#56 Feat. Staff Picks in Electro (Classic / Detroit / Modern)

Activity FM return with their 3rd release - bringing together the sounds of UK techno and Spanish electro on this next VA EP. AFM003 sees the Bogota-Berlin collective continue in their mission to present music from different corners of club music in this new four-track showcase of raw, analog-driven electro and techno energy. Jerome Hill is up first, long established DJ famed for his turntablism meets techno style since the 90s and boss of Super Rhythm Trax and Dont. Baptised is tough from the off, launching in off classic rave stabs with an unforgiving, system punching kick drum. Next up is Lukes Anger, the second UK artist repping here and one closely tied to Hill - launching his own releases off Dont in 2008. Here he takes his classic sound and Chicago House influence with sharp and punchy techno jacker - Babe You Dont Have Time. The next half of the EP is turned over to two talents from the Spanish world of classic vocoder electro. Gente Seria Baila Chandal co-founder and Spanish Electro legend Dark Vektors offering Recorreindo El Trayecto is the perfect example of dark electro funk. Laden with gliding synths and sci fi Spanish vocals it comes with a touch of pure class and bounce. Closing things out is elusive Madrid based producer Computer Madness with his hardware analogue sound. We Orbit holds true to this with its tight drum programming, eerie synth stabs and a stripped-back electro groove.

Jerome Hill, Luke's Anger, Dark Vektor, Computer Madness