DJ Koze - Amygdala

Location: Hamburg, Germany
Style: Minimal Techno
Label: Pampa Records

Dýdžej v helmě na sobovi uprostřed růžový krajiny vypadá jako špatnej dojezd nepovedný rave party. Namísto zdrogovanejch agresivních beatů přitom DJ Koze servíruje celkem vyklidněný minimal techno/house s nenápadným melodickým potenciálem, v čemž mu na aktuální desce vypomáhá řada hostů včetně Apparata nebo Caribou. Geograficky přísně vzato DJ Koze, narozenej jako Stefan Kozalla v Maroku, na tenhle blog úplně nepatří. Ale jeho aktuální bydliště v Hamburku je pro mě dostačující omluva, abych to sem šoupnul. Kup tady.

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Helmet wearing DJ riding a reinder in the middle of pink landscape on cover (seriously dude, WTF?) looks like trip-gone-wrong rave party still. But instead of drug soaked aggressive beats DJ Koze serves quite calm minimal techno/house with subtle melodic potential. On Amygdala album, large number of guests including Apparat or Caribou, help him with this mission. From purely geographical point of view DJ Koze doesnt quite belong on Astral Europe. He was born as Stefan Kozalla in Morocco. But his current residence in Hamburg is excuse good enough for me to advertise him here. Buy the record here.

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Nils Frahm - Felt

Location: Berlin, Germany
Style: Ambient
Label: Erased Tapes

Whenever I hear of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky I don't think of Swan Lake. I think of this video. Since now, however, I might also think of Nils Frahm. This German pianist started as a student of Tchaikovsky's music and since then has moved towards more ambient music. Romantic piano tones are still very much present, but they are wrapped in delicious minimal electronics and sometimes even combined with exotic instrument called marimba. Silent and calming, this is just perfect soundtrack for falling asleep. And I mean it in a good way. Fellow readers in Prague might want to see his gig on 9th October in Palác Akropolis, together with A Winged Victory For The Sullen.