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Ahead of @cook-strummer's ‘Berlin Gets Physical’, the artist serves up a fresh EP featuring three new cuts plus one - 'For Berlin' - which is taken from that much anticipated mix. 

Cook Strummer is maybe best known for his 'Rising' single on this label in 2020. It was followed up by some outstanding remixes in 2021 and now the superb new compilation ahead which sees Strummer dive deep in selecting a Berlin soundtrack for 2022. The original tracks here again showcase his mix of fresh rhythms, vocals and melodies with drum machines, guitars and synths which can take the form of anything from Berlin new wave to slow tech or deep tech. 

Opener 'Juste Passer' is a short but super sweet ambient piece with a heavy mood and soulful piano chords. They are elegant and poised but steeped in an all-consuming contemplation. The fantastic 'Let Go' then layers up nagging basslines with slowly percolating house drums. Up top are yearning, anguished vocals that are delivered in a emotive and beautiful style. It makes for a devastating emotional impact on a musical house groove. 'The Way You Feel' completes the EP with a funky bass guitar riff and slapping drums that get you on your toes. Here the vocal has a more playful and carefree feel to make for a brilliantly catchy tune. Last of all is 'For Berlin' which is taken from the forthcoming mix and pairs light, airy melodies with heavy and off-grid drums and hits. It has a DIY feel with retro 80s motifs and more rugged guitar lines that bring new wave influences next to the unique-sounding vocals. 

This is a top selection of very different tracks from Cook Strummer. 

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Cook Strummer - Let Go EP (Snippets)

Let Go EP

For Berlin

Cook Strummer - For Berlin (Snippet)

The Way You Feel

Cook Strummer - The Way You Feel (Snippet)

Let Go

Cook Strummer - Let Go (Snippet)

Juste Passer

Cook Strummer - Juste Passer (Snippet)

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A come back of Hidden Vibes music label with the concept of Web 3.0 music and blockchain tech. It required from us quite a long tine of new tech education, community building and music NFT marketplace development.  And here we are with our first ‘hybrid’ release. 

From now we are building all label’s future music development on the collectible spirit of music. That’s why half of the EP’s we release would be always limited in the amount of copies available for sale. And that’s what blockchain tech allows us to do today. That’s what we call “hybrid” release. The idea behind is to release EP when half of the tracks would go through standard distribution chains but the other half would be available only on blockchain in the format of music NFT with limited copies. 

The first drop is headed by unique and well-known Berlin based talent Cook Strummer. A music riot with Belgian roots famous for a rock’n’roll spirit live gigs. Since his debut album in 2018 on LOK Recordings, he has had high profile support from the likes of Laurent Garnier and Adam Port. For us this is a huge step to bring a big talent from physical world to web3music space. 2 tracks that go as music NFTs are incredible and are must to be collected by electronic music heads. 

Let’s bring back the collectible spirit of music back that allows us to unlock the potential of secondary market sales. Like vinyl editions but in digital format. With the new tech we have a chance to improve the incomes from music sales. 

Hidden Vibes/Hidden Elements team

Cook Strummer — Wake Up | Snippet

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PREMIERE: Cook Strummer — Starlight (Original Mix) [Hidden Vibes]

Cook Strummer combines pop rock, indie dance and house music on rework of Sunday Charmers single 'My Opponent'.

Cook Strummer is a Get Physical regular who has served up stellar singles and remixes and curated the superb Berlin Gets Physical compilation back in 2022. It was a broad mix of Berlin new wave, slower tech, and deep house that perfectly embodied his adventurous style.

The Sunday Charmers band (initially formed by Etienne and Florian, who are both brothers of Strummer) first released a version of this track in 2019. The aim of the original version was to mix the sound of bands like Unknown Mortal Orchestra with 2000s R&B. The track traces the journey of a couple through beautiful memories to the point of disenchantment and then helplessness once things fall apart.

It now gets updated by Strummer, who has turned it into the perfect summer anthem. He managed to keep the essence of the original version, and made it dancefloor-compatible, adding his own bass pops and drums elements to the memorable original guitar licks.

The superb 'My Opponent' (feat. Tanaë) starts with glistening and glassy shards of melody before electric guitar strums and a loose-limbed and organic rhythm arrive. The nimble groove is airy and warm before vocal coos and spoken words convey the emotions of relationship turmoil.

My Opponent

My Opponent (feat. Tanaë)

Distilling the original stomping fever-dream-night-terror-cosmic-throb of the Tegel Boys’ Flight Force epic into a Razor sharp electric-funk workout, Cook Strummer flexes a special dance-floor muscle here. Uptempo, hard in-the-pocket unrelenting groove, clapback crisp propulsion around a singular monster hook that grows and grows is the method here … original filtered vocals remain high in the mix while the snappy builds and drops stride it forward with tight, taught mood, the whole affair suggests a modern electro-fied, Prince-fueled excursion, an extremely danceable tool assembled with an expert touch.

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FEINSTOFF PREMIERE: Tegel Boys - Flight Force (Cook Strummer Remix)

Day 4, Turn! (Cook Stummer Remix)

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A lot has happened in the last 20 years of dance music, but one constant has been Get Physical right at the sharp end of the scene. The label has become a globally recognised symbol of quality, renowned for its always varied and vital house output. Forming the backbone of the label's vast catalogue is the influential in-house DJ mix series, Body Language. It is a snapshot of exactly where the underground is at and has been assembled by tastemakers such as Azari & III, Catz ‘N Dogz, Dixon, DJ Hell, Francesco Tristano, Nôze and of course label-founders Booka Shade, DJ T., and M.A.N.D.Y..

Next to that there has been a constant stream of innovative, dance-floor ready singles, crossover club classics, seminal remixes and a number of standout artist albums. The label has always stayed true to its house roots, but with a rich array of influences taken from the worlds of disco, deep, tech and melodic house. Along the way, Get Physical´s core artists have been joined by red hot new talents including Alinka, Thandi Draai, PAUZA, Yulia Niko, Birds Of Mind, CIOZ and Monkey Safari. There have also been carefully considered forays into thriving house music scenes in Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Croatia and India: dedicated compilations and EPs have highlighted those region's most exciting new talents and given them a global platform. 

The name says it all: Get Physical tracks could hardly be more moving and corporeal. It was true in 2002, and it will be true in 2025 and beyond.

Cook Strummer - Let Go (Snippet)

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