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Johan Skugge, "Volume"
"Bring Me On" begins the album with some quality Force Tracks stylevocal tech house, adorning guest Laura Delicata's hypnotically effectedvoice with airy pads and funky bleeps. Delicata returns a few songslater on "Decandence," the album's first single and certainly worthy ofsuch treatment.Mitek
Somewhat more lyrically diverse, save for itsrepetitious one-word chorus, the track's quasi-acidic squelches andshimmering synth echoes drive this infectious club-ready concoction.Additional guest vocalist Andreas Byhlin appears on three tracksincluding the extremely poppy "Implosion." Abandoning the subdued andpompous sense cool often found in minimal house, Byhlin lets looseloudly and soulfully over Skugge's clicky rhythms and digitallycrackling loops. Taking cues from vocal house music figures like RobertOwens and Michael Moog, Byhlin continues in similar refreshing fashionon "Set-Up," confidently crooning alongside dirty basslines and spaceyatmospheres. The instrumental numbers are equally as impressive as thevocal ones, as they allow Skugge to use the melodies themselves asremarkable tonal voices within this danceable framework. The titletrack fills the space with deep and subtly dubby synthwork that washesover the minimal 4/4 beats without overwhelming them. While minimalmusic purists might not care for the relative fullness of Volume,Basic Channel-style techno fans and house music heads alike will takepleasure in this first surprisingly sharp release of 2005.
Somewhat more lyrically diverse, save for itsrepetitious one-word chorus, the track's quasi-acidic squelches andshimmering synth echoes drive this infectious club-ready concoction.Additional guest vocalist Andreas Byhlin appears on three tracksincluding the extremely poppy "Implosion." Abandoning the subdued andpompous sense cool often found in minimal house, Byhlin lets looseloudly and soulfully over Skugge's clicky rhythms and digitallycrackling loops. Taking cues from vocal house music figures like RobertOwens and Michael Moog, Byhlin continues in similar refreshing fashionon "Set-Up," confidently crooning alongside dirty basslines and spaceyatmospheres. The instrumental numbers are equally as impressive as thevocal ones, as they allow Skugge to use the melodies themselves asremarkable tonal voices within this danceable framework. The titletrack fills the space with deep and subtly dubby synthwork that washesover the minimal 4/4 beats without overwhelming them. While minimalmusic purists might not care for the relative fullness of Volume,Basic Channel-style techno fans and house music heads alike will takepleasure in this first surprisingly sharp release of 2005. samples:
