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VA – 100DSR/VAR1 [100DSR/VAR1]
Seventeen years after it’s first release, Delsin is soon to hit the landmark catalog number of 100. Truth is, taking into account choice re-issues and specials such as the recent house series, there have already been scores more than 100 releases. Nevertheless, in that time the Dutch label has become synonymous with a wide range of timeless sounds from house to techno to dub to electronica, nurturing and championing some of the most respect names in the scene. To mark the occasion, the label is to release five new various artist EPs throughout the rest of the year. This one includes tracks by Claro Intelecto, Gerry Read and Unbroken Dub.
Maschine w. Gerry Read @ Control Club (Bucharest) 15.02.2013
Gerry Read & Kevin McPhee – Demolition Man [64768]
Bouncey House track by Gerry Read & Kevin Mc Phee, somewhere between Dance Mania and KDJ. Demolition Man is a premium slice of bass heavy, dark and dirty Tech House really hits the dance floor hard. With a healthy splash of piano stabs and moody vocals to top the track off, it keeps your ears open and your feet shuffling.
Gerry Read – 90’s Prostitution Racket [90PROSTITUTIONRACKET]
Strong Bakey Usti vibes with that nice bouncey house beat on this Gerry Read release. Sample driven track with nice female vocals. Double sided release. Same tracks on both side, so you don’t have to worry about scratching one side…
Gerry Read – Rhino: Records Store Day Edition [ATHXGRXRSD]
Rhino is the latest insight into the prolific mind of the young but all too talented Gerry Read. The producer has grown his own particular style across a choice number of labels such as Fourth Wave, 2nd Drop and most recently Delsin, and this latest release on the aforementioned RAMP offshoot is perhaps Read’s most nightmarish advance through the outskirts of house and techno. “Rhino” is as heavy weight as the animal from which the name originates, thumping into existence with indecipherable vocals twisted rhythmically around a hollow industrialised groove of malformed percussion and drums. In full flow, the track almost seems to creak under the pressure of everything that’s going on but somehow rumbles on. In contrast “All The Time” seems more focused to begin with, drums wound tightly before Read lets loose with his desire to craft all manner of demented layers of sound and vocals.
Gerry Read – Yeh Come Dance [DSRH001]
Delsin launches of a new house-focussed series and the first release is from the mysterious and 19 year old Gerry Read.
“Yeh Come Dance” explores dusty and rusty loops of drums, vocals and wooden hits all of which are held together with a knackered jazzy glue. ‘Crawlspace’ on the other hand is a foggy gaggle of kicks, drums, hi-hats and cowbells coated in plenty of hiss and crackle. ‘Bozza’ again demonstrates Read’s ability to produce something that sounds two decades old yet wholly contemporary at the same time. Chord prods here, raw hits there, jazzy motifs buried within – it’s house music designed for cosy little basements in the dead of night where ‘Crooked’ is more in yer face. The loops in this one are more exposed and loud in the mix, but still feel unmistakably elliptical and raw.
Gerry Read – All By Myself [4TH004]
Fresh and crispy Electronic House with bags of soul from the Fourth Wave regular. ‘All By Myself’ shaves the drums to a slinky shift while keys and bassline are smudged to a hazy, hypnotic blur beneath hushed and jazzy vocal. Similarly the teasing Jazz vibes of ‘What A Mess’, with the sort of textural detailing and studied swing of a producer far beyond his years. Aces.
Gerry Read – Untitled / Legs [4TH002]
Fourth Wave returns for it’s second poem from the dark abyss of change, this time from the mysterious 18 year old Gerry Read. Multi instrumentalist Gerry chops through layers and layers of samples with his own playing to create landscapes of rolling deep Detroit flecked house music.
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