Tasteful Nudes welcomes prolific French producer Anaxander to the fold for our sixth release, An Orderly Life. At turns dark and thumping, melodic and melancholic, and hypnotically whirling, each track finds Anaxander expanding on American dance music influences to create something wholly his own.
After his last solo appearance for Tasteful Nudes served up a dose of sunkissed house music that was soft to the touch but steeped in musicality, Bristol’s Borai now transfers his considerable ear for melodics to a tougher template of 4/4. “Last Time Out” is built around a ripped beat that snaps hard on the clap and struts purposefully on the hats, but it’s the insistence of the chord stab that will embed the tune in the minds of all and sundry. It’s still positively catchy, but it moves with a more weighted presence. “Midnight Run” is more thoughtful, turning to romantic Detroit strings to tell a drawn out story compared to the snappy riffs that have peppered other Borai tracks.
Hailing from the bairros of Lisbon, the Portugese duo Sabre take the helm of Tasteful Nudes’ second single. The young pair follow up an EP for W.T. Records by expressing adoration for German proto-techno on a majestic scale across a sub-tropical backdrop. “Bali” comes on like a strong cup of psychedelic tea, leaping from a tapestry of gamelan plucks to gigantic, growling bass lines and prismatic synth arpeggios. “Going” channels Manuel Gˆttsching’s hypnotic synth lines with the dance floor in mind, rubbing shoulders with a gregarious 303 bass line.
Bristol-based producer Borai comes with his first solo work via Tasteful Nudes – a brand new label from Chicago.
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