Elektrax Recordings was founded in the second year of the new millennium (2001) by acclaimed DJ/producer DJ Hi-Shock in Sydney, Australia.
The label’s first vinyl release, “Nagano Trax Vol.1″, was pressed and distributed throughout Europe via Soundbase, Germany.
The label was then diverted into the digital terrain in 2005 with the limited re-issue of dateless, still incredibly fresh productions from the late ’90s, and the introduction of the latest material from international talent.
These days, Elektrax is a 100% digital netlabel that releases Deep, Hard, Dark, Minimalistic, Tribal, Proper Techno, and Psy Tekk.
With releases and remixes from new and established producers such as DJ Warp, Psi Room, Ree.K, Roman Zawodny, Dave Tarrida, Darkmode, C-System, Secret Surfer, Hakker, Bitch Shift, Son Of Zev, Steve Stoll, V1NZ, Thomas P. Heckmann, Little Nobody, Gayle San and DJ Hi-Shock, the label has built itself up a renowned international identity, and has already gained support from most top DJs worldwide.
In a follow up to Psy-Tekk Vol.1, Psi Room meets one of Japan's best female techno DJ's and producers, Ree.K and delivers wild, hallucinogenic mixes of the powerfull track "Underground".
Ree. K's remix embraces classic goa with industrial techno and tweaks the spaced-out sounds of the original track; it's like classic Time Modem and the best of The Overlords set mixed and matched with a vintage Orbital groove and Ken Ishii in his R&S days, thence filtered down and decanted with a knowing eye on the contemporary electro-tech scene.
The DJ Hi-Shock remix is exactly that - wild, unrelenting, darker and grubbier, with a warehouse-style power that hallmarks this Sydneysider's sound palette. Fresh new minimalistic-tech grooves combined with those dark, hypnotizing sounds of the Original, make this a must for any serious techno mind.
The New Network mix is pure "psy-tekk" (dark goa trance and hard techno), pushing through flashbacks of a time when the music was new, raw, and genuine; while its heart may be in a vaguely forgotten prenatal techno scene, the production quality here and the various aural asides are most definitely 2009.
Unafraid to address the past in the very the same moment as they take on future directions, Elektrax Recordings punts another winning combination of both. Essential.
DJ Reactions:
"punched out techno for dark nights! i love it!" - 4.5 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound ; monique musique)
" The Ree K remix is a Electro/Techno sound a real dance floor stomper. will support" - 3.5 / 5
Djclubbersdream (USA) (Atlanta After Hours Shows...South Florida mix radio shows...Indianapolis DJ ....2 saint louis radio)
"sounds like pretty hard goa to me. not my genre but all tracks seem to have pretty good energy, peak time flava and are well produced" - 2.5 / 5
