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Dousk - Blender/Donut Drama (Vapour Recordings, sept 08)

aden
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Posted : Sep 12, 2008 15:15:39
Artist : Dousk
Title : Blender/Donut Drama
Label : Vapour recordings
Format : Digital
Release date : sept 08

Tracklist:
1. Blender (original mix)
2. Blender (Jakiro remix)
3. Donut Drama


The return of Greek wonderboy Dousk to the fore of the scene has been heralded over the past year by a string of a successful releases and remixes signed at Flow, Evapour8, and Iboga, not to mention his recent second full-length album. Vapour recordings, the respected label conducted by Aussie DJ/producer Kasey Taylor, longtime supporter of Dousk’s output, is releasing a follow up to this success story.

1. “Blender” has the standard binary pulsation of progressive house, seasoned by the whip hits of a brutal snare. The odd melodic lines, played on synths that ignore routine, have easy-going, then uplifting and cheerful twists. They zip along towards a stunning, long and bewitching break which blends vocal hisses and culminates in an amazing roll mixing different instrumental tones. It’s fat, it’s pumping, it’s grooving: progressive house has never sounded so new. Dousk at his best, already ranked in the top ten in the Beatport charts.

2. Jakiro is a producer totally unknown to your humble reviewer, and apparently he intends to remain undercover. Given the calibre of the original track, his remixing task must have been very difficult! He switches to the tech-house register and it does the trick pretty well! It’s syncopated and keeps the playful mood, even though it isn’t as brilliant and varied as the original. Hard to beat the master at his own game but Jakiro holds his own.

3. Dousk returns with another sophisticated demonstration of his sonic sorcery, offering a further proggy tech-house piece with a dubby touch. It swings and rolls on a wide array of quirky sounds and perky percussions. The break highlights a distant whining voice that might have sounded a bit awkward if it did not introduce a compelling climax. Not as lush as the first track but still a precious asset in your case.

Bottom line:
Vapour has served up some tasty prime cuts here. Blender is one slab of hot Proggy beat, and I would rank it as my favourite, followed by Donut Drama, but the Jakiro rmx should not be overlooked.

Related link:
www.myspace.com/dousk
www.vapourrecordings.com
pr0fane
Multiphase

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Posted : Sep 12, 2008 17:49
Dousk has been among my top producers for years, and once again he delivers. Blender is excellent progressive house with an amazing, trance-like breakdown. Pure bliss!           DJ pr0fane (Iboga Records) | Multiphase
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Posted : Oct 1, 2008 20:02
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On 2008-09-12 17:49, pr0fane wrote:
Dousk has been among my top producers for years, and once again he delivers. Blender is excellent progressive house with an amazing, trance-like breakdown. Pure bliss!




I will make your words mine!!

Brilliant work

Congratulations to Dousk and to Kasey

This Blender track increased my apettite to the new album
Glen.C (Iboga Rec)
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Posted : Oct 8, 2008 23:53
pure class from one of the top artists ever! Amazing!
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Spikers & Midinoize - Lisbon Hooker (Glen C rmx) coming soon on Earhead Audio
Zombi
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Posted : Oct 9, 2008 12:21
im less impressed by this EP. normaly every dousk track is realy something u wanna play loud and vapour is the label to release those winners, but somehow this 2 trax didnt work for me.           Believe your soul !
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