Showing posts with label Helly Larson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helly Larson. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 October 2012

ALBUM Nadja Lind – Brain Candy Remixed

Nadja Lind Brain Candy Remixed Lucidflow
Sometimes it's hard to know what to say.

Regular TIWWD readers will know I'm a big fan of that Klartraum/Lucidflow sound (Nadja being, for the uninitiated, one-half of the former and co-owner of the latter) so when I tell you that here, Ms Lind serves up a whopping 22 remixes of tracks from her outstanding solo album Brain Candy… and that those 22 remixes come from such highly respectable names as Hernan Cattaneo, Sasch BBC & Caspar, Helly Larson, Saytek and Deep Spelle… well then, you know I'm going to tell you that this album is a total must-buy, don't you?

So then I'm left wondering, "what else can I tell 'em?". I'm not going through all 22 tracks one-by-one saying "this one's a bit more dubby" or "this one has tougher kicks" because, y'know, there's 22 of them. So that only leaves me to point out that if you're already a fan of the Lind/Klartraum/Lucidflow style of deep, dubby, atmospheric techno then you'll have no cause to be upset by any of the rerubs here; yet at the same time, between them there's sufficient stylistic variation to keep the album interesting and to potentially attract a wider audience as well.

But then I would say that, wouldn't I, being a fan n' that? So to hell with it… just buy the damn thing. It's superb, frankly.

Out: This week

About: You can find Lucidflow here, here and here (website/Facebook/Soundcloud)

Monday, 24 October 2011

Helly Larson - Make Up Your Mind EP

Promised you we'd be keeping it nice and deep today, and one label that can always be relied on to do just that is Switzerland's criminally-underrated Acryl Music.

Here we're in proggy, instrumental rather than soulful territory, but this is just as lovely and deep – and just as good – as the Spelle brothers release below. Riccicomoto's Dub Shuffle Edit tuffens the title track up a little for the floor, Freeway plays with a more disco-inspired soundset while Loving That Lost Feeling is a tad more driving.

Overall, another set of gems for those afterhours sets or for late-night home listening. Just the way we like it.

Out: This week (Friday to be precise) on Beatport, then everywhere else from 11 Nov.

About: You can hit up Acryl on their website or find 'em on Soundcloud. Oh, and Helly Larson comes from Berlin BTW, seeing as I'd not mentioned it so far.