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Guy Gerber-Late Bloomers (Cocoon Recordings)-Promo
RLS DATE.......: May-09-2007
GENRE..........: Electronic
LABEL..........: Cocoon Recordings
CATNUM.........: CORCD12
URL............: www.cocoon.net
SiZE...........: 99,6 MB
TYPE...........: Promo
QUALiTY........: VBR kbps, 44,1kHz, Joint, Lame
SOURCE.........: CDDA
TRACKS.........: 12
TOTAL LENGHT...: 70:18 min
TRACKLIST & NOTES
Late Bloomers... This seems to be a quite
down-to-earth self-assessment of the Israeli Guy
Gerber, who is after all releasing his productions
since 2002. It is now difficult to form an
objective opinion on this matter, especially
looking from the label's point of view. Does a
talented artist must have his breakthrough earlier?
Or is the term of five years since his first
release actually too short, compared to many
others?
Wherever he sees himself within the schedule of
becoming an artist, we consider Guy Gerber to be
THE newcomer par excellence of the last year, no
matter if five years acceleration time can be
unbelievable presence in sound and style and a
musical aura that sounds like if 15 years of
experience would be at the controls! Within this
field, "Late Bloomers" is an impressive testimonial
of talent - hypnotic and romantic at the same time
- and intuition and more or less what one can name
as "Techno in the year 2007".
With the first tracks on "Late Bloomers", Gerber
already makes clear what this is all about.
Excellent performance is the right name for this,
and in some areas around the world it is now clear
on which side the bread is buttered on. And brave
he is, our Mr Gerber. Not only is he mixing House,
Techno and Trance like nobody else - he is also
producing with accordion sounds and basslines
reminding of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust"
("Unfulfilled") without any concern and thus
showing his multiple influences from Carl Craig via
Giorgio Moroder to Jean Michel Jarre. However, this
all is "only" the prelude, because the first real
climax of the CD is reached from track 5 on with
Gerber's last 12" for Cocoon "Belly Dancing",
immediately followed by last year's smash hit "Sea
of Sand", a track which was not missing from the
set of any Techno DJ or House DJ in 2006. Guy
Gerber arranges the order of his tracks just like a
DJ arranges his set in a club. He disposes the
dancing crowd, starts with an impressive opening
and some preparative tracks that succeed in not
anticipating the climaxes still to come.
After that, primetime follows with the two burners
that now nobody can escape from. Those who were
only slightly teetering along while standing at the
bar must now enter the dancefloor and wave their
arms wildly! Now the DJ can do with the crowd
whatever he wants, he can send them right into
space. And this is exactly what Gerber does in the
second part of his CD. With "Persona Non Grata", he
proves that he keeps his nerves. For sure, Guy is
not the first artist to include some calmer sounds
in a Techno or House album, but "Persona Non Grata"
is nevertheless surprising. Influences from World
Music, R'n'B and some extreme Dub alarm make the
track not only an acoustic breather but a true acme
of the album. The hypnotic mood of the piece
literally beams the listener directly into the
Guy Gerber's answer to Club Tropicana. Alex
Patterson and The Orb salute from beyond!
"Moody Samba" offers a total contrast, and is thus
the next proof for Mr Gerber's versatility, without
ever appearing random-like. Here, Guy Gerber opens
another draw of his musical universe and all of a
sudden he sounds like a remix of Aphex Twin's
"Analogue Bubblebath". Electronic in its purest
form and simply wicked! Those who still want more
get it with "2 Birds One Stoned", the obligatory
super trouper that is part of every Techno album.
"2 Birds One Stoned" definitely lives up to its
remind of the high times of giant Open Air raves in
Northern England in the beginning of the Nineties,
and which send us back into the times of R&S and
"Belgian Bombs". Gerber again succeeds in keeping
his very own handwriting and even working it out
Frank de Wulf peeks around the corner very clearly.
After the first part of the CD with its well-known
and expected hits, and the surprises, breathers and
re-emerging Techno madness in the second part,
Gerber skillfully brings the listener down again
with "Planetarium" and "Last Frequency". However,
it's not the soft ambient parcel that is unpacked
celebrated. Some kind of Panorama Bar mid day
feeling with sunbeams falling through the smoky and
de-partied room, with dancers dancing to all kind
of music between 100 and 160 bpm and are one with
themselves and the world around. Simple minimal
beats with distorted melody loops, hypnotically
what we want in these moments, and why we cursed so
many DJs a thousand times for taking out the
steamhammer then. "Last Frequency" is taking
another stab and reminds with its arpeggio lines of
the good old Blade Runner soundtrack, only with a
shuffled beat underneath, perfectly rounding off
Gerber's "Best-of-Styles-and-Influences". House,
Techno, Dub, Minimal, Soundtrack, Rave and Shuffle,
you can find it all in here. In case you meet
someone next week who completely missed the last 15
years of club history, just give him this CD and
within a few moments, he will get a comprehensive
impression of what has musically happened on the
best "Four-To-The-Floors" around the world. We bow
in awe, and we feel with those who don't understand
this album or don't like it at all.
ENJOY THiS RELEASE AND TURN UP YOUR STEREO!
01 the state of change 06:47
02 late bloomers 05:10
03 unfulfilled 03:09
04 are u naked 05:35
05 belly dancing album version 06:33
06 sea of sand album version 05:06
07 persona non grata 05:01
08 seagull 07:47
09 moody samba 05:40
10 2 birds one stoned 08:51
11 planetarium 03:05
12 last frequency 07:34
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TOTAL PLAYTiME: 70:18
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