| TRACKS OF THE WEEK |
Each week, FACT's gang of reviewers, DJs, record shop workers, scenesters and bloggers compile the tunes that have been making our lives that little bit sweeter. From brand new joints to older tunes that somehow got forgotten about; downloads to vinyl; primitive folk to futurist techno: anything goes as long as it's great...
 LELE
‘BREAKFAST’
(MAGNETRON 12")
In which the protagonist compares his love to various breakfast menu items; another one of those lovably daffy pop-techno cuts that’s as irresistible now as it will be nauseatingly over-familiar in a few weeks (see ‘Heater’). What a fickle lot we are…
Morden Caller
Hear it here
 DARLINGS OF THE SPLIT SCREEN
'HIROSHIMA'
(RAZOR STILETTO)
Harmonic electronics from DOTS, on the first aural outing for fledgling Sheffield imprint Razor Stiletto more known for its garish monthly club night than slabs of wax. Produced by one of the beards from I Monster, 'Hiroshima' speeds towards the apocalypse with a hook catchy enough to bring you back from beyond the grave.
Jim Ottewill
Hear it here
 ROBYN
'WHO’S THAT GIRL?' (REX THE DOG MIX)
(KONICHIWA 12”)
Rex the Dog seems to have a thing for remixing Swedish pop into fountains of melodic joy. This isn’t as great as his heavenly mix of the Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’, but then pretty much nothing is; here, he just contents himself with adding a few of his trademark chunky, fizzing synths to the track.
Simon Hampson
Hear it here
 RAMADANMAN
‘BLIMEY’
(HESSLE AUDIO 12”)
Dubstep just keeps on getting slinkier. Here, Leeds producer Ramadanman slices up 2-step skitter with surgical grace, creating steely yet organic ripples of minimalist garage. Villalobos is a fan, by the way…
Simon Hampson
Hear it here
 BOZZWELL
'THE WOODS'
(SOCIETY 12")
Fresh 12" on a new Sheffield label, with Hiem front man and solo artist Bozzwell at the controls. 'The Woods' is a genuinely haunting, yet dance floor hugging techno tune. When the ket kicks in at the after party and this drops you’ll be weeping and boogieing simultaneously.
Jim Ottewill
Hear it here
 MOTORPSYCHO
'LITTLE LUCID MOMENTS I-V'
(RUNE GRAMMOFON CD)
21 minutes of twisty time-signature changes and - God help us - guitar solos might not be everyone's cuppa char, but Motorpsycho ain't afraid to embrace that age-old adage: "When in doubt, rock out!" This holds welcome echoes of Nektar, Golden Earring and a very young Ozzy Osbourne. And I really don’t have a problem with that.
Kek-w
Hear it here
 LOUDMOUTH
‘SUCK OUT’
(NO LABEL)
Go to Loudmouth’s myspace, click on this track, and hear the utter carnage that occurred when Spyro played it on his Rinse FM show. All the excitement is wholly justified; this bobbly instrumental is a perfect example of grime’s lean economy of force. The hottest grime riddim around at the moment.
Simon Hampson
 MIDFIELD GENERAL
'DISCO SIRENS' (D.I.M MIX)
(SKINT 12")
The general Damian Harris recruits Bumblebeez, Soulwax and Justice all on board for remixing and dancefloor slapping. Hamburg’s D.I.M stops it from being a sausage fest by resplicing it with an electronic spoiler the size of a house. Forget Boyz Noise, this is electronic boy racing with poppers down yer pants. Maximum power.
Jim Ottewill
Hear it here
 JOHN MATTHIAS
'VIPER'S NEST'
(COUNTER, from Stories From the Watercooler CD)
Matthias has collaborated with Herbert, Thom Yorke and Coldcut but don't let that you put off him. This brilliantly titled song meshes ominous, monotonous strings parts with, Matthias' hushed, world weary vocal inflections and lurching electro-acoustic rhythms. The rest of the album's just as good…
Rich Hanscomb
Counter myspace
 REKID
‘NEXT STOP CHICAGO’
(REKIDS 12”)
An old track, from 2006, but I just can’t stop listening to it at the moment. It sounds like a score to a Kurosawa film, if Kurosawa was still alive and had gotten into techno in a major way. A breathtakingly dramatic piece of string-heavy techno; why wasn’t this massive?
Simon Hampson
Rekid myspace
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