The Dial Freaks
» Continental Mistress / 28157
Reviewed by Greg Zizique
/ Submitted 06-04-07 13:16
Label: Loöq Records
Format: CD-R
Genre: Tech House/ Progressive
It’s the first time I’ve listened to music from San Francisco’s based Loöq Records, and from the track names, I knew it would be a bit different to the pile of current tunes in circulation. The label categorizes itself as “innovative, forward thinking music from every corner of the Earth”.
For this release, Brian Cox and J.D. Moyer team up for some techy / progressive goodness. Brian Cox is an artist whose roots are deep in the realms of Detroit techno, obscure early jazz, and shortwave radio recordings. Add this to the mix with J.D. Moyer’s orientation of mental spaces and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, you have a resulting unique partnership and fresh sounding production.
Continental Mistress has a broad tech house feeling to it, with some cool elements and a broody bassline. They’ve used a Juno keyboard and a guitar and you get a pounding edge brought to the mix, whilst the tempos not ultra fast, it builds to an intensity of sound with some high frequency effects. This is music for the long stay nights.
28157 has two mixes to choose from, the Original is a tech influenced bass track, with an electronica feeling, and shortwave radio transmissions all cooked up into the mix for some obscure sounding beats and sounds. The Iceland Spar Mix opts for a more energetic sound with a cool low bass bleep feeling, but still maintains the vibe of the Original and utilizes the obscure electronica element well, but with just a little more depth, energy and flow for a floor. If you like the more intellectual tech, progressive sounds and styles of dance music you will want to check this EP out.
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