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01 The Times 05:43
02 Chord Memory 07:16
03 Cirrus 07:14
04 Plunk 'n Clong 05:32
05 2.15 02:22
06 Roots 06:34
07 Phoenix 04:34
08 Plunk 'n Bang 05:15
09 Further 05:00
10 De La Trip 07:33
11 Distance 07:21
12 Pure Phase 05:16
13 The End (External Feedback) 05:27
Total Playtime: 75:07 min
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Hailing from Mainz, near Frankfurt, Germany, Ian Pooley,
alongside other nu school German artists such as Mousse T
and partner in crime, DJ Tonka, has been swapping the
traditional hard trance/techno sounds typical of some
German clubs for the funky and sublime sounds imported
from America, to great affects.
Pooley has been bridging the gap between techno and house,
creating superb tracks such as the massive 'Celtic Cross'
and 'Chord Memory', as well as recording more housier and
disco orientated workouts for labels such as John
Acquaviva's Definitive Records, Effective Records and
N.R.K Sound Division. Ian has also Remixed for Daft Punk,
The Cardigans, The Beloved, Green Velvet and many more. By
refusing to pigeonhole his sound, Pooley records have
graced the record boxes of DJs as diverse as Dave Clarke,
Justin Robertson, Dave Angel, Judge Jules and Terry
Farley.
As you would expect, Ian Pooley as a DJ mixes up the
latest dancefloor favourites, regardless of BPMs or
origin. Cutting up disco house and Chicago trax, New York
wild pitch and Detroit techno, Ian covers the whole
musical spectrum in his sets, and can adapt to purist
house clubs and techno nights alike. Ian has recently
aired his DJ skills on the Radio 1 Essential Mix, and a
new album called 'Meridian' (V2 Recordings) has received
excellent reviews.
Only two years have passed since the release of Ian
Pooley's debut album "Meridian". Although there had been
an earlier released album collection of his tracks,"The
Times" (1996), Ian never considered that a to be a true
Ian Pooley album. "The Times", however did succeed by
getting to the heart of what every clubber has come to
expect from of Ian Pooleyàthe dancefloor satisfaction!
Those who valued this talent considered Pooley a master of
the uncomplicated floorfiller: functionalism as an artform
that deserves to be respected.
While still as a student in a Mainz grammar school, Ian
released his first original productions together with his
sidekick Thomas Gerlach (better known today as DJ Tonka).
Their cooperation worked and Pooley and Gerlach gave them
to a Frankfurt record store called "Boy" (and thought it
pretty cool that somebody was actually prepared to release
them). It was with their first attempts at their own
interpretation of the Detroit techno sound mixed with
their boisterously breakbeat orgies that Pooley/Gerlach
brought out music under the "Space Cube" alias at first,
and than under the name Force Inc. When their label, owned
by former "Boy" shop assistant Achim Szepansk, developed
into a respected techno independent, Pooley and Gerlach
decided to followed their own musical visions on separate
paths.
Eventually Ian was signed by V2 and that led to the
"Meridian" album. Equipped with plenty of props from the
international club scene, this signing was commented on by
the German music press as his chance "to make it from the
12" springboard" (Spex 07/98). The effectiveness of Ian
Pooley's production on the dance floor was sufficiently
known, but the question of whether Pooley would be able
fill a whole album remained to be answered.
When "Meridian" came out, Pooley proved he could, as the
album proved that Ian Pooley had matured into one of the
most diverse house producers around. "Meridian" gained
fans with it's supreme diversity in all those areas where
Pooley had previously been thought of with a certain
one-dimensionalism. The tracky sound so typical of Ian
Pooley still dominated the album, but at the same time
"Meridian" offered a sensitive feel for melodies that
always seemed to find their proper place. Mixing discreet
disco and wild pitch references, deep downbeat numbers
like "What's Your Number" revived a relaxed soul
authenticity with pop music qualities that gained support
from Gilles Peterson to Jazznova.
Since then a lot of water has flowed under that bridge
across the river Rhine near Mainz, where Ian still calls
home. "Since Then" has turned out to be even a little more
musical, beautiful and romantic in many places than
"Meridian" has led us to assume or indeed expect. With
it's laid-back Brazilian atmosphere, a certain ease and
unrestrained vitality runs through the album, but the very
elements that impressed us on "Meridian" continue to
develop consistently on "Since Then". Pooley's versatile
talent is no longer restricted to little melodies, as
there are a number of solid songs among the tracks on the
album. Also, for the first time Pooley has invited female
vocalists to join him on the production and has recorded
live with them. On "Coracao Tambor", the Portuguese voices
of Rosanna and ZΘlia are showcased in a sensitive
Brazilian deep-house track, which changes to an almost
Balearic atmosphere thanks to an airy guitar sample. In
"Visions", Kirsty Hawkshaw's (vocalist for Opus 3's "It's
A Fine Day Today") almost breathy vocals seems fragile &
tender next to the soulful and deep-house rhythms of
"Visions". Later in the album, Rosanna and Zelia's voices
develop a virtually spiritual equilibrium that accompanies
the Afro- beat elements of "Menino Brincadeira".
Music aficionados will recognize that Ian Pooley plays
among the very top of the Champions League with his
technological abilities, programming and arrangements of
samples and beats - quite aside from all the highly
elaborate intricacies. This particular way of dealing with
sound has been turned into an Ian Pooly trademark & can
still be easily identified as his alone among hundreds of
productions. The tight drum arrangements, as in the title
song "Since Then", that occasionally fall into B-Boy type
breaks are typical of Pooley's production skills.
Pooley is still an unasked member of that group of super
producers surrounding Armand van Helden, Basement Jaxx,
Roger Sanchez & Co that calll themselves the Mongoloids.
They are likely to lay back benevolently when they hear
that honorary Mongoloid member Ian has not neglected one
talent on the album, despite of all the musical diversity
apparent on "Since Then". Ian has managed to create a
floorburner out of nowhere, and his music is likely to
make many dance floors revolve on their own axis... by
about "900 Degrees".
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