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AEON 001CD
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Sidetracking is Jona's inventive, diverse debut album. Created over the course of two highly creative years, Sidetracking features studio collaborations with some of Jona's musician and producer friends to complement the album's solo productions. Driven by his desire to explore new sound perspectives and ideas, Jona has carefully forged his career path by consistently creating exciting and forward-thinking music. His previous outings on Alex Niggemann's Aeon label, including "Traffic" on Lost Tapes Volume 1 (2014), have seen him fine-tune his own unique sound. By incorporating a wide range of styles into his tracks, Jona strives to break down unnecessary boundaries and ignite that hallowed dancefloor flame. It is therefore no wonder that his solo and collaborative creations for Sidetracking have yielded such stimulating aural delights. "Microcosm," with its subtly mesmeric intro and snappy, swinging percussive energy, is the perfect introduction to the spiraling, glitchy ambience of "Descent into the Abyss." Rue de Plaisance label founder Varoslav, a Parisian of Czech origin, brings his heartfelt creative energy to the gentle chiming chug of "Over and Out," the album's first collaborative venture. "The Chase," a studio jam with the somewhat mysterious Usio (whose 2013 Kuwa Huru album on Studio Barnhus (BARN 012LP) deserves attention from everyone), features an utterly compelling Afrobeat-influenced percussive groove topped with swirling, funk-fueled stabs and strings; mesmerizing, melodious piano; and a large helping of pure hip-swinging goodness heavily influenced by the jazz music with which Jona was so in love during his formative years. The funk factor explodes when Bolivian percussionist Daniel Aguilar unleashes his skills on Jona's stripped-back, bass-heavy "Drive." The filmic qualities and ambient beauty of "Detachment" show yet another side to Jona's diverse compositional palette, complemented perfectly by Italian pianist Giovanni Verga's delicate touch. Jona has found a kindred spirit in David K (Cocoon, Souvenir), and their combined creative energy sparks with joyous abandon on "Space Jungle," setting the scene perfectly for Jona's bubbling solo excursion "The Temple." The dubbed-out skank of "Transmission Breakdown" sees Jona's experimental creative juices in full flow, as he teams up with Edinburgh-based digital composer and sound artist Dave House (aka The Reverse Engineer) for a delightfully hazy downtempo jam that flows perfectly into "Hidden Away," the album's stunning, melancholic finale, once again featuring Verga's keyboard wizardry.
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AEON 020EP
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Jona presents Sidetracking - Part 1: Prologue, preceding his 2016 Sidetracking album (AEON 001CD). "The Chase" features Usio (Studio Barnhus) for a compelling Afrobeat-influenced groove topped with mesmerizing, chiming piano and swirling, funk-fueled stabs and strings; Speaking Minds (Simone Sinatti and Marco Paladin) remix it into a futuristic technoid disco demon. For the delightfully hazy downtempo jam of "Transmission Breakdown," Jona teams up with Edinburgh-based digital composer and sound artist Dave House aka The Reverse Engineer; Manchester's Marcus Intalex aka Trevino takes the track on a magical excursion filled with subtle, hypnotic, evolving energy and anchored with an irresistible, pulsating bassline throb.
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AEON 017EP
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P. Lopez teams up with fellow Paraguayan producer Octavio to deliver a glorious five-track techno EP. Razor-sharp percussive power accompanies layers of subtle, mood-defining sounds as the duo deftly blends subtlety with energy and gorgeous, quirky compositional traits. These stellar tracks complement each other when played in their entirety, yet also stand out as hi-octane individual gems on their own. Mainstay of the electronic music scene Tobias Freund (Berghain, Life and Death) delivers a remix of "Reaktions" that's yet another masterclass in his subtle genius for reduced but jacking grooves that display as much attention to detail as floor impact.
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AECD 0860
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Performed by Vincent David (saxophone), Ensemble Quaerendo Invenietis, Renaud Déjardin. "Saxophonist Vincent David, assisted by his frequent chamber-music partners and closest friends, gives exceptional performances of the works featured here: 'Chemins IV and VII' (Récit), plus selections from the 34 Duos by Luciano Berio (1925-2003); the Dialogue de L'ombre Double by Pierre Boulez (b. 1925); and the 1930 Quartuor Op. 22 by Anton Webern (1883-1945)."
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