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RBSTUDIO 002EP
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A transcontinental meeting of minds, methods, and Volvos. What started as a remix request became a studio session and, eventually, a four-track affair of acid-tinged house, Italo accents, trance echoes, and techno pulse. In Love Again captures the shared DNA of Loods and Gerd Janson, bright, melodic, and built for the beach club (Massimo Vitali's cover makes it official). Four flavors of the same spirit, each mix a nod to a time when 12-inches told a whole story. For best results: play loud, add sea breeze. Photo titled "Blooemendaal Night 3, 2001" by Massimo Vitali.
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RBSTUDIO 001EP
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Running Back introduces RB Studio Sessions, a new sub-imprint of music envisioned, recorded and fully realized at Running Back's in-house studio. Built on the promise of unfettered creative freedom and aided by agreeable local autobahn connections in the Hesse region, the RB Studio Sessions project is christened with the work of Running Back's founder, chief dreamer, and Geschäftsführer, Gerd Janson. For this debut edition, he is joined for a momentous jam by the new-school hero of the house, good friend and kindred spirit, Narciss. Just as Running Back's earliest releases dropped a stylus to preserve timeless ideals of club culture, the four tracks on No Maze Like Heaven further this continuum by turning back the sonic clock just a decade or so. Picture, if you will, a nascent Narciss, youthfully club hopping and deeply inspired by the selections of Gerd himself, alongside a selection of DJs coaxing the Panorama Bar blinds open with exquisite, mid-tempo precision. As such, new light immediately floods in for "Chicco's Chips," which captures many of those irresistible elements -- Italo-tinted synths, hooky vocals, and perfect percussion -- regenerated with the wide-eyed, high energy of Narciss's own solo productions. "Elka," meanwhile, is a richer, deeper dish, masterfully interlocking multiple heavenly melodies under layers of optimistic analogue fuzz. Narciss and Gerd then look to the Netherlands for further collaboration with one of electronic music's best-loved vocalists and another fine producer, Coloray, who fills "Look For You" with a yearning performance in the vulnerable, synth-pop tradition. Finally, "No Maze Like Heaven" builds on this mood and melody for a finale that hits the sweet spot between machine power and oh-so-human emotion. Featuring labyrinthian artwork from the mighty Gasius, via a sleeve that appears to blend M.C. Escher with MC Hammer, No Maze Like Heaven proves to be a divine foundation of RB Studio Sessions. For Narciss, "a memory they will cherish forever." For Gerd, a taxdeductible working lunch. For DJs and dancers? Four ebullient hits-in-waiting, sounding great and meaning more.
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