“Boogybytes – it’s about score, about clubs and pubs, about personality and the things that define us…” This vocal introduces the next instalment of the Boogybytes mix CD series. Volume 5 is the first CD not to feature a star from the label but to give a surprise appearance to the extremely charismatic and not-so-secret insider tip Seth Troxler. His top-drawer DJ, remixing and production skills, as well as his highly praised releases on labels including the Ghostly International sub-label Spectral Sound, have helped him attract considerable interest and great bookings in his home city of Detroit and his current surroundings in Berlin. BPC aficionados may be familiar with Seth through his collaboration with Ryan Crosson and Lee Curtiss. The trio delivered an extremely successful remix for Kiki under the name “Visionquest” which has been licensed for numerous other releases. After the success of their night at the Berlin club Watergate, the paths of Ellen Allien und Seth Troxler crossed once again. Seth was spontaneously given the honour of making a Boogybytes CD. After agreeing euphorically and without hesitation, Seth took the time to carefully reflect on his new environment in Berlin: “I wanted to do something which would set itself apart from all the trends, and yet paint a picture of this city and portray it the way I experience it.”

The track selection which came out of this process conveys this picture superbly. Its palpable deepness occasionally harbours a touch of melancholy, yet never becomes overwhelming, for at its peaks – which certainly include Seth’s Fever Ray mix – the tension is released in the most explosive and unbridled manner. Seth already considers certain tracks as classics. For him, Nicolas Jaar’s “Time For Us” and the epic “Birds And Souls” are works with a great future. Seth’s particular way of combining the most varied of musical elements is shown both in his fitting track selection and in his remarkable mixing technique. Not only are the individual remixes artfully arranged and intertwined, but single elements are also occasionally reemployed as material in a sound montage. Seth merges tracks into one another almost imperceptibly whilst constantly creating new angles in the way they overlap and retreat from one another. Other songs, on the other hand, follow one another abruptly and yet completely seamlessly. Sound elements are dispersed over the tracks, acting as recurring signals. In the case of the dancefloor stormer “Stricher” by Roman Flügel (one half of the duo Alter Ego), a complete section of the song is remoulded as a transition between tracks. The 4/4 kick drum does not remain fundamentally in the foreground; in the funk-jazz-tinged pieces by Bakara and Dinky its presence is withdrawn, although the compulsion to dance is never lost. Seth Troxler pays homage both to his Detroit roots and to the minimal house style of his new home, and as a result he moves his hallmark sound beyond the limits of 12” releases for the first time.

Minimaland Feedback: After Kiki, Sascha Funke, Modeselektor and Ellen Allien, Seth Troxler mixes this fantastic series of Boogybytes and we have to say he did it incredibly well! A clean mix, with a nice selection of tracks – going through deep, minimal and house – and  a perfect ending with a track that is already producing massive effects here in the minimaland: “Time For Us”.

Tracklist:
01 Seth Troxler – Intro
Ryan Crosson – Amb 1
02 The Royal We – Party Guilt (Dinky’s Arp-A-Pella)
03 Luciano – Fran Left Home
Mike Shannon – Sweet A Pella
04 Craig Smith & The Revenge – The Soul Part II
05 Baeka – Right At It
06 Dinky feat. Update – Westoid
07 N/A feat. Rosina – Fables and Fairytales (Deniz Kurtel Remix)
08 Spektrum – Freakbox (Richie Hawtin’s Uncontrolled Edit)
09 Alexi Delano – Molar One
10 Jabberjaw – The Connie Shake
11 Heartthrob – Signs (Thrill Cosby aka Seth Troxler Remix)
12 Birds And Souls – Birds And Souls
13 Roman Flügel – Stricher
14 Fever Ray – Seven (Seth Troxler Remix)
15 Kiki – Cinema Obscura
16 Nicolas Jaar – Time For Us

Release Date: 22.02.2010
BPC#210CD

“Are there DJs having more fun being a DJ than Seth Troxler? If so, we’d like to meet them. The Berlin resident defines the hedonistic nature of the city, reveling in the afterparty lifestyle and launching legions of “Did you hear what Seth did/said/played?” stories. Oh. Right, played. Yeah, that’s been amazing too. It seems like the word is out about the American jock: Troxler’s DJing style more often than not reflects his personality. Ebullient, fun, sexy. And a tiny bit out of control. Which, when you think about it, makes for some of the most memorable sets of all.”

