this revivalism bull shit can really get one down.
teshno
'in germany, they can't say 'techno,' they say 'teshno'' ~ seth troxler [march 2008]
youandewan ~ times on secretsundaze
here comes the second of three solo eps from youandewan in quick succession.
sei a ~ frozen flower on turbo
this ep’s title track comes on, quite simply, like a burial tune… all haunting and churchy, with sliced-up vocal groans layered upon soft knocking beats and harmonious bell notes. at the mid-point, a melancholic mood briefly turns more oppressive and depressive, but the minor chords eventually win out and a brighter dawn emerges once again.
interview ~ gerry read
there was some excitement at teshno towers (my living room) when i first heard a gerry reed record. it was only his latest (i missed earlier efforts on dark arx, but get the lowdown, here) though his next one on 2nd drop is just as appealing: it’s a tight, rolling number that recalls burial and four tet and comes backed with an equally impressive remix from fellow young gun, youandewan, on october 3rd…
youandewan – youandme / zeal on disfigured dubz
it’s not hard to work out what this leeds based, on-the-brink producer has been listening to. but that’s not to say that’s all you can hear, because whilst his almost inverse arrangements (as if what should be dark is light, and vice versa) bare all the ghostly hallmarks of burial, they come with firmer beats and a more inherent sense of optimism in place of the aforementioned’s crushing isolation.
first cut ‘youandme (on my mind)’ – which featured on the inaugural teshcast – is the most out-going of the two. through the ambient noise of a crowded room (see, already it’s more social than anything burial made) it comes on strong with a punchy kick, throbbing sub and clatter of stirring hi-hats. a brushed-steel xylophone melody marks out the breakdown and peppers the backdrop, before a fresh kick’s youthful energy busts out its 2-step intentions once again and the whole thing finally melts to nothing as quickly as it appeared: job done; no fussin. ‘zeal’ meanwhile, on the flip, is a subdued soup of fulsome wood-block strikes, grubby hits and muddied beats. they skulk along, knocking against each other gently patting out a rhythm, whilst a delayed female vocal adds another vital layer. frankly, it would be haunting if it weren’t for the ethereal synth colours and harmonies which float like warm currents in the distance.
with assured, diverse cuts on lesser spotted labels like this one of skream’s and local imprint magicbag, it’s surely only a matter of time before youandewan is taken into the fold by a hessle audio or r&s type outlet. with such backing would surely come the confidence to get even more loose, and given the distant of this, largely garage, ep from his last fine dub techno outing, that’s a great prospect.
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review ~ youandewan, meet me in teufelsberg ep, magicbag
about a year ago i interviewed – very – young dj and producer youandewan. he already had a couple of auspicious tracks under his belt for fledgling leeds imprint magicbag (including an ep with dop) but it’s his latest outing which really confirms what i initially thought: he got skills.
it’s a very assured collection of four different tracks which all have a clear affinity with the dubbier, sketchier, deeper and dustier trenches of berlin’s underground house and techno scene. from scb to scuba, basic channel to dettmann, it’s all in there. opener ‘alone in berlin’ is a brave and successful exercise in slo-mo and deep house tension which tumbles along, fully restrained, at a very teasing 109bpm for seven escapist minutes. it always feels as though it’s going to bubble over and kick on but never quite does, and because of that has you in the palm of its hand from start to finish.
next track ‘jigsaw’ rushes from the off with closer, tighter drums; a slinky percussive skip and controlled but busy background synths adding a lofty ceiling. in time, the bassline breaks free and swells out below the mix and the synths expand to encompass the whole track. it’s when things get deconstructed and the crisp, surging-into-deep-space-a-la-hot-flush bassline is allowed to pulse that you really begin to look forward to hearing it on a dancefloor, though.
‘crosseyed & painless’ is simple, dusty and swinging house music which recalls kassem mosse as much as ame’s best, whilst sandy ep closer ‘eidolon’ is the same simple construct but after many more drugs, and comes from a much darker corner of the club. it’s heavy, dry clapping, militant and –owing to an expertly used forlorn female refrain in the latter parts – melancholic music which resonates with a deft, real-world roughness. you can expect more of the same from a super-solid remix the scot’s recently done for midland, or catch him perfecting one of his subtly shifting warm-up sets at mint, leeds, where he is resident for techno types system. either way, this shit is reaaaaal good.