Artist.......: Yuksek
Album........: Tonight
Label........: Uncivilized World
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........: 531103 5
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Oct-19-2008
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.myspace.com/yuksek
track title time
01. Tonight Edit 03:17
02. Tonight 04:16
03. Deladeu 2 04:49
04. A Certain Life (Ep Version) 03:04
05. Tonight 03:44
(the Bewitched Hands on the Top of Our Heads C
06. Bonus Track: Tonight (Kris Menace Remix) 03:59
Runtime 23:09 min
Size 32,5 MB
Release Notes:
Having wowed scenesters and clubbers alike with
previous offerings like 'Composer' and 'Little
Dirty Trip', Yuksek is back with a bang with this
latest 3-track EP. It's fit for any self-respecting
DJ's autumn playlist on account of its ballsy
fusion of ragged beats and accessible electro
house.s
Lead track 'Tonight' undulates wonderfully through
its four-minute duration, showcasing Yuksek's
typically trustworthy ability to manipulate
commercial-sounding vocals and regular beats to
make them sound fresh and hard-hitting. Keen to
stand out from a now well-congested section of the
music market, 'Tonight' has Monsieur layering
everything over a set of bracing crescendos and
breakdowns, of which even the likes of Daft Punk
would undoubtedly be proud.
'I Like To Play' is a fine attempt at innovation,
skewing duplicated vocal samples and low-bitrate
bleeps to mould a gradual cacophony out of what
seem to be voluntarily limited resources, while
managing to pump even faster than its opening-track
predecessor.
EP closer 'Deladeu 2', which begins by shooting
around all over the place like an electrified
pinball, eventually takes up a similar shape to the
disc's title track. For all Busson's manic meddling
and knob-twiddling throughout, it still recalls
'Tonight' a little too much to distinguish itself
within the context of the record.
Having said that, all three tracks on offer here
are decent stand-alone efforts, and on current form
there's no denying that Yuksek has taken further
steps to cement his place on the ever-impressive
map of electro franτais.