New York born Nicolas Jaar was raised in Chile until the age of 11 before returning stateside. At 19 he stands head and shoulders above similar breakthrough producers of the moment. The first Wolf + Lamb release of 2010 is one of a kind. I’ve listened this track in a promo album that I’ve received from Bpitch a while ago and that I will be posting here soon “Boogybytes Vol5 mixed by Seth Troxler” and since that momentthe track doesn’t get out of my head. I didn’t think about a post for it, but since I saw it in a chart from David Dk I understood that, more than techno or minimal, our readers want good music, and that’s what Nicolas Jaar appears to do best. “Time For Us” is a never ending track, that sticks to our soul like glue, a perfect classic, combining some deep sensual sounds with a melancholic voice singing some words that suit perfectly in anyones mind state. It’s a perfect club track, like I didn’t listen for a while. No wonder that Dave Dk and Seth Troxler liked it, this is something that I can listen 4 or 5 times i n a row, it’s definitely my first passion of 2010. “Mi Mujer” with its Spanish title and lyrics was inspired by the countless Puerto Ricans and Dominicans hanging out near the Marcy, it’s a very funny one. The main gun is “Time For us” though and It’s one of my strongest advices for this month.

a1 - Time For Us

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b1 – Mi Mujer

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WLM#008
Release Date: 25.01.2009

And.Id
Rick Wilhite – Soul Edge Ep – Rush Hour
Levon Vincent – Double Jointed Sex Freak - Novel Sound
Nina Kraviz – Pain in the ass – Rekids
Jerome Sydenham – Can’t Stop Not (Gummihz Deep mix) – Avocado
And.id – She was there - Mobilee
House of House – Rushing to paradise (Dj Harvey rmx) – House of house
Niko Marks – Voice Box Detroit – Subject Detroit
John Dimas – Deeper Sence - Time has changed
Alex Smith/ Omar S – Here with me – FXHE Records
You and me – Close to me – ornaments

Anja Schneider
1. Deniz Kurtel – Yeah / Crosstown Rebels
2. Anja Schneider – Amore / mobilee
3. Josh Wink – Stay Out All Night – Radio Slave Remix / Ovum
4. Hermanez – SOMS / Leena
5. Ryan Crosson & Guti –  You ‘ve Got me feat. Don Fuego / Supplement Facts
6. D’Julz – Ideas Are Fishes / Rotondo
7. Romanthony – The Wanderer – Dixon Edit / Innervisons
8. Dapayk & Padberg – Close up- Exercise One Remix / Mos Ferry
9. Sandrien feat Anne Tardos -Cynical Dog / Intacto
10. Alexi Delano – Wrapt Up In It / white

Dan Curtin
Kyle Hall – Worx Of Art – Wild Oats
Marcin Czubala & Hugo – Zoo Comunale – Mobilee
Heiroglyphic Being – Machines 4 Lovers EP – Mathematics
Pirahnahead – Mirror Muse: Internal Inspiration – Whasdat Music
I:Cube – Operation Hypnosis – Versatile Records
Kate Simko – Pastis – Eklo Music
Matt Chester – Outrider EP – 11th Hour Recordings
Nebraska – A Weekend On My Own – Rush Hour Recordings
Frank Roger – Re Scape – Planet-e
Frivolous – Couples Therapy EP – Cadenza Records

Exercise One
Sendai – Rottingbaugh / Time 2 Express
Mathew Jonson – Ghost In The AI / Wagon Repair
Cari Lekebush – Spindizzy / Mote Evolver
Exercise One – Several Things At Once / Wagon Repair
Deadbeat & Mike Shannon – Por Nada / Cynosure
Cesare vs Disorder – The Dream / Stock 5
Billy Dalessandro – Strombooty / Siteholder
Speedy J & G. Issakidis – Looks Something Like You / Novamute
Ahmet Sisman – Hit Me Low / Dumb-Unit
Dj Food – Extract From Stolen Moments / Ninja Tune

Miss Jools
James Tee – Space Oddity (Toby Tobias dub) – MFR
Khaan – Thought about it
Alexqbit – Balineasy – Moscow
Alex Kid & Rodriquez jr- Le Doigt Africain (Bearweasel remix)
Matthias Meyer –Tout va bien (Salvatore Freda remix) - Liebe Detail Spezial
Acumen – Middle – Upon You
Nils Noa – Trollveggen (Bearweasel remix)
Harry Axt – Bastardo – Blaue Knospen
Miss Jools – Don’t Know You
Dj Wild – V.sexion – Catwash
Hors Rockford Inc – Mina’s Theme – Roots

