Ricardo Villalobos remixes Deardrum from Alejandro Mosso's album Isolation Diaries recently released on Third Ear. Villalobos worked up a 40 minute jam from which this is a 9 minute section which moves from a gentle pattering of sounds into a full-on Villalobos groove; taught and slinky at the same time, i.e. irresistibly funky. The jam then subsides into chattering noises before the groove begins again. Burnt Friedman's remix of Isolation Diaries is a slow burning super funky jam with classic Burnt Friedman dub elements laced through the track together with the melody twisted and phased. The closing track from the album, Mounivers, completes this fine release.
Alex Burkat is back on Third Ear following his arresting debut, the 285 Kent ep (3EEP-2014_05). His signature sound is on full display here, again. The new ep is harder and faster than the 285 Kent ep; more 'up', for a different time of night. 3am Eternal music. Many artists strive to sound like someone else. Some strive for individuality and some of those succeed. Alex Burkat is one of those who has succeeded. His music is epic, wide-screen and lush, deep and with plenty of weight.
Filippo Blasi Foglietti returns to Third Ear for his second release, The Copy Principle, following his well-received debut, the John Nixon Memorial ep. DJs, notably Ellen Allien and Peter Van Hoesen, and many others continue to play this deep and trippy record. The Copy Principle is a more urgent, more stripped back proposition than John Nixon Memorial ep, but is identifiably Filippo Blasi Foglietti, at his deep and trippy best. The Copy Principle is one of Scottish philosopher David Hume's best known ideas. Hume (born 1711, died 1776) states that our ideas come from our impressions. He wrote; "All our simple ideas in their first appearance are deriv'd from simple impressions, which are correspondent to them, and which they exactly represent.
New talent from Detroit. HazMat's Infinite Silence ep is as deep as they come, and is the first release in a new series of Detroit artist releases from Third Ear. Following on from Third Ear's landmark Detroit Beatdown series, the New Detroit Deep series of releases is just that. HazMat has played keyboards for artists such as Bilal and Mary J Blige, as well as Detroit legends Kenny Dixon Jr, Amp Fiddler and Delano Smith. Along the way, he started to make his own beats and his own tracks and is now ready to take things to the next level. He also plays keys with Motown legacy artists' touring bands, such as The The Four Tops, The Detroit Spinners, The Gap Band. It's not all about the beats and the synths, though. HazMat's work using the Talkbox is right up there.
4 new tracks by Kyle Hall, the man of the hour who's turning everything he touches into gold!
Slowly the new generation is injecting new influences, new crossovers of styles, new techniques into Techno and House which didn't change much in the last decade!
Great to see and another release that we will cherish. Recommended! Repressed December 2014, February 2015.
Mathias Schaffhauser, founder of German label Ware Records debuts on Third Ear with a 3-track 12". This is 'big-sky', expansive, driving Techno; even the beatless version of Grad Minus 12. Mathias Schaffhauser's Ware Records had a very recognisable sound. It was one of the defining labels of the Cologne Sound, most associated with Kompakt these days. But in the 90s and early 00s, Ware was as significant a label, especially for DJs. This release is very much a good example of THAT sound, still sounding fresh and bristling with good energy.
Mike Clark, Detroit Beatdown founder and former UR operative Agent X, gives some love to Weather Report's wonderful River People. There are two versions on this translucent green 12". The Beatdown Rework and the House Mix. Both are stone-cold bombs. Jaco Pastorius' awesome bass line and Joe Zawinul's cascading synths primed for the dance floor. Mike has done an amazing job on a modern Jazz classic. Don't sleep on this. VINYL ONLY. Limited to 500.
Shonky has over the years developed a signature hypnotic hard grooving sound, characterised by punishing beats laced through with detailed polyrhythms and elusive motifs. Sexy and playful, seriously jacking. The result is dance grooves that punch and tickle every surface and joint in the body. It sounds effortless, but it's far from it. Shonky crafts his tracks to deliver a prefect groove every time.
Since its inception in 2002, Third Ear's output has remained ineffably reliable and multifaceted whilst carrying forth a distinct and tangible sense of soul. Now, 13 years on, Wbeeza makes a welcome return home and follows up a slew of lauded EPs on the label as well as his 2010 debut LP, 'Void' with only his second album, 'Expression Of Love'. And what an album it is. A long term favourite among both House traditionalists and experimentalists, Warren Brown entwines Jazz, Hip Hop, Detroit Techno, Soul and Disco with impressive ease, and with Expression Of Love the Peckham, South London-born and bred producer expands on his canon and presents 7 cuts that fans both old and new will relish. A buoyant and Jazzy vibe that brings another coup for Third Ear and another truly fine addition to Wbeeza's catalogue to a close.
