Industrie & Zärtlichkeit, 6th Dec 2013, hafen2, Offenbach (Germany) with:
RECLOOSE
It all started in the spring of 1997 when Detroit native Matthew Chicoine, aka Recloose, made contact with techno pioneer Carl Craig by way of a legendary ‘demo-on-rye sandwich’. This fateful meeting led to the signing of Recloose to Craig’s seminal Planet E label and the birth of an eclectic and vibrant musical career.
Recloose’s musical roots trace back to eight years of studying music and playing jazz saxophone, later shifting his focus to the art of collecting and mixing vinyl while at the University of Michigan. His eclectic DJ sets, which were first heard on Ann Arbor’s WCBN, have led him to become an in-demand DJ, playing at clubs and festivals around the world as well as performing as a turntablist for both Carl Craig’s Innerzone Orchestra and the more esoteric Uri Caine ensemble.
Over his fifteen year career Recloose has developed into a true standout of Detroit’s musical litter. To date he has released a number of groundbreaking 12”s for Planet E and Rush Hour, a host of remixes for the likes of Funkadelic, Herbert, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Tei Towa, Dennis Coffey, MJ Cole and Azymuth, a live album, and three full-length LPs debuting with ‘Cardiology’‚ on Planet E / !K7 in 2002, greeted with wide critical acclaim.
Recloose relocated to New Zealand in 2001 to plant new roots and explore fresh musical horizons. 2005 saw the release of Recloose’s second LP, ‘Hiatus On The Horizon’ (Peacefrog/Loop), an album that features a host of New Zealand’s finest musicians and vocalists (and spawned the dancefloor stomper ‘Dust’ featuring Fat Freddy’s vocalist Joe Dukie). This was followed in 2006 by the Recloose Live Band’s funk compendium ‘Backwards and Sideways’, recorded live at the San Francisco Bathhouse and released on Recloose’s on-off imprint ‘Fingertips’ in early 2007. Recloose’s 2008 international long player, ‘Perfect Timing’, features yet more stellar New Zealand talent (including Tyna Keelan, Rachel Fraser, Joe Dukie, Jonathan Crayford) and took out the prestigious Tui Award (aka NZ Music Award) for best Electronica/Dance album of 2008. In 2010 Recloose teamed up with long time musical comrades Rush Hour records to release “Early Works”, a retrospective collection of standout and lost material from his days in Detroit. Since then he has been continued to release a number of ambitious 12″s on Rush Hour and Delusions of Grandeur.
In 2009 Recloose launched his Hit It & Quit It radio show, broadcasting with broadcast partner Frank Booker every Monday from Auckland’s George FM and quickly growing the show into one of the highest rating on the station. In 2010 Recloose took up residence at Auckland’s Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand to set up and deliver a full-time DJ and Electronic Music Production (DJEMP) programme, now rotating between teaching and securing his masters degree at the University of Auckland.
Hugh Mane aka Stupid Human (Running Back, UK)
"The influence of retro sounds is certainly strong in contemporary house music, but producers’ desire to reference house music’s salad days is certainly nothing new. What some people forget is how far back that craving runs, a fact evident in the latest release from Running Back. The promo text for Hugh Mane’s Spectral Sonics EP claims it was sourced from a long forgotten, London-based producer’s unreleased DAT recorded in 1990. It says a lot about our current climate (and Lupo’s mastering) that listening to the record didn’t immediately convince me of its age: three particularly reverent house tracks which are entirely relevant today.
This is something of a mixed blessing. All three originals feel instantly familiar and welcome, even as you’re searching your mental catalog for their antecedents. The ambling bass line and hazy synths in “Back Life” instantly finger Hugh Mane as a Chicago house devotee with matching gear. Fluted melodies and varied synth textures, however, provide a gentle twist. “Hard To Finish If You’re Finish” similarly builds on well trodden Motor City territory but adds more of its creator in the finished results. The syncopated hi-hat/clap programming feels fresh even today, locking the scrambling main motif into the dance floor. At first “My Midi Is A Mess” seems like it’s own animal, a bubbly organ riff and pitched tweet sounds giving the effect of champagne’s lighthearted buzz. Sustained melodies, however, suddenly reference both ESP’s “It’s You” and Ron Trent’s “Altered States,” the latter of which was released that same year. As with the other cuts, it’s not enough to render the track superfluous; instead, one expects to pull the Spectral Sonics EP when wanting to channel house music’s fertile first decade without pulling an actual classic. While unremarkable, the beat track “Fukdemdiscoidkids,” edited by Tuff City Kids, fits that mold as well. Makes you wonder if we truly need so many records with old sounds if decent vintage ones are still be unearthed." (Spectra Sonics EP review)
Le Rubrique
Rubrique is a DJ, Producer and Event Organiser from Frankfurt, Germany. Inspired by the house music of the 90s he started djing back in 1999. His affection for music soon lead to own productions and live projects. Record Labels as Polyfon, Playtracks, Smile For A While, Tieffrequent and Stupid Human Music featured his music and gave him access to a bigger audience. As a DJ he is booked regularly in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Mannheim and Offenbach – but also played in Madrid & Berlin. His music is an exciting mix of Downbeats, Disco and soulful Housemusic.
http://www.hafen2.net
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