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STORY 008EP
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A highly regarded producer and musician who used to be in the midst of the NY reactor that revived and modernized disco and Italo disco after the turn of the century, and whose releases under his own name appear much too rarely, delivers three sneaky chapters on Story. The A-side rides on a steamrolling percussive disco groove garnished with cut-up vocals and FX trickery. The B2 is a Chicago-style wedding of disco and house with a jubilant, string-backed female vocal snippet tweaked over a heavy groove; the B1 is a subterranean, groaning dub house affair that recalls a slowed-down John Ciafone banger.
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STORY 007EP
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After two years where the old Stories were still being carried around and re-told over and over by the world's disc jockeys, the next mysterious deep house raconteur finally adds a new tome to the old legend in his own distinctive, unmistakable style: while the narrative is effectively and assuredly driven on by a classical yet forceful 4/4 rhyme structure, the vocabulary is more playful, experimental and abstract with melodic fragments evoking pictures of vast, futuristic landscapes, and a mood of deep contemplation and enlightened serenity. Another satisfying page-turner.
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STORY 006EP
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After keeping quiet for a year, the mysterious Story label proves within three chapters that there still remains fresh and exciting yarns in house music worthy to be told. Swinging beat structures masterfully lined and interwoven with melancholic organ chords and sketches of blissed-out Rhodes melodies.
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STORY 005EP
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Another anonymous high priest of the Secret New House World Order presents three deep tracks in the best Chicago tradition. "Feel About" exposes a basic jacking beat somewhere around the magical 120bpm range, an almost sedative walking bass line, swinging organ chords and vocal snippets that command your butt to shake. "Gruteaussichten" packs a harder punching groove and a slightly eerie atmosphere before a warm shower of synth chords hits the euphoria switch in your subconscious. Resistance is futile.
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STORY 004EP
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Another main player of the current elite of deep house producers makes an anonymous appearance on the Story imprint. Right from the beginning of "Fascinated," we get slowly woven into a maze by the spellbinding introduction of a sultry soulstress. "Taj Mahal" has a more robust, earthy beat with tabla and twangy sitar sounds panning around, making you see all these groovy colors. "You Better Find A Job" features warm, pulsating bass, psychedelic feedback and far-out flangers.
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STORY 003EP
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An acid house veteran that followed the whole UK rave progression to harder techno, Unknown harks back to his early influences. Cuts like "The Rub" or "DH-13" slowly sneak-up on you until you are immersed in the smoky, dub-filled atmosphere, akin to the psychedelic soul of Motown's Norman J. Whitfield or RZA's mystic hip-hop soundscapes. "Whobadu" trades a 4/4 pattern for a looser, hand-clapping '80s funk groove, while "Olufeme" is a stripped-down, Fela-style Afro groover with mighty, dubbed-out horn loops.
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