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German producer Engelhardt has been on the radar since he was just 16, but this release is his most accomplished to date. Based on a deep, pulsing groove, the title track features liquid acid tones and the kind of glacial chords, filtered and reverted, that recall the glory days of early 90s rave. Show-B has his work cut out in remixing the track, but his "Chord Dub" manages to retain the original version's musical elements while underpinning it with a stripped back, heads-down rhythm. Engelhardt takes care of the final track, and "Isa" sees him return to the type of deep, musical pulses that made the title track so memorable.
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Made in Berlin but with an international focus, Einmusika celebrates 10 years of creative journeys and visions, They asked some friends and highly respected musicians to pick their favourite track from the past decade for a very particular remix - this is the first of two volumes. The legendary Gabriel Ananda delivers an evocative remix of Betoko's "Foreverness", Berlin couple Mira & Chris Schwarzwalder of Bar25 fame turn in a splendid rendition of rising star Budakid's "No Human Is Illegal" and Upon.You head honcho Marco Resmann's version of Piek's "Does Your Love Fade Away" is absolutely perfect for those heads down moments under the strobe light before peak time.
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Steve Bug's Hamburg based institution Poker Flat is still going strong and this time they have Tim Engelhardt on deck for the label's next deep house edition. The Westerwald native starts out by coming at you deeply with the lush "Thinking Of You", but there's no more mister nice guy after that; if the dark journey track "Azimute" is anything to go by. The slow burning and emotive title track provides a moment of cooling down, before the brilliant finale "Energy Transfer" provides you with a groovy deep house trip of the more minimalist kind. We're really feeling the tracks of this up and coming producer!
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Westerwald, Germany's Tim Engelhardt has appeared previously on the likes of Poker Flat, Cityfox and Green; so he's not messing about! He appears again on the latter, run by legend Joris Voorn and Edwin Oosterwal with "Trabant", where he's teaming up with Leonard Bywa for a dark and melodic journey track that's just full of moodiness, suspense and yes.. a wonky and killer melody! On "Pan" he teams up with Autm for another sombre and bittersweet excursion through the deeper shades of house. So emotive, with its sweet melodies, evolving layers of pads and tight rhythm.
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Westerwald, Germany's Tim Engelhardt is back after some great releases on Cityfox and Poker Flat. This time it's own Berlin institution Ritter Butzke Studio with the excellent Nord EP. The title track is a deep and atmospheric journey track whose hypnotic layers and hazy atmosphere will create a real sense of travelling without moving on the dancefloor. Mario Aureo gets onboard for the remix and does a splendid job indeed; injecting the track with more groove (of the rolling, minimal house kind) funk and energy on a track that's perfect to transition into the peak time slot.
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After a series of Eps for Poker Flat, Engelhardt puts out his debut album on the label. It's an assured but bleary affair, littered with lush instrumentation and off centre pop influences. It starts with the lush woodwind and strings on the title track, before the German producer leads the listener down a path that includes the slap-bass, stripped back house of "Solitude" and "When the Distance Disappears", the frosty trance on "Kissing Your Eyes" and the pulsating, tripped out "Azimute". Clearly, Engelhardt has an eye (and an ear) on moving beyond the dance flop and Moments also includes a series of home listening tracks like "Eyes Closed", which features Forrest's slurred vocals and layered, textures.
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Hamburg hero H.O.S.H. serves up the next edition of his new Fryhide label and it is by somebody other than himself this time: Cologne's Tim Engelhardt. The up and coming producer has had releases thus far on a who's who of labels such as Poker Flat, Innervisions, Green and Cityfox. His new single "Reality" is exactly the kind of evocative dancefloor drama you've come to expect from the man in recent times; with its warm atmosphere, inventive melodies and well executed energy. Second offering "Heart Resonance" goes down a darker route for this slinky, futurist, tech-house groove full of fuzzy hypnotic pads, sleek arpeggios and texturised rhythm patterns.
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Rising star Tim Engelhardt released Moments Of Truth on esteemed Hamburg imprint Poker Flat earlier in 2017 and here come some awesome remixes by some worthy label affiliates. Objektivity's Andre Hommen delivers a soulful and emotive rendition of "Kissing Your Eyes" which reaches near tribal moments. "Eyes Closed" (feat Forrest) goes deeper to show something more sonically evocative - but we wouldn't have expected anything less from virtuoso Tim Green on the remix. Finally, Italian duo Fideles who are fresh off releases for hot labels such as Afterlife and Exit Strategy deliver some hypnotic and futuristic dancefloor drama on their remix of "Beyond Time" which could have equally been at home on tastemaker label Innervisions: and it is exactly the kind of track that Dixon or Ame themselves would drop during one of their epic sets.
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Tim Engelhardt gets together with a new name, Leonard Bywa, for this emotive release on Cityfox. Given that Engelhardt has put out material for labels like Poker Flat and Joris Voorn's Green, it's no surprise to hear that the prevailing sound on this EP is musical and atmospheric. The title track revolves around a rumbling minimal groove, led by atmospheric synths and warbling acid lines. It's a subtle affair that sees the pair weave in low frequency tones and heavy bass stabs. On "Ida", Engelhardt flies solo and ups the tempo - this time the groove is more driving but the use of tripped out acidic squiggles, intertwined with woozy chords, means that the German producer doesn't lose his musical focus.
