ARTIST...: Gerd
TITLE....: Dance Of Enjoyment
YEAR.....: 2024
LABEL....: Running Back
CAT.NO...: RB131
GENRE....: House
TIME.....: 30:02
SIZE.....: 58.49 MB
QUALITY..: 269kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: Vinyl
RLS.DATE.: 2025/08/15
WEBSITE..: https://www.discogs.com/release/31018867
TRACKLIST
A1) (06:18) Dance Of Enjoyment
A2) (06:08) Let The Music Take Control
A3) (01:12) Let The Music Take Control (DJ Tool)
B1) (06:20) Change Of Heart
B2) (06:14) Digital Illusion
B3) (03:50) Digital Illusion (Bonus Beats)
Finally, itæs happening: the äotherô Gerd appears on Running Back. Not counting in
his remix for Losoulæs Open Door and not to be confused with the label owner Gerd
Janson. Based in the Netherlands and strongly associated with the Clone complex, Gerd
has been releasing countless tracks and records since the dawn of the nineties. A
true child of the ätechnoô Zeitgeist back then, he is keeper of a dozen monikers,
project names and joint ventures that tend to connect the dots between house and
techno, functionality and avantgarde electronics. Gerdæs frame of mind is second to
none, when it comes to sound research, inspiration and imagination.
For Running Back he decided to put his own spin on some of the labelÆs signature
dishes. The opener Dance of Enjoyment is exactly that. Based on a cleared sample from
Shakira by Quinton Madlala and imported by early South African kwaito and house, it
is exactly that. Life-affirming dance-floor fun or pogo time for piano people.
Let the Music Take Control dials the peak time slightly back to being a party starter
with its retrofuturistic speak and spell command and some evergreen breakbeats. An
additional DJ tool allows to spread the gospel elsewhere, too.
Speaking of which, the flipside deals with that in the realm of an Italian influenced
theme park. Sitting neatly between the disco and the house appendix of ôitaloô,
Change Of Heart and Digital Illusion are sugar frosted and masterful produced
versions of a style that might never go out of fashion. Earnest characters might be
happy with the included bonus beats on their own. AllÆs well that ends well: Gerd and
Running Back are here to save a party near you!
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