Hernán Cattáneo Resident | Delta FM 90.3 • 26 .04. 2014 • Episode 155

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Re: Hernán Cattáneo Resident | Delta FM 90.3 • 26 .04. 2014 • Episode 155

Hernán Cattáneo : Resident (Delta FM 90.3) - Episode 155

Part 1:

01. Terje Saether - Ambrose [Terminology Records | TERM009]
02. Quenum - The Step [Supernature | SPN034]
03. Ferdy - Intention (Pole Folder Remix) (Crossroads Part 2) [Particles | PSI1411]
04. Tvardovsky - Colours (Stas Drive Remix) [Lowbit | LBR140]

Part 2:

01. Moderat - Damage Done (Silinder Remix) [Monkeytown Records | unreleased]
02. SPHMRS - Off The Rocker (BP Remix) [unreleased]
03. Nocturna - Microcosmos [unreleased]
04. Reset Robot - Guitar Man (Let Your Soul Outside LP) [Truesoul Records | TRUECD05]

Release Notes:

01. Terje Saether - Ambrose [Terminology Records | TERM009]

Terje returns for the labels ninth release with two real classy cuts of Progressive and Tech House which are both deep, hypnotic and dance floor friendly. Ambrose is the deeper and more atmospheric of the two tracks using a lattice of layering of pads, stabs and chords built over the almost glitchy percussion to create Terje's undulating twist on house music. Understrom is built around a driving bassline and uses heavier percussion and darker sounds to take the track in to the intense early hours.

Lots of support on this one as always from the likes of Hernan Cattaneo, Darin Epsilon, DJ Fiacxa, tim benjamin, MydriaticEyes, Aaron Lee, Deepsense, PatriZe, Alberto Diaz, Yrelav, Ivelgo, Fernando Ferreyra, Burga and more.

Released by: Terminology Records
Release/catalogue number: TERM009
Release date: Apr 14, 2014
ISRC: UK-48E-13-00017

02. Quenum - The Step [Supernature | SPN034]

Quenum is certainly not a new name on the scene but one that has been flying under the radar for a while now. This is about to change with the release of The Step ep, crafted specifically for Supernature. He displays his masterful dexterity on the altogether varied ep, with tracks ranging from deep and dark to melodic and techy but with an eye constantly on the dance floor.

Release date: Apr 7, 2014

03. Ferdy - Intention (Pole Folder Remix) (Crossroads Part 2) [Particles | PSI1411]

In the final month of 2013, Ferdy Ouderkerken marked a further landmark on an illustrious career littered with original works that have found their onto such imprints as Outside The Box, Ready Mix and Armada. A regular on the imprint, Particles is delighted to announce another stopover in Ferdy's catalogue as "Crossroads Part 2" sees the welcome return of an established legend and a debutante, as two tracks from the original seven-track EP now receive 2014 makeovers.

Benoit Franquet's distinguished reputation under his Pole Folder production soubriquet is well earned. A previous winner of the "Belgium's Best DJ" crown in 2010, a veritable feast of music has found its way to the world's leading labels including Renaissance, Global Underground and Hope, supported by the leading lights of Laurent Garnier, Hernan Cattaneo and John Digweed. Indeed a debut album, commissioned to Digweed's Bedrock imprint, proved a starting point from which the Belgian has subsequently been at the vanguard of the modern underground dance scene, shaping its very future landscape. "Zero Gold" thus created a series of classic tracks that continue to be used across the TV and film spectrum to this day, from hit shows "CSI" and "Nip/Tuck" in the USA, to Channel 4 TV advertising campaigns in the UK.

A relationship with Proton that reaches back to 2006's "Protected" EP and 2008's "Radio 101", a remix of Ferdy's "Home Coming" track in September 2012, marks Pole Folder's sole contribution to the Particles imprint thus far.

Now returning to remix Ferdy once more, the Belgian's interpretation of "Intention" provides another illustration of his unique vision and versatility. A rhythm section full of poise and rolling, fluid percussion keeps the pace high as soft, sustained pads echo, providing resonance with the original mix. Twisted spoken work and a reverb-soaked, harmonic vocal cut, pierce the beats as a pitched, distorted lead line builds to freeform crescendo.

