The Berlin based Brothers Roman & Marcel are back with their first release during 2009, launched by Connaisseur, Recordings  as usual. This might be their greatest Ep till date and was already supported by Lee Jones, Gabriel Ananda, Solomun, Shinedoe, Masomenos, Eyerer, Brendom Moeller and Luke Solomon among others. In fact this work contains three great grooves that go around some deep Detroit house and minimal techno. The Ep starts with “Night Bell” with a 4by4 old school rhythm and some neurotic patterns that will make your brain trip during all the way of this one. All the tracks that have “Bell” on their name usually are like this: psychotic, trippy and really acid! Next is “Sneeky Dee” in a far more relaxed rhythm, more inclined to deep house roots but that fast turn into a tech house track. It has a great bassline and the construction on this one is simply amazing, in the beginning there’s only the beat but things start to show up forming an incredible tune. I can see this rising up the moods of night and after-hours crowds. “Red Tension” ends this production in a great way. It is the track with the strongest musical approach, where Plasmik stop to be random producers and transform themselves into something more: musicians. It has a great deep rhythm, with some jazzy instrument in the back like the piano and the sax and a beautiful sound universe stepped up by an amazing percussion, building up a perfect journey. Outstanding release.

a1 - Night Bell

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b1 - Sneeky Dee

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b2 - Red Tension

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CNS#030
Release Date: 24.06.2009

Sometimes there are releases that have the power to surprise us… this is one of them. Mark August is a Dutch producer with only 5 Ep’s launched during two years, clearly betting on quality. He claims is influences are based on Chicago and Detroit but this Ep shows really more than that! If I didn’t know anything about him I would say he was from Germany duo to the great synth lines he uses and the minimal constructions with very little elements being used in the tracks. The bassline’s and heavy beats remind us Detroit so this release comes as a convergence between two different kinds of production and the result of that is a solid work, one of the bests of the month.
In the a side there’s “The Wasps From Tunisia And The Silver Piggy”,a track that really sticks in your mind, an amazing dark journey through the most exquisite flavors of this kind of music. The construction is absolutely amazing marked by hypnotic chords and a powerful rude dry beat going along the track… be prepared to get overflowed by this one!! In the b side Mark August presents “Scorpion’s Groove” and like the tittle suggests it floats around dark sounds, with a passionate mnml rhythm… top class release!

“A fable, with mystic and mysterious animals and creatures, might best describe what Mark had in mind while working on the tracks”

a1 - The Wasps From Tunisia and The Silver Piggy
b1 – Scorpion’s Groove

CNS#027-6
Release Date: 10.12.2008