You won't be flaccid on this acid.

There is a lot of hype around Turbo Recordings at the moment. All of it is well deserved, of course, but it has been accentuated by the blog world due to upcoming releases of The Proxy, ZZT and Tiga. Some of these have featured here, and are worth the hype surrounding them. Tiga is an incredible modern music mind, and all his productions are moves of utter genius.

To discover if they are truly worthy, however, we must look further back into Turbo’s past. One does not become a saint without being holy. Their back listing of vinyls and CD’s is barely credible; obscure names jump out, as well as comical onesheets by Tiga and occasionally Von Party. But it’s all manifested into Turbo. Their back listing proves to everybody the worthiness and greatness of not just acid and techno alone, but of a label that is dedicated to their sound.

These are tracks from Turbo-009 onwards. Enjoy this selection and go to beatport and buy as much as you will allow yourself, if you give each track time it will envelope you.

TGV is Mateo Murphy and Tiga, both from Montreal. TGV EP, Turbo-009 was released on the 11th of February 2002. This EP was a thundering prelude to Mateo Murphy’s solo EP “Bringing it Back”. TGV create an acidic environment of techno within Night Train.

Night Train, TGV

Clemens Kahlcke & Michael Pagliosa are the Märtini Brös. Flash was their second record released through Turbo Recordings with Pläy being their first EP. They were founded in 1998, and Flash gets the remix from Tiga and his nostalgic acid days.

Flash (Tiga's Acid Flashback Remix), Märtini Brös.

A Spanish producer since 1989, Robert Calvin was influenced by late 70's and early 80's electronic groups such as Cabaret Voltaire, Einsturzende Neubauten and Depeche Mode. Methods of Dance, Turbo-021, has that beloved 80's sound, producing techno with an acid twist. A brilliant example of IDM (think intelligent dance music, then think warp records, then Aphex Twin, then last of all individualistic experimentation).

Azid Life, Robert Calvin

Jori was born in northern Finland. He had a very eclectic taste in music for his age, especially since he grew up in the middle of the cold war. He was leaning towards an electronic style and suddenly hit the profound Detroit techno in the late 80’s. He has been consistently releasing on F-Communication and PIAS since 1995, but has two magnificent releases on Turbo recordings under his solo alias; EP’s Katajanukke and Rave 2.0. Additionally, his Helsinki Mix sessions in 2000 are cataloged. Katajanukke (Turbo-036), which translates to Juniper Doll, is a four track 12” of frenzied, acerbic techno with a thudding bass.

Enter The Fear, Who Will Be Slaughtered Next, Jori Hulkkonen

Maxime Firket (Compuphonic) was born in early 80’s in Belgium. He was trained during his childhood as a violoncellist, and his solo production is a combo of 80’s tech house and minimal sounds. Olivier Grégoire is Kolombo. He has been releasing since 2005 but his foremost release on Turbo is the Emotion EP (as well as “TMV-001”) with Maxime. Reverie featured on TMV-02 as a solo release. Together, they are Compuphonic & Kolombo, their “Emotion” EP (Turbo-044) was released in September of last year. It has the concentrated goodness of their Lekebusch remix and is a tad more distorted than usual, but that distortion comes across as warmth and fills my heart with blinding acid once more.

Emotion, Compuphonic & Kolombo

More commonly known as Remute; Denis Karimani is playlisted by the likes of Florian Senfter aka Zombie Nation. His work featured as track six of ten on Turbo Mind Vacuum (TMV-02). A standout track on a standout compilation. While his productions are described as progressive house/tech house, they can be summed up in a single word: marathon.

Rooms & Rites, Denis Karimani

"Freak Thyself!" - Tiga