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KLING 046
18 Apr 11 Minimal/Tech House
Review:
This four-tracker strikes a balance between the deep / tool house divide, but also invokes the spirit of 90s loop techno. Kerkhoff's "Reloaded" is a rolling DJ tool that alternates between deep and disco stabs, while Minicoolboyz' "Deeplines" is trackier, its heavy bongo drums underpinning vocal snippets and lush chords. However, it's Chizhik and Mehta's contribution that makes the most impact. "Chaos Theory" is a groovy but insistent tribal rhythm powered by heavy drums and a muffled, filtered vocal. The Rino Cerrone version brings back memories of late 90s techno, with a dense, loopy take - the only difference being that this time, the arrangement is in keeping with current trends and is at a house tempo.
KLING 005
12 Jul 06 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 041
13 Dec 10 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 008
13 Nov 06 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 048
30 May 11 Minimal/Tech House
Review:
Continuing the trend that Ricardo Villalobos started with his Sei Es Drum releases, Benson and Gull's "Children" uses an evocative sample of children singing, and sets it to a drummy backing. It's not the most innovative release granted, but there is something deeply haunting and alluring about the voices that guarantees it'll grab everyone's attention. The remixes are more DJ friendly, with Matt Star delivering two rolling, filtered grooves that sit somewhere between party techno and tool-house, while Philip Bader's version strips back the arrangement to focus on a booming bass and driving percussion. However, if you're looking for a summer club hit in waiting, then the original version is the one.
KLING 048
31 May 11 Minimal/Tech House
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03 May 10 Minimal/Tech House
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22 Mar 10 Techno
KLING 003
13 Apr 06 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 009
25 Dec 06 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 011
30 Apr 07 Electro House
KLING 015
12 Nov 07 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 014
18 Jun 07 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 024
01 Apr 09 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 049
27 Jun 11 Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Heartik
Review:
Tech-house may be an often maligned term, but on Meltdown, Heartik invokes the term's older meaning. Heavy drums and crashing snares lead the arrangement into a chord-heavy breakdown and when the "Big Fun"-like keys kick in, it sounds unlike all the monochrome releases trading under that name. Mihai Popoviciu's version lends the track a harder, techy feeling, while "Far from Chicago" sees Heartik return to the early 90s. Curiously though, the track has more to do with New York than Chicago, with its heavy tribal drums, sassy vocals and insidious bassline creating a perfect Tenaglia groove. Finally, Spencer Parker's reshape takes "Chicago" deeper, but the use of firing percussion means that it too remains true to the original spirit of tech-house.
KLING 044
21 Feb 11 Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Anton Pieete, Dersonna, Alex Addea, Kaiserdisco, Tobias Lenz, Peter Gelderblom, DJ Madskillz, Heartik, Mike Vale
Review:
Listening to the title track, it's clear that Alessio Meschieri aka Heartik is a proponent of the kitchen sink approach to production. Starting off with dubby beats, it veers into whooshing filters, breaks down to the sound of Villalobos-esque horn samples and, just in case the listener still wants more, Meschieri adds in some chopped up vocals. "Mini Swing" is less unpredictable, featuring a walking bass and filtered stabs leading into a build up - as are the jacking, disco-inflected versions of "Grenadilla" by Kaiserdisco and Uto Karem - but Heartik reveals his playful nature again on "Malibeth", where dark horn stabs complement the insistent rhythm.
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17 May 10 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 043
24 Jan 11 Minimal/Tech House
Review:
Hot on the heels of the recent Butch album, Plastic Confidence suggests that more of the Great Stuff stable has rediscovered 'real' house. Admittedly, there are remnants of the minimal wave on the stripped back, slinky title track, but these references disappear on Hugo's remake. Deploying linear tribal drums and hissing percussion, the centrepiece of the remix is an insistent, infectious disco filter. The same approach applies on "Grasso"; over a rolling groove, Hermanez adds in an insistent vocal sample, but the arrangement reaches a crescendo with a building disco riff. It might be hard to appreciate in the depths of winter, but come the summer, this could well be the dominant soundtrack.
KLING 040
15 Nov 10 Minimal/Tech House
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16 Aug 10 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 062
26 Mar 12 Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Yann Solo
Review:
German label Kling Klong shows its expertise at dropping high-quality house tools. "Disco Wombat" is a functional roller made more palatable by its repetitive vocal, while "Big Rip" goes a few steps farther, with insistent electronic riffs firing their way through the arrangement. "Ink On My Arm" meanwhile puts the focus on tribalisms as hissing percussion powers heavy beats and dubby chord builds, The label has also chosen its remixers wisely. Matt Star adds some muscle to "Big Rip" with rolling snares increasing the intensity levels, while Douglas Greed's take on "Ink" is all about the interplay between the hissing percussion and jacking rhythm. Best of all though is Mario Piu's take on "Wombat", where chords break dramatically over a rolling techno groove.
KLING 068
02 Jul 12 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 050
25 Jul 11 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 038
04 Oct 10 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 060
27 Feb 12 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 23
11 Feb 09 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 019
22 Sep 08 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 073
23 Nov 12 Minimal/Tech House Martin's third single of 2012 set up for immediate use with Traktor's remix decks
KLING 001
02 Nov 05 Electro House
KLING 065
14 May 12 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 025
15 May 09 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 017
21 Mar 08 Minimal/Tech House
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07 Jun 10 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 067
18 Jun 12 Minimal/Tech House
Review:
This German label has a reputation for putting out tribal house-based party music, and as contributions from Oliver Klein and Jay Lumen to this compilation show, it is not without some merit. That said, the most interesting moments here occur when the artists go off script. Thomas Schumacher and Martin Eyerer's "Jigo" is a tripped out, spluttering acid house affair, its filtered vocal and noisy riffs creating an oddly engaging tone, while Namito's "Flaming Youth" sees shimmering trance elements combined with heavy tribal rhythms. However, the standout cut comes from the label boss and Rainer Weichold's "No Sleep till Kling Klong" is a wiry, jacking techno workout, like Kling Klong's tribute to classic Dan Bell and Cajmere.
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18 Jun 07 Minimal/Tech House
KLINGDIG 006
02 May 11 Minimal/Tech House
KLINGCD 001
11 Apr 08 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 055
14 Nov 11 Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Florenz Sanchez
Review:
German label Kling Klong may be one of the main flag bearers for the tool house sound, but this compilation shows that it is about much more than current sounds. Matt Star's "Baboo" represents a trip back to the recent past, with hiccupping vocal samples and a stripped back groove recalling 2006-style minimal. Going back further in time are Andre Butano & Miguel Lobo, who on "Bruch" adeptly relive the deep, rolling disco house of late 90s labels like Paper and producers like Tom Midleton. However, A Kind of Kling Klong Volume 5 is in touch with the present as much as the past. Nowhere is this more evident than on Tony Dee's "Plastik Dream", a rolling tribal affair with undercurrents of post-noughties menace.
KLING 007
23 Oct 06 Electro House
KLINGCD 002
06 Jul 09 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 012
12 Mar 07 Deep House
KLING 045
21 Mar 11 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 016
21 Mar 08 Minimal/Tech House
KLING 004
08 Jun 06 Minimal/Tech House | ||
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