Record Of The Week, Rush Hour
ROTW, THANASIS ZLATANOS - A RETROSPECTIVE ( OSÀRE! EDITIONS)
Elena Colombi created the label Osàre! Editions in 2019 to shine a light on daring and future-facing artists “rooted in free-spirited musical abandon”. Her releases are deeply thought through and represent a unique and refreshing approach to music, therefore it isn’t surprising that “A Retrospective” by Thanasis Zlatanos has caught our eye for Record Of The Week. This compilation album has been prepared by Elena and Zlatanos, pulling tracks from his previous work to shine a light on an inventive and imaginative artist who has previously been overlooked.
ROTW, PRISCILLA ERMEL - ORIGENS DA LUZ (MUSIC FROM MEMORY)
Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Priscilla Ermel has been long-loved by Music From Memory, and this LP, “Origens Da Luz”, is utterly Brazilian, with influences from all around the world, resulting in an ethereal and relentlessly beautiful concoction of fifteen tracks that each encapsulate the nomadic question: where is the line that separates and defines global sounds? Priscilla blurs it entirely.
ROTW, AUX 88 - COUNTERPARTS (DIRECT BEAT CLASSICS)
At Rush Hour we have a few artists we would follow to the end of the earth and beyond. Aux 88 is one of them. The Detroit electro legends’ new album ‘Counterparts’ has been awaited here with bated breath, so we are delighted to dedicate this week’s ROTW to them. ‘Counterparts’ is a yet another masterpiece of topnotch timeless retrofuturism by Keith Tucker & co. The double LP starts with a Kraftwerk vibe that crescendoes into classic Detroit techno. You Don’t Want None Of This warns listeners with the title before launching into a futuristic instant electro classic.
