Release : Shonky - Time Zero
Artist : Shonky
Album : Time Zero
Genre : Techno
Source : CDDA
Label : Freak n' Chic
URL : http://www.myspace.com/shonkar
Date : 04-04-2008
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 182kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 10
Time : 78:35 min
Size : 103.22MB
1 Time Zero 8:07
2 Nebula 8:34
3 Ringside With Dione 7:02
4 Cosmic Ray 6:14
5 Galactica 10:00
6 Ellipse 6:12
7 Ondulation 9:01
8 Odyssey 8:28
9 Magma 7:38
10 Minor Planets 7:19
Sorry, NFO went missing so here it is!
The Spaceman cometh.. French dance artist Shonky releases debut artist album
'Time Zero'.
It has been clear since his very first release, in 2005 (with 'Let Me Ask You'
on Freak n' Chic), that Shonky is an exceptionally talented producer. At 25
years of age and with little more than two years since his first production
effort, Shonky releases his debut artist album 'Time Zero' on Dan Ghenacia's
Freak n' Chic imprint - get cosmic.
"The style of 'Time Zero' is kind of techno/hypno, with many roots coming from
Detroit techno and San Francisco psychedelic house; always super hypnotic... The
album is spacey Shonky world, I used more pads, no vocals and all the tracks
have an atmospheric feeling within. They all drive you into a universe which is
why I gave them all spacey names... Ultimately, I did what I do the best,
danceable tracks." - Shonky
Track 1 'Time Zero' - the album's title track and also the first track to be
released from the album (coming March with remixes from Paul Ritch and Mathias
Kaden) lets loose with spiralling effects and a repeat-repeat vocal that
heightens the psychedelic vibe. The airy chimes of 'Nebula' evoke the questing
spirit of Detroit and bring in a breath of Kraftwerk a la 'Tour De France'.
'Ringside With Dione' slows down the beat to push up the intensity; turning out
late night music with dubby, shooting stabs that trip your mind inside out. The
obvious titular nod to Voodoo Ray is reflected in the warm, burnished
tribal-tech of 'Cosmic Ray'. He returns to psychedelic techno with stand-out cut
'Galactica', a tune whose dense atmospherics, backdrop of wolf-like wails and
clever use of a female vocal would make the Belleville Three proud.. Beckoning
you ever further into the cosmos, 'Ellipse' matches horn licks to gently
rattling percussion as the main melody seems to come floating in from outer
space; its shimmering, progressive synths reminiscent of a peak-era Sasha
record. 'Ondulation' hypnotizes with shimmering waves of acid and gleaming synth
lines. There is more classic, intricate Detroit styling up his sleeve on
Odyssey, a clean cut tune rippling with sharp metallic synths and an eerie
radio-signals-from-space motif, which tempts you to follow the sound to another
dimension. Sexy, dubby, hip jackin' musical movements rule the intro on Magma,
moving into a deeper, more atmospheric space. And the final track 'Minor
Planets' embraces pure techno with its lush washing synths and crystalline
beats... Smoothly tripping you out to now, to this moment, to Time Zero.
Shonky, whose real name is Olivier Ducreux, was first introduced to the Parisian
dance scene via Dan Ghenacia's infamous Sunday 'Kwality' Batofar parties. He
studied mathematics for five years until he decided to become a full time
producer and DJ - releasing his first track on Freak n' Chic in 2005 and fast
becoming a key player in the revival of the underground scene in Paris... He
went on to release on Crosstown Rebels, mobilee, Substatic and Reposal in 2006,
and in 2007 released 'Olympia' and 'Phantomas' on Freak n' Chic, whilst also
remixing Danton Eeprom's 'All I can say' for the label. Shonky currently lives
and regularly DJs in Berlin, alongside playing in the UK, Italy, France, Spain
and more - having also recently completed a US tour.
Finally, 'Time Zero' has landed and it doesn't merely justify the hype, it goes
beyond. This is not a first class debut. It's a first class album, full stop.
'Time Zero' is ripe with a musical intelligence well beyond Shonky's years.