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JT 030EP
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Hunter/Game present the Silence Remixes EP, featuring contributions from Radio Slave, Inland, Wrong Assessment, and Jamaica Suk amongst others. Radio Slave turns "Dead Soul" into a marching ground of melodic techno, whilst Inland breathes robotic life into "Crashed Sounds" and Wrong Assessment levitate "Fragments" over murky waters. Closing off the vinyl is Jamaica Suk's ominous restructuring of "Reaction".
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JT 013EP
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After releasing their debut full-length Adaptation on Kompakt (KOMP 129CD/KOM 337LP, 2016), Hunter/Game return to Just This with another immersive offering. On the Dead Soul EP, the duo continue to refine their expressive yet subtly arranged sound. The title track unfolds slowly, sculpting the melody, texture, and suspense. Joey Anderson's take on "Dead Soul" is airy and atmospheric without losing its pulsing flow. "Isolation" covers a broad spectrum and is filled with contrasts in which an intense bass interacts with a delicate and breathy melody. Balance is key to Hunter/Game's music and this EP is no exception.
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KOM 337LP
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Double LP version. Includes CD. Known for dramatic dance tunes that have found their way onto labels such as Innervisions, Last Night On Earth, and their global event brand and record imprint Just This, Italian duo Hunter/Game has developed a uniquely expressive yet subtly arranged variant of techno. The two producers based in Milan and New York turned in two installments for Kompakt's Speicher dance couture series in 2015, with "Hexagon" (KOM EX083EP) reaching the number-one spot on Resident Advisor's Top 50 Charted Tracks February 2015 list. For Adaptation, their full-length debut, Emmanuele Nicosia and Martino Bertola decamped to a chalet in the Dolomite Alps near a ski resort closed for the season, which, as they explain, is "precisely where we came up with the concept for Adaptation." Contemplating biological evolution and the development of contemporary society side by side, the album's track titles and sonic details refer to "the adaptation of the human being to the modern metropolis as well as the adaptation of music to a collective technological era that has become the manifesto of our generation." While that might seem like a particularly broad and abstract scope for a techno album, it evidently informs its flow, from the gauzy "Intro (Walking Unobserved)" and the slowly unfurling, string-laden "Declino" to the sweeping title-track, the brooding banger "Origins," and the lyrical "Silver." Morphing ideas, melodies, and textures with consummate ease, Hunter/Game constantly find missing links between sounds, switching from foreboding melancholy to glorious serenity in a heartbeat while keeping the arrangements clearly outlined and impactful. With a background in painting, sculpture, and architecture and a distinct interest in abstract expressionism, both Nicosia and Bertola are well equipped to deal with complex concepts in an immediately comprehensible manner, as can be seen in the artwork for their Just This imprint and Adaptation's cover; inspired by Möbius and M. C. Escher and produced in conjunction with long-standing creative partner Artiva Design, these deceptively simple forms aim to expand their two-dimensionality into a third dimension by pure imagination -- "just like the music," as the artists like to add. It is said that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and indeed nothing could be more applicable to Adaptation, with which the duo presents a full-length exploration of a distinct sound cosmos, at once coy and bold, and with each cut focusing on yet another artfully executed twist supplementing the no-fuss, all-impact setting of beats, bass, and synths.
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Known for dramatic dance tunes that have found their way onto labels such as Innervisions, Last Night On Earth, and their global event brand and record imprint Just This, Italian duo Hunter/Game has developed a uniquely expressive yet subtly arranged variant of techno. The two producers based in Milan and New York turned in two installments for Kompakt's Speicher dance couture series in 2015, with "Hexagon" (KOM EX083EP) reaching the number-one spot on Resident Advisor's Top 50 Charted Tracks February 2015 list. For Adaptation, their full-length debut, Emmanuele Nicosia and Martino Bertola decamped to a chalet in the Dolomite Alps near a ski resort closed for the season, which, as they explain, is "precisely where we came up with the concept for Adaptation." Contemplating biological evolution and the development of contemporary society side by side, the album's track titles and sonic details refer to "the adaptation of the human being to the modern metropolis as well as the adaptation of music to a collective technological era that has become the manifesto of our generation." While that might seem like a particularly broad and abstract scope for a techno album, it evidently informs its flow, from the gauzy "Intro (Walking Unobserved)" and the slowly unfurling, string-laden "Declino" to the sweeping title-track, the brooding banger "Origins," and the lyrical "Silver." Morphing ideas, melodies, and textures with consummate ease, Hunter/Game constantly find missing links between sounds, switching from foreboding melancholy to glorious serenity in a heartbeat while keeping the arrangements clearly outlined and impactful. With a background in painting, sculpture, and architecture and a distinct interest in abstract expressionism, both Nicosia and Bertola are well equipped to deal with complex concepts in an immediately comprehensible manner, as can be seen in the artwork for their Just This imprint and Adaptation's cover; inspired by Möbius and M. C. Escher and produced in conjunction with long-standing creative partner Artiva Design, these deceptively simple forms aim to expand their two-dimensionality into a third dimension by pure imagination -- "just like the music," as the artists like to add. It is said that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and indeed nothing could be more applicable to Adaptation, with which the duo presents a full-length exploration of a distinct sound cosmos, at once coy and bold, and with each cut focusing on yet another artfully executed twist supplementing the no-fuss, all-impact setting of beats, bass, and synths.
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KOM EX087EP
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Italian producers Hunter/Game follow their sneaky club anthems "Hexagon" and "Bermuda" (KOM EX083EP) and their strong rework of Weval's "Gimme Some" (Total 15, KOMP 125CD/KOM 340LP) with their second Speicher release. They dig even deeper into the hardware circuits while cranking up the momentum a notch or two; opening banger "Adaptation" doesn't ease you into the experience, instead dropping you right in the middle of its frenzied staccato synth throb. Meanwhile, "The Path" opts for rich, saturated colors and epic melodies, slowly building its case until it's ready to blow its lid.
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JT 002EP
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Hunter/Game, two Italian techno producers based between Milan and New York, combine a deep groove with indie and electronic influences. They are founders of the Milan event Just This and they've performed at Fabric, Cable, Studio 80, Sankeys Ibiza, Hive, Winter Music Conference in Miami, Amsterdam Dance Event, Berlin Music Days, and Playground Festival in Berlin. They won acclaim in 2012 for their track "Touch Me" and their remix of "Lonely Days" by Blond:ish. They've released on Jamie Jones's Hot Creations, Solomun's Diynamic, Get Physical, and Sasha's Last Night On Earth. This EP includes remixes by Ripperton and Chymera.
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KOM EX083EP
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Hunter/Game presents two hand-cranked live jams rich in atmospheric detail and flattening punch. Due to the somewhat non-negotiable nature of a live hardware jam, you'd be forgiven for expecting a certain sloppiness in the details. Let us introduce you, then, to Hunter/Game, the duo of Italian producers based in Milan and New York who seem to effortlessly combine the intimate intricacy of a studio layout with the powerful punch of a stage combo. "Hexagon" and "Bermuda" sneak into anthem territory, patiently adding layer after layer of sonic imagination to a strong assortment of core beats.
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