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COMBINAT 052EP
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Viennese musician Christopher Just presents the 21st century Charleston reworked with plenty of disco and hi-hat. Nippy, elastic and with a distinctive trumpet hook, "Charleston" evokes images of Josephine Baker, letting the sparks from her bra fly. The vocal mixes are by Larry Tee (producer of Rupaul's hit "Supermodel,") and Mel Merio, founder of the Vienna band, Menstruation Monsters. Now let's see your jazz hands.
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COMBINAT 050EP
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This is the fourth and final part of a series of 10"s of Combination's compilation named Traffic III. The A-side is reserved for Bülent Gürler and his project Bee-Low. "The Hidden Noise" is a neo-Detroit-screw in the Plus 8-Hawtin school in a very popular plank of minimal-rave. Antonelli presents "Random Aficionado," a handful of melodies deep under a rave, removing the snare completely in favor of more immediacy. Martin Hirsch aka Deer contributes "Beyond The Breeze," a piece of house music whose title couldn't be more precise -- this piece of music rightly doesn't care about where the wind blows.
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COMBINAT 046EP
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Kabuki from Hanau is a German drum & bass veteran with a preference for elaborate tracks with a lot of melody, well-balanced harmonies and a comprehensive rhythm-structure. "Fever Pitch" is a hammering surprise and shows a great deal of Kabuki's love for old funk and soul music. The bass is slapping, reminding us of good old Bristol-breakbeat-jazz and -- because of the seductive vocals -- the track sounds like a major hit. "Lunar Phase" has an electronic toughness that forces the hips to rotate while the cold atmosphere recalls great 1997 productions from electronic heroes like Matrix. Dancefloor charm in manifold brilliance.
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COMBINAT 045EP
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Mr. Greed attests on E=W=M=3 that darkness can include a good deal of hope. His recipe: 4/4 with decency, depth, thoughtfulness and the will to start every new day as a newborn. On the first track, the Sigmund Freud of dance/electronic has his techno-couch placed in nature. "Schwarzteemagen" reveals rough subtlety in heavenly, reflective grooves. "Reviermarkierung," sounds like Greed reincarnated as the Kate Bush of rave and bass. Definitely "Hounds of Love" that are "Running Up That Hill!"
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COMBINAT 043EP
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Swimmingpool had the idea to do a Supermax remix while they were recording the original "Last Night" (on the album Good Old Music), because for them -- with its minimal funk -- it presented the perfect forward pass. This is the desired dose of retro-pop with a heaping helpful of beloved reggae music. "Bernard" hits the right note with straight minimal and soulful harmonies, while Lowtec remixes "Chic Plaza" into a deep, warm, straight n' easy house track.
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COMBINAT 042LP
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COMBINAT 040EP
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"The Vulva String Quartett is the wonderful house-project of Hanno Leichtmann, who is better known as Static inside the electronica universe. Already last year, Vulva String Quartett has ecstasized experts with its debut 4-tracker. Leichtmann's trademark are those deep, glittering basslines, around which he builds quite playful house-tracks that nevertheless are containing a sort of song structure. Most of the harmonical backing (string loops) is made by sampling bits and pieces from classical records and/or soundtracks and pasting them together to form new material. 'Out of Sight' is an homage to a piece from M. Ravel (no, its NOT bolero!). Melancholic, happysad with a light, uplifting beat and beautiful string arrangements. The string section fits perfectly with the Roland SH101 sequence and the Fender Rhodes melody in the 3rd part of the track. The hi-hats, claps and snaps are played by Leichtmann himself. No expenses saved here! Leichtmann is also playing drums for Pole's live set and in a band with Jan Jelinek and Andrew Pekler called Kosmischer Pitch. So he asked Jelinek to do a Farben remix. 'Farben says: it's out of sight', is a Farben masterpiece, simple, tool-like, with a funky bassline and a stunning vocal line from the master himself. 'Algebraic Flowchart' is a darker track with a slight 80s feel and ironical synth sounds. Three different sequences flow around a deep bassline.but when the cowbell and the subbass start, this will lead you to higher states of consciousness."
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COMBINAT 047EP
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This is the first of a new, four-part compilation entitled Traffic III. Detroit-techno and breakbeats were the coordinates of Traffic II, the last compilation which was released three years ago. On the first 10" with Matt Flores, Ada and Glagla, the sound clearly moves in a 4/4 direction. As always, the musical language is more melodic than straight. Ada presents an almost sweet, Christmas-like atmosphere with "Sternhagel." "Nightlife" is Glagla's debut on Combination. With its melodies and its dancefloor brilliance, it's a track that really calls for remixes. Matt Flores is the man with an atypical bassdrum who single-handedly composes kicking sketches of garage and minimal. "Autorock" is so minimal, its dry -- as if it comes right out of the fog machine.
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COMBINAT 038CD
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Justin De Nobrega from Cape Town, South Africa is experimental hip-hop artist The Considerate Builders Scheme. He has released IDM albums as Seven Ark on Neo Ouija, Detroit Underground and Colony. With Exit to Riverside, he is combining his love for hip-hop with a constant need for experimentation, delivering a meticulous, personal interpretation of hip-hop beats with a special eye towards construction and design. If you listen to as much of the Neptunes as you do experimental electronica, something like this is bound to happen -- a blend of hard-hitting hip-hop production, combined with a love of all things electronic, and you've got the building blocks for a newer, more progressive electronic sound. Following the sound of Prefuse 73 and Timbaland's instrumentals, Exit to Riverside clutters, stomps and slides its way through its 11 tracks, from the dense funk of "And Five" and the robot-drawl of "Back Space" to the street bounce of "Busted" and the fuzzy head-nod of "The Project." This is hip hop that's as much about where we've been as it is about a deep- seated appreciation of modern electronic music and the continual progression of the artform. So The Considerate Builders Scheme stands only accidentally -- due to their common South African origin -- in company with grime, but evidently in the tradition of artists such as Clatterbox or Beans of the Anti Pop Consortium. Though this is assuredly a hip-hop album, there are no rhymes like Snoop or Kanye, but there are enough beats and risky diatribes to satisfy. It's an album to sing along to, to nod your head and to dance to.
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COMBINAT 039EP
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This is the second 12" release on Combination by Germany-based Douglas Greed aka DJ Real. Possessing a daydream-like touch, Glue EP recalls trips to well-designed parks and sips from sparkling beer glasses. "Hypnotize" features a mesmerizing bass line before giving way to a breathy melody. After that, it goes onto the dead straight beats of Hemman & Kaden. The record closes with "Koto 125," a circular, barely-there, languid shuffle interrupted by purring throbs.
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COMBINAT 038LP
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COMBINAT 013LP
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