https://the.com/release/dekmantel-10-years-01/1972384
The first EP in the Dekmantel 10 Years anniversary series. Italian musician Gigi Masin makes his Dekmantel Records debut and delivers the first installment, bringing his deep listening signature sound to the label: ‘Maja’ is a sublime and spaced-out juncture of jazzy ambient and foggy electronics. On the flip, the ever-brilliant Dekmantel family member Vakula delivers a Kraftwerk-esque house meets electro jam, while Roman Flugel tops things of with a springy and loose, asymmetric rhythm cut.
Juno Review: The first release in the Dekmantel 10 Year Anniversary releases sees Venetian ambient don Gigi Masin make his debut for the label with the totally sublime and drifting jazz deconstruction heard on “Maja”, while Ukrainian wunderkind Vakula keeps on with his recent deviations into techno and other forms of underground electronics on “Fuck The Robot System” which as the name may suggest is quite an electro tinged and futuristic groove full of snappy 808 beats, vocoded vocals and rusty vintage arpeggios. Finally, the man from Frankfurt Roman Flugel works his magic as always on the stripped and minimal deep house journey “Mice On A Stick” which is full of soothing bell textures, dusty drum patterns and dreamy melodies all working together great on this dramatic slow burner.
Tracklist:
1. Gigi Masin – Maja (10:49)
2. Vakula – Robot Fuck The System (06:45)
3. Roman Flugel – Mice On Stick (06:40)
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https://the.com/release/dekmantel-10-years-02/1998112
The second EP in the Dekmantel 10 Years anniversary series comes from striking electronic artist Call Super – who returns after his 2016 EP on the label – and party starting house star Shanti Celeste who makes her debut after many great EPs on labels like Apron and Secretsundaze. Call Super offers ‘Fluenka Spoke’, a multi layered rack with shimmering synths and pads and glitchy beats down low. Shanti’s ‘Hinoki’ then shows off the producer’s more techno side with a tough and urgent banger that trippy sound design and soul infused chords all urging you to dance.
Juno Review: This release is the second in a series of ten records that Dutch label and festival promoters extraordinaire Dekmantel has planned for 2017 to celebrate its first decade in business. Call Super’s “Fluenka Spoke” is an understated affair; over a stripped back, clicky groove, the UK producer adds in whirrs and ticks, birdsong and tropical effects. It makes for a heady affair. On the flipside, Dekmantel have tapped Shanti Celeste and her contribution, “Hinoki”, doesn’t disappoint. Over a rolling, rickety rhythm, she adds in beautiful, billowing chords and breathy vocal samples – an intoxicating vision of Detroit techno, routed through Bristol and interpreted in great style.
Tracklist:
1. Call Super – Fluenka Spoke (09:00)
2. Shanti Celeste – Hinoki (07:08)
VA – Dekmantel 10 Years 03 2017 DKMNTL10YEARS03 | Leftfield House & Techno | 320kbps
https://the.com/release/dekmantel-10-years-03/2013474
The third EP in this series is from Novel Sound boss and New York techno don Levon Vincent, Dutch synth wizard Legowelt, plus label regulars Joey Anderson and Central. Vincent goes first with ‘UK Spring Vibes’, a deep and rueful roller with his typically well crafted, future sounding synths and delicate glassy piano keys. Legowelt’s ‘Blue Austral Techno’ is as cosmic and spaced out a track as you would guess from the title and is perfectly blurry and analogue in design, while Anderson’s ‘Opened Gate’ is a deep and late night cut with jacking percussion forcing a groove as golden and majestic chords ring out into the night and truly zone you out. Last of all, Central impresses with his spacious sense of deep house groove, inventive textures and mixture of the synthetic with the organic in fresh new ways.
Juno Review: Dutch party crew/ label Dekmantel has achieved more in the past decade than most labels, and that they are able to call on such a heavyweight line-up for the third installment of their celebratory series is evidence of this fact. The release starts with the steely drums and mournful, rainy day pianos of Levon Vincent’s “UK Spring Vibes” – which is a rare contribution from the US artist outside of his Novel Sound label – and continues with the fist-punching acidic sweeps of Legowelt’s “Blue Austral Techno”. Shifting the focus back to the other side of the Atlantic, Joey Anderson weighs in with the spooky, swirling synths and understated “Opened Gate”, while Danish artist Central rounds off the EP with the jazzy abstractions of “Six Five Two”.
Tracklist:
1. Levon Vincent – UK Spring Vibes (05:51)
2. Legowelt – Blue Austral Techno (07:30)
3. Joey Anderson – Opened Gate (05:58)
4. Central – Six Five Two (07:38)
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