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Stephan Bodzin – Singularity

Beatport Link: http://classic.beatport.com/release/singularity/1523803

Rising from humble beginnings like Icarus heading towards the skies, Singularity plots its course for the stratosphere as it heads ever onwards and upwards…but unlike Icarus this is a tempered and restrained ascent not an easy task to pull off but one that makes the impact so much stronger for it's subtle, ever evolving simplicity.

With a melody that comes on like a half-remembered memory and lingers long after the sound itself fades away, Singularity stays with you, slowly and carefully weaving its way around you while its drums beat a steady, forceful pulse and its percussion jumps in and out like Billy Pilgrim skipping thru time. The combined effect is something much more than the sum of its parts. Somehow this simple techno tune creates an entire world of its own and asks you to inhabit it for a while, losing yourself in the process..

On the flip side, Monoloc exercises an equal and proportional restraint in his take on things. Like a voice emerging from a faded dream, the melody peeks out behind a curtain of reverb and industrial drums compellingly foreshadowing its full potential. Growing from there, the atmosphere slowly engulfs the listener until finally the slow build up reaches its full force providing a fantastic re-imagining of the original with an almost romantic yet no less powerful conclusion.

Life and Death - Catalogue Number: LAD022

Artist: Stephan Bodzin
Title: Singularity EP
Format: Digital & 12”
Digital Release Date: 25.05.2015
Physical Release Date: TBC

Tracklisting Digital:

1. Singularity
2. Singularity (Monoloc Edit 02)

Tracklisting 12”:

1. Singularity
2. Singularity (Monoloc Edit 01)

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LAD022 Stephan Bodzin - Singularity

My Favorite Robot are having a pretty impressive start to the summer season 2012, with a successful showcase party at Sonar, a standout guest slot at the opening of DC10 in Ibiza and a host of releases on the label, including the new album from Jori Hulkkonen. Now Jared, James & Voytek are looking to their next signing in the shape of the a split artist EP featuring two sterling acts, Italy’s Slok and the Scandinavian duo Djuma Soundsytem.

Slok AKA Alessandro Russo has been a pre-eminent force in electronic music for some time now, releasing a string of outstanding singles on labels such as SAW, Irma, Circle & his own Electronic Petz and remixing for the likes of Get Physical, Kling Klong & of course My Favorite Robot Records. Now he returns with a brand new remake of his 2005 Saw Recordings release ‘Lonely Child’, deep, atmospheric, rolling house rhythms provide the base for the breathy and ethereal vocals whilst the arrangement builds the intensity with an extended and spacious drop, quality stuff.

On the flipside we have Copenhagen based, Norwegian producer Mikkas Skulstad AKA Djuma Soundsystem, who’s previously released on the likes of Eskimo, Neurotraxx & Rebirth. Here he offers up ‘Come Together’, a wonderfully laid back, electro influenced house cut that draws on sparse drum programming, heavily effected vocals and retro synths to create a genuinely original sounding record that is a pure pleasure.

Once again My Favorite Robot Records offers up a single that defies genre classification and is sure to please the label’s ever expanding fanbase.

MFR056 - Djuma Soundsystem - Come Together - (Original Mix) - My Favorite Robot Records

Jonas Rathsman February Mix 2013

Our new track Obscure promises out soon on renaissance recordings exclusively on our mix cd.

Tale Of Us - Obscure Promises

Podcast James Holden did for Resident Advisor, part of the interview in which he explains the reason for this mix:

RA: How and where was the mix recorded?

James: I recorded it in my studio, live, using Traktor, my two custom-made DOWO controllers, a slightly shitty Allen & Heath mixer and a Strymon tape delay pedal, all running through my TL Audio desk and Drawmer tube compressor. DJing through tubes was a new experience—and as you can hear I quite enjoyed playing with the saturation. 


RA: Can you tell us about the idea behind the mix?

James: I wanted to make a companion piece to the album (The Inheritors)—several other sides of the same coin or a few songs that influenced it (or might help explain it).

Tracklist
Animal Collective - Pride and Fight
Sidesleeper - Monument
Peter Gordon & Factory Floor - Beachcombing
Holden - A Circle Inside A Circle Inside
Craig Leon - ? 
Ame - Erkki
Issa Bagayogo - Kouloun
Torn Hawk - A Piece Of The Story
Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
2562 - Nocturnal Drummers
Jonas Reinhardt - Semazen Salem
Nathan Fake - Fortunebrew
Atoms For Peace - Before Your Very Eyes...
Chris Carter - Interloop
Martial Canterel - Phantom
Holden - Rannoch Dawn (tool)
Pharaoh Sanders - The Gathering

http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=367

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