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DEDGE 035EP
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Renato Ratier one of the most important names in Brazilian and South American electronic scene, found inspiration in the middle of the Atacama Desert in Chile during a trip to a gig in that country. The vibe and atmosphere of this unique place is present here. While working on his new album, Ratier offers a precious and pulsating track, with a striking square bassline and a hypnotic line of chords and synths. Ratier invited two of the most important DJs and Brazilian producers to bring their remixes: Ney Faustini and A.84.
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DEDGE 024EP
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The Phil Hinter Ensemble (Philogresz and Simon Hinter) present a fantastic three-track package showcasing the perfect combination of Hinter's smart grooves and sample-based fills with Philogresz's wombastic bass and shivering synth lines. "The Owl" is a squelchy, synthetic house track with lively drums and chords and magical trumpets, perfectly arranged and expertly musical. "In the Air" gets even more playful with glossy synth stabs, rumbling bass, and diva vocals all bouncing along in a charismatic style full of color. On "Struggle," scurrying little percussive sounds, a burst of vocals, down low sine waves, and icy snares make for truly seductive minimal techno.
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DEDGE 025EP
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D-Edge founder Renato Ratier teams up with Stimming (Diynamic) for two fine tracks that showcase both artists' styles in all their glory. "Filosofia" is a playful, loose-limbed dancefloor groover with blasts of sub bass, richly soulful pads, and a slow-burning sense of crescendo. It's perfectly detailed and expertly produced to really jump out of the speakers. "Conscious" slows to a perfectly seductive crawl with lazy drums, slow blasts of white noise, and a poignant bassline all backed by glowing pads for a soothing, seductive, and sensual overall effect.
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DEDGE 022EP
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Remixes of tracks from Renato Ratier's 2013 Soul Machine EP. Andre Lodemann transforms "Soul Machine" into a growling slow-burner with icy hi-hats and a growing bassline that eventually consumes the whole track and a funky riff joins it. Kyodai's remix of "Soul Machine" is a more direct and energetic tech house cut for the peak-time on the dancefloor. Ney Faustini's remix of "Old Factory" is laced with swirling pads and silvery percussive lines as well as an angelic synth sound and plenty of soul-elevating drums. Its elegant and well balanced and will mark a high point in anyone's set.
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DEDGE 019LP
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After the success of the first volume of remixes comes this, a second album full of great reinterpretations of Renato Ratier's fantastic debut album Black Belt (DEDGE 012CD/LP). The album showcased the D-Edge owner, resident and label boss' great range of production prowess. It touched on house, disco, techno and everything in between and now gets reworked by a carefully handpicked selection of guests. Brazilian heroes like Anderson Noise turn up to tackle "Fetisshu," Chicago house heiress Kate Simko also appears with her version of "Kozaboa" and tech house stalwarts Tiefschwarz lend their vision to "3 Bulls." Elsewhere, the likes of Visionquest's Laura Jones, Dutch man Boris Werner, Visionquest member Ryan Crosson and Trouw resident Nuno Dos Santos all get called upon to turn in their own remixes. The result is a fantastic album that breathes plenty of new life into the originals and shows that the label and Renato himself have their finger on the pulse when it comes to international acts with a really unique production voice.
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DEDGE 014LP
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D-Edge Records are proud to present Black Belt: The Remixes Vol. I. Following on from that well-received debut album (DEDGE 012CD/LP) from Brazilian DJ, producer, club and label boss Renato Ratier, it makes perfect sense that the label arm of the foremost Brazilian club enlisted a load of talents to re-version the tracks for different dancefloors. To remix his first album, Renato invited some special artists to join forces with the Black Belt project, including the likes of Sascha Dive, Secret Cinema, One Records boss Adam Shelton, Shaded, top tech house titans and Visionquest associates Cesare vs. Disorder, house veteran and Pooled Music boss Ian Pooley, deep house don and spiritual leader Osunlade, Velkro and L_cio, and Yoruba Soul. This is a stunning meeting of different backgrounds and approaches to electronic music that breathes plenty of new life into an already excellent album, taking the originals and skewing them in new directions. Black Belt is now also an internationally touring club night run by D-Edge, featuring the best DJs from the worlds of house, techno and disco, so keep your eyes peeled for more information on that.
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DEDGE 011EP
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Ahead of the release of his debut full-length, Brazilian producer, club owner, businessman and DJ Renato Ratier releases a first single from Pillow Talk. First up, "Home Boys" is a lucid but deep house cut with molten melodies and thick synth lines jangling around the firm kick drums as thin pads add a celestial vibe. The kicks and percussion engage nicely and rotate in inviting cycles as the seductive vocals of Pillow Talk add an infectious human element to the track. The track gets a fine remix from foremost Brazilian producer Dubshape, who makes the track even deeper and more stripped with a wavy kick clap combo and warm neon chords interacting with the original's spritely vocals. "Sweet Home" is the other original and features finger clicks, glowing chords, percussive shakers and rich, organ-like stabs, which altogether craft a beautifully melancholic vibe.
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DEDGE 012LP
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DEDGE 012CD
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D-Edge Records are proud to present Black Belt, the debut album from Brazilian DJ, producer, club, and D-Edge Records label boss, Renato Ratier. After emerging with some already impressive EPs, the time has now come for a full artistic statement that spans 17 tracks of slo-mo electronics, deep house ambiance, and tripped-out, disco-inflected grooves. Rather than this being a collection of dancefloor tracks, it's more a carefully programmed journey that takes you up and down through many different moods and grooves, but all of them united by Ratier's analog textures, unfamiliar hooks and futuristic melodies. Opening with the found sound recordings and muffled ambiance of "Love Me Tokyo," the album goes through the funky licks of "Jamaicanese," the well-sampled "Midnight Sun" and freewheeling deep house and ethereal melodies of "Teatime." The latter half of the album points more towards the dancefloor with the title-track's knotted bass line, the deep and spaced-out house hypnosis of "Fetisshu," and plenty more besides. It's a stunning debut from one of Brazil's most important figures.
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DEDGE 004EP
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Diogo Accioly and Diego Moura's partnership as Talking Props has taken off and reached the heights of international acknowledgment almost effortlessly. "Only A Taste" plays down its true intent. Far from being just a sample of their approach or a rhythmic amuse-bouche, it is a truly fair statement of their potential on the fine art of crafting irresistible grooves. "Rabalahara" offers a rather exotic affair with its rhythmic straightforwardness and melodic quirkiness. Remixes by Argy and Martinez.
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DEDGE 003EP
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Zopelar presents a crucial moment in his classical training on this 12" release, one marked by the inflection of his approach. "Falling In Love" features the gentleness of delicate chords and the energy of relentless progression, culminating in a passionate epic. Diversely, Kolombo's interpretation synthesizes the feelings that burst on the original's groove and encapsulates it into a powerful journey of an irresistible corporeal pull. "Poiesis," Zopelar's collaboration with Felipe Sá, gifts us with a fierce rhythmic voyage.
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DEDGE 002EP
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There are a myriad of references on ROTCIV's "Classic Age": from the rhythmic staccato strings of hip-house, to the hectic grooves of Italo disco to the unmistakable Detroit melodies. The remixes also pay homage to the musical realms that made "The Classic Age" possible: Ajello's take on the track enhances its Italian identity; Detroit legend Terrence Parker updates the very sound upon which he built his reputation as one of house music's finest names by strengthening its original deepness.
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