Fiilis

March 13, 2008 at 3:52 pm · Filed under Articles, Media

”Archipel, for it’s 37th digital release, is happy to welcome Zentex to its roster who brings us “Fiilis”, four slabs of extra swingy, smooth funk for your contortionist heart. Title track “Fiilis” is a solid ever growing formation of warm fuzzy funk.Reverberating chords carry a delicate and detailed border or tightly woven glassy shards which all wraps around a puchy field of low end feeling. “Tino” winds a wire of swing even tighter still around snappy rolling elements and molten plastic vocals on an ultra heavy bed of low slung wobblets.“Ruoska” takes a distinctively more hypnotic and spacey route where evolution and repetition reign strong, accented with paranoid vocalizations and slinky, heady acidic moans. “Ask Who” is a bending slice of psyched funk with squelchy timbres encapsulating only the deepest and warmest of substances.”…
Trakclist:

1 Fiilis
2 Tino
3 Ruoska
4 Ask Who

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RA Competition

March 9, 2008 at 4:04 pm · Filed under Articles

Heads up, Minimal House fans. RA is giving away three Family Tree CD and vinyl packs from Ripperton’s Perspectiv label.Perspectiv is a Swiss label run by Ripperton and Sam K, home to 12″s and remixes from the likes of Mark August, Agnès and Lazy Fat People. In January, the label released its first compilation Family Tree featuring brand new cuts from hot properties Quarion and Mark August as well as label regulars Agnès and Masaya. To celebrate Perspectiv’s mini milestone, RA is giving away three Family Tree prize packs. Each bundle contains the 11-track unmixed Family Tree CD as well the two Family Tree vinyl samplers featuring cuts from the likes of Quarion, Mark August and Agnès. As a special bonus for RA readers, Perspectiv have also thrown in an extra 12″: Masaya’s ‘El Choquero EP’. Thanks, Ripperton! Those bumper prize packs again in full:
- 1 x Family Tree CD
- 1 x Family Tree (Sampler A) 12″ feat. Quenum, Daria, Van Hai, Masaya
- 1 x Family Tree (Sampler B) 12″ feat. Quarion, Mark August, Agnès, Laurine Frost
- 1 x El Choquero EP on 12″ by Masaya

To be in the running to take home one of these Family Tree packs from Perspectiv, simply answer the question.

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Joris Voorn

February 28, 2008 at 6:15 pm · Filed under Articles, Media

Joris Voorn is a producer, a DJ, a live act and a visual artist. Like many Dutchmen, he makes techno with a nod to Detroit, first pricking up ears in 2004 with the release of the ‘The Lost Memories’ EPs which included the big dancefloor cuts ‘Missing’ and ‘Incident’, the latter of which became one of the most hammered anthems of the year. Since then Voorn has released two full lengths albums, ‘Future History’ and this year’s ‘From a Deep Place’, both of which fused together deep house, old skool Detroit and even some ambient landscapes.Aside from his own bleeps and bloops, Voorn also spins records. Last year his debut mix compilation for Belgian club Fuse headed in a more minimal direction, fusing together Detroit classics from Robert Hood, Carl Craig and Jeff Mills with newer outings from Sleeparchive, Marc Houle and Matthew Dear. Those who’ve heard ‘Fuse’ or one of Voorn’s high energy live shows might be surprised by his RA podcast though: This one is fifty-four minutes of deep house meets ambient with an emphasis on silky synths and even silkier vocals.

Joris Voorn - Resident Advisor Podcast #62 16-07-2007

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[IC002]Tala - Mandragora (Inc. Cosmic Sandwich Remix)

February 22, 2008 at 5:21 pm · Filed under Articles, Media, Reviews

Iconise’s second release features four variations on a deep techno theme, as we invite three distinct production talents to remix Tala’s ‘Mandragora’.Based in Argentina, Tala debuted with his acclaimed remix of ‘War In Donga’ (Iconise 001). Deep and heartfelt, Tala style is a blend of springing, melody-heavy techno (think Sascha Funke, or maybe Superpitcher) with the stripped-back feel of contemporary minimal house. His original version of ‘Madragora’ is a low paced, quietly romantic pulser, ideal for deeper dancefloor moments, or late night listening pleasure.Fittingly for a Brighton-based label, we’re pleased to welcome Cosmic Sandwich on remix duties. A born and bread local, Steve Barnes relocated to Cologne some years back, and went on to produced a string of acclaimed tracks and remixes for Traum, Trapez and My Best Friend. His warm, dub-spiked rework tweaks the pace for a plaintive club-burner in his typically rich style.Next up we welcome newcomer Marcel Oelke, a brand new German talent. His remix strips the original back to its minimal roots, inserting a bumping contemporary groove and a smattering of textured harmonics. Smart, unpretentious and brimming with potential, it’s a fine start from this young artist.Finally, we return to Brighton for Danzai’s remix. Layering dripping percussion clips over Detroit-ish string swathes and a deftly arranged groove, it’s a fittingly emotive end to the release.

1: Mandragora (Original Mix)
2: Mandragora (Cosmic Sandwich Remix)
3: Mandragora (Marcel Oelke Remix)
4: Mandragora (Danzai Remix)

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No Model No Tool

February 20, 2008 at 8:50 pm · Filed under Articles, Media

How many times his gig to istanbul canceled? Good question.These days minimal star Luciano is living the quiet life in rural Switzerland.His lifestyle change happened approximately a year ago, when Luciano moved from Berlin to Bossey, a small Swiss village near the French border.Luciano: “My philosophy is that a DJ should always try to transport emotions onto the dancefloor. To dig deep and bring everything up that mattered emotionally in their life, that made them laugh, everything that caused sensations. To try to transport that from their childhood to the now. You know, I’m very influenced by melodies I heard in my childhood. I never studied music. All my skills came from my own ear.” An Introduction Minimal just got messier.Minimal techno has always been about stripping things down to their essence.The series is a riff on the old idea of “DJ tools” offering stripped-down tracks meant to be mixed in performance.Now, with Cadenza’s Split Composition series, the opposite approach comes into play: building a new sound, and a new tradition, from the beats up.Each edition will consist of four sides of vinyl broken out into several skeletal rhythm tracks and a handful of supplementary parts: ambient fantasias, shimmering drones, treated vocals, electro-acoustic collages. The series is a riff on the old idea of “DJ tools” offering stripped-down tracks meant to be mixed in performance. So thats the idea, but is it worth spending over a tenner on as Luciano shares some original tools crafted only for those who dare to dive into creative waters ie these are tools and not tracks. Saying that, lead track “Keridos” is a shimmering techno surface that evolves over 10 minutes. “Saulitude” has an amazing bassline that is perfect for afterhours but its the ambient tools that, whilst not gonna encourage a DJ to buy it, could be both.

Tracks:

1 Keridos
2 Saulitude
3 Toneites
4 Afghan Birds
5 Alternated Tones
6 Somewhere Near His Heart
7 Le Chant
8 Inner Sirens

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