Enigmatic Berlin-based producer Iron Curtis has locked in an Australian tour. With a lush aural aesthetic that features unmistakable influences from Detroit, Chicago and Hamburg, Curtis combines pure deep house and soulful techno. Having released on the ilk of Mirau, Morris Audio, Mule Electronic, Retreat and Jack Off, he’s also one half of the acclaimed Achterbahn D’Amour outfit with releases on Acid Test. Catch a rare Sydney performance on Saturday July 11 at The Spice Cellar.
One of the busiest men in dance music, Kölsch, is returning to Sydney. Over the course of his career he’s sold millions of records worldwide under his various different monikers and worked with some of the biggest names on the planet. A regular on the imitable Kompakt label, he also runs the mysterious Tattoorecs with his brother Johannes Torpe (all releases have no titles but instead are represented by tattoos), and has earned support from the likes of Sven VКth, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Tiefschwarz and Ricardo Villalobos. He’ll also be dropping his second full-length record, 1983, on Kompakt a week before he lands in Sydney, so catch him on Saturday June 13 at Chinese Laundry.
New Zealand-based producer Recloose is coming to town. Way back in 1997 he sent a demo to Detroit don Carl Craig and was immediately signed to his Planet E label. Not a bad way to kick-start a career, eh? Since then he’s released on basically every important label under the sun, including Rush Hour Recordings, !K7 and Peacefrog, and also works as a turntablist in Carl Craig’s Innerzone Orchestra and is a trained jazz saxophonist. In recent years he’s been recording and playing with his more funk-inclined live band, so don’t miss the chance to catch him in rare full-blown house mode when he lays down a DJ set at The Spice Cellar on Saturday June 27.
One half of brotherly duo Tiefschwarz, Basti Schwarz, has announced a return to Australian shores. Over the course of their 15-year career, the two German Schwarz boys have released on seminal imprints Souvenir Music, Time-Warp and NAU, remixed the likes of Cassius, The Rapture, Missy Elliott, Kelis and Masters At Work and worked alongside Cassy, Seth Troxler and Dave Aju, just to name a few accolades. They’re set to release their fourth studio album, Left, on Watergate Records next month, so expect to hear a slew of new material when it all goes down on Saturday July 25 at The Spice Cellar.
Tour rumour: word on the grapevine is that over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend Glaswegian DJ and producer Andy Graham AKA Sei A will be stopping by for a Sydney show.
Best releases this week: Marcos Cabral is really bringing the heat on his latest record Buried Alive Twice (on L.I.E.S.). Other highlights include Gunnar Haslam’s Margareten (Mister Saturday Night), Errorsmith and Mark Fell’s Protogravity (PAN), Jupiter Jax’s Visitors (100% Silk) and Black Deer’s Pray For Us (No ‘Label’). Sadly I’m really not feeling Container’sLP (on Spectrum Spools), sounds way too cheesy for my liking.
