As I’m not fully online again until next week, I’ve resorted to telepathically uploading my posts for the time being (or something along those lines, at least). Anyway, there have been some very interesting bits and pieces happening in the last week or so, and I’ll attempt to note a couple of them this evening.

First of all, as you can see (or perhaps already know), Epyx & Cyrez’s new album Sleep Paralysis has finally been released. The first CD is very very exciting, with all the previously unreleased tunes – but I’m really looking forward to hearing the mixed second CD too. I’ve heard a good few of the included tracks before, and there should be plenty of variety, despite it being an artist mix (which sometimes get a bit samey, it must be said). Hearty congrats to Epyx & Cyrez, and let’s hope that it’s the first of many. Without them churning out (excellent) tunes so regularly, the European release schedules would be looking a little bare, that’s for sure.

Of course, Electronica Exposed are also going beyond the call of duty these days, and Winter Solstice is the newest release (number 9!) in the Electronic Exclusives series. As tends to be the case with EE, the tunes markedly lean towards UK Hardcore, but there are some blinding efforts on here that would fit nicely into darker sets too. From the previews and couple of tracks that I’ve already heard, highlights for me include Epyx & Cyrez’s I C U, and Substanced’s Vampires and Wistful, while Firefly’s Dangerous deserves a gold star for an absolutely inspired use of mashed-up Jungle amens.