Public Possession Germany レコード& CD

Review: There's a lot to be said for club music that aims to both soothe the senses and move the feet. We can think of few better examples than "Some Song Teachers", the title track from this Public Possession collaboration between Cos/Mes member 5ive and label-hopping Swede Samo DJ. While underpinned by a sturdy, tactile rhythm track, it's the blissful electronics and undulating, rising and falling synthesizer melodies - new age influenced, but also intensely positive and mood-enhancing - that make the track so addictive. Flipside "Dilemma" is similarly smile inducing, offering a tasty twist on melodious, dusty deep house. It's nowhere near as striking as its' predecessor, but it's still a very fine track indeed.

Review: Munich nu-balearic crew Public Possession broaden their horizons beyond said sensibilities, but instead venture further into oddball groove territory; in this case it's Sweden. First up Born Free main man Samo DJ delivers the low slung funk groove of "Triad Board Meeting" (sounding like some creepy, old midi file.. yet not altogether unpleasant) while Baba Stilz delivers some of the weirdest deep house you'll hear this year on on "Pacific Times" and "Beirut" respectively. But they save the best for last on the explosive collaboration between Samo and Cititrax troublemaker Tzusing on "Hollabackboi", a smashing, pop-inflected curveball that'll flip your mind.

Review: The latest installment of Public Possession's Under The Influence series is an all-star affair, featuring off-radar re-edits of various obscure, left-of-centre dancefloor gems. Perhaps the most talked-about track comes from Samo DJ's, who's deliciously wide-eyed "Flyer Edit" breathes new life into a cheesy AOR tearjerker, turning it into a Balearic gem. There are a couple of excellent Italo-related reworks - Bell Towers' deep, evocative "I'm Obsessed With You", and Hey Convict man Tamas Jones' rousing version of Italo classic "The Heat of the Moment" - but its Tambien who steal the show. "Deep Hai" is fantastic - a trippy dub disco revision of an obscure Dutch synth-pop gem.

Review: ** REPRESS ** A penultimate release of the year for Public Possession retains the defiantly unconventional approach that has been a distinguishing characteristic since the operation expanded from a Klenzestrasse record shop into a fully-fledged record label. It also represents a label debut for Samo DJ, the Swedish producer responsible for the excellent KWC 92 LP released on L.I.E.S. and co-founder of Born Free alongside Daniel 'Sling' Isling. As the title suggests, the 10" shaped Samo DJ presents Sap Sap Seoi is no mere collection of Samo DJ productions, but instead an introduction into the sonic world of his friends and contemporaries. Along with a Samo DJ cut, there is an appearance Over The Hill (aka DJ Kool Dust and graphic designer Sam Nyholm) and the mysterious Taro Tokugawa with the mood swinging gloriously between house, Scandinavian beat down and in "Here My Dear" a sublime slab of East Asian electronic pop.