CHEVEL レコード& CD

Review: Italian producer Chevel released his album Blurse earlier this year on Lucy's Stroboscopic Artefact and it now gets a separate remix treatment by some seriously big names on this EP. Starting out with the legendary Paula Temple, who provides another example of how on form she is since her return to the scene with her broken and body bashing take on "Stranded". The always surprising Lee Gamble gets tapped to do a remix of "Watery Drumming". A jagged and disorienting rendition retaining some seriously aquatic aesthetics like the original. On the flip, UK industrial techno don Perc gets stuck into "Heimweh", giving it a haunting and suspenseful injection that's almost cinematic in its presentation. Finally the remix of "Loop #42" by Minor Science is a tripped out and transcendental moment of minimal house with a broken beat.

Review: It may not be correct to say that Chevel is mellowing with age, but the Italian producer's releases are certainly getting more complex and interesting. Where he once specialized in typically ballsy, abstract dancefloor techno, third album Blurse sees him blend a variety of experimental influences to create something far more varied and rewarding. There are nods to Skam style, glitch-heavy IDM, dub techno, LFO-inspired electronica, fluid, melody-driven ambience, and darker, denser fare. While skittish and almost too eclectic - stylistically, at least - Blurse hangs together impressively thanks to Chevel's crackly, texture-driven production. As an exercise in electronic atmospheres, it's second to none.

Review: The latest release on Psyk's label is a heads-down affair from Italian producer Chevel. In its most extreme form, this takes the form of "2020", where high-pitched squeals and shrieks are set to a tough, pacey rhythm. However, the more rewarding tracks see Chevel explore a more subtle approach. "Noflit" is based on contrasts with a combination of a rubbery bass and tough, distorted drums. "Summer" just as understated with a mysterious synth line cloaking the arrangement's percussive slivers. However, Chevel also understands the demands of the dance floor and "Detrimental", with its blip, bleeps and tough beats is sure to cause mayhem whenever it's dropped.

Review: Beneath's Mistry label returns with a third release which finds Enklav boss Chevel on a stripped back weirded out UK vibe! If you were hooked on Dario Tronchin's remix of Webstarr's "Aegrus" for the last Mistry release you most certainly need to check out the two cuts here. Up top the stripped back "Tank" sees Chevel excorcising some reverb demons over a super spacious rhythm that operates around the 116 BPM mark. With so few elements utilised, the contrast between the dark sub bass and plinking bleeps is magnified all the more. The B Side "Beaviane" heads in the opposite direction as Tronchin essentially brutalises drum samples for five thrilling minutes.

Review: Given the calibre of artists involved in the Monad series from Stroboscopic Artefacts (Perc, Lakker, Rrose, Kangding Ray, Donor) it's easy to forget that the label inaugurated the digital only endeavour with a release from the then-unknown Chevel. Four years on the Treviso-born producer returns to Lucy's label to helm a full 12" release with his reputation on a constant upward spiral, thanks to his releases for Vae Victis, Non Series and his own Enklav label. With recent SA releases from Lakker, Rrose and a Dadub remix EP providing the label with a renewed juncture to the dancefloor, it seems now is a suitable time as any for Chevel to make his return with the One Month Off EP. Five tracks deep, this record is a fine display of Chevel's overtly lo-fi brand of Italian, strictly analogue club music and is apparently "built around the abstract themes of construction, starting with demolition and ending on perspective."

Review: For the fourth release on their promising Wisdom Teeth imprint, founders Facta and K-Lone have turned to the combined talents of old pal Alex Coulton, Italian produer Chevel, and fast-rising studio boffin Simo Cell. Coulton kicks things off, delivering a deliciously heavy and floor-friendly concoction that sits somewhere between broken techno, contemporary bass music, and the kind of comforting deepness more associated with hazy house productions. Chevel does an excellent job of calming things down, layering up bleeping electronics and ambient textures to create something reminiscent of mid '90s IDM, before Simo Cell attempts to "Escape The Fate" on a creepy cut that combines fizzing hi-hats and wonky ambient melodies, with drum programming and musical touches borrowed from EBM and industrial