From Groningen in the north of the country, techno DJ, Battage, is a much-respected DJ in his Dutch homeland. Responsible for the infamous, "Hartslag"nights, Martin ter Braake has brought such luminaries as Pan-Pot, Petar Dundov and Stephan Bodzin to his hometown. Tiring of using his Harde Baas alias, a penchant for "deep grooves and warm melodies" inspires Braake's new Battage production pseudonym. Approaching Ferdy's work, such traits are found in bountiful supply within his interpretation of "Agreement". A rolling clave forms an expertly formed percussive groove alongside the languid clap and snare combination combined with house beats. The emotive melodic themes present in the original are transported seamlessly into their new arrangement giving a fresh lease of life to the rousing vibrato lead that provides such a prominent aural identity.

As Ferdy's relationship with Particles reaches another "Crossroads", "Part 2" of the journey continues in triumphant optimism with new remixes from Pole Folder and Battage.

Label : Particles
Release : 24 March 2014

04. Tvardovsky - Colours (Stas Drive Remix) [Lowbit | LBR140]

We're all often wondering question: what is Music? Personally for me it's something higher and deeper than just a sound, from outside, beyond space and time. I know that Music has its own intelligence and it is not my invention or some scientific theory. Music is the high living organism - a next after True Divine Love, whether you believe it or not - don't care! The main thing - is a fact!
A huge variety of colorful sounds in this another work. Enjoy and remember that no matter what happens - do not worry, the music everything balance !

Support by: Carl Cox, Hernan Cattaneo, Tiesto, Dave Seaman, Guy J, Guy Mantzur, Eelke Kleijn, Solee, Cid Inc, Paul Hazendonk, Khainz, Scotty A, Mike Griego, Marcelo Vasami, Sonic Union, Khen, Ioan Gamboa, Dark Soul Project, Kevin Di Serna, Soulfire, Alex Nemec, Praveen Achary, Dale Middleton, Tvardovsky and more

Released by: Lowbit
Release date: Apr 14, 2014

05. Moderat - Damage Done (Silinder Remix) [Monkeytown Records | unreleased]

Damage Done is talen from 2013s 'Moderat ‎II' with Moderate being the German project. involving Modeselektor [Mode] and Apparat [rat].

[Factmag]

The genre you might call ‘home-listening house’ comes in for some serious abuse; a hangover, perhaps, from techno’s Villalobos backlash. Incorrigible monkeys that they are, as far as the dance purists are concerned the niche style is nothing short of dull, pretentious heresy – tepid Pitchfork-house made by fair-weather drylanders and avant-pseuds, and about as fun as a dick in a drawer.

It’s a tired old discourse in dance music – the dancefloor versus headphones debate – and particularly so in this case: much ado about what is essentially electronica, albeit an abnormally propulsive variety. But still they rage. To add fuel to the fire, the genre is amongst the fastest growing sectors in electronica; a knock-on effect of the popularisation of Berlin’s minimal techno scene and the success of indie-dance acts like Caribou, alongside the rise of the L.A beat scene, where the principles of instrumental hip-hop are being applied to techno. When you also factor in the upsurge in dance producers emerging from chillwave (Blondes, for example) as well as traffic from the other direction (former techno DJ John Talabot), rockist values and low BPMs seem almost ubiquitous.

A Berlin-born collaboration between Sascha Ring (Apparat) and Modeselektor’s Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, Moderat’s self-titled debut was, for some, a beloved cult gem. For the hardline boys, however, it represented everything that was wrong about the genre. Given the acts’ respective backgrounds, the end product was only to be expected. In Ring you had a veteran IDM DJ with a liking for introspection, who had collaborated with Ellen Allien on 2006′s joint effort Orchestra Of Bubbles, a decidedly indie strain of techno album. On the other side, you had Modeselektor: awkwardly leftfield glitch-merchants partial to the odd art gallery installation and notorious for their rock-leaning sets, and who since have collaborated with indie’s arch dance-dabbler, Thom Yorke. When it came time for the two acts to pair up, the effect was duly doubled. Dubbed cheekily techno’s favourite band, between the acoustic FX, live drums, non-danceable rhythms, meditative BPMs and touchy-feely tone (melancholic, wistful, human) – they offered the full gamut of half-house’s most maligned tropes.

