Release : Dousk - EP
Artist : Dousk
Album : EP
Genre : House
Source : Web
Label : Bedrock Records
URL : http://www.beatport.com
Date : 07-01-2004
Encoder : WEB
Quality : 320kbps 44100 kHz Full Stereo
Tracks : 4
Time : 43:18 min
Size : 99.13 MB
1 Life Under 11:51
2 Mute 10:50
3 Pa Dida 10:08
4 The Novel 10:29
Born in Athens in 1979, Dousk aka John Ntouskos is an artist from beautiful
Greece who creates a diverse selection of electronic music including house,
techno, experimental and ambient. In 1999 he finished his course studies, which
included classical music, jazz and piano as well as the production side of
things. He's put his knowledge to work and has come up with a great selection of
music for John Digweed's Bedrock imprint."Life Under" is a melodic chugging tune
with a head-bobbing groove. A sweet trippy voice starts in creating the melody
while drums build slowly behind it. With a lot of depth, the minimal drum sounds
take flight, adding toms and light high hats and building into a sweet groove. A
darker stab rumbles in the background adding another layer of percussion and
dropping into a short break. A low bass boom follows, and the kick climbs back
in as the tune builds once more around warm swirling tones and stabs, while the
shuffling and bubbling groove takes the tune to the end. "Mute" is a deeper tune
with gnarly bass and a tiny melodic groove. Minimal drums start building with a
smooth shuffling kick and little clicks and claps and works into a pulsing
gritty bassline. Light drops of melody fall into the drums and a sliding synth
rolls over the beats dropping into a deep spacey break. Warm pad stabs build
into a nice rhythm, which drops back into the drums and bass and begins breaking
down from there. This is such a simple groove, but works so well creating a
dreamy state. "Pa Dida" and "The Novel" are both very smooth progressive tunes
that John Digweed himself has been caning for months. They slip nicely in your
mind with their pretty harmonies and low bass that moves. "Pa Dida" starts in
with light tribal drumming. Toms and high hats that are sparse, but the depth is
what makes this tune so beautiful. A slight stomping groove moves up keys,
pulsing underneath the drums creating a solid groove. Lots of reverb is put on
every sound, creating a vast space for tiny melodies to trickle in and spacey
tones to wave in the background. Falling into a break, new uplifting synths are
added building into a lovely harmony once the drums kick back in. Female vocal
snips play of the synths, adding another layer to this dramatic, yet perfectly
simple tune. A metallic synth starts the ambient introduction of "The Novel".
The closing track to this full EP is a smooth ride through melancholy sounds and
liquid synths. Helicopter high hats build along with a kick, which works into a
slow tribal house beat and a low bass groove sets in moving ever so softly down
keys and sways with the synths. At a break, pads stab down into the sounds,
taking the tune over and following it out with a dreamy feeling. Dousk has
created some gorgeous music for his debut on Bedrock. Each song is a breath of
fresh air, full of tones, depth and bass. Dousk has the ability to get inside
your head with his gorgeous sounds and his perfectly structured arrangements.
Here's to the future, where great things await for John Ntouskos.
Beatport proposes the complete "EP" release which contains BED53, and BED53R (in
addition of the first one).
http://www.bedrock.uk.net
http://www.myspace.com/bedrockrecords
http://www.myspace.com/dousk