House music also-rans: The Field, Gold Panda, Trus'me and other things that'll make you sweat

Here are some more also-rans. A bit more of a house music flavour amid the techno this time, so four to the floor, here goes…

Just missing out on my final list is the fifth album from The Field. The Follower (Kompakt) is a splendid assembly of spiralling techno. Gold Panda is always a nice listen, so the travel-inspired Good Luck And Do Your Best (City Slang) didn’t disappoint.

I enjoyed Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald / Borderland's Transport (Tresor) for two reasons: firstly, its unwavering commitment to solid house music, and secondly because I managed to shoehorn a C+C Music Factory reference into an Electronic Sound review of them earlier this year.

I enjoyed his debut Workshop 19, so it was a welcome return for abstract technoist Kassem Mosse with Disclosure (Honest Jon's Records). Meanwhile, Matt Karmil released two albums of note: the dubby IDLE033 (Idle Hands) followed by the throbbing gritty house of ++++ (PNN). I preferred the latter. The dark, spacey Planet 4 (Prime Numbers) by Manchester’s own Trus'me is worth a look in too.

House Of Dad’s House Of Dad (House Of Dad) samples a toilet flush and has a loo seat on the cover. It’s much better than it sounds, honest. Finally, there were the deep, otherworldly rhythms of Dorisburg’s Irrbloss (Hivern Discs), and, for those with a bit of time on their hands, you should check out Prince Of Denmark’s magical and engaging 23-track 8 (Forum) if you can find anywhere selling it.





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Listen: Trus'me's Here & Now

I'm pretty sure I read an article recently about how Manchester had lost its musical identity, blah blah blah. I dunno, I could google for it, but I suspect the only result will be an ageing has-been Manc with dishcloths for ears.

Manchester's Trus'me has swapped his soulier Fat City sounds for something darker on new album Planet 4, even more so than his last album Treat Me Right. As a result, he's winning this technohead over.

It's only a two minute excerpt, but listen to the analogue sass on the Soundcloud clippy thing of Here & Now below. It's nice.

Also can we have a polite smattering of applause for the album cover? It's like Tron's gone on holiday and taken a wrong turn past Jupiter.