Afrilounge - Lux Dementia

Label: Connaisseur Recordings
Catalog#: cns019-6
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: Germany
Released: 28 Nov 2007
Genre: Electronic
Style: Tech House, Minimal

Tracklist:
1. Afrilounge - Lux Dementia
2. Afrilounge - Gêne

Info:
Already the centrepiece of Steve Bug’s Fabric 37 comp, A-side ‘Lux Dementia’ is one of those tracks that just stands out. Opening as pleasantly brooding minimal/tech/whatever, the tune at first seems too shy to get your heart rate up…but then – bam! – suddenly a piano riff arrives – the most crystal clear you’ve heard in ages – and you realize you’re dancing to a winner. But there’s more: Lesser producers would be content to just to leave it at that and cruise-control until fade out, but Afrilounge are know what they're doing: the piano reveals itself to be a sample, subtly filtering, reversing and sweeping techno-style to maintain momentum until the close. Jeez, deep house must be back – who would have thought the freshest sound of 2007 would be a piano?

B-side ‘Gêne’ is inevitably a more modest affair, but well suited for long, long mornings, with warm Valhalla synths that will especially stop clubbers from thinking about heading home.
(Resident Advisor)

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