Airdrop Records, Agency & Blog

When we discovered that Bleed, one of our favourite writers in the fundamental German music magazine De:Bug, had written not 1, not 2, not 3… but 4 reviews on our latest record releases (AD012 / AD013 / AUX01 / AUX02), we quite simply fell from our chairs, onto our buttocks! All four reviews are very positive and builds some constructive criticism, which has us shine like proud kids who just received a sticker for good conduct! Read all the reviews below and get yourself a copy of De:Bug #139, the Jan/Feb 2010 edition!

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Cape – Rosario United – Le Post Remixes
[Airdrop Records/012]

‘Afterawua’ ? Am I getting this right ? In any case, Franco Cinelli’s remix which opens the record is pure joy. Nice dubby touches, a delicate ride, a melodically funky bassline, a few violon strings and something from a totally old school groove, spiced with minimal synths that shine in the higher frequencies. A track sprinkled with small explosions. ‘Desasters’, remixed by Nico Purman heterogenically mixes acid synth lines, gaudy percussions, while still conveying some sensuality. Andres Zacco puts a strong emphasis on the dazing side of ‘Afterawua’ but only the volatile harmonics of Jorge Savoretti’s ‘Family.ar’ remix, can pretend to share the vibe with Cinelli’s rework.
www.airdrop.com
BLEED

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Tanner Ross & Sergio Santos – Space Cakes EP
[Airdrop Records/013]

Tanner Ross (of Voodeux fame) and Sergio Santos form quite an unusual team. The title track, Space Cakes, brings hope as it shows that there still is a lot of space for original grooves coming from the depths of slow BPMs, often dominated by stale disco. This is for me one of the Slo-Mo hits of the year! Warm organs in the background, swirling sound effects on the vocals and the whole surrounded by so much groove that one could only wish they duo only made tracks like that, inaugurating a new genre. ’Excuse Me While I Hit This’ is similarly relaxed, but this time with children voices and different parts switching radically from sparkling melodies to a soft yet super efficient groove, getting even closer to the warm blooming sound which is at the foundation of House music. It smells like freshly cut grass. One of the House EPs of the month.
www.airdrop.com
BLEED

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Club Rayo & Franco Cinelli – The Fever Mixes
[Aux-Rec/001]

Aux-Rec hails from France, with a courageous intent to produce a new House-kicking variant of ‘You Give Me Fever’. The ‘King Dub’ is a phat classic funk-dub with rests of Elvis’ voices and a lot of acid in the background. The ‘Fitzgerald Mix’ focuses on Ella Fitzgerald’s swinging vocals, stimulated even further with flourishing delays. Franco Cinelli’s remix is the most House-accentuated groove on the record, and in bonus we are even offered a cheminee-side guitar variant.
www.aux-rec.com
BLEED

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Soul Clap / Childhood ‘87 – Baker Man / Caught Up
[Aux-Rec/002]

The label’s second EP shows a clear orientation towards a bluesy house retakes, that sometimes, as with ‘Baker Man’ (the original is from Laid Back) exagerate a little on their position. However the Childhood ‘87 track is pure old-school House bliss with soul vocals and this ’70s sample which made the bright days of Inner Life. Vintage Diva-House.
www.aux-rec.com
BLEED

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Translated from German to French by Antoine Bigot
and then from French to English by Paulo ^^