Ready Made Review

READY MADE 31.05.2010

All our expectations were obviously right. At full capacity, the crowd spread up into the three rooms in a nice and sleazy way. Even though the atmosphere was very warm everywhere, Room 2 was especially vivid. Steexon and Mario Reder cooked the perfect built up for the tech-bomb that was Alex Bau. After him, everything else wave down in gravity as it was meant to. Frino, Boozanthesheep, Pezella and Krikerz just had it on the table already but they followed up the line intelligently. Hooray! For the whole dj crew and the dancers in the sound space who made it unforgettable.

Room one was delicatessen. Luca Genco opened the night with a housey oriented set with Mediterranean touches. Driven warm up spot on, Genco bounced the danced floor away and made everyone ready to go. Fra P and Claudio PRC made it hot for the Highgrade guys, who did not make anyone disappointed. Jens Bond was original and organic, and Daniel Dreier showed us why He’s known as one of the best djs in the electronic scene. His polished technique together with his music choice were bound to be a success. And so it was. Highgrade’s brain, Tom Clark and his back catalogue constituted one of the strongest build ups ever, to finally drop the sound bloom in the hottest moment of the night. Wordless. Our own and loved Etain, was encharged of taking control afterwards. She did the job big time.

Room three kept up the quality on the techno side. Opening was Classic, followed by Alpha Channel who created the perfect audio spectrum for what it was coming later. Ahmet Sendil did not break the development up either, driving the night to the final point. Serious minimal techno coming from the Sub Secret guys sound palette, was the climax that brought the night up to the end.

Gardenwise, the Highgrade crew came into the decks once again in order to complete the after hour delight. Picknik founders Monchhichi Boys were meant to close up the party, but due to unforeseen circumstances the outdoor area needed to be closed. Vey shameful, because this guys had a lot to offer to the dancefloor.

One of the best parties of the year so far. Stay tuned. Stay Codekontrol.

Vicky Horses

Mediakode

Mikolai goes Picknik

PKEP004 - MIKOLAI - Sexual Quality Ep
Picknik Recordings


Nowadays there’s an overload of new producers that work hard (or not necessarily) to get a good spot on the electronic scene. After djing all around London and Paris and having shared the booth with super sized talents (Oxia and Sarah Goldfarb amongst others, Mikolai is definitely entitled to get one of those premium spots. It was two years ago when Mikolai started his production adventure, and soon after he got released in both of the Argentinian labels Mischevious Music and Miniatura. He explores house, techno and deep in a way that no many artists do and remains dramatically unique. Constantly avant-garde, Mikolai’s view on electronic music blooms vibrating and feeding the crowd.

Mikolai is now releasing this Sexual Quality Ep as a fourth instalment on the London based digital label Picknik recordings, with three cuts that give a challenge to gravity. He breaks down the melodies and sounds into thousands of small pieces and creates a beautifully chaotic soundscape. Genuine, fresh and simple, ideally spring oriented, Sexual Quality is a warm experience for your ears.

The first track, I just wanna say that is a fresh and surprising approach to organic house, dressed with jazzy trumpets and groovie vocals that finally result in a genius deconstruction. Old school vocal explosions fill the track all the way up to the end, waving percussions and colourful kicks.

Tum Koné comes next in the row. By means of adding infinity of variably traced bass lines and keyboards, this time Mikolai develops his track towards acid house reminiscences at the final break down. Gentle and ductile, Tum Koné is the perfect soundtrack for an after hour movie.

Last but not least, we come to Sweaty bitch, the cut that closes up the release. Mikolai brings out his cosmic weapons this time to build up the perfect ending for this Sexual Quality Ep. Disco touches and background keyboards that draw a final picture for what is a great job coming from a new electronic promise: Mikolai.

Tracklist:

1. I just wanna say that
2. Tum Koné
3. Sweaty Bitch



Julia Victoria Lozano Campos