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CARGO 014EP
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Michael Melchner's deep and earthy house sounds are clearly influenced by his profound sense of style and by his music's charming danceable rhythms. The Four To The Floor EP reflects his style 100%: skillfully-placed drums and bass lines which have to be felt rather than heard. Cargo Edition label-head Matthias Tanzmann provides his own excellent remix. Melchner's keen sense of rhythm and atmosphere will not only satisfy his fans, but will also certainly open the eyes of a whole new audience.
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CARGO 010EP
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"After a recent guest performance on Seuil's Eklo label, Michael Melchner -- the young producer and DJ from Nuremberg -- is back with another stunning EP for Cargo Edition. Melchner is the resident-DJ of the Kiss Klub party series at Nuremberg's famous club Die Rakete, and music aficionados will have had their eye on this up-and-coming artist for a while now. This time around Michael Melchner dishes up three top-notch house tracks for us. 'You Understand' is techhouse at its best, where he deftly holds and rides that balance between deepness and the dancefloor. A continuously forward-pushing bassline is combined with a mysterious vocal sample and restrained breaks. 'Wooob' grabs you with its devastatingly simple rhythm, while the bassline cuts through with a high dose of funk. Topping the track off we have a vocal loop that shows off Michael's affection to the musical beginnings of house. This ties in nicely with the EP closer 'Just A Skip' which reminisces over the sound of Chicago. Profound melodies, skillfully arranged vocal samples and a whole heap of soul suggest that Michael Melchner may just have produced a modern house classic. So again, just like on his first EP for Cargo Edition in May last year, Michael Melchner has managed to paint a musical portrait combining the present and the past into one classic moment."
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CARGO 006EP
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"Michael Melchner is barely at the beginning of his 20s. Aged 18, he won a gig at Kiss Klub, the monthly party for electronic music in the Nuremberg in-location Die Rakete in a DJ contest. Ever since he is resident DJ there and he quickly made appetite-producing tracks by himself. At the moment deep house of the late '90s has to take a shine to him. In the detail it gets clear, that this is not only a copy of an epoch, but a certain vibe, which is going to be transferred into the present. This vibe with his warm sound, the well dosed house beats and a strong musical sense is hearable, but this sounds by no means antiquated. On the A-side, several instruments like percussion, xylophone and samples of a Mexican trumpet make sure that there isn't only an exiting variety shortly before or after the primetime, but also a proper portion of itchy feet. With the both tracks on the flip-side, the whole spectrum of Michael Melchner becomes clear: at the one hand a clear view on the dancefloor with classical house beats and on the other hand a musical character, which one misses in many current productions. 'Chen Chen' (B1) is slightly more complicated and more rhythmic whilst 'Nothing Happened' (B2) is a pleasing leaned back dramaturgical subtle house piece with a distinctive bass line and interspersed voice samples."
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