Pan-Pot
Adultnapper – Almost Nothing (Chardronnet Remix) / Audiomatique Recordings
Asem Shama – Metroman / Paso Music
Christian Smith & Reset Robot – Air Miles (2000 And One & DJ Madskillz remix) / 100% Pure
Steve Bug – Like it should be feat. Gigi (Ribn’s Translucent Remix) / Poker Flat
Sian – The Vigil of The Crow (Exercise One Remix) / Octopus
Marshall – Dr. Flute (Mark Broom Remix) / Material Series
Pascal Mollin – The Elephant (Pan-Pot Remix) / Touched Recordings
Kaiserdisco – Amalfino / MBF
Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve – Yin & Yang EP / Toolroom Recordings
Extrawelt – Drehfehler / Cocoon Recordings

Rodriguez Jr.
Lorenzo Bartoletti & Matteo Matteini – Latina (Hector Couto Remix) / Nulogic Records
Arnaud Le Texier – Perfumes Of Our Dead Times (It’s 2 PM. At Panorama Delete’s Remix) / Safari Electronique
Ron Flatter – Petibelle (Rodriguez Jr Remix) / Pour La Vie
Alexkid & Rodriguez Jr – Jerri Call / NRK
Metope – From Druida / Beachcoma
Rodriguez Jr. – Chicky Chicky / Giant Wheel
Marcin Czubala & Hugo – Zoo Comunale / mobilee
Jerome Sydenham & Nicole Gala – Brookly Rock / Ibadan Records
Matthias Tanzmann – Chano / Moon Harbour
360 (Nuno Dos Santos & Patrice Baumel) – Neon One / Gr

Massimo Di Lena
01. Salvatore Freda – Irpinia (Massimo Di Lena remix) - Freerange Records
02. La pena – La pena 06 - La Peña
03. Massimo Di Lena – He is the walrus – Oslo Records
04. Martyn – Is This Insanity? (Ben Klock remix) - 3024
05. Vegas gas – new projects
06. DJ Qu – Party People Clap (Levon Vincent remix) – Deconstruct Music
07. Summed&Dot – Jazzyman (Massimo Di Lena Remix) - All Inn Records
08. Laverne Radix – strong legs - Oslo Records
09. Mr Scruff – pn 11 – Prime Numbers
10. v.a – drum-o-rama 01

Lucio Aquilina
01. studio 45 – i like the sounds - nrk music
02. lucio aquilina – out run – hideout
03. fantaboys – fanta lemon - duna recordings
04. dama – me or me ( lucio aquilina pump mix ) – monique
05. ricardo villalobos – easy lee ( marco faraone bootleg re-edit ) – saf series
06. fantaboys – black pussy
07. julio aguilera & dama – chicks chaser – duna
08. paga, mihai popoviciu & jay bliss – mime tachine - all inn records
09. fanta boys – to the people back - duna 001
10. salvatore freda – irapinia ( massimo di lena mix ) - freerange records

Reboot
1 Anna Stefani – Upper / Bumming – Mallory records
2 Chris Carrier – Le Fabourienne(DUB) – OFF Recordings
3 Romano Alfieri – Hell`s Smile
4 Simone Burrini – Kuraku(Edit) – Mallory records
5 Evans & Nyra – Bruno Series – Smack Records
6 Phil Weeks vs. Karakaota – Get your Space – Robsoul Recordings
7 La Pena – La Pena 006 – La Peña
8 Lazy Hartz Club – I want it(Chris Carrier remix) – ThityOneTwenty
9 Butch & Virginia – Free – Arearemote
10 Rootz 002 – Rootz 002 - Rootz

Dave DK
1 The Smallpeople – Before Leaving To Paris - Laid
2 Chopstick & Johnjon – Full Hearts - Suol
3 Nicolas Jaar – Time for Us - Wolf + Lamb
4 Lil Tony – Solid State – Moodmusic
5 Aybee – Underworld - Underground Quality
6 Cobblestone Jazz – Chance – Wagon Repair
7 Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself(Sascha Funke remix)  - BPitch Control
8 Daniel Stefanik – One – Kann Records
9 Pantha Du Prince – The Splendour – Domino
10 Taron-Trekka – Swing Swing (Dave DK Edit) - Brut! Records

