Review: Israeli progressive house hero Khen is back with some more sublime and hypnotic grooves on the deeper tip for Lost & Found - the Bedrock sublabel run by his hometown hero Guy J. From the sensual and emotive "Pecas" or the moody dancefloor drama of "Lost Of The Time" which is sure to get the heads down when the strobelight comes on. The impressive EP closes out with the dark and atmospheric energy of "Evergreen" that's perfectly geared for late night tunnel vision. First popping up on our radar a couple of years back with his impressive debut album One Day Of Independence, Khen has mainatined his edge on his productions with this killer release.
Review: Chicola, the Israeli veteran producer, unleashed over two decades of music production experience on the excellent 'Could Heaven Be' LP in late 2017. Now with these remixes we hear a different groove among all the familiar elements on tracks such as "Could Heaven Be" (Ruede Hagelstein remix) which sees the Berlin veteran deliver an adrenalised exploration in dancefloor drama, the Johannes Brecht remix of "If He Thought You Ever Changed Your Mind" takes the track into deeper and more contemplative territory and Karmon's hi-tech rendition of "Velvet Afternoon" goes for that Innervisions/Exit Strategy kind of sound.
Land Of Goshen (Patrice Baumel remix) - (7:19) 124 BPM
One Day Of Independance (Termoment remix) - (8:55) 122 BPM
Review: Israeli rising star Khen gave us the absolutely sublime One Day Of Independence in late 2016 which was a fantastic voyage through the many shades of progressive house and proved that this guy is on to very big things. The protege of fellow Tel Aviv greats Guy J and Guy Mantzur now presents a bunch of serious remixes from said album taken on by an all-star cast. Our favourites here would have to be "Imaginal Cells" remixed by the aforementioned Guy J which is eight minutes of ethereal beauty, Diynamic affiliated Lehar gets onboard too with his rendition of "Prism" and gives it that Life & Death style dark journey vibe to it and an honourable mention to Amsterdam's favourite son Patrice Baumel whose version of "Land Of Goshen" is pretty brilliant if we do say ourselves: swimming in layers of mesmerising arpeggios.
Khen - "One Day Of Independence" (continuous mix) - (1:16:05) 122 BPM
Review: Israeli rising star, the Guy Mantzur mentored Khen is back and presents his long awaited debut album Day Of Independence, which sees this young artist in the global progressive house scene as a force to be reckoned with. The album is a cohesive effort, covering a wide variety of moods and grooves and skillful variations of his dreamy and hypnotic sound. There's last month's breakthrough single "Children With No Name" starting out the album in style, the very Life & Death sounding journey "Alumot" and there's also the adrenalised tech house of "Epidemic". Honorbale mentions also to the deep and immersive tribalism of "Anyway Now" and the Bronzed re-edit of "Anise", which does for some afterhours style minimal house flavour.
Review: Israeli wunderkind Khen (238 W/Sudbeat) teams up with fellow scene legend Guy Mantzur on the latter's always reliable Lost & Found imprint with "Children With No Name"; an absolutely epic and elevating progressive house journey featuring some euphoric arpeggios, life affirming strings and Kamila's absolutely angelic vocals all working in harmony on a track that will allow you to transcend far beyond the dancefloor. A huge hit prediction right here and further evidence that the future of the genre is emanating from Tel Aviv, that's for sure.
Review: Guy J is a minimal/dream artist hailing from Israel (think Guy Gerber, Chaim etc) whose proggy productions led to an impressive long player on Bedrock. No one can argue that it's a fine line between nu-disco and trance, nobody except Guy J that is, and here on Octavia he blurs the line as best he can. The title track is a glistening and intricate pulsator that resonates with chimes and dreamy pads. "Release Me" on the other hand is the kind of spacey hiNRG favoured by the late great Patrick Cowley. Seductive stuff.
Review: John Digweed's Bedrock sub label Lost & Found delivers more sure-fire progressive house again, this time in the form of Athens based producer Harris Sgourdas aka Blusoul who was released previously on Juicebox and 3rd Avenue. "Modular Memories" is a deep, atmospheric and downright funky number with the adequate amount of transcendental pads and risers to give any dancefloor a head rush. It even has some nice vocals that sound like Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode. Israeli maverick and label mainstay Guy Mantzur gets on the remix, giving the track a more adrenalised and darker take for added dancefloor dynamics.
Review: Lost & Found is the sublabel of John Digweed's Bedrock Recordings; but you already knew that, so Guy Mantzur and Sahar Z need no introduction. Stalwarts of the label, the Tel Aviv based producers return with more finely tuned progressive house for sublime peak time moments yet again. Only this time they're given the suitable remix treatment, but dont worry; these recruits are equally in harmony with their sound. Take the Agents Of Time remix of "Small Heart Attack" which totally nails that in vogue prog sound so perfectly. Fellow countryman Guy J steps up to remix it too and delivers the goods as always with another sleek and slinky dancefloor detonator. Let's not forget Robert Babicz remix of "Our Foggy Trips", the veteran delivers a truly immaculate rework.
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