In the relatively faceless world of electronic music there are few characters who divide opinion and court controversy quite like Jay Haze.
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Abe Duque, Following My Heart/Disco Lights
March 22, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Some artists have the luck of being in vogue innumerable times in their career. This can be said especially for the acid loving techno chap Abe Duque. From his brief time as a keyboardist for NYC techno group Program 2 with Gene LeFosse and Victor Calderon in the early ’90s, through to his explosion into the clubs with oft acid soaked solo productions such as stone cold classics like “Champagne Days, Cocaine Nights” on his eponymous label and most notably the 2004 EP What Happened. Indeed, the latter EP was so influential that all three cuts (including “Disco Lights” which gets a retouch on this recent EP), tend to reappear in sets and mixes with an eerie regularity. This EP is simply an extension of his dumbfounding omnipresence.
Kiki, Good Voodoo Remixes
August 11, 2009 – 10:01 PM
As the cut up vocals intoning the title of “Good Voodoo” slip into your ears, you can almost picture the moment Kiki discovered the sample: Eyes wide and jaw gone slack with awe, BPitch Control staple Joakim Ijäs likely sensed its potential immediately, building a broadly enticing techno structure to house the hypnotic chant and the rest of Chela Simone’s affected vocals. Its spherical synth riff and massive, Carl Craig-inspired pads hit several populist pleasure centers at once, assuring its selection as the first single from Kaiku, Kiki’s sophomore album. But not ones to leave things to chance, BPitch lined up Jay Haze, Chaim and the rarely seen Visionquest trio to put their own shine on “Good Voodoo” to seal the deal.
Bloody Mary, Black Pearl
May 12, 2009 – 9:39 PM
Much is made of producers who craft their tracks with a little help from their friends, as if the quality of the track somehow hinges on the authenticity of it being a solo effort. Loco Dice and Timo Maas both produce with Martin Buttrich, though their records sound nothing like each other, and Buttrich’s sound different again. French born Bloody Mary has been releasing some impressive minimal gears for the past couple of years, first with Tassilo Ippenberger and more recently has done so with the help of Sam Sierra. Her debut album, Black Pearl, will be out the first of June on Contexterrior (also their first artist album release) and will feature guest production appearances by Sam Sierra, Argenis Brito, Danton Eeprom, Jay Haze and Jona.