DJ KOZE レコード& CD

Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***


When it comes to crafting lengthy, disco fired dancefloor treats, DJ Koze has previous form. His "Extended Disco Version" of Lapsley's "Operator" quickly became a White Isle anthem in the summer of 2016, and we fully expect "Pick Up" to be one of the disco-house hits of 2018. Based around spine-tingling samples from a heart-felt, orchestrated 1970s disco treat - think Tom Trago's "Use Me Again", and you're close - the veteran producer slowly builds the pressure before really letting loose in the closing stages. B-side "The Love Truck" is an altogether deeper, dubbier and dreamier affair, seemingly designed for leisurely warm-up sets and gentle, early morning shuffling.

Review: Koze hits us with another essential minimal tech/house blast here on Kompakt. 'Snauzi Peitsch' is a deep dancefloor bender driven by sub-filled kicks, hollow low frequencies and stripped down synth stabs, with Koze constantly changing up the arrangements to keep the sounds fresh and more effective. The B-side brings you two more delicious minimal nuggets; the sound hacked 'Djungle Froot' and uber-minimal shaker 'Na Cha Cha'.

Review: The minimal-disco-knarz comedian with his first guest performance on Freude Am Tanzen.

Review: The latest Pampa twelve sees label boss DJ Koze share the vinyl with Border Community don Nathan Fake and as you'd expect from two such esteemed knob twiddlers it's a very good look. Fake takes the A Side with the festive sounds of "Xmas Rush" which is perhaps the first Christmas themed descent into brilliantly twisted techno freakout in history. Inherently psychedelic and filled with plenty of acid reflux mind f*ck potential, there's also a warmth to the track that makes it quite special. On the flip DJ Koze presents an equally twisted but totally different dedication to Jamaican left anarchist dub poet Michael Smith, tragically beaten to death by political opponents in 1983. Covering Smith's signature track "Mi Cyaan Believe It" Koze drops a highly pressurized rough minimalist techno beat with added throb potential via the droney melody which presents itself as the perfect backdrop to Smith's distinctive tones (check the track at 33RPM for added freakout potential).

Review: Koze's is bringing rejoice and embraces with his bicycle bell while Justus is sawing soft fences.