Milton Jackson
1 Kasper Bjørke – Alcatraz (Jimpster Dub) - hfn
2 Milton Jackson – Breathe – Neurotraxx
3 Ryo Murakami – Just For This (The Revenge remix) - Dessous Recordings
4 Chymera – The Rumours Of My Demise – Komplex De Deep
5 Paul du Lac – The House Of Spirits - Clone Records
6 Pablo Fierro – Get Up Away – Dark Energy
7 Lil Tony – Mona – Running Back
8 Delano Smith – Truth - Third Ear
9 Chris Lattner – House Ya – Fear of Flying
10 I:Cube – Falling – Versatile Records

Stefan Goldmann
01 Elektro Guzzi – Elastic Bulb (Macro)
02 Hell – U Can Dance – C2 remix (Gigolo)
03 Raudive – Paper (Macro)
04 Mirko Loko – Seventynine remixes (Cadenza)
05 The Cheapers – Madame Sans Merci (Upon You)
06 Stefan Goldmann – Haven’t I Seen You Before (Tapeworm)
07 Delta Funktionen – Silhouette (Delsin)
08 Terre Thaemlitz – Masturjakor (KiNK & Neville Watson rmx) (Mule Musiq)
09 Stefan Goldmann – Les Augures (Perlon)
10 DJ Sneak – Getting Crazy In The Ghetto (Guest House)

Cosmic Cowboys
01 Loko – In Love - Buzzin’Fly
02 Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Last Day – Diynamic
03 Cosmic Cowboys – Say That You Will Stay - Musik Gewinnt Freunde
04 Simon Baker – Moonblock – Murmur
05 Pele – El Condor (Alex Niggemann RMX) – Supernature
06 Autodeep – Trickmode (Till Von Sein RMX) – Galaktika
07 Sebo K – Spirits – Mobilee
08 Cosmic Cowboys – Closer – Kina Music
09 Maik Loewen – Questions - Niveous
10 David Pher – The Journey – Kina Music

Florian Meindl
01 Hot Chip – I feel better (Florian Meindl Rmx) (EMI)
02 Gadi Mizrahi – Oh Love (Spectral)
03 Andreas Henneberg – Earth Goat (Florian Meindl Rmx) (Voltage Musique)
04 Daniel Schwartz – Holloway (Oslo)
05 Matt Tolfrey, Inxec – Hollywood
06 Mr. G – Got Ma Groove On (Phoenix G)
07 Lemos – Nice & clean (Cecille)
08 Daniel Kampf – Hammer Street Chord (Opossum)
09 Carlo Lio – Breakfast In Bag (Anton Pieete Remix)
10 Florian Meindl – The Theorem (The Glitz Rmx) (FLASH 018)

Mirko Loko
01 Mirko Loko – Love Harmonic (Carl Craig rmx) – Cadenza 45
02 Wareika – Kings Child – Perlon
03 Monty Luke – Art, Love & War - Planet E
04 Loco Dice – Difinition (V/A) – Desolat
05 Mirko Loko – Tahktok (Luciano rmx) – Cadenza 45
06 Gregorythme – whatyougotlsgone
07 Beat Dis – Karizma - r2
08 Feel Love – Dyed Soundorom edit
09 Frivolous – Couples Therapy EP – Cadenza

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Today we show you the last edition of Love Letters from Oslo during 2009. This time they brought in Saac and the famous Massimo Di Lena aka Massi DL an uprising producer who has been having great success, specially due to his releases on Cadenza Records. In the b-side you will listen “Crystal”, a track suited between deep and housy rhythms that I’m sure it will have a huge acceptance in the dancefloors. It’s a typical one from this imprint, great energy, rhythm and sense of appeal! In the a-side comes another housy tune to be enjoyed. Massimo Di Lena shows all his potential in this one, despite the vocals that i don’t like, the track has a great beat and an awesome construction. It reminds me those classical 90’s house themes. House Music is back! Love Letters from Oslo delivers, all their releases still great and it’s one of the top labels to be followed by us during 2010…

a1 – Massimo Di Lena – Delirious

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b1 - Saac – Crystal

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LLFO#012
Release Date: 14.12.2009

Situated by the river Spree, known for it’s first-rate lineups of international talent and of course it’s famous wall to wall LED dance floor installation, the Watergate Club in Berlin has quickly become one of the world’s leading dance music clubs. Only 5 years after it’s official opening the club now goes a step further and releases a characteristic Mix CD series delivering only the finest DJ Mixes by some of club’s most exiting residents and guests. With the focus being put not only on the music but also on the packaging and design, this series will quickly become a truly sought-after collectors item and will surely stand out in flood of mediocre music and mixes that often dilute the market.
After successfully exploring the world of Deep House with their last mix by Sebo K it’s now time for Ellen Allien to represent for Watergate. Ellen has been a resident for the Club for a few years now and her BPitch Label nights with the whole label roster as well as her solo appearances at Watergate have always been special nights for us and the crowd. So it is no wonder that after all this Ellen Allien now steps in to mix Watergate 05 showcasing her very own and unique mix of electronic dance music for the followers and fans of the Watergate Mix CD series.

