Various Uprising

Published Nov 04, 2013
With great collections from Honest Jon's, Italians Do it Better and Livity Sound surfacing over the past few years, alongside the resurgence of vinyl, there's been a mini-revival of the essential electronic music label compilation. Released as a sprawling triple-LP, Uprising collects 33 up-and-coming artists associated with Berlin-based label Project: Mooncircle. Pulling together over two hours of mostly ultra-modern instrumental electronic music, a large portion of Uprising surprisingly operates within the same chilly BPM-range. Flanked by my.head's dreamy/dreary "Counting," Thriftworks' minimal hip-hop cruiser "Die Gracefully" (featuring DH the Mythicalifornian) and Drogtech's polyrhythmic lullaby, "Around the Corner," Uprising possesses just the right amount of left-field moments to keep listeners absorbed and committed to Project: Mooncircle's brand of post-Kompakt microhouse. Uprising's unrelenting musical uniformity disqualifies anyone not engrossed in the deep house scene, making this comp a must-have for listeners with very specific (and minimal) tastes.
(Project: Mooncircle)