ASR_God Was A Monkey ep

releasedate 12" vinyl worldwide online and street shops : 26/11/2010
releasedate digital Beatport only : 29/11/2010
label: simplex records www.simplexrecords.com
cat nr° SIMPLEX003 or DADSIMPLEX003

personnel:
ASR_original mix
JPLS remix
Shin Matsura remix
Mike Wall remix

Mastered by Tim Xavier

If God created men and if the ancestors of men are monkeys, then God was a monkey! This is ASR's 3th release on Simplex Records. The original mix is one for the stronger bodies and minds, full of energy & power, balancing between dark crazy techno and solid minimal. The syncopated percussion is pivoting on the Berghain based groovy sound. The melody is sparse and therefore a natural step in ASR's evolution as a recording artist. The structure of this track embraces well placed developments and sonic changes.

The sound of all tracks is coherent and vigorous hypnotic. ASR hired Minus artist JPLS for a remix on the A-side. Result is a typical JPLS sound. Abstract & subtracted. ASR's friends, rising Smallroom artist Mike Wall gives a dark dreamy mysterious point of view and Japan's tech & minimal talent Shin Matsura hits you straight in the face just like the original mix does. These two producers are the personnel on the B-side.

www.asrofficial.com

videoteaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul4RnTIJ8mE

making of video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6SCaMZXSkA&feature=related




A2_ASR_God Was A Monkey (JPLS Remix)

ASR (°1977, Belgium) started his love for music at the early age of 4. Discovering little by little what frequencies could do with the body-mind symbiosis, he evolved to become a synth- and bassplayer in several blues, funk &amp; psycho rock projects. Influenced by the great vibes from the Delta, from the African woods, the cities of Rajasthan &amp; the seatowns of Bali. The cadanz has still the same mother.
ASR is a solo-project where no compromises are made. Free &amp; impulsive, pure &amp; direct.
As a live act, ASR drives it even deeper, based on his resolute relation with the multiverse. Ready for every moment on the floor, ASR enjoys the true fact of action/interaction with the audience. Everything is energy. Everything is vibration. Everything resonates. So it does everywhere &amp; always.
ASR brings the sound LIVE or as a DJ SET. Anyhow, the music of ASR shifts your state of mind. The minimal sound consists of sober harmonics &amp; deep grooves. The natural structures reveal an organic &  atmospheric meditative drive to take you further.

Discography
"God Was A Monkey" by ASR on Simplex Records / 2010 (26+29 NOV) / remixers JPLS, Mike Wall, Shin Matsura / 12" Vinyl + digital
"Bodyless_ep" by ASR on Code 2 Records / 2010 / remixers Shin Matsura, Mabe &amp; Mave, Ono Akihiko / digital only
"Maze To Nowhere_ep" by ASR on Simplex Records / 2010 / remixers Shin Matsura, Roberto Vilas (Beatport top 60) / digital only
“High Mode People_ep” by ASR on Simplex Records / 2009 / digital only
“In One Go feat. Implant” by ASR on Alfa Matrix / 2009 / CD
