He’s the bad boy of the Amsterdam techno underground: Daniel Sanchez, 26 year old son of a Spanish father and a Dutch mother, who scored one of the biggest hits of the summer of 2007 with the infectious ‘Mumbling yeah’. Daniel’s ‘mumbling’ vocals give the track that special edge.
Tegenstellingen leiden tot de mooiste dingen, zo blijkt ook uit de samenwerking tussen disco-housemeester Hans-Peter Lindstrøm en zangeres Christabelle Sandoo, voorheen bekend als Solale.
Richie Hawtin's alter ego again delivers a groundbreaking album, proving he still the leading man in his league.
Richie Hawtin's alter ego again delivers a groundbreaking album, proving he still the leading man in his league.
"With this one, though, I definitely feel more vulnerable than I have before. I don't know if that's because of the vocals on there, or because the wall between me and the audience has, over the last 10 years, slowly come down and brought me closer and closer to them. But listening to what's on this album, sonically and vocally, it's as close thus far to how my mind really works."
Knowing this we plunge into the depths of his mind and find incredibly dark, wobbling and psychedelic tracks like "Headcase", "Disconnect" and "I Don't know". Along the ride we also stumble on atmospheric tracks like "Ask Yourself" and "Lost" which clearly state that the man's mind is far from easy to understand.
With this album Hawtin takes the term "minimal" to a level no man has gone before. He sets a new standard with which nobody I can think of can compete at the moment. You'll not only hear the Closer tracks in the club or at party, but also at home of some intimate mushroomparties .
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