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STATLER 015CD
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This is the second release on Statler & Waldorf by Denmark's Mikkel Meyer. Since his debut, Meyer has moved from introverted jazzy electronica over spoken-word, to hard upfront dubstep. This is a solid meal, where freshness has beaten the jazzy flavors characterizing his previous work. The working method has become faster, and you can feel that time has been reduced dramatically from when the ingredient leaves the chopping board to when the dishes are served. Mikkel Meyer has put together a 9-course menu with inspiration from his grandmother's cookbooks, dating 40 years back to a time when you had to see a pharmacist to buy anything else than the three Danish standard spices: salt, pepper and bacon. With immigration in the '70s came exotic foods and spices, and Danish cuisine was never the same. In much the same way, Meyers' music has been spiced up with contributions from the USA and Tanzania. He has, so to speak, brought the world to his Danish melting pot, by inviting some of the greatest in the field to flavor this album: American Non from Shadowhuntaz in Chicago, who has been awarded numerous stars in the world's guidebook, and Lufu and Chidi Benz from Tanzania, who both deliver Swahilian herbs to the table. This is home-ccoked Danish dub, with a heavy dollop of thick techno, and sprinkled with grime and grit.
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STATLER 007LP
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This is the second release in Statler & Waldorf's new techno-based EP trilogy of experimental dance music, called Oil on Aluminium. Experiment #2, Responge, comes from Danish producer Mikkel Meyer, a new artist in the Statler & Waldorf artist family, but certainly not a debutante. Mikkel was making radio shows for Resonance FM during a stay in London, and spent a great deal of time in the legendary (former) record shop Smallfish who released his first EP as an electronic artist on their affiliated label. The EP came out on 3" CD and sold out fast. This material and two new tracks are now available on vinyl with this Responge EP. Mikkel works from an interest in translation and conversion of sound material. Specifically, by taking bits of jazz-records, clicks and hisses from inner loops of old vinyl records and homemade gizmos, he turns his music into the most comfortable and friendly techno since Jelinek's Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records release. Most of the equipment used on this record is old broken stuff Mikkel found in dumpsters and restored to new life in his basement studio in Copenhagen. Some of it he even built from scratch. Not everything is techno on this EP: the B-side offers truly groovy jazz-dubs, and the more uptempo tracks have been left on the two-track, DJ-friendly A-side. All tracks composed and produced by Mikkel Meyer, with double-bass on "To" and "Responge" by Eva Skipper. Mixed by Thor Sørensen (Pelding) and mastered by Stefan Betke of Pole.
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