Review: With a career spanning 15 years, Swedish veteran Tiger Stripes is one of the industry's most dependable and creative talents. His last outing on Adam Beyer's Truesoul was the collaboration "Sound of The Bettest" with Snatch! main man Riva Starr. A year on, he now presents "Sneaking Hotdogs Into People's Pockets".The title comes from a segment on Youtube and influenced by his 'guilty pleasure" of '90s influenced dance pop music' and indeed is reminiscent of Eurodance pop from the said period - complete with euphoric trance arpeggios! Next offering "Guidelines' is named after the club night he used to run in Stockholm and looks for inspiration from the same period in a different form - think of the of the funky and filtered disco house on Defected or Soulfuric.
Review: Forgive us for saying, but this is an odd meeting in every aspect - Swedish tech house legend Tiger Stripes teaming up with Italian house hooligan Riva Starr, on Adam Beyer's Truesoul? We know what you're thinking but trust us it works, it really does! The dusty and tough rolling sounds of Starr's revered Snatch! and Brock Wild imprints are all over "Sound Of The Bettest" with its booming 808 bounce, junglist breaks and cheeky ragga samples. Perhaps "Move It" is where Tiger Stripes' more hi-tech sheen shines through - indeed it does, but backed again by Starr's swing fuelled and MPC styled aesthetic. Surefire tools for peak time destruction on the dancefloor guaranteed.
Review: Stockholm's Tiger Stripes is definitely one of the hardest working producers in techno, whose output in the last 11 years has been quite prolific. Returning to Adam Beyer's platform for funky techno, Truesoul, Mikael Nordgren presents us with the Body Shake EP. The title track is all that, with chopped up and jacking vocal samples over a restrained yet ferocious groove that's sure to bang the party. "All Night" featuring the Prince like vocals of Lee Burgess lend a nice edge to this slinky yet booming tech house cut that could appeal to deep house DJs too to add a bit of oomph to their sets. Finally the groovy and percussive "Ego Express" is summery, White Isle style business that'll appeal to fans of Gruuv or Saved.
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