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Phonique is Michael Vater, an artist who, at the end of the ’90 started to become more and more famous. It is said that this new album is meant to bring many changes in Phonique’s career and that it sometimes breaks the musical trends.
Phonique is especially known for his minimal techno and deep house sets. But, his productions don’t sound at all similar to what we were used to hear. We are now talking about an impressive suite of house, funky and deep. We start with some warm and sweet electro and end with and excellent house for listening on the beach or in the evening. We even find lounge combined with pop, and even some hip hop and flamenco. There aren’t to many tracks suitable for listening in the club. Maybe the artist tried to produce music for a more intimate atmosphere.
Phonique’s album has two CDs. The first has 14 unmixed tracks, made by Phonique in collaboration with different artists. The second CD is a bonus mix, in a limited edition, where Phonique shows his abilities as a DJ. We will talk more about the first CD.
Always Wanted is a special combination between house and bass electro, plus Richard Davis’ voice. It is a warm and complex track for the lounge area. We continue with Rio Nights, composed together with Ruben. A decent track and full of life, although the tempo is very slow. It brings out a lot of energy and good taste, especially thanks to the voice full of effects. Casualties has the same style as the first one, but the rhythm and the melody are very different. Lowfi Moods is a radical change, different from you have listened before. It is an electro track, soulless and very cold. After listening Lovely Morning which is as electro as the previous tracks, we find a more mature and slower sound. A exquisite combination between down tempo and electronic music, but slow and using cold live instruments. Here we find Work It Out and Thinking Of You.
Tracklist:
Cd 1
01. Always Wanted feat. Richard Davis
02. Rio Nights feat. Ruben
03. Casualities feat. Erlend Øye
04. Lowfi Moods
05. Trouble feat. Ian Whitelaw and Meitz
06. Lovely Morning
07. Computer Kidz feat. Shadee
08. Thinking Of You feat. Ruben
09. Roses feat. Data MC and Marc Hype
10. One Love feat. Rodney Hunter
11. Teenage Love feat. Liora
12. Mexican Sunrise
13. Cats' n'cars
14. Worked It Out feat. Ian Whitelaw And Meitz
Cd 2 Limited Edition Bonus-CD, mixed by Phonique
01. Deep Idea
02. Space Cruise feat. Gui Borrato
03. House feat. Steve Bug
04. Rameau
05. Bang
06. One Hour
07. Prepared
08. John
09. Badmouth: Anymore (Phonique Remix)
10. Thursday Nights feat. Vincenzo
11. Inside feat. Ilija Rudman
12. Stockholm feat.Zoo Brazil
13. Anders |
Phonique’s album cannot be introduced in a strict musical genre. The characteristic word would be complex, because all the tracks have different music styles, but still they have something in common – the artist who composed them.
Released at Steve Bug’s record label, Dessous Recordings, this labum changes Phonique’s image radically. The second mix shows the Phonique we know with its original sound. The tracks on this mix are as well composed by Phonique, but they are more techno, minimal and deep. So, here we have an unpredictable artist who manages to deal very well with different musical genres.
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