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Velkro & Ido Ophir - Symphony/Warehouse (Sprout, November 2007)
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pr0fane
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Artist: Velkro & Ido Ophir
Title: Symphony/Warehouse
Label: Sprout
Format: MP3/12"
Released: November 2007
Review:
Velkro is a new duo making a mix of electro, minimal and tech house. Now, why is this release reviewed on a site mainly focusing on psychedelic trance music, you might wonder, and the answer is quite simple: Behind the name Velkro we find two Brazilians who are very well-known in the psychedelic trance scene for many years. One is Gabriel Serrasqueiro, who probably is the most well-known Brazilian producer, known for being part of highly successful projects such as Wrecked Machines, Brain XL, Dual Head and Growling Machines. The other is Marcello V.O.R., who is known not only as one of the best DJ's to come out of the Brazilian scene, but also as part of the full on project 2Hi. As if that weren't enough, on this release Velkro teamed up with another psychedelic trance heavyweight, Ido Ophir from Israel, probably best known as being part of the project Domestic, but also projects like Dual Head and Private Taste.
As if this wasn't promising enough, their debut two-track release was picked up by no less than D-Nox for his label Sprout. Well, enough with the hype - let's see what these guys can do together when they go bellow 128 BPM.
01. Symphony [127 BPM]
"Symphony" is the more delicate of the two tunes, with a crisp and trendy, rolling tech house groove, sprinkled with some lovely, bouncy minimal percussion. It's not all classy technoid music though - the soul is treated with some delicate melodic touches, which I clearly associate with some of the cream of the crop from Border Community. Neo-trance, as some might call it - I just call it nice music.
02. Warehouse [126 BPM]
The aptly titled "Warehouse" brings us to the jam-packed dancefloor of a dirty, underground club, with its raw appeal and hard-hitting, relentless groove. Yes, this is surely peak time dancefloor material - a strong and punchy tech low-end but also with minimal, quirky percussion to give it some extra edge. My favourite of the two tunes.
Bottom line:
Well, this is certainly a high quality release. This is already being supported by the top DJ's, as well as earning top spots on the charts at Beatport.com - and this is certainly no wonder, as this is definitely up there among some of the better releases in the tech house genre this year. I'm especially thrilled to hear that one of my old full heroes, Gabriel Serrasqueiro, can make something else than the karaoke full on he is making with Growling Machines nowadays.
In short: Two great tracks - one super release.
Favourites:
1 (!), 2 (!!)
Verdict:
8/10
Link:
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Mr.Hanky
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Posted : Dec 5, 2007 19:05
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psychotrop
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Posted : Dec 5, 2007 19:46
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zion
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olivier
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Posted : Dec 8, 2007 15:13
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On 2007-12-05 19:46, psychotrop wrote:
for symphony i would say more holden/fake influences 
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definitely !
"outhouse" melody mixed with "the sky was pink" pads
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Zombi
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Posted : Dec 9, 2007 19:33
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fat songs
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V.O.R
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Surrender
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Posted : Dec 13, 2007 16:51
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On 2007-12-05 19:05, Mr.Hanky wrote:
Symphony shows a strong Bodzin influence,and warehouse is a more dancefloor oriented yet still quite minimal tune.
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agreed.
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Production level is very high,wouldn't be surprised to see some big minimal-techno names spinning this in no time...
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not much more to add here - i enjoyed the attention to details.
"On the other hand, you have different fingers."
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Yotam(Paganka C.)
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Posted : Dec 14, 2007 17:41
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Some of the best realeases on the minimal tech genre.
Ido Ophir bringing his massive knowlege to the minimal tech genre and that is FUCKING GREAT !
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Tasos_NOtrea
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Pavel
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Very nice and surprising release this one. Symphony although reminds too much Holden's work and a bit D-Nox and Beckers still a very strong tune.
Warehouse is a cool tune as well.
Hope there will be more from where it's coming
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Alias
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On 2007-12-14 20:43, Tasos_NOtrea wrote:
t I would prefer it without the copied/pasted Nathan Fake's Outhouse mellow pad..
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LOL
this pad was played by many producers around the world including jmj , ozric tentacles ....and more. when nathan fake was in the kinder garden!
you can find this pad on many vst's as default sound bank. so plz be careful with statements like this!
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Tasos_NOtrea
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Alias
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i dont think so....
let me ask you a question... )))
if The Doors using Organ sounds.... then Deep Puprle shouldn't use it ? .....just one example from non electronic music!
there is so many producers around the world that using tb303 sounds ...that sounds allmost the same!
so....they should'nt use it ?
It just doesn't make sense ....unless you are playing the same composition with the same instrument that didnt used before the original musician!
that's what i can call "copy"
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Tasos_NOtrea
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On 2008-01-14 00:07, Alias wrote:
i dont think so....
let me ask you a question... )))
if The Doors using Organ sounds.... then Deep Puprle shouldn't use it ? .....just one example from non electronic music!
there is so many producers around the world that using tb303 sounds ...that sounds allmost the same!
so....they should'nt use it ?
It just doesn't make sense ....unless you are playing the same composition with the same instrument that didnt used before the original musician!
that's what i can call "copy"
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Anyway I know what you mean but probably you haven't understood me yet.Of course they can use this pad as sound but not the same melody at all.If you listen "Outhouse" track it's 100% copy/paste from it...Unless this specific mellow pad exists as arpeggi somewhere in VST instruments and everyone is free to use it
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