Review: Berliner Glenn Astro presents a compilation of original productions titled 'Nothing Is Real'. The album celebrates the joy of discovering new music and draws inspiration from iconic mix albums like X-Mix and DJ Kicks. Featuring 13 tracks, the album moves between downtempo, ambient techno, broken beat and other chill-out room genres. Astro uses fictional artist names like DJ 1999, Mental Trance and Eye Soul8r to experiment with varied production styles. The album's four singles ("The Growl"/"Autumn Subs"/"Steppers Worldwide Unite"/"Jaque") explore classic breakbeat, trip hop, dubstep and beatless Detroit-influenced machine funk. The album pays homage to the experimental spirit of the 90s and early 00s while blending ambiguity and fresh sounds.
Review: Glenn Astro may sound like a character from The Jetsons or Roger Ramjet, but he's not. He's actually and acclaimed producer from Berlin who released his debut album Throwback just two years ago. This new LP is a downtempo collaboration with his old high school pal, Ajnascent. They reconnected in Berlin having originally lost touch for years. The resulting album of work is as inspiring as it is surprising, a multi layered cake of sounds and textures. Highlights include the freaky retro electronica and scattershot drums of "My Father Was A Tree" and the loungey 90s-meets-60s mellow vibes of "Disko".
Review: Glenn Astro drops his debut album on Denmark's Tartelet Records - home to the likes of Brandt Brauer Frick and Kenton Slash Demon - and it's a certified winner from start to finish, incorporating many different styles and influences. The opener "Goneville" features Max Graef and sounds like a J Dilla track being played by jazz instrumentalists, while "Shit Iz Real" reminds us more of the early 90's NY sound a-la KRS1. There's also more experimentally-edged numbers such as "You Can't Groove", tracks which allow this LP to not be categorised under one genre and sound very special.
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