Four years later comes the follow-up, II, and if anything, the trio’s second album is even more likely to raise heckles. First, there’s their increasingly rockist sensibility. Of the eight compositions here (it’s a shorter album than Moderat by almost half), all are songs as opposed to tracks, and the vocals tend to play a determining role, with many songs seemingly structured around Ring’s vocal performance after the fact. Second, II has nothing to do with underground music, and certainly not the Berlin underground. This is a bona fide pop album. Moreover, it sounds for all the world like ‘bass music’: polite, rounded, MOR and generic. Out goes Moderat’s teutonic sternness, in come cutesy rhythms and genteel sonics.

But the main difference this time around is that the naysayers’ chagrin is somewhat justified. Lasting 90 seconds, doleful opener ‘The Mark (Interlude)’ is presumably intended to work like a framing device – a rather lofty attempt to establish an album ‘narrative’ that’s telling of their artsy aspirations for II. ‘Bad Kingdom’, the first vocal-led track, begins with electro bass-stabs (SBTRKT comes to mind) before morphing into the kind of cloying post-rave pop that riddled the early ’90s (think The Beloved’s ‘Sweet Harmony’) – all leisurely breakbeats, church-y synths, angelic choirs and falsetto vocals. Meanwhile, running on a quasi-2-step beat and doused in filter textures, the instrumental ‘Versions’ takes its cues from the dreaded ‘future garage’.

The album’s middle suite sees their first foray into indie r’n'b. ‘Let The Light In’ is pure Jamie XX, with its voguish pitched-down vocals, calypso steel drums and lusciously melodic bassline (a recurring feature throughout the album). By the time the harmonising vocals strike up – cooed sweetly like a choir of paradisal tribal children – we are light years from Moderat, where regardless how romantic the tone, the music was rooted in Berlin’s stern, brutalist tradition.

‘Gita’, meanwhile, is a dead ringer for Junior Boys – all Moog-y squelch and spindly FX – only more sweeping, scaled up by the trio’s affection for grand vistas. Both tracks are pretty and affecting, and with ‘Gita’ in particular, the pop nous hinted at on their ear-worming debut is here fully realised. As for Apparat’s vocal performances, it’s remarkable that a producer has distinguished himself so convincingly front of house, with a voice that’s at once characterful, distinctive, generously expressive and genuinely moving.

However, finishing the album, ‘Damage Done’ and ‘This Time’ are a step too far away from dance culture, blurring the lines between emotive electronica and indie electronica’s worst aspects: the naturalism, the solipsism, the theme of loss. Static, rhythmless and blanketed with moody guitar feedback, ‘Damage Done’ is a straight-up torch song. Worse still are the lyrics, with lines like “I go out and stare at the sunlight, until the tears stain my eyes” evoking an air of precious angst. In the case of ‘This Time’, despite the rave-y pads and house synth-piano it closely resembles the dour autumnal instrumentals of folk-tronica. The pacing is tentative, the tone one of suppressed pain, and the FX custom-designed to denote ‘meaningfulness’ or emotional sensitivity – all rustic organ sounds and tinkling guitar notes.

06. SPHMRS - Off The Rocker (BP Remix) [unreleased]

Bruyndonx Patrick aka BP (above) is resident at Cafe D'Anvers in Antwerp and is well known as one of the old school Belgian top producers, always evolving in style.

He may be old school but recently he dropped some deeper stuff on Guy J's “Lost & Found” label including the slamming track "Inspirado Por Usted" (means ‘Inspired By You’ as the track was inspired by a dj set of Ricardo Villalobos ). Other big releases that climbed the charts were released on Ramon Tapia's label AELLA. The first was a collaboration with Frank De Wulf entitled "Inferno Disco" and the second "Shall Be Saved" which was remixed by the big man Ramon Tapia himself ! He's now working on various BP (Bruyndonx Patrick ) releases, for labels such as Sudbeat, Lost & Found and Plattenbank.

