and informative review of Liebe Suende/ Sores of Attraction (Rush Hour) by the illustrious Philip Sherburne for Resident Advisor.

Cosmin TRG does it again, serving two heavyweight House heaters for Rush Hour’s Direct Current Series. It’s been simply impossible to ignore this guy’s releases this year; witnessing his metamorphosis into a House music futurist has been an absolute pleasure to witness. This time out he gives the haughty thrust of ‘Liebe Suende’ on the A-side, where it’s all about the kinked kick drums and chopped R’n'B samples, kinda like a hornier version of Ramadanman and Midland’s exploits for Aus. On the flip, ‘Sores Of Attraction’ tucks into a ruder Techno/House burner, erecting majestic chords reminiscent of Theo Parrish’s ‘Overyohead’ around irresistibly moist jack ‘n shuffle rhythms.

Boomkat

Hardwax

Juno

Clone

Diskunion

Jetset Records

Carhartt and UDG joined forces on possibly the ultimate DJ/ Producer bag out there. They had me and a few other people beta-test it and come back with feedback (you might know the other guys: Carl Craig, Benji B). You can read about my experience with it on the Carhartt music blog.