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ELL 041EP
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Maceo Plex, owner of Ellum Audio, presents The Tesseract EP. "The Tesseract" is an intriguing blend of urban soundscape and slow-burning, post-industrial drama. Held in place by a creeping arpeggiated bassline and accented throughout with sonic reflections and subtle shifts in resonance, "The Tesseract" has all the suspense of a Cold War spy thriller and the spine-tingling urgency of classic electronic body music. On "5th Dimensional Groove", Maceo and the UK duo Swayzak join forces. A trembling lead synth figure snakes in between a pulse-quickening mix of low-end sequences and minimal but forceful pneumatic percussion.
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ELL 001LP
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Sold out, repress available May/2017. Maceo Plex, aka Eric Estornel, presents Journey To Solar on Ellum Audio. Opening this essential release is "Hang 106", a forceful seven minutes of eerie and cosmic techno that stretches out in all directions as manic melodies rain down from above. "Traktion" is full of ominous drones, crashing percussion and somber pads and makes for a dramatic and driving track that is filled with pain. "Love On Time" picks up the pace with twisted synths roaming free above a motorik kick and icy hi-hats. Following is the slow and spaced-out groove of "The Replicant V1", with fat synths and dark spacecraft sounds circling you as the drums grow ever bigger. "Shoulder Of Orion" then drops into a rickety groove with soulful pads stretching off to the horizon as rough drums march below. "The Replicant V2" is a spacey and dramatic techno effort with widescreen pads and gurgling synths making for a turbulent ride. Proving he has real range, "Motor Rotor" is a deep and driving track that conveys a real sense of motion as it races along an intergalactic highway.
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KOM 306EP
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A dance music auteur with a decade-spanning career under his belt, US-bred, Barcelona-based Maceo Plex is a man with many faces, having successfully rebranded global floors since the early noughties under various monikers, including his well-known Maetrik guise. Prime time banger "Conjure Superstar" is a floor charmer of the highest order, sparkling with powerful sound minutiae while heading for the kind of melodic epicness that should forever be announced with synth fanfares. One-sided release on red vinyl.
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