French Fries & Bambounou - "Mizu Ni Idou Suru" - (5:21) 122 BPM
Aleqs Notal - "Ceos Vision" - (7:09) 121 BPM
Coni - "Ceremony" - (6:13) 120 BPM
Jean Nipon - "Onibaba" - (5:55) 119 BPM
NSDOS - "Creteil Soleil" - (5:32) 117 BPM
Aethority - "Vertigo" - (7:57) 123 BPM
Manare - "Inorganic" - (7:47) 124 BPM
Review: The CCB crew remain a leading light in French club music that's not just straight-laced Jeff Mills inspired techno. Familiar faces are here of course, and French Fries & Bambounou hook up for a beat down but rather mellow opener. Aleqs Notal keeps the dubby tip alive with a tracking "Ceos Vision" and label darling Coni delivers downtempo, lurking, "Ceremony". Less familiar names include Manare who close out the record with reduced session of drums, and the most lively track here comes from former Institubes artist Jean Nippon. There's more to be discovered here from NSDOS and Aethority too, and this record overall is on a killer minimal tip. Less is more!
Review: After debuting on ClekClekBoom with the Lazer Connect E.P. back in 2013, Kirikoo Des and Walter Mecca return to the label with a new collection of tracks that see their sound heading into more abstract territory. The tone is hushed and ethereal throughout, with an emphasis on futuristic techno sounds in a spread of different rhythmic configurations. Opening track "Christine +2" is a staggered affair that deals in scratchy impulses and displaced synths, while "Yuko" smooths things out with a more immersive concoction that plumbs the deepest depths of subterranean techno. "Dona J Haraway" ditches beats altogether for a blissful ambient excursion, which is matched with a more eerie start to the B side in the form of "Sienna". "Eliane" is perhaps the most floor-friendly of all the cuts on the record, but it's by no means a peak time burner. For a spread of thought-provoking electronics draped in serene tones and executed with patience, look no further.
Review: Last year saw French label ClekClekBoom cement its burgeoning reputation with a compilation showcasing the local talent it had been championing since starting up in 2011, including such luminaries in wild-card bass music as French Fries and The Town. There has been a swarm of left-leaning club bangers issued out since the first volume of Paris Club Music, and so it doesn't feel rushed to be welcoming the second volume with a stack of choice cuts from the past twelve months. There's a strong unified vibe to ClekClekBoom, from the tight but slippery electro of Manare to the off-kilter techno of NSDOS, while 50Weapons staple Bambounou sounds right at home with his primal and utterly head-spinning "Idem".
Review: With little known about them prior to this release, ClekClekBoom unveil their latest signings with this hooky EP of primal rhythms and direct arrangements. "Tropical Data" is an apt title as the rigid, functional drum machine patterns intertwine with precisely programmed melodic hits of an exotic origin in an urgent 4/4 march. "Meridien S-Dos" is slightly less hectic, letting synths take over from the drums as the main source of energy with decidedly techno-esque results. "Lazer Connect" presents the most intricate and complex of the tracks on the EP, moving in a fractured kind of electro realm that hides the groove remarkably well.
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