Purveyors of the tastiest techno around, Trench, will celebrate their second birthday in style this June with emerging German heavyweight Kobosil. Having first risen to prominence in 2013 with his remix of Barker & Baumecker’s ‘Silo’ (which was released on the seminal Ostgut Ton imprint), recently the Berlin native has seen his penchant for analogue techno twisted with pulsing acid and dark distortion picked up by Marcel Dettmann’s MDR label. The venue is still to be announced, but keep Friday June 26 in the diary.
Those lads over at Astral Peoplehave announced the return of one of the most compelling beatsmiths from the UK, Flako, scheduled for next month. Last here in 2013, the master of the MPC will be bringing a whole new live show to Sydney, so expect to hear some dazzling cuts taken from his debut full-length record Natureboy, which dropped last week. He’ll be joined on the live front by Sydney’s own Black Vanilla and Beat Spacek, while Dreems and Mike Who will be manning the decks for the evening. It goes down on Saturday May 16 at Marrickville Bowling Club.
One of the finest producers Australia has to offer, Andras Fox, has locked in a Sydney headline show. An alumni of 2010’s Red Bull Music Academy in London, the Melbourne native released one of last year’s standout albums in Overworld (which also served as the soundtrack for a contemporary dance work of the same name), and also released the collaborative LP CafО Romantica with Oscar Key Sung. Expect a serving of instrumental funk, spicy disco and slow chugging house cuts when he performs live at Spice (now at the Imperial Hotel) on Saturday June 6. Support will come from Ben Fester, Adi Toohey and Steven Sullivan.
Lancelot will return to home shores in June. Having relocated to the UK back in June last year, the former Sydneysider has announced a national club tour in support of his new release ‘Connection’. It’s been a pretty goddamn big 12 months for the 25-year-old, having headlined rooms in London, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Moscow, performing alongside the likes of Julio Bashmore, Jamie Jones and Horse Meat Disco, and receiving support for his signature curveball house from Isaac Tichauer, T. Williams and Danny Howard, just to name a few. Catch a rare hometown appearance at The Civic Underground on Sunday June 7.
Tour rumour: what’s this I’m hearing about a tour from house and nu-disco duo luminaries Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani AKA Metro Area? Lock it in for later in the year.
Best releases this week: despite having one of the worst album names I’ve heard all year, Thomas Brinkmann’s What You Hear (Is What You Hear) (on Editions Mego) is bloody phenomenal. Nthng’s 1996 (Lobster Theremin) is earth-shattering techno at its best, while other highlights include Feingold’s Nuff Zang (1080p), Dartriix’s Flying One Hand (Op.disc) and Deep88 and Melchior Sultana’s Playing Without Moving (12 Records).