Minimaland Feedback: Essential Listening, huge tracklist!

TRACKLISTING
01 – Dj Yellow – Lost – Plaza In Crowd
02 – John Tejada – The End of It All – Palette
03 – Limp – Music Lover – Contexterrior
04 – Luciano – Celestial - Cadenza
05 – Niconé & Sascha Breamer – Nur Ma Kurz (Philip Bader rmx) – Bar 25
06 – Audiophungz – Pretending – Damn
07 – Aerea Negrot – All I Wanna Do – Bpitch
08 – Dark Unknown – The Dark (Black mix) – RPD records
09 – Juno 6 – Action 2 – Freude Am Tanzen
10 – Matias Aguayo – Bo Jack (Vocal) – Cómeme
11 – Alexi Delano – Molar One – Clink
12 – Royksopp – This must be It (Apparat rmx) – Emi Music
13 – Ellen Allien – Pop The Clock (Uffi rmx) – Ed Banger
14 – AGF / Delay – Connection (Hearthrob rmx) - Bpitch
15 – Margaret Dygas – Hidden Form View (Hidden nsi.Mix) – Power Shovel Audio
16 – Brigitte Fontain & Khan – Fine Mouche (Original Tango Piano Version) - I’m Single

WATERGATE#05
Release Date: 01.02.2010

Japanese producer Cherry returns to Bristol’s Four:Twenty in March with his second EP, the “World Waits EP”, backed with a typically superb remix from Areal/Kompakt producer Ada.
As with his first EP for the incredibly consistent Four:Twenty, “The Alex EP”, “The World Waits” is melodic, electronic house at it’s best. Unselfconscious and emotive, the Toyko based producer’s output sees him drawn in a myriad of influences to create something which sidesteps trends masterfully. Title track “World Waits” is a mammoth 12 and a half minute excursion into layering of melodies which is completely mesmerising. Simplistic drum programming, with just a smattering of variation, combined with an equally simplistic arrangement allows the dominant, nagging synth riff to steal your attention and hold it throughout.
Cologne’s Ada delivers an equally hypnotic take but pursues a more reductionist avenue. An 808 kit provides the backbone while the original’s riffs are tempered with filtering and a more sporadic structure. Subtle strings are also added and add just a modicum of intensity to great effect. “When The Truth Is” rounds the package off with a captivating mix of melancholic jazz piano, sinister soundscapes and drum/sub interplay which while certainly more sample based than it’s A-side, is no less original. This is yet another wholly ‘different’ release from Four:Twenty and showcases yet another great new talent.

Minimaland Feedback: Deep, Melancholic and Emotional… Cherry’s music will project different emotions in you. Ada remix is simply amazing, I must say that she is, nowadays, one of my favorite producers and everything she touches turns it into gold.

a1 – World Waits

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a2 - World Waits (Ada remix)

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b1 – When The Truth Is

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FOUR#053
Release Date: March, 2010

from his most recent EP “Intr-o Seara Organica”

Berlin’s Minimood continues its foray into the realms of quality techno and tech inspired house following up recent stellar releases from Gregorythme and Fusiform & Mark Henning with this outstanding single from Cologne based Ziggy Kinder. Kinder is a producer that has been key in the success of Matthias Schaffhauser’s Ware label providing a string of superb singles that have seen him forge his place amongst Germany’s musical elite.
For his debut single on Minimood Kinder kicks off with the wonderful ‘Lucky Look’; the infectious and uplifting melody bounces and warps its way through the airspace luring you in for more. ZIGGY KINDER’S gravity defying magical touch finely reinforces MINIMOOD’s hallmark sound of seemingly careless simplicity camouflaging underlying musical genius. An outstanding dancefloor track that is already a hit with Dj’s everywhere.
The original is followed by an excellent remix from Minimood’s own Erich Bogatzky and volt.mar. Stripping the original back into more dubbed out minimal territory, the lush incidental melody stabs and wriggling clavs craftily blend for maximum seduction. Mysterious, edgy and slightly anxious, this new production team are already showing themselves to be masters of mood manipulation.
Finally Kinder closes the packaged with the alternatively titled ‘Look Lucky’, where he moves into darker club territory with this chugging monster. Drawing inspiration from classic techno forms but unbound by its rules, its classic old school groove is projected into more unpredictable contemporary territory through a bleep infested melody and some mind bending jittery and unpredictable percussion to form an irresistibly funky product. Pure quality.
Minimood continues to impress at every turn and this single is certainly no exception

