- Clearly, the people at Curle like things that build. It takes till the fourth track of Curle 25, the label's rule-of-fives anniversary compilation, to get into unmistakable party mode—with the radio edit of Anthony Collins' "Another Lonely Night." (Concision does as much for this music as expansiveness does—something that's always worth remembering.) Strictly Rhythm is in this label's DNA as much as Force Tracks or Max.E—Thomas Brinkmann's lavish "Isch (Soulphiction Remisch)" gets a look-in on here—and it's easy to hear in the way "Another Lonely Night" harks back to mid-'80s pop R&B, or in the easy synth flurry that makes up the melody of Efdemin's "The Pulse (John Beltran's Summer Light Remix)." These tracks are more than happy to meet the listener halfway.
I should clarify that the Collins track is number four on Curle 25's first disc. The second disc is harder to quantify—it's a data disc featuring a trio of mixes of label highlights, from Anthony Collins, Fader and Peter Van Hoesen. This is a clever way to present alternate angles on the catalog, and if the mixes risk overkill—really, guys, you aren't that legendary yet—it's not hard to hear why Curle might be feeling bullish about its short history.
Besides, the first, unmixed disc really is nicely put together. It begins slowly and a little tremulously with Martyn's Bittersweet Mix of Efdemin's "Acid Bells" (whose pianos really do curl), which melts into Collins' "Reeves," whose layers are so wispy they might float away if not for the steady house pulse. When "Acid Bells" comes back in its original mix later, its pitch-shifted title instruments (or anyway, the sound it's mean to evoke) are a statement of ethos as much as a track, in some way. It follows tobias.'s remix of Tampopo's "Helicopters Got Cameras," whose hypnotically splintered synthesizers have as much claim of sounding like acid bells as anything of Efdemin's.
Some notes on the mixes: Collins' is longest (105 minutes) and simmers for quite a while before it starts to bubble. Van Hoesen's is shortest (56 minutes), and is darker in tone but light in execution, as you'd probably figure from him. Fader's (80 minutes) plays with tonal contrasts more than the other two and sounds strongest to me—which is fitting considering how versatile Curle's output has been, even only a short time into its existence.
トラックリストCD1
01. Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn's Bittersweet Mix)
02. Anthony Collins - Reeves
03. Thomas Brinkmann - Isch (Soulphiction Remisch)
04. Anthony Collins - Another Lonely Night (Radio Edit)
05. Denis Karimani - Strange But Cool (2000 And One Remix)
06. Efdemin - The Pulse (John Beltran's Summer Light Remix)
07. Mark August - Warm
08. Efdemin - America
09. Tampopo - Helicopters Got Cameras (tobias. Remix)
10. Efdemin - Acid Bells
11. Soul Center - Switch It (AtomTM Remix)
12. CRC - Vaskitsaherra (E.R.P. AKA Convextion Remix)
CD 2
Anthony Collins Mix:
01. Thomas Brinkmann - Rumpf
02. Nico Purman - Vibration
03. Reynold - Space Wall (Lee Van Dowski Remix)
04. Franklin De Costa - Rollergirl
05. Mark August - Warm
06. Michal Ho - Quitior (Mark August Remix)
07. Reynold - Climax
08. Conforce - Joyless Mind
09. CRC - The Nymph
10. Efdemin - America
11. CRC - Vaskitsaherra
12. Wav - Nyquist Plot
13. Nico Purman - Springz
14. Conforce - Truth
15. Pablo Bolivar - Internal Call
16. Nico Purman - Miercoles
17. Dub Kult - Crypt (District One Remix)
18. Conforce - Cruising
19. Anthony Collins - Bruised Inside (Los Updates Remix)
20. Anthony Collins - Reeves
21. Anthony Collins - Bruised Inside (Los Updates Remix)
Peter Van Hoesen Mix:
01. Artificial Latvamaki - Ratts Leaving The Sinking Ship... (PVH Overcast Edit)
02. Denis Karimani - Character Melting Pot (PVH Simple Edit)
03. Conforce - Truth
04. Grimes Adhesif - Fearless Fun (Efdemin Remix)
05. Jonas Kopp - Tirados
06. CRC - The Nymph
07. Lars Wickinger - Fade To Grass (Jonas Kopp Remix) (PVH Once Again Edit)
08. CRC - Vaskitsaherra (E.R.P. Remix)
09. Mark August - Warm (Zander VT Remix)
10. Wav - Nyquist Plot (PVH Slight Edit)
11. Efdemin – America
Fader Mix:
01. Mark August - Warm (Zander VT Remix)
02. Conforce - Joyless Mind
03. Efdemin - America
04. Tampopo - Helicopters Got Cameras (tobias. Remix)
05. CRC - Vaskitsaherra
06. Jonas Kopp - Mico (Unreleased)
07. Conforce - Cruising
08. Audision - Basic Motion
09. CRC - The Nymph
10. Franklin De Costa - Kronn
11. Stewart Walker - Scratched Notes
12. Grimes Adhesif - Fearless Fun
13. Walt J - Reborn (DJ Qu Remix) (Unreleased)
14. Jonas Kopp - Ruda (Unreleased)
15. Efdemin - Acid Bells (Matt O'Brien Remix)