“This EP is a part of me. It’s about the evolution of my state of mind in recent years, my mistakes, my successes, my loves. A really emotional release for me, with a real evolution happening between A1 and B2. I hope you can feel the same emotions as I did while composing them.”
Quasar 2020
TweetJust after the start of lockdown, Hodge aka Jacob Martin released his debut LP, Shadows In Blue, his first foray into the world of the long player. Gaining critical acclaim, and with clubbing on hold indefinitely, the album makes the most of that flexibility, building on his dancefloor sensibilities while making good on the experimental tendencies that have long lain just beneath the surface of his music.
Fast forward a further half year and Lockdown 2.0 is in full effect in the UK, but this time we want club bangers, a sense of release, the urge to dance.And with this, 7 producers, 6 remixes from a collective of like-minded musicians being let lose to rewire tracks with the club space in mind.
TweetAndras recruits four of his sonic confidants to put their spins on his debut album, Joyful, released in the dawn of 2020. A bookend for an historical year, Joyful Remixes connects Andras’ work with friends from both near and far.
Oakland’s Madalyn Merkey floats “River Red” on the surface of a soap bubble, grafting a gossamer delicate exo-skeleton onto Andras’ pulsing techno composition. Cut Copy takes “Live Forever” galactic, injecting parallax tones to the track without sacrificing an inch of terrestrial groove. Eden Burns surrounds “Honeybird” and “Poppy” with a club-ready sheen and threads a new bassline spine through both tracks. Hobart-based Enderie blows the doors off “Goggles,” pulling levers that push it to wobbly limits and roar past sonic exit velocities.
TweetIXRQ on a mission with his first full EP on Stilleben after an appearance on Stilleben VA before. Now to discover and get deeper into the electro sound that is unique for him. Wet basslines and beautiful melodies / atmosphere.
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TweetMarcal makes his return to Rekids Special Projects this December with ‘Reduction Pt. 2’.
The Brazilian producer’s second release for the label sees him follow up September’s DVS1, Truncate and Noncompliant supported ‘Reduction Pt. 1’ with five more powerful cuts which perfectly fits the Rekids offshoot’s grittier, fully techno focussed remit.
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