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Frank Martiniq - Blast Corps

ARTIST: Frank Martiniq
ALBUM: Blast Corps

LABEL: Stroboscopic Artefacts
CAT#: SA005
BARCODE: 4025858536798

GENRE: Dance/Electronic
RELEASE: 2010-06-11

DESCRIPTION:
Frank Martiniq explores a whole new sonic identity on this unique 12", forging together off-kilter beats and fists full of atmospheric compression. "Blast Corps" opens the EP with a surge of delayed baseline. Crispy static rises from below and echoes swoop and simmer beneath the full blooded base. