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05/22 Luke Porter, Shingo Nakamura journey to Oreon with Ad Brown, Embliss
Embliss and Ad Brown's "Oreon" EP was a shimmering melodic highlight in the 2012 Spring calendar. Partnered with dance floor gem, "Polaris", the EP proved a considerable success. Both artists have had a productive 2013 thus far and Ad Brown's recent collaboration with Peter Illias for Arrival has further enhanced his reputation for cross-genre, dance floor credibility. Contemporaneously, Tim Embliss's brand new "Stronghold" EP for Proton Music is already causing quite a stir. Now, Embliss and Ad Brown welcome two brand new remixes of "Oreon" from a pair of modern progressive heavyweights.
Australian native, Luke Porter, from the sunny Melbourne coast, has found a home in metropolitan London in recent years where his passion for both DJ'ing and producing has seen him quickly develop into one of the music industry's most consistent performers in the production of high quality music. Established as a DJ for over a decade in the clubs across the globe - from his home country and Asia to Europe and recent UK Bedrock Party party with John Digweed and Sonic Union - Porter's production career began to take shape in 2008 with remixes for Balkan Connection and Mango Alley. Since then, a plethora or work signed to microCastle, Sudbeat, Spring Tube and Lowbit have been received to continual critical acclaim and have included collaborations with industry stalwarts, Medway and Cid Inc. Indeed, it was the latter who helped the duo spawn the immense, "Exploration" EP on Luke Porter's Temporum label, run alongside Canadian progressive superstar, Soundprank. Placed on hiatus throughout 2012, Luke has recently has made a welcome return to the label with his "Sardonica" EP.
Pitching his heavyweight skills against "Oreon", Luke Porter has triumphed with a shining progressive jewel. A strong driving beat, combined with floating, shimmering pads build effortlessly against a backdrop of pianos chords from Embliss and Ad Brown's original to create a themed interpretation that is as intelligent as it is sensitive to the original mix. This is an extremely impressive and meticulous remix.
Japan's rising son, Shingo Nakamura has been at the forefront of the melodic progressive house scene since his first remix of Soundprank for Proton in 2010. Since then, Nakamura has gone on to become the best-selling Japanese artist on the label and has also become a familiar face to the Silk label family. Releasing the album "Sapporo" on Silk Digital in 2011, the album also bore the name of his hometown. Signing work to trance behemoths Black Hole and Armada has further enhanced a reputation that has flourished in his home country and beyond, also including a clutch of releases on Kyohei Akagawa's Otographic label.
Working his particular brand of progressive skill and verve on "Oreon", Shingo Nakamura's remix is an aural blend of shimmering, pulsating pads across trademark rhythmic stabs that periodically rise in intensity through filtered trickery, before falling away and finding their way back inside the bouncing rhythmic and melodic bed that form the track's basis. A gorgeous, rasping and grooved bass line forms the final component that makes exquisite use of the original elements found in "Oreon".
tracklist 01 Luke Porter Remix 02 Shingo Nakamura Remix
feedback DEREK HOWELL Well done. Luke Porter's remix is my thing. NICK WARREN Great remixes. HERNAN CATTANEO Full support. JAYTECH Shingo's mix is my pick. LANK Luke Porter remix for me.
credits Directed by Jay Epoch A&R by Renee Ugarteche Mastered by Cid Inc. Design by Ben Mautner Text by James Warren
05/21 Tim Penner, Guy Mantzur & Khen unravel Nick Stoynoff's last "Berlin Dream"
Nick Stoynoff first presented his "Berlin Dream" EP in January 2012. With support coming from all quarters including Exoplanet, Arthur Deep, and Aeron Aether, the title track now sees a fitting finale to a trio of releases that have already seen remixes from Magitman and Colourblock on "Brandenberg", and Nigel Good and Scotty.A on "Berghain". Accompanied by thematic artwork from the ever innovative, Ben Mautner, "Berlin Dream" now sees a final pair of remix treatments from Israel and Canada's finest.
Fresh from their recent, stellar remix of Juan Deminicis and Pablo Acenso's "Downshifting", Guy Mantzur and Khen return to Proton once more to further critical acclaim. Impressive production entities in their own right, both have been pushing the frontiers of the Israeli dance scene through their innovative production sound. Respect as international DJs has seen both become in-demand producers of the modern digital age and, for Khen, these skills are soon to be translated to a Proton Radio show launching this summer. In combination with Guy Mantzur's "unique hypnotic melodies", the collaborative tour de force has seen the duo feature on a host of impressive labels, from their recent remix of Simon Firth for 99percentrecordings and Marcelo Vasami on Bermudos, to original productions on Mantzur's own Plattenbank imprint.
Taking on "Berlin Dream", the Israeli duo unearth a stunning rhythmic jewel that encompasses all that makes Guy Mantzur and Khen such a formidable pairing. Echoes of Stoynoff's original work are cleverly interwoven against a deep bass line and a collage of percussive elements that scud easily across the track's upper reaches over a landscape rich in melodic detail. This is a track that demands repeated listens to fully appreciate its impressive complexity.
From the Canadian province of Ontario, Tim Penner has unleashed a wave of innovation since the impressive "Halftone/Polychrome" EP for Stripped Recordings at the end of 2011. Priding himself on creativity, Penner's guiding principles of "audio manipulation" through harnessing "layers of frequencies that create the soundtrack to our lives" is based on a fundamental premise to "innovate rather than imitate". No better illustrated than on his work for Replug, Baires and recent remix of Apologist's "Natural Instinct" for Proton Music, Tim Penner is a man on a mission to produce "something new". His label Konstrukt, run with 2012 Proton newcomer and rapidly rising star, DNYO, further evidences this modus operandi and both feature alongside Nick Stoynoff, Sonic Union, David Granha on the imprint's brand new "Get Me High" EP (http://wearekonstrukt.bandcamp.com/).
Remixing "Berlin Dream", Tim Penner's driving rhythms and hypnotic clave percussion form the basis for a deep and dark interpretation, rich in subtle grooves. Ticking hi-hats gradually force their way to the forefront of rhythmic consciousness as occasional stabs, echoing Stoynoff's original, grow in intensity to find perfect placement amongst the rhythmic melange.
tracklist
01 Guy Mantzur & Khen Remix
02 Tim Penner Remix
feedback
NICK WARREN Guy & Khen on fire, as usual.
GUY J Great release both remixes rock.
JODY WISTERNOFF Cool!
JOHN DIGWEED Tim Penner remix on this.
credits
Directed by Jay Epoch
A&R by Renee Ugarteche
Mastered by Cid Inc.
Design by Ben Mautner
Text by James Warren
05/15 Erdi Irmak & Zack Roth remix Kobana & Mario Hatchet's "Reload"
Firing a volley of progressive missiles, the "Reload" EP from maestros Kobana and Mario Hatchet, launched a two-pronged assault on the EDM charts at the end of 2011. With its partner track "Move Back" already receiving a full release in autumn 2012, including remixes from Verve, Rytek and Sound Process, "Reload" now takes its rightful place in the Particles pantheon. The high-energy emotive gem, with bass line straight out of the Kobana playbook, was originally supported by the likes of Aeron Aether, James Warren and Alexey Sonar. Receiving special remix treatments from Turkey and the USA, "Reload" is fired into a new orbit.
Turkish born Erdi Irmak, from the Istanbul capital, is no stranger to the Proton family of labels. Releases on such successful imprints as Balkan Connection, Mistique and recent work on Movement and Lowbit, has seen his own particular blend of "deep and progressive styles" create a considerable following after his passion for the art of DJ'ing began to fade at the turn of the current decade. Drawing on influences from Eastern music, support for his particular brand of production has come from Hernan Cattaneo, Cid Inc and Nick Stoynoff, with a further plethora of production work signed to the highly regarded, Stripped Digital and Sangria. Remixing "Reload", Irmak marks a splendid debut for Particles with his tech-inspired offering. A complex rhythmic bed kicks-off proceedings with a driving bass drum and hi-hats aplenty before a hypnotic bass stab provides further aural glue. Clever use of isolated melodic motifs from the Kobana and Hatchet original provide further echoes while still capable of taking Irmak's remix on an entirely new path.
Home to countless international superstar producers, New York resident, Zack Roth has been responsible for carving out his own name amongst the city's glitterati. As a celebrated DJ for the better part of a decade, Roth has graced many of the acclaimed clubs throughout New York, opening for Armin van Buuren and Above and Beyond. Just as significant are his achievements in the world of production where his music has often been supported by the DJs he has played alongside, signed to high-calibre imprints Black Hole, Armada and Anjunadeep. Zack Roth's relationship with Silk Royal has also been significant, not least in his co-hosting of the weekly "Silk Royal Showcase" on Proton Radio, helping spread his sound to a wider audience. Roth's "Outland" on the "Spring Particles 2011" compilation marked his debut for the label and was followed by remixes from Luiz B and Weepee later in the year. Stamping his driving melodic sound on "Reload", Roth's work is a perfect accompaniment to Kobana and Mario Hatchet's original. A dance floor stormer with huge bass line to match has given "Reload" a fresh vibrancy as the themes from the original are skillfully interwoven into Roth's new interpretation. Bass line dominance is further enhanced by a shimmering arpeggio line that sits artfully alongside the rasping and pulsing bottom end.
Taking two diverse approaches, Erdi Irmak and Zack Roth's "Reload" has given Kobana and Mario Hatchet a dance floor weapon causing damage from Warsaw to Pyongyang.
tracklist
01 Erdi Irmak Remix
02 Zack Roth Remix
feedback
JAYTECH Zack Roth remix. Cheers!
HERNAN CATTANEO Erdi for me.
KOSMAS EPSILON Trippy stuff. Spot on.
credits
A&R by Renee Ugarteche
Mastered by Cid Inc.
Design by Ben Mautner
Text by James Warren
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