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Once again, Cadenza keeps the blood flowing fresh with the addition of a
new artist to its roster-or in this case, three of them: Guido Schneider,
André Galluzzi and Florian Schirmacher, teaming up for a two-way three
way of sorts, and resulting in two absolute stormers, just in time for the
stormy season
The A-side presents "Albertino", the firstever
collaboration between Guido
Schneider and André Galluzzi. Schneider,
of course, is well known for his tricky,
hyperkinetic records and remixes on
labels like Poker Flat, Tuning Spork, Moon
Harbour, Trapez, and Highgrade; Galluzzi
has until now remained more or less a man
behind the scenes (and the decks), cofounding
the Taksi label with Paul
Brtschitsch and releasing the mix CDs
André Galluzzi… Im Garten, Berghain 01
and Freakshow Cocoon Ibiza Summer Mix.
On "Albertino", the two cook up a lithe
little stepper with funk to spare. A
spiraling one-bar bassline keeps things
grounded as glancing chords go wafting
towards the rafters, but the real movement
is in the wings: saucy percussive
outbursts, petulant flange, steampipes
venting white noise, and delay lines
teased out like a climber's rope. The
attention to detail is nothing short of
genius, but this is a track for movers, not
thinkers: seven and a half minutes of nononsense,
back-to-basics jitterbugging.
On the B-side, Schneider teams up with
Florian Schirmacher. These two are well
known from their days as Glowing
Glisses, releasing three EPs and an
album for Poker Flat and Dessous
between 2002 and 2003; this time out,
they've taken their propensity for finelytuned
minimal grooves and turned it into
something decidedly freaky. Booming
toms and liquid Afro-Latin hand drums
give this tune a seriously low center of
gravity-if your hips don't move to this,
you're probably dead. Tight percussive
loops illuminate the high end like so
many lighters held aloft, lighting the
passageway through a dark, undulating
melody. Here, hypnosis isn't a factor of
repetition, per sé, but rather of the way
that new sounds and phrases are snuck in
and out, teasing ears and feet and
leaving listeners swirling in a maze of
concentric circles. For all its forward
motion, this one's a track for getting lost
in.
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