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Tracks we missed back in June – Monika Kruse, Chic Miniature, Brendon Moeller and Jennifer Cardini & Shonky

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | Single Review | No Comments

EarPipe was a little bit busy through June and July with all the festivals and nights going on which meant we missed out on telling you about these tracks. But with out further ado if you haven’t already purchased them, here they are:

Brendon Moeller – Electricity

Release number seven on new label Leena comes from Brendon Moeller, a bit of a stalwart on the scene with releases on Third Ear and Echocord over his ten year career. His Leena release Electricity covers the spacier house sounds currently out there. Title track Electricity is a smooth and relaxed house beat awash with harmonies and synth stabs. It slowly sweeps over various synth swirls to create a deep and dreamy house mover. B-Side Sweet Decade is a little more abstract. The bulk of the track resides mainly in the bass regions as it rumbles and bubbles with the occasional synth stab that breaks through into the higher frequencies. Its an interesting concept, but I’m not sure if it would work well on the dancefloor. Maybe as a warm up track.

The final track on this release is Tiger. Another spaced out house number with bright synth washes and a shuffling Chicago-esque percussion. The dubby synth in the foreground reverberates and adds intensity as the splashes of synths in the background tickle your senses. Warm deep tracks for the warm up/wind down slot but lacks something to really grab me.

Brendon Moeller Electricity is out now on Beatport

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Monika Kruse – Changes in Perception Part 2

Monika Kruse seems to be pressing the right buttons at the moment as her popularity begins to grow outside of her native Germany. This release on Terminal M is the second part of her Changes in Perception series. The first track Spank Me Later is a raw track. It has a rumbling saw bassline which changes from short stabs in the intro to elongated gut rumbling notes after the break. Typical percussion and noises syncopate through echo effects to create a hypnotic but raw sound. The second track Morgana loops a chant sample over a warmer house sound to create a latino feel similar to your Luciano’s and Villalobos’. The round and bassy winding synth riffs make the track easy to follow and will definitely entertain the masses.

Monika Kruse Changes is out now on Beatport

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Chic Miniature EP

Crosstown Rebels re-emerge from the winter with this delightful Chic Miniature EP. Escandalo is a hypnotic house track with glistening harpsichord riffs in a similar style to Luciano’s infamous “Father”. Chancita on the other hand is its beefier brother. The rolling bassline and vocal stabs rustle about in a peak time pot whilst intricate percussion twitches and scats around. On Kimono, Chic Miniature lay down another couple of a piano riffs with a menacing bass and beat, everything is left to revolve around the piano occupying the high end whilst the beats and bass jostle in the bass regions. Great release.

The Chic Miniature EP is out now on Beatport

Tags: brendon moeller, changes of perception, chic miniature, Crosstown Rebels, electricity, leena, monika kruse, Terminal M