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Jack & Juus Radioshow (001) on Ibiza Global Radio mixed by Jack & Juus

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There must be something in the water in Luzern, the town that label regular Khainz calls home. The Swiss producer has been churning out tremendous, polished dancefloor bombs for over a decade, and this effort has culminated in his third studio album and first since 2012: Fingerprint.  If you’ve heard Khainz’s music, you know his tracks are equal parts heavy groove and brilliant sound design. Fingerprint shows the scope of Khainz’s skills with track after track of heavy, club-focused composition that flirts with both delicate, beautiful melodies and savage techno sounds.  In a world where many believe that the dance music album is increasingly irrelevant, Khainz proves the contrary with a stunning body of work that sounds like much more than just a collection of tracks.  
 
The album opens with “Next”, an ominous builder that displays Khainz’s pension for melodic sonic journeys.  It’s a powerful start to the record, and the energy builds as we continue into “Tilted Towers”, a heavy techno roller precision crafted for peak moments.  The album continues with the beautiful “Reflect”’ then turns again to the dark side with “Dawn Raid”, a heavy collaboration with Suspect One that sounds like sleek, modern techno with classic rave sensibility.  The thundering grooves continue with “Reconnect” before giving way to “Pollux”, a master class in melodic techno with its intense, swirling arpeggios. The album’s title track is like a summary of all the sounds on the album, combining the best of Khainz’s production techniques into one bite-size portion.  As we get into the tail end of Fingerprint, “Fair Trade” (a collaboration with Jack & Juus) keeps the high energy going, and “Watch Your Step” takes it up a notch with its glistening acid riffs and pumping groove.  The album wraps up with “Frequent Avenue”, another Jack & Juus collab that recycles some of the melodic motifs from the album, a rewarding finish for anyone who takes the time to listen to Fingerprint straight through.   
 
Fingerprint is the summation of years of practice and dedication.  It’s near-incomprehensibly consistent, each track sounding enough like the others to flow like an album, but not enough that the music becomes monotonous.  It functions like an album should, with each track complementing the sequence and creating something more than the sum of its parts.  This is Khainz at his finest, and the title reflects that – it’s his musical fingerprint.

Khainz, Jack & Juus - Frequent Avenue

Jack & Juus Radioshow (038) on Ibiza Global Radio mixed by Jack & Juus

Bio:
Seine DJ Karriere startete DJ D-One im Jahre 1997. Nach erlernen der Basicskillz widmete er sich der schweizweit bekannten Mixtapeserie von Lionkingz und rockte unzählige Party und Aftershows in der ganzen Schweiz. Im Jahre 2001 wurde er mit dem Rest der Lionkingz DJ-Crew Resident im X-tra Limmathaus, wo er bis zu 1500 Partygänger mit seinen Mixes begeistert. Kein Wunder hat er auch die Afterparty für diverse Grössen, wie Eminem, Nas, Kanye West, u.a. geschmissen. Mit den Lionkingz gewann er 2001 den Most-Award für die besten Club-DJs. D-One versteht es wie kein anderer fette Mixtapes zu produzieren und die Remixe auf dem legendären Remixtape brachte ihm zudem den Titel Mixtape des Monats in der 42. Ausgabe des deutschen Hip-Hop Magazins Juice im Mai 2002 ein. Zu seiner früheren Passion, dem Basteln von Mixtapes, kam im Jahre 2001 auch das Produzieren hinzu, dem er sich fortan sehr stark widmet. Am Autosalon Genf 2005 hatte er ausserdem die Möglichkeit als einer von vier DJs aus der Schweiz für Toyota aufzulegen.

References
Kiff (Aarau) / Jugendkultur Flösserplatz (Aarau) / Kitchen Club (Arosa) / Sommer Casino (Basel) / Kuppel (Basel) / Rampe (Bubikon) / Kapstat (Chur) / Ratzkella (Bleicherode, D) /Openair Frauenfeld 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 / Touch The Air Openair 2011 (Wohlen) / Auto Salon 2005 (Genf) / Zak (Jona) / Schüür (Luzern) / Adagio (Luzern) / Boa (Luzern) / Rock (Luzern) / Kofmehl (Solothurn) / Grabenhalle (St. Gallen) / Kugl (St. Gallen) / Zofj (Sursee) / Kulturwerk 118 (Sursee) / Kulti (Wetzikon) / Byblos (Wetzikon) / Remise (Wil) / Salzhaus (Winterthur) / Galvanik (Zug), X-TRA (Zürich,resident 2001 bis 2011) / Plaza (Zürich) / Kanzlei (Zürich) / Volkshaus (Zürich) / Tonimolkerei (Zürich) / Besame Mucho (Zürich) / BBQ (Zürich) / Dynamo (Zürich) / Longstreet (Zürich) / D-Lite (Zürich) / Schiffbau 10 (Zürich) / Härterei (Zürich) / Fan Zone Bellevue Fussball EM 2008 (Zürich) u.s.w.

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