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Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
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.
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Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House, Juno Recommends Techno, Juno Recommends Electro, Juno Recommends Minimal Tech, Fredeverything, Barnt
Review: COD3 QR's 'Artist Code' series continues to push the boundaries of electronic music with a diverse range of tracks selected by industry legends Laurent Garnier & Scan X. The latest release emphasises the importance of eclecticism, open-mindedness, and non-conformity in the genre, featuring tracks across a variety of sub-genres. The focus is solely on the music, free from any biases or expectations. We were really feeling Artist Code 414C4D's slinky and hypnotic "El Dia De La Pantera", the moody and epic dancefloor drama of Artist Code 4D422E on "Liquid Room" as well as the deep late night mood music of Artist Code 414C46 & Artist Code 524F43's "In Da Hood" (extended mix), the dystopian electro battle beats of Artist Code 4D5452 on "Verum Verbum" and the spiritual life music of Artist Code 505241's "Get A Life Back".
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Review: More mysterious music from Laurent Garnier and Scan X's COD3 QR label. In keeping with the imprint's house style, the identities of the producers who have contributed tracks to this expansive, multi-artist extravaganza have been replaced by oblique code numbers. There's naturally plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, from the collaborative 'Last Night', where part spoken, part sung vocals rub shoulders with alien-sounding synth motifs and classic US house tropes atop a snappy deep house groove, and the piano-sporting deep techno-goes-deep house wonder of 'No Way' (another joint effort) to the breathless, Rex Club-friendly techno heaviness of 'Dealing With Loneliness' and the warming ambient jazz-meets-nu-jazz swell of 'For Gwen'.
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Review: After initially refusing to reveal their identities or those of their artists, CD03 QR founders Laurent Garnier and Scan X softened their stance a little. It's interesting then that the label's latest expansive EP once again features no explanation of the producers involved, who in true sci-fi techno style have been given numeric codes. Their point is that it doesn't matter who made the music as it should be about the quality of the tracks on show. Helpfully, this is another very strong collection that variously touches on warming, intergalactic deep house ('Get Down'), hypnotic, retro-futurist techno positivity ('Meraki'), sleazy slo-mo chuggers ('Midnight Run'), skewed hip-hop ('Permission'), dark-room intensity (the Sxan X-esque 'No Joke' and 'Flexible Life') and vocal tech-jazz brilliance ('It's That').
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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.
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Tim Paris Featuring Artist Code 414C4C - "Predilection For Doing Wrong" (feat Artist Code 414C4C) - (4:14) 120 BPM
Review: The brainchild of Laurent Garnier and Scan X, the COD3 QR label now releases its first album. As always, the identity / identities of who is behind the music remains a mystery, but there is no doubt that each track exudes quality. "Fully Focused" and "Dong" are fine, Detroit techno-inspired jams, with the epic synths on the former and a booming bass on the latter really impressing. Meanwhile, the brooding build up on "Melancolia" is exactly the kind of spine-tingling moment you'd expect to hear in a Laurent Garnier set. In contrast, "Keep On Holding" is a beautiful break beat track, populated by glacial synths. All these tracks come together to make for a great first LP from COD3 QR.
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Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
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.
"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.
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
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