Articles
Robert Henke
Deepchord and Soultek

Albums
Amoebazoid
Boy Is Fiction
BTB
Calika
Vic Chesnutt
Enrico Coniglio
Eric Copeland
Deadbeat
Deepchord : Echospace
Ditch
Terrence Dixon
Brian Ellis
Reinhold Friedl
The Green Kingdom
Marc Hannaford
Hrsta
K. Leimer
Lights Out Asia
Nebula 3
Netherworld
Le Peuplier de Simon
Po
Portable
Lou Reed
Jeffrey Roden
Skallander
Swod
Gregory Taylor
Telephone Jim Jesus
Pau Torres
Tunng
Rolan Vega
Robert Vincs
Warmth
Otomo Yoshihide

Compilations / Mixes
Sander Kleinenberg
One Point Two
Total 8

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Adultnapper
Arrow!!!
Ascoltare
Beneva vs. Clark Nova
Cinematic Orchestra
Deepchord : Echospace
Easy Changes
Fink
Peter Grummich
The Heavy
Isomer Transition
Laptik
Larytta
Nadja
Pendle Coven
Polvere
Redhooker
Spied
Andy Stott
Torrance & Hochstrate
Andy Vaz

Sander Kleinenberg: This is... Sander Kleinenberg
Renaissance

Sander Kleinenberg splits his eclectic double-disc Renaissance mix into ‘left' and ‘right' sides, but more precise titling might be ‘breezy summer outdoor party' and ‘late-night dance club.' The Little Mountain Recordings head's an experienced hand at this sort of thing; after growing up in rural eastern Holland, he started his first DJ residency at age fifteen, was named European DJ of the year for 2006 by Winter Music Conference voters, and has received remix requests from the likes of Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson.

The first half is a lovely, seventy-minute collection of buoyant dance-funk grooves and synthesizer sparkle. Seamlessly woven cuts by Diskjokke, Kraak & Smaak, Bad Mouth, and Luckystars lay the foundation for a trance-flavoured second half highlighted by Hypno's “Got Bread,” Chymera's “Arabesque,” Pitch & Hold's “Battle of Flowers,” and pounding remixes of Robert Babicz's “Sin” and Deep Flexion's “Emotions of the Night” by Boratto and Trent Cantrelle respectively. Kleinenberg contains the mix's euphoric mood throughout much of the trip but gradually intensifies it with repeated build-ups until it climaxes with Gui Boratto's glorious “Beautiful Life.”

Opening with an a cappella intro by Siciana Soul that bleeds into Rhythm & Sound's “Jah Rule,” disc two's shift in tone is immediately obvious. Though its beginning might suggest as much, the second half isn't a dub mix, but a deeply grooving set that flirts with disco, trance, and stomping electro as much as techno and house. Standout moments include the rumbling techno funk of Nic Fanciull's makeover of Martin Eyerer & Stephan Hinz's “Tucann” the sleek Bushwacka! ‘dub' of Blake & Monroe's “Summer's Gone,” and Umek's charging “Carbon Occasions.” Schossow & Sagstad's pounding electro-funk remix of Lützenkirchen's “Last Night in Vegas” leaves a lasting impression, especially when it gets battered by asteroid synth shrapnel, as does Dubfire's storming minimal treatment of Christian Smith & John Selway's “Transit Time.”

September 2007