Review: Following the release of his latest artist album, Laurent Garnier has commissioned an exemplary set of remixes. Drawing on a group of emerging producers, this collection moves right across the musical spectrum. Works Of Intent's take on "Reviens La Nuit" is a dramatic, deep techno track that swirls and builds seductively. Remaining in esoteric mode, Voltaire's version of "Tales from the Real World" is an atmospheric electro roller. In contrast, 22Carbone drops a smoky hip-hop take of "In Your Phase". Avision focuses on the dance floor for a dense, looped techno interpretation of "Le Swing Du Pouleto" and a droning, hypnotic version of "Liebe Grusse Aus Cucuron". Each remix makes for a compilation that's as varied as Garnier's multifaceted DJ style.
Review: Laurent Garnier has had an immeasurably profound and positive impact on underground electronic music. He has been there since year zero and has always championed great artists. Garnier's own output may have slowed in recent years - thankfully, 33 Tours does much to redress this imbalance. It's his most dance floor friendly album, and this approach is clear from the outset with the brooding, heavy chords of "Tales From The Real World" and "Liebe Grusse Aus Cucuron". Garnier's love of Detroit music is audible on the atmospheric "On The Record (3)"and "Cinq O'Clock Le Matin" - which are exactly the type of moody, musical grooves you'd expect him to play out. However, this album impresses precisely because he doesn't remain rooted in one sound. "Saturn Drive Duplex" has a post-punk edge thanks to Suicide frontman Alan Vega's slurred vocals. On a different tact but just as memorable, "Sake Stars Forever" is a classic slice of Garnier-esque big room techno thanks to its humming bass. It all come s together to make for a career tour de force.
Review: For several years, the team behind Lyon's Nuits Sonores festival has been building bridges between artists in Colombia and France, via a project that pre-pandemic organised Trans-Atlantic tours for electronic artists from both countries. When Covid-19 hit, they refocused on producing a compilation that showcases the work of producers and musicians from both territories. There's much to enjoy across Atlantic Stereo, from the terrifically intergalactic, low-slung post-punk boogie of Dani Boom, Cornelius Doctor and Tushen Rai's 'Transatlantic (La France C'est Pas Paris)', and the twisted, spaced-out psyche-chug of Veracco & Voiski's 'Full Friction', to the mutilated ghetto-house-goes-cumbia madness of Flore's remix of Ghetto Kumbe's 'Pide Mas' and the bleeping, hard-wired electro insanity of 'Despega' by Elo & Maelstrom.
Review: This is the first in a series of Five Eps from label co-owner Laurent Garnier, and this release gets off to a great start with "Sake Stars Fever". Redolent of classic material like "Sound of the Big Babou" and "Crispy Bacon", the track revolves around an epic, all-encompassing bass that seethes with tension. Garnier builds brittle percussion and a jittery rhythm around this core element to give it the necessary dance floor clout. In contrast, "Let The People Faire La Fete" is a deeper track that builds gradually, using doubled up claps and insistent stabs to reach a seductive crescendo. As always with Garnier, satisfaction is always guaranteed.
Review: Mysterious split release series COD3 QR reaches double figures with a fine four tracker. The label, which has previously put out music from Remotif, Agents of Time and JoeFarr, promise that it will reveal the identity of the producers behind this tenth volume in the coming months. In the meantime, it's all about the music:
"How D'ya Like Your Beef" is a grinding, low-slung electro jam, while in contrast, the fluid groove. purring bass and airy synths of "Poliritmo" and "Bye Bye" are reminiscent of producers like Vince Watson and Circulation. Meanwhile, "Internal" is based on a tougher rhythm and features more dystopian synths, which is sure to make the reveal fascinating.
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