When you listen Minilogue you’re ensured with quality above the average. All their releases have elements outside of the ordinary roots. After their tremendous album – Animals – it’s time to present another work from them. Snake Charmer – their new release on Wagon Repair - is a pretty good Ep with two very different tracks. In the A side you have a groovy techno production, our favourite here in the minimaland, and in the b side you have a track turned to dub german influences, showing all the ways that this duo can explore. Snake Charmer is a very good track, one of the best that i listened from this guys so far this year… hypnotic melody, awesome percussions and the power of creating unique musical atmospheres that we so much appreciate. 10 minutes of pure enjoyment. Quality is ensured, this is another must have release, keep a copy in your files so you don’t forget this any more. Listen Minilogue’s music is cheaper than a therapist!
Press Release:
This latest offering is one hell of a coup, with Swedish techno forerunners Minilogue’s sophomore Wagon Repair release.
Following in the footsteps of 2007’s ‘Elephant’s Parade’, the Malmo duo have also released on such luminary labels as Cocoon, Crosstown Rebels and Traum Schallplatten. They have recently received critical acclaim for their artist album ‘Animals’ and jazz fusion album as IMPS on Japan’s Mule imprint.
As ever, this release is laden with the kind of warped sounds and dense textures that have become their signature. Always pushing the envelope, Minilogue transcend expectations with every release.
Opener ‘Snake Charmer’ incorporates ghostly eastern flute sounds into a tribal percussive drive. Wisps of warped synth and trace pulsed tones encircle the central beat, recoiling into dreamy ambience before biting with thudding bass kick and disorienting melodic keys. Cunning and slick, the subtle but purposeful attack of this track befits it’s title.
On the flip, ‘Urban Slough’ is a deep techno gem. Driven by droning synth and reverborated percussion, decaying melodies develop slowly while meandering in and out of tune. Staying true to their consistently apocalyptic vision, this mix of slightly industrial beats and howling tune is a melancholy masterpiece.
Tracklisting:
a1 – Snake Charmer
b1 – Urban Slough
Wag#043
Rls Date: 15.09.2008
