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PAR 016EP
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Finally back as Clockwork, Francesco Leali reveals a five track EP featuring some of his most rugged music to date. A briery shift into foggier territories where Leali explores layered sound-design and broken rhythms, something he had only hinted in his previous work, Online Entity depicts Leali's hindrance with modern society's social networking obsession. The release showcases this approach with five club-ready numbers filled with calculated, pounding drums and gloomy atmospheres, with only rare glimpses of hope scattered throughout. Fellow Parachute affiliate Ayarcana and Serbian techno pro Lag deliver startling interpretations of "Escape Sequence" and "Rumination".
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PAR 001EP
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Two key artists remix tracks off of Clockwork's B.O.A.T.S. (LAD 009CD) album. The package kicks off with the man behind the acclaimed Answer Code Request moniker, Patrick Graser, reinterpreting "First Floor." An engaging alternative to its mellower original version, in this remix Answer Code Request provides us with a glorious broken beat-down dreamscape that methodically thrives to develop in all its distinction. On the other side you'll find a pleasant surrogate to the previous stripped-down variant, on rework duties this time Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat. Throughout his signature fast-paced groove, Deadbeat takes "Second Floor" to a higher level.
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LAD 009CD
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Italian duo Clockwork release their first full-length album on the highly-acclaimed label, Life And Death. B.O.A.T.S. (Based on a True Story) is an album that surpasses their already quality releases while accomplishing the rare task of actually telling a story as you ride through it from beginning to end. With a maturing production style and an ever-eclectic taste, Clockwork have done some serious work and made a techno album with both a modern sound and an old soul. Featuring some guest appearances by friends and label-mates Chasing Kurt, Avatism, Clarian North and Tale Of Us, as well as a some top quality mixing work by Francis Harris and beautiful album artwork by artist David Terranova, this album is an impressive debut that certainly lives up to the high standards Life And Death has set for itself from its very beginnings. Tracks such as "Places" are filled with shuffled breakbeats and emotional synths, others are more textured soundscapes energized by drums. There are tracks that set the urban jungle is its landscape where the dancefloor dominates. Other tracks such as "False Matters" launch us even higher into the techno stratosphere, with nods to Detroit and Underground Resistance, but never losing the unique sonic footprint that Clockwork have created throughout the voyage. This is a varied and unique record, filled with solid grooves and raw energy that strikes a deep emotional chord.
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