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It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Walk Of The Panther. It is the same for anything that is called a Walk. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all ways and be more and more in accord with his own. We're super excited to present you a new series of top quality EPs in our Architektur Lab series. Architektur Lab Special EPs will be an occasional series of EPs (usually once per month) in which a top class producers will present two remixes of their favorite Architektur Records tracks. We continue the series with the top-class qualities of USA producer Tone Abstract presenting two amazing remixes to older Kid Panel and Komainu tracks!! This is the sound of tomorrow, the sound of Architektur Records. Breaks from another dimension for your dancing pleasure!!
'w/u' is a dance track built on rhythms that run close to future garage and post-dubstep. Finely chopped beats underneath, a floating, weightless image sitting on top. Irregular breakbeats, deep spatial treatment, grainy texture. The elements casting shadow across the track keep stacking up, and the melody and hooks stay catchy the whole way through. The vocal fragments that surface at key points are something that recurs throughout Daijo Kaisei's work. The voice isn't there to carry meaning. It's handled as part of the rhythm and melody, which is how the hook ends up fused to the beat. Roughness and shadow, and a pop sensibility that moves the body, sitting in the same track. 'I started 'w/u' from the idea of keeping a lift inside slightly grainy sound. I think noise, distortion and broken rhythms carry a sense of time that cleanly finished sound doesn't have. I built it on beats close to future garage and post-dubstep, layering more in as it heads into the second half, and made the peak at the end something that pushes the body forward on its own. The vocal chops work the same way. Less about what the words mean, more about the voice as a sound, placed as part of the rhythm and melody. Slightly damaged sound and a bright kind of euphoria. I wanted to leave the moment where both of those exist at once in this track.' - Daijo Kaisei
Freestylers join forces with Jason Laidback for 'Need U Tonight,' the fourth release from Jason's forthcoming full-length album - a euphoric breakbeat cut pairing classic rave DNA with a warm, soulful melodic streak. A stirring female vocal supplies the emotional hook, shifting between a deeper, sultry register in the breakdowns and a higher octave for an extra lift as the track builds. Underneath, a huge booming kick anchors the groove while shimmering arpeggiated synths, bright chord stabs and a steady rolling bassline drive the melodic progression forward. As the bass filter gradually opens, the sound grows wider and more expansive, steadily ratcheting up the anticipation. Then come the Amens. Classic breakbeat energy takes over as the track bursts into full rave mode - euphoric, uplifting and unapologetically fun. 'Need U Tonight' balances soulful vocals and melodic warmth with the raw rhythmic rush of breakbeat bliss.