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out now !
artist: V.A. (Funckarma, Gram, Somshit, Pytlik)
title: NOW 01 (compilation series)
type: 12" (lim. 500)
audio excerpts and more info:
http://www.underscan.de/prelisten/us008.html
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presstext:
NOW is the new compilation series on Underscan which is released as
four 12" vinyl records. A full length CD featuring all tracks will be
put out aswell to coincide with the fourth and final EP. NOW presents
the current state of the label and what is to be expected in the near
future.
Featured acts are Underscan recording artists GRAM, DALEZY, SOMSHIT,
ONETHEMA, ROD and MENU:EXIT aswell as SCANNER, FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER,
FUNCKARMA, EVEREST, QUENCH, FIBLA and others.
FUNCKARMA opens the first installment in the series with the hectic
uptempo track "BRIM"where soundscapes reverberate with a wall of
melodies and echoes are combined with complex crisp beat structures.
Funckarma consists of brothers Don and Roel Funken from the Netherlands
who already have a strong reputation worldwide for their production
work with the Shadowhuntaz, and many other projects.
GRAM´s deep bass track "KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER" follows up as a
slow and reduced mind bender that creates an ominous atmosphere. Gram
aka Graham Love from London has already released the "Simple Funk" EP
on Underscan in 2001. This track keeps up with the very unique
production skills GRAM stands for.
SOMSHIT´s track "ELZ ZUPPER" provides the listener with slightly
distorted rhythmic variations and weird melodic fragments which shift
towards a powerful harmonic climax at the end of the track. Somshit is
Akira Sawada from Saitama/Japan who released his debut album "Paster"
on Underscan in 2002.
PYTLIK´s wonderfully dreamy "ATMACHB" finishes the EP as the most
seductive track. Classical melodies are wound up around tricky beats
and evoke a floating listening feel. This very personal track by
Menu:Exit member Ralf Pytlik unleashes emotions of transiency and
unfulfilled hopes.
available in sorted stores or online thru:
http://www.finetunes.de <- mp3 download
http://www.schallrausch.de
http://www.boomkat.com
http://www.underscan.de
http://www.possiblemusic.de <- distribution
http://www.cargorecords.co.uk <- distribution
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