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- Date Released: September 13, 2005
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: Techno
- Label: Digitalmaulguss / Zebralution
An assured exhibition of one producer's reluctance to be caught in any one groove.
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We Say...
Hamburg's Stefan Kozalla, aka DJ Koze, epitomises the lush, well-watered state of contemporary German techno. On this, his 2005 debut for the Kompakt label, he gives an assured exhibition of his reluctance to be caught in any one groove. It ranges from the almost whimsically personal (“My Grandmotha”) to the blazingly epic. “Estrella” is friendly on both the feet and ear, a velvet wash of electronic balm. “Barock Am Ring” is more involved, almost psychedelic in its faint intimations of toy boxes come alive and slo-mo acid flashbacks. Then there's the ruthlessly repetitive “The Geklöppel Continues” and, finally, “Brutalga Sqaure,” a near-ten minute electronic drama whose grim surge and ebb recalls the pursuit of Orson Welles's Harry Lime through the sewers of Vienna in The Third Man.
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They Say...
If there is one thing Stefan Kozalla (aka DJ Koze) can't be guilty of, it's standing still or succumbing to one uniform sound palette. As a member of International Pony, he created several albums worth of fashion-house that made the French stand up and take notice. His releases on Kompakt are as diverse at the selections during his DJ performances (check out his outstanding All People Is My Friends released on Kompakt and 2000s Music Is Okay for further evidence); creating beautiful ambient textures one moment, then punishing, grimy Mike Ink fueled epics the next. So it's no surprise that his proper debut full-length for Kompakt also defies many of the conventions found on your average Kompakt artist album. Chock-full of sampled voices, string washes and stylistic turns and tosses, Koze keeps things moving steadily. The album's opener "Estrella" sets the tempo and mood perfectly; the audio cure for a sonic hangover from partying too hard the night before. Koze's personality shines through in small glimpses like "My Grandmotha" and "Don't Feed the Cat," as well as on the previously vinyl only "The Geklöppel Continues," which introduced the Kompakt masses to Koze. But it's "Brutalga Square" that steals the show. Originally appearing as the B-side on the Kompakt Extra sub-label, this is a ten-minute exercise in tension and buildup before peaking at a dancefloor friendly frenzy and is considered by many to be his finest moment so far.
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| 01. |  |
Estrella |
7:21 |
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| 02. | |
Raw |
5:33 |
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| 03. | |
Don´t Feed The Cat |
8:01 |
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| 04. | |
Barock Am Ring |
3:28 |
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| 05. | |
My Grandmotha |
6:46 |
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| 06. | |
Dangernugget |
6:36 |
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| 07. | |
The Geklöppel Continues |
6:13 |
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| 08. | |
Brutalga Square |
9:39 |
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| 09. | |
Chiminea |
6:04 |
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09 Total Tracks, 59:41 Total Length
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Credits
- Hans Frage - Mastering
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