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PLAYRJC 081EP
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The increasingly vital Jorkes makes a big step up to the acclaimed Live at Robert Johnson label with her standout Sweet Dreams EP. Jorkes is the co-founder of the unique Freeride Millenium label which is a hotbed for queer dance music. German-born but Austria based, she has an influential residency at Radio 80000 alongside ParisBöhm and is a resident at Stuttgart's Romantica where she plays a thrilling mix of disco, house, techno, and everything in between. She is someone who always serves to highlight the importance of the dance floor as a place of sexual and cultural liberation and this new EP is another innovative statement that comes as she rides a wave of high-profile radio, DJ and media support for recent outings on her own label. Opener "You Will Be Mine" is a song about obsessing after an unattainable stranger on the dance floor who disappears into the night. It's a silky disco house sound with chords that sing and a floating bassline that lifts you off your feet. The melodic motifs bring charm and cosmic energy and the whole track has a lush, musical feel. The equally excellent "Robot Lover" muses on human detachment in this technological era of internet porn, dating apps and screen obsessions and how a robotic lover might be a better fit than a real life partner. It is another elastic and disco-tinged rhythm, with elegant chords and dancing keys over a suspensory bassline. Intimate vocal whispers bring tenderness to this timeless track. On the flip side, "Sweet Dreams" layers up infectious claps and tinny percussion over an irresistible deep house groove. It's a widescreen, symphonic sound that brings very real but subtle joy and closer "CDEvaLo" is the name of a crossdressing male-to-female and sex-worker friend of Jorkes. It is a comment on the number of young people who arrived in Athens over the years to do cross-dressing sex work after being kicked out by their Orthodox Christian homes. The track flips the script with a more playful disco sound, characterful vocoder vocals and glossy synths over a jacked house beat.
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FM 003EP
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Munich pair Jorkes present third new single, Mindemania This scintillating single is the sort of thing to slowly sweep you off your feet with its skyward synths extending out from broody drums. Dreamy yet propulsive, it takes you among the clouds before falling apart with gentle percussive hits and tumbling keys. The "Lovegasm Version" is a more beat-driven affair with drifting vocal sounds bringing a certain steaminess to the groove. Finally, Nikkname presents his eight minute interpretation, embedding the listener in the center of spiraling pads, with harmonic bell sounds and dark cosmic energies.
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FM 002EP
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Munich based pair Jorkes operate with few boundaries, looking to express their emotional states through their music with scant consideration for styles or genres. Thank You sees Jorkes team up with vocalist Karol Schmejchel to deliver a slice of evocative, slo-mo nu-disco. The original mix of "Thank You" marries chugging drums and warm bass with stirring pads and the emotionally charged vocals of Schmejchel. The remix comes from Manchester's Ménage à Trois who deliver a sonically beautiful reworking built around heart-wrenching keys and heavily reverbed guitar parts. An exclusive instrumental of the Ménage à Trois track is included.
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