SPHMRS aka Sophomores is brandon lucas green. A musical/visual universe within the city behind closed doors, Sophomores are noisy and uncertain.

For a project as exciting as sophomores is, it seems surprising that its brainchild – Boston-based composer and producer Brandon Lucas Green – nearly abandoned music twice. The first time, at age 13, after 9 years of piano lessons and several local performance awards, he quit to “focus on what his friends cared about”; the second, after 5 years in the New Haven-based prog rock outfit Bushwhack as songwriter and bassist, to focus on a job and (now ex-) girlfriend.

But with every commitment is the question of what’s missed. Brandon spent his early twenties working at several startups, exploring new and revisiting old music ideas in bedroom apartments and collaborative spaces across Boston. A self-released album under the moniker Taken By Name showed promise. The past year’s development of sophomores sees Brandon more focused and thinking larger and more eclectic in scope–call it a redemption for lost opportunities.

Brandon finds comfort in minimalism. This immediately becomes apparent in Brandon’s palpable obsession with doing as much with as little as possible. The looped and intersecting melodies that pump the lifeblood of his music are empirical in nature — a line is repeated because it naturally does so, not because a producer forced it–the melody takes on meaning itself. Entrenched in a deep sea of looped guitar lines, distortion boxes and layers of electronic blips and blasts is a human sense to explore and find meaning in the world’s uncertainty.

Upcoming debut album LIARS is Brandon’s exploration of this uncertainty, channeled through influences as diverse as noise rock, electronica, 80s pop and Reichian minimalism. Debut single “off the rocker” sees Brandon summoning a hailstorm of jagged, Reznor-influenced percussion, fuzz bass and synthesized chords, during which he simply requests: “please / listen to me / I’m begging”. Centerpiece “liars” finds solace in a single looped bassline, which grows as the vocal achieves self-realization. “skyscrape” juxtaposes the rhythmic intensity of Cornelius and dubstep against the best of melodic post-hardcore.

Details regarding a live performance entity for sophomores and additional releases are coming soon.

07. Nocturna - Microcosmos [unreleased]

no release info at present.

08. Reset Robot - Guitar Man (Let Your Soul Outside LP) [Truesoul Records | TRUECD05]

Truesoul Records are proud to announce the release of 'Let Your Soul Outside', the debut album from Reset Robot in April 2014.

Behind the Reset Robot project is Dave Robertson, a producer who has released standout singles on labels like Dogmatik, Intacto and Adam Beyer's Truesoul imprint over the past 5 years. Now he steps up with his debut album, the stunning 'Let Your Soul Outside'.

The LP was written at Reset Robot's home studio in Portsmouth and is an album of fascinating textures inspired by "all the music I listen to and love!" says the producer himself. "I've wanted to do this for a long time and all of a sudden I had 8 or 9 tracks together which were a little bit different. I added a few more and asked a close friend, Tom Powell from Mister Woo, to add vocals to a couple of them and it was ready."

The result is a full length that touches on many different moods and emotions, starting with the
melodically soothing tech funk of 'Guitar Man'. Tracks like 'Little Alice' then pick up the momentum thanks to slick beats and crisp percussion and 'Sizzler' introduces a soulful vocal element over more tortured sounding, synth-laden grooves.

It's not all full on dancefloor material though, with tracks like 'Desi Beats' it allows you a little time to breath thanks to their more widescreen and laidback vibe, whilst 'Sausage' strikes a truly emotive pose that has your thoughts turning inwards.

With this album Reset Robot proves both his range and his dexterity -- no two tracks sound the same, and instead the Portsmouth producer explores every nook and cranny with a fine attention to detail that really makes the whole thing sing. 'Let Your Soul Outside' is a stellar achievement.

Release date: Apr 7, 2014

Hernán Cattáneo Resident | Delta FM 90.3 • 26 .04. 2014 • Episode 155

Hernán Cattáneo Resident | Delta FM 90.3 • 26 .04. 2014 • Episode 155

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