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Mix May 2014

Solead - Careful

Parisian duo Vincent Courcot & Charles Michaud AKA Solead has a rich musical history together. The pair are long standing friends who have collaborated on band projects, live shows and electronic production together, culminating in the development of their Solead moniker, under which they have recorded for labels such as Vapour Recordings, Metroline and their own Tree Hand Music.

 

Now this much respected pair have teamed up with the excellent !Organism, the Swiss based label that has been gaining fans with it’s consistently solid house & techno over the last couple of years.The EP gets going with ‘Quatre’  a rolling and glitchy, synth driven  techy affair that  is an undoubted florrfiller. Relentless percussion, spacious reverb drenched FX and interwoven synths build into a heads down groove that has you locked in from the start to the closing bar.

 

The original of ‘Quatre’ is followed by ‘Soren Aalberg’s Paranormal remix’. Aalberg hails from Copenhagen in Denmark where he has built a reputation for producing quality techno, lead to releases on labels such as Bedrock & MB Elektronics. He also runs the Girafe Sauvage label with sometime production partner Thomas Angstrom. For his mix of ‘Quatre’, Aalberg journeys into classic techno territory with an uncompromising adaptation that draws on floorshaking bass and tight rhythms, a perfect accompaniment to the original.

Finally we have ‘Botanic’, a dark edged and spacy slab of techno with an otherworldly feel brought on by the discordant keys and twisted FX, this is definitely one for the early hours.

Another stellar release from the ever excellent !Organism, enjoy!

Mastering by Charles Michaud at www.preferencemastering.com


Solead "Quatre" + "Botanic"

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Charles and Vincent are 2 producers from Paris. Their Solead project is a culmination of years of musical association.

From 2000 onwards, between them as separate projects they have produced 4 albums and more than 80 tracks, establishing them as some of France’s most respected electronic musicians. The Solead project was created to combine their knowledge of electronic music production and to feed their love of music. Since beginning to work together again, they have become a favourite of DJs worldwide with remixes from the likes of Beauty School (ex E.M.F band), Deepchild, Moonbeam, Animaltek, and dancefloor stompers like 3rd Contact (released on Vitalic’s label Citizen), the "Mola" Ep played by Thomas Schumacher and Minilogue, and reaching the top of the charts with the remix they did for Fingertwister of "I remember jah" on Chillosophy Music.

They are respected for the great diversity of their music from Techno & House to downtempo music. They have already caught the attention of respected artist in a wide range of style : such as Vitalic and his label Citizen, John Digweed (Giddy Down rmx on Transitions 3 compilation), Jamie Stevens from Infusion, Damian Lazarus, Minilogue, Monoroom, Bloody Mary, Kasey Taylor, Boris Brejcha (who did a remix)...and labels such as Metroline Limited, Vapour, Renaissance, Beef, Chillosophy Music, Subsonic, and of course Tree Hand Music, their own label. With many upcoming releases and major festival gigs at events such as the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, they have performed live sets all around the globe, in Europe, South Africa, North and South America, Asia & Australia- they are no doubt one of the names to watch in 2009 and beyond.

Years of studio experience and musical association, sound engineering & design has combined together to make the Solead one of the truely innovative acts of the global electronic music scene.

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