Minimaland Feedback: You probably know Ziggy Kinder from his releases on Ware Records. He has been one of the stand outs of the label and now, in his first release on Minimood he confirms all his talent. Deep vibes and lots of good mood!

a1 - Look Lucky

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b1 - Lucky Look (Erich Bogatzky and Volt.Mar remix)

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b2 - Lucky Look

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MINIMOODEXTRA#003
Release Date: February, 2010

In his home town of Bucharest, Romania, Pedro aka Petre Inspirescu has long been a pivotal figure alongside his frequent accomplices Raresh and Rhadoo. He started djing in 1999 in a small club called Web Club. Four year ago he became resident at Circoloco, Dc10 Ibiza and since then, his way of feeling and understanding electronic music changed completely. In the last three years, his appearances throughout the whole world have brought his name to many listeners’ lips, heightening interest in the fertile Romanian scene-an unexpected outpost of advanced electronic music.
He set high standards with the track “De Bou” that was released on his own label Arpair which he founded with his friends Rhaddo & Raresh in 2007. The following productions of Petre Inspirescu (his name as a producer) prove that this success wasn’t only a singular case. Thus it’s only fair that Luciano’s Cadenza, one of the most respected labels in the electronic music scene, approached Pedro and signed him right away.
In December he released his greatest release so far, a 3 x 12″ EP with 6 amazing tracks that really show all this guy’s talent. The tracks feature Inspirescu’s trademark slowly-evolving organic techno sound, with a strong emphasis on percussiveness, hypnotic little passages and attention to sonic detail. His productions make me remind a lot some Villalobos or Luciano tracks – like you will be able to notice in tracks like “Astral” or “Sad & Sand” where he inputs a tremendous minimal sense gathered by deep percussions and appealing melodies and they all combine perfectly creating an environment that almost anyone can in what matters to this kind of music and rhythm. All of them are long length tracks and the one I like the most is “Evar” composed by a genuine 4 x 4 beat, an amazing melancholic chords and a percussion that will lead you into heaven. Petre Inspirescu is the example of the state of Romanian scene right now, they have an enormous sense of appeal and I just hope that we can see more Pedro releases coming out really soon. Released by Arpiar, his own label, one of the best EP’s of last year and one of the installments of the decade!

a1 – Actiune!

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b1 – Templet Shout (feat Atena Vioara)

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c1 - Evar

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d1 - Sad & Sand

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e1 – Astral

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f1 – Dezlegat La Capat (feat Peter Inspirescu)

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ARPIAR#007
Release Date: 21.12.2009

After a hugely successful parting shot of 2009 with Mark Henning’s “The Right Time” Hypercolour delve into the new decade with a killer foray into basement house music from Plasmik with their “Retune EP”.

Brothers Roman and Marcel Fritz have developed a formidable reputation from just a select handful of strong, 909-led house EPs for Offenbach’s Connaisseur and remixes for the likes of Tsuba and Crosstown Rebels. Their no-nonsense ‘real’ house ethic has won many a fan, including the Hypercolour team, who first picked the guys for a remix in 2009 and subsequently pestered the duo for a release.

That release is the “Retune EP”, four tracks of robust, deep modern house packaged with a remix from the label’s Alex Jones.

Whether it’s the simplicity of the title track and it’s one chord stab motif, the Pagan-esque skippy drum and flute combination of “Flute”, the warped vox of “Faces” or the dense off-kilter melodies of “Smoothly” each track is imbued with an earthy, analog feel which oozes charm. This feel, in no part hampered by some excellent FM bass tweakery and 909 work, is pure Plasmik.

Alex Jones’ rebuilding of “Faces” doesn’t harm things on this EP, either. His almost myopic, belligerent attitude to the avoidance of trends has resulted in much of his work completely polarising opinions but that is his greatest asset and it shows here. Rough, un-quantized drums sit loosely under shuffling loops while layered snares and a bizarre walking bassline make for a woozy piece of dancefloor tomfoolery which is as wonderful as it is unique.

This is a cracking start to the year from Hypercolour and potentially the last release from Plasmik for some time, so check it out

Minimaland Feedback: Retune me more!

HYPE#017
Release Date: February, 2010