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CADENZA 031EP
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Renowned for his role as lead vocalist for Señor Coconut and for his projects with artists such as Luciano, Pier Bucci, Jay Haze and Samim, Argenis' solo work comes with some pedigree. "Imminent" is a playful affair, with bouncing bass and a shimmering synth melody dancing around the kick. Intoxicating and funked-up, the melodies call and respond in a fragmented conversation while pulsing, echoed tones add depth to the mix. Resonant melodies and hypnotic pace conspire to transcendental effect.
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CADENZA 016EP
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"Doubtless you already know Argenis Brito, whether you're aware of it or not. This versatile Venezuelan musician and singer has blazed an indelible path across the Americas and Europe for over 20 years, first in the Latin American rock scene and, since the mid-'90s, as a collaborator and comrade-in-arms of many of the artists that have given contemporary electronic dance music a Latin twist. Moving from Caracas to New York to Santiago de Chile to Berlin, and having toured the world multiple times, Brito brings a uniquely rootless sensibility to his unconventional brand of house music.Since the turn of the decade, Brito has been the featured vocalist and touring bandleader for Uwe Schmidt's Señor Coconut project. Alongside Pier Bucci he has recorded two albums and several singles as Mambotur, and with Bucci and Luciano, he co-produced four tracks for Monne Automne's 2003 album. Before all of this there was his groundbreaking work alongside Chilean stadium rocker Jorge Gonzalez in the experimental electronic pop project Gonzalo Martinez, which also featured contributions from Atom Heart, Dandy Jack and Tobias Freund. And most recently, Brito has pursued a dirtier house sensibility, as a member of The Basstards, Krak Street Boyz and Argenix vs. Samim. Micro Mundo, Brito's first appearance on Cadenza, finds him finessing and refining his sound, honing it down to a carefully restrained groove that occasionally erupts into madness, snapping and hissing like a live wire.'Espejismo' sets the tone with a no-nonsense stomp, a hypnotic bassline snaking through it, and eerie flashes of digital noise, aural equivalents of the mirage of the title. 'Amplified' takes those elements and ratchets them up a notch, machine voices bubbling up from the murk and fizzy micro-rhythms zooming across the stereo field. It's not an entirely new sound for Cadenza; in the precision-tooled sound design and the propulsive groove, you'll hear echoes of Luciano, Digitaline, Andomat 3000 & Jan."
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JUNION 002EP
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"For his first release on Junion, Argenis Brito has produced a unique after hours EP. Sentidos Opuedos as its names indicates go to explore the many fields of techno music. A1 'Ama sonica' shoots to ears some groovy drums and a funky bass line, which takes control of the soul while the hypnotic synth-line gets in charge of the head. A2 'Naked Gravity' challenges to blow you mind into heaven. Argenis points out his origin, delivering a song with a fat bassline and some typical South American rhythms that could easily bring you naked on a dance floor. B1 'Yerbabuena' explores a more rhythmic section. This evolving tune starts from a simple bass shot to more complex patterns that deliver fury in crowded clubs as easily as to say 'yerbabuuuuuuena.' B2 'Eimuu' is the psychedelic child of this EP. Its groovy bass pushes you far somewhere in the deepness and the chords do the rest."
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