Raik feat. Henri "Hold Me E.P." (Golden City Sounds 002)

The double A-side EP, Hold Me, is Golden City Boy Raik's debut release. Raik founded the Hamburg-based label, Golden City Sounds, with German house legends Boris Dlugosch and Isi Tüfekci (otherwise known as one half of Digitalism) in March 2013. Hold Me is the label's third release, following Dlugosch's Look Around You single, featuring Roísín Murphy (Moloko), and Polargeist + Kruse + Nuernberg's Good Times, a deep house, feel-good anthem of the summer.

For the first track, Hold Me, Raik teamed up with Henri aka Henrietta Tiefenthaler, producer, DJ and also singer in the psychedelic Krautrock band Thrillionaire. With her romantic, dystopian lyrics, Henri's hypnotic vocal delivery gives an emotional depth to this slice of shimmery, pop-electronica.

The second track, La Musique, is a euphoric club tune, a perfect counterbalance to the more rhapsodic melancholia of Hold Me. With its hooky synth line, infectious groove, and sexy French spoken word vocal, its arrangement is flawless and guaranteed to suck you into its retro-futuristic world.

This long-awaited EP will be sure to deliver on the expectation.



La Musique

Raik feat. Henri "Hold Me E.P." (Golden City Sounds 002)

The double A-side EP, Hold Me, is Golden City Boy Raik's debut release. Raik founded the Hamburg-based label, Golden City Sounds, with German house legends Boris Dlugosch and Isi Tüfekci (otherwise known as one half of Digitalism) in March 2013. Hold Me is the label's third release, following Dlugosch's Look Around You single, featuring Roísín Murphy (Moloko), and Polargeist + Kruse + Nuernberg's Good Times, a deep house, feel-good anthem of the summer.

For the first track, Hold Me, Raik teamed up with Henri aka Henrietta Tiefenthaler, producer, DJ and also singer in the psychedelic Krautrock band Thrillionaire. With her romantic, dystopian lyrics, Henri's hypnotic vocal delivery gives an emotional depth to this slice of shimmery, pop-electronica.

The second track, La Musique, is a euphoric club tune, a perfect counterbalance to the more rhapsodic melancholia of Hold Me. With its hooky synth line, infectious groove, and sexy French spoken word vocal, its arrangement is flawless and guaranteed to suck you into its retro-futuristic world.

This long-awaited EP will be sure to deliver on the expectation.


Raik ft. Henri - Hold Me

Tracklist:

1.  CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY + BOLIS PUPUL - IT HIT ME // DEEWEE
2. OORSPRONGPARK - II CORPO // ITALO MODERNI
3. MISS KITTIN + HACKER - HOMME À LA MODE // NOBODYS BIZZNESS
4. DC SALAS - TIME WELL SPENT // TAU
5. B.D.I - PAPERN TEARS (SAME VICTORIES SAME MISTAKES) // RUNNING BACK
6. RAIK - . . . . . 
7. JOAKIM - DRUMTRAX (VERSATILE)
8. DECIUS - LOOK LIKE A MAN (12” DUB) // DECIUS TRAX
9. DECIUS - LOOK LIKE A MAN (12” MIX) // DECIUS TRAX
10. THE MD CONNECTION - MAGIC FEET // MUZIQUE REC.
11. DIGITALISM - EASYBOX // DIYNAMIC
12. BLACK LIGHT SMOKE - HEATFLASH  (HACKER) // NEIN REC.
13. NYRA - BOTH OF US KNOWING //CANOE011
14. ALICAN - DIMENSION (THEUS MAGO) // FRAU BLAU
15. RAIK - LA MUSIQUE  // GOLDEN CITY SOUNDS
16. MU - LET´S GET SICK // OUTPUT
17. THE ORIELLES - SUGAR TASTES LIKE SALT (ANDREW WEATHERALL DUB PT.1) // HEAVENLY

RAIK mix 0422

Enjoy my latest Dj Mix for Golden City Sounds. You can download it for free.

Tracklist:

1. INTRO WITH DJ KOZE
2. BIBIO - YOU // warp
3. LIFELIKE - CITY LIGHTS // upside sounds
4. BOSTRO PESOPO - CHEER UP // permanent vacation
5. FREEDARICH- SCHUBLADEN // krakatau
6. FRANZ FERDINAND - EVIL EYE (IN FLAGRANTI) // domino
7. MOOMIN - I WHISPER A PRAYER // smallville
8. YOKO DUO - CLOSE THESE CURTAINS (STIMMING) // fauxpas
9. GUI BORATTO_TRILLS (Paul Woolford Reduced Dub) // renaissance back catalog
10. OLIVER SCHORIES - GO // turnbeutel
11. FACTORY FLOOR_TURN IT UP // dfa
12. TEN WALLS - REQUIEM // life and death
13. RAIK - LA MUSIQUE // golden city sounds
14. L.B. DUB CORP_TURNER´S HOUSE // ostgut
15. LUMA - JOHN BROADWOOD // optimo trax
16. BARKER & BAUMECKER_NO BODY (Machinedrum) // ostgut
17. RADIOHEAD - TALK SHOW HOST (YOUANDEWAN) // ???
18. RAIK FT. HENRI - HOLD ME // golden city sounds


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