Black Catalogue

A vinyl-only label from Detroit specialising in repetitive beats. What’s not to like? Classic sounds but a sense that this is divorced from the present and there’s nothing that’s quite beyond anything you’ve heard before.

First release on the label was Monty Luke – Tomorrow (buy here). The title track has a gentle old skool feel. Quite Carl Craig. The Next is more synth-based with distorted samples of some mad-sounding futurologist. Final track Yesterday and Today is more dub techno, sounding as if it could equally have been recorded 20 years ago as last year, and quite the best thing here.

Next The Carter Bros – Wild Cats EP (buy here). Lead track I Didn’t Need You has a repeitive sample aganst some Basic Channel techno and takes repetitive for an outing in Dullsville. Wild Cats has a similar techno feel but the lead synth line makes it more engaging and ultimately euphoric. Run goes for Jamaican ska/dub techno. No Caller ID is spartan house which has me shrugging in indifference.

And most recently, a sampler (buy here) which runs from Monty Luke’s jackin’ Through The Galaxies to Artie Strongman and Kapitol’s lush house slow burner Impressed to Dress.

Blurb: Black Catalogue is a Detroit-based underground electronic music label. We press limited edition vinyl records and feature eclectic styles from the spectrum of electronic music. We like to mix it up, though our focus is on House, Techno and other so-called  “repetitive beats.” If this is your style of music, be sure to check us out at: http://www.facebook.com/blackcatalogue. Black Catalogue will be bringing you more music throughout this year from artists such as Monty Luke, Lucy, Shigeto, The Carter Bros and more.

~ by acidted on February 11, 2012.