Release : Guido Schneider - Focus On
Artist : Guido Schneider
Album : Focus On
Genre : Electronic
Source : Web
Label : Poker Flat Recordings
URL : http://www.beatport.com
Date : 06-12-2006
Encoder : WEB
Quality : 320kbps 44100 kHz Full Stereo
Tracks : 12
Time : 93:01 min
Size : 213.17MB
1 Guido Schneider - Moesko 7:32
2 Guido Schneider - Re-Moved 7:27
3 Guido Schneider - Too Many Voices 8:18
4 Guido Schneider - Rumours 7:32
5 Guido Schneider - Rundata 7:30
6 Guido Schneider - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing 9:15
Up
7 Guido Schneider - As Dry As I Can 8:09
8 Guido Schneider - Earth Browser 7:57
9 Guido Schneider - Super Sander 7:59
10 Sammy Dee & Guido Schneider - Styleways 7:26
11 Daniel Stefanik - Move Me (Guido Schneider's Dark Side 6:44
Of The Moon Mix)
12 Guido Schneider - Drifting 7:12
The talented German Guido Schneider has been honing away at a unique take on
minimal tech house for over ten years, laying the foundations in the nineties on
his own Neue Welten imprint and releasing on Poker Flat under his Glowing
Glisses alias with vocalist Florian Schirmacher. Recently heÆs been gaining
ground as a remixer, his woozy retakes of Dub Kult's "On & On" and Brtschitsch &
Galluzzi's "Regenschauer" finding particular success in the DJ sets of Hawtin,
Bailey and Voorn. Devout fans of the Poker Flat take on tech house will dig
Guido's ability to specialise in a particular sound: on "Focus On" he truly
carves out a style of his own, no small achievement. "Moesko" sets the tone,
building an air of optimism with bubbling, soft percussion that recalls F.E.O.S
while "Re-Moved" kicks into second gear û with plenty of recent club play it'll
be familiar to those with an ear for edgy house. A third of the way in and we
sense the lo-fi, minimal house Schneider is shooting for: "Focus On" is very
much the "journey based on hypnotic grooves" that Schneider intended it to be,
but the flow is broken with irritations: he's mining pretty specialist territory
and the tracks "Too Many Voices", "Rumours", "Rundata" and "Super Sander" are
too much of the same colour from the paintbox. A mountain of minimal house is
being produced at the moment: it's good that itÆs reaching a wide audience but
the danger is there for producers who align themselves with a certain sound
signature. "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up" pulls away from the
skeletal fibres and gets funky (and progressive), Guido leading us out of the
cold with a more traditional tech houser. "As Dry As I Can" a quirky track that
really adds to the mix û think Robert Hood under general anaesthetic. Snappy,
deft rhythms bring us back on an even keel: "Earth Browser" is a clever house
shuffler and the proper bassline of Schneider's tasty collab with Sammy Dee
"Styleways" ups the oomph factor and saves the end of the mix from running out
of steam. "Styleways" was featured on Hawtin's 'DE9 Transitions' mix and here it
provides sweet relief. "Focus On" finishes on the twitchy scrapings of Guido's
creepy remix of Daniel Stefanik's "Move Me": a touch of The Twilight Zone
that'll leave you confused and perplexed: on the verge of confessing a deep,
dark secret, Schneider shoos you away for asking too many questions. "Focus On"
appeals more as an artist showcase than as a mix.
Digital release has unmixed, full length tracks (CD version tracks were shorter
and mixed) and track 12 "Drifting" not included on the CD but appears on the LP.
Enjoy!
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