

Traumer aka Romain Reynaud has been plugging away of late with a string of fresh material surfacing in 2014, much of which has seen the blossoming producer pick up support from the likes of Mr.G, Franck Roger, and Doc Martin to name but a few. Here we see Romain join the roster of Loco Dice’s Desolat imprint.

Across the double pack we see Traumer skilfully explore a range of styles, opening cut ‘Hoodlum’ eases us in nicely with a bass-driven, funk-infused groove fuelled by jazzy melodies and gritty drum sounds. ‘Insola’, which delves into darker territories, follows this with distorted rhythms, swirling vocal licks and a Detroit tinged stab sequence. ‘Shuttering’ employs a similar aesthetic tipping the focus towards weighty percussive elements while the processed chord hits subtly drive the movement of the composition. B2 ‘Static Run’ explores new territories as Traumer blends a hypnotic arpeggio with bubbling low-slung percussion and expansive atmospherics.

Entering the second 12’’ we have ‘Swish’ which sees Romain opt for a more refined and minimalistic drum groove and classic dub tactics to create a blossoming seven-minute cut. ‘Wasp’ tips the vibe back to peak hours with a bumpy head-nodding rhythm construction, while a low-pitched vocal and evolving, resonant synth lines add a further mind-bending appeal to the record. The package is then rounded off with closing pieces ‘Chord X’ and ‘Mobius’, the first of which, as the name would suggest is led by insistent chord sequences and rumbling low-end hits, while the latter well and truly polishes off the package in style with meandering synth lines and a tripped out, unfolding feel.

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Not so long ago two great friends left the country where they lived and moved to Brooklyn, NY. There they re-builded their studio, produced new tracks far away from day-in day-out madness of the life they left behind for a while.
In this creative and intimate isolation the idea of the label came up – just like the next step to be taken in their intense relation. In July 2007 this idea became reality when Desolat was born.

Desolat is now a Düsseldorf-based label founded by Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich. Both Dice and Buttrich had a long-standing artistic career in music before they decided to take a challenge and create a platform to release music they like independently and fast.

Find beauty in weirdness!

The JAOA project started when João Guilherme, 28, began his musical journey as a solo artist. Former vocalist of some underground Curitiba night bands, got his introduction to music as a child through his family, his mother sings, percussionist grandad, vocalist and piano player father, so he definitely had music running through his veins. 
In the eternal try to express the darkest and deepest feelings he had to deal with, JAOA found himself in some E-music underground genres as Minimal, Techno, Microhouse and stuff. That was probably the best move of his life, his tracks are intense, mesmerizing and euphoric, with groovy drums, super creative progressive basslines, dope vocal cuts, deep synths and a bunch of crazy FX, making him become a really interesting artist to have on your radar, his solid job will definitely take him far.
Inspired by artists like Enzo Siragusa, Ricardo Villalobos, Niko Maxen, Sweely, Michael James, Pascal Benjamin, Per Hammar, Olga Korol, Gene on Earth and maaaaany more, JAOA is definitely aiming for big and solid things, don't sleep on him.

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