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DICA 013EP
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Schmeichel is back on Defrostatica with new tales from the 160bpm footwork continent. Again, he demostrates a deep understanding of the unity of body, mind, and soul. Schmeichel is a beatsmith and electronic music producer from Leipzig. His puzzling artist pseudonym (to schmooze someone) is nothing but purposely deceptive. Since 2013 or so, he has been busy making and releasing music which never sounded quite like the same as before. His diverse musical flex in abstract hip hop, drum and bass, broken beats, techno, acid and ragga too shows his ability to sweep away genre-expectations. He is committed to fuse every style into an immediate but ever-exciting minimal music experience. As a DJ he switches virtuosic between jazzy improvisation, stoke-y UK-rap, dark, and spiritual dance redemption. Nothing really much beside his work is known about Schmeichel since he is not playing the social media game that much which forces attendees of his performance to listen and enjoy without any distraction. When he turns on the amp in his basement studio underneath one of Leipzigs record stores he leaves mundane matters behind. Schmeichel loves being in the zone when he is exploring new sound territories. Like a sculptor he carves out a vision of soul with a minimalistic blues vibe that is looking for an essence rather a presence. While the title of his five-track EP Mana, Focus & NoBreakfast sounds like a work spec it deflects humbly from the musical richness of his second release on Defrostatica. Once again, the whole is more than the sum of its parts: he is telling different stories in each track that belong to one carefully composed saga. "Feel" in its intensity resembles the soundtrack of a remake of Scenes from a Marriage. "Sting" could be the melancholic story of a hip-hop writer about his most epic stunt. Another hip-hop reference and artist wisdom drops in "Judge Mee" almost prayer-like. The B side of the record opens with "G I O I", a powerful mantra of an unknown procession. "Yin Yang" marks the outerworldly coda to this EP as a soothing salvation.
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DICA 006EP
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Leipzig producer Schmeichel presents Alteration EP. "Evidence" is the suave overture of the 80/160 beats per minute EP. It evolves around a deep and grounded kick, filtered and vibrating pads. "IKillWantU" is a seven-minute beast, with many hidden and interfering layers and elements like dissected vocals, a distorted distant bass line, and steady rimshot. With "Talkin" we reach the spiritual center of the EP, a wonky beat is place among a reminiscent and unshackling choir of male chants over a heavy sub bass. "Uhhhwheeee" is optimistic and melancholic at the same time, driven by Chicago bass kicks, hi-hats, and rims.
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