textura

ALBUMS
Automotive
Benevento/Russo Duo
Benni Hemm Hemm
Caribou
[The] Caseworker
Eric Chenaux
Cineplexx
Claudia
Daedelus
J Dilla
Envy
Fond of Tigers
Formication
Grizzly Bear
Guther
Ike Yard
Kilo Watts
The Knife
Minimum Chips
Miss Violetta Beauregarde
North Valley Sub. Orch.
Quench
Sandoz
Dani Siciliano
Liam Singer
Stop Disco Mafia
Susanna/Magical Orch.
Vorpal
Wisp
Working Nuclear Free City
Peter Wright
Susumu Yokota
Zeebee

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
Belladonna Summer
Cut Copy FabricLive
Mark Farina
Magda
Tandem 4
Tiefschwarz Fabric
Total 7
Until Human Voices...

3"/7"/10"/12"/EPs
Allie
Barem
Deathprod
Ensemble
Extrawelt
Marc Houle
Loco Dice
Lost Trax
David Newlyn
Sandro Perri
Porter & Blain
Relay
Sirka Ragnar
SLG
Swat-Squad

Tiefschwarz: Fabric29
Fabric

Tiefschwarz's contribution to the Fabric series oozes late-night decadence with brothers Ali and Basti Schwarz keeping the vibe sleek and chilled through fourteen deep cuts. Certainly the two give the mix a relentless drive but shy away from deranged hysteria, opting instead for snappy pulses, jaguar-like stealth, and multi-hued electro-techno ambiance. In the long run, the set raves less rabidly but its suave ambiance is delectable nonetheless.

Hard to argue with Louderbach's (aka Minus artist Troy Pierce) “Grace (Anxiety)” as a starter, especially when voice samples like “I can't sit still—anxiety” are sluiced and mangled so memorably, and there's no shortage of highlights in the tracks that follow: Everything But The Girl siren Tracey Thorn drapes her sultry voice around Tiefschwarz's own “Damage (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix),” and the middle section, where cuts by Thomas Schumacher (“Rotor”), Night On Earth (“Rondell”), Gummihz (“A.A.K.N.Y.”), and Ichundu (“Hey”) shape the groove into a locomotive electro-chug, is particularly beautiful. Armed with a squirming synth squadron, Night On Earth's spacey electro-funk snaps and flails beautifully while Gummihz showers his hand-clapped strut with marble-mouthed percussion that sounds like someone throwing steel drums down the stairs. Tiefschwarz makes room for Depeche Mode's “John The Revelator” (though the largely vocal-free “(Dave is in the Disco Dub)” version diminishes its DM identity), and takes an occasional unexpected detour (Claude VonStroke's slightly mellow “Whose Afraid of Detroit” [sic] and the flirtation with prog in Riton's synth-heavy “Hammer Of Thor”). The set grinds to a rather bizarre halt with Kate Wax's lounge affair “Beetles And Spiders” but it's a satisfyingly scenic visit to the Fabric factory otherwise.

September 2006