Derek Carr – Crossroads [Trident Recordings] TRECS005A1: Crossroads B1: Shining Through Deep, bubbling house from Irelands Derek Carr on his own imprint, Trident Recordings. Quietly crafting tracks out in Westmeath, Carrs tracks sound like they could be easily mistaken for a twenty year old dusty house record out of Detroit or Chicago. Theres a warm, analogue charm threaded through both tracks, which both live comfortably in pure, golden age deep house territory. A side Crossroads centres around

D4: The Last Transmission

F2: Luminous Energy

chunky bass and a kicking drum groove

with some freaky heart-pumping analog techno

Polytechnic Recordings - sublabel of Disctechno Music - presents a split EP of jacking house and psychedelic rhythms from Detroit’s DJ Slush and Dretraxx

C4: Beyond The Abyss

B3: Chromogenetic

A2: Warning

A: You and I

B3: Pihkal

A2: Explanation

A various artists from Australian friends in Venda and FLUD (aka Ewan Jansen) accompanied closely by Canadian and Romanian stalwarts