Review: Tensnake's doing what he does best here, with 'Keep It Secret' a fairly straightforward, upbeat vocal disco-house affair aimed fair and square at Ibiza dancefloors this summer season. That's by no means a diss, though, because far from treading water the German veteran has turned out an absolute gem in 'Keep It Secret', thanks largely to the sterling vocal from Canada's Jessy Lanza, who's a DJ and producer in her own right and whose sweet, breathy performance here is pure sugar, not saccharine, recalling nothing so much as the mighty Janet Jackson at her late 80s/early 90s best.
Review: Since summer is now just round the corner (in the northern hemisphere at least), thoughts will start turning to open-air anthems and future festival favourites. Here, Tensnake and Panama set their stall out for summer dancefloor domination. 'Sunshine (Extended Mix)' is as gorgeous as you'd expect, with Panama's super soulful, eyes-closed lead vocal rising above later period Daft Punk bass, sparkling synth sounds, AOR disco chords, unfussy nu-disco beats and glistening, Nile Rodgers style guitars. It's the kind of song that sounds as good on the radio as it does on the dancefloor, so you can expect to hear it a lot over the next few months.
Review: Tensnake fires up the engine for a new offering on his True Romance imprint with some serious heat. "Hello?" is yet another serving of infectious nu-disco to set the dancefloor alight with its euphoric elements and catchy melodic arpeggio like only the man from Hamburg (who now dwells in Los Angeles) can do! Following up some great releases on the label by Phil Gerus, Freundchen and Janis: you can really count on True Romance in terms of the quality factor.
Review: As the title suggests, this EP boasts fresh reworks of the title track from Marco 'Tensnake' Niemerski's much played Freunchen EP. First to play around with Niemerski's parts (tee-hee) is man-of-the-moment Red Rack'em. The Berlin-based Brit employs some savage sample editing, layering filtered vocal and orchestral samples over a typically tactile, hybrid disco/house groove. Niemerski's old friend Phillip Lauer takes a different approach, re-imagining the track as a bouncy chunk of mood-enhancing Balearic house complete with Italian house piano riffs and bubbly arpeggio lines. Arguably best of all, though, is the killer version by Russian producer Phil Gerus, which sounds like a loved-up fusion of Italo-disco, synth-boogie, Belgian New Beat and sun-kissed Balearica.
Review: Marco Niemerski's latest outing under the now familiar Tensnake alias is a typically varied affair, with the long-serving producer variously joining the dots between druggy Italo disco, kosmiche, disco, electrofunk and deep house. Title track "Machines" sits somewhere between pitched-down Italo-disco and deep space cosmic disco, with Niemerski expertly working a druggy arpeggio bassline throughout. Elsewhere, "All In All" sees him build a wavy chunk of peak-time disco around a bongo-laden rhythm track, spacey electronics and an elastic bassline, while the wonderfully Balearic "1975" sounds like Daft Punk after several kilos of Morocco's finest and a fist full of happy pills.
Review: Say what you like about Marco 'Tensnake' Niemerski, but the boy certainly knows how to craft hook-laden dancefloor bangers. Since striking gold with the ubiquitous "Coma Cat", the German producer has laid down all manner of hands-in-the-air remixes - most boasting a delightful blend of old skool house flava and electronic disco sassiness. "Something About You" continues this theme, mixing 80s Fairlight stabs, sparkling piano riffs and hooky vocal samples with a chunky retro-house groove to impressive effect. Simian Mobile Disco man Jas Shaw offers a similarly acid house/Inner City-themed remake, whilst bonus cut "Congolal" slows the pace in a Balearic house style. Big!
Review: Tensnake's fourth studio album finds the German veteran in a distinctly pop mood. Opener 'It's Easy' rocks the kind of languid, sun-soaked house/disco vibe for which we know him best, but 'Bodytalk', which follows with its R&B-ish male vocal, is a better indicator for the album as a whole, which operates mostly in the hinterland where house, R&B, disco and pop collide. That's not necessarily a bad thing, of course: it'll certainly give 'Stimulate' commercial appeal, and there's no denying the Janet-esque charm of Jessy Lanza collab (and recent single) 'Keep It Secret'. For this writer's money, though, the album's best tracks are the closing trio of 'Brain Food', 'Fiesta Magica' and 'How Will I Know', which have their eyes fixed more firmly on the dancefloor than on the radio.
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