Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Audiomatique 2.1 Review

Adultnapper brings us his latest mix in the form of his Audiomatique Vol.2 compilation. So in conjunction with this release they’ve put some of the tracks he used on a nice little sampler EP.

The Viewer – Street Horn
This track is brilliant. It is an epic movement of sound laced with interesting snippets of flute and string melodies over a hypnotic restrained beat and two tone bassline. This gives the track an sense of held back urgency if there is such a thing. Its quite similar in style to Ilario Alicante’s recent Vacaciones En Chile or Djuma Soundsystem’s Les Djinns so its definitely not for the peak time techno floors. But if you like your epic Trentmoller sounds then this is definitely up your street.

Robert Babicz - White Storm
In Robert Babicz’s White Storm a trickle of chimes flows over a big throbbing bassline as it hypnotises you through its swirling manner. It combines a big room sound with the more intricate detailing of the more minimal tracks out there. It seems to work quite well as it seems mellow yet moving. For the DJs out there it’s a bit of a bugger to mix as it’s got a beatless intro and outro so takes a bit of thinking on how to smoothly drop in such a delicate tune. I like this track but I reckon a remix with a different set of basslines would defo tickle my fancy more.

Joel Mull – Red Light of Dawn
Red light of Dawn has a distinct techno feel to it as it progressively builds to a flourishingly warm breakdown… where the subtle two tone electronic string which moves in and out so gently in the build up comes straight to the forefront. This track is epic and for anyone on their pill honeymoon this is sure to reach for those lasers like we once did back in 99.

Mikael Jonasson – Rainy Sunny
Rainy Sunny is a fair track, stuck between big room electro house or techno, I can’t quite decide. Its got all the right elements of both and the only way I can describe it is that its something Sven Vath would play. It has the signature electro bassline and noises and is pretty much tub thumping. If you like that then this ticks all the boxes and will no doubt be filling floors from erm Paris to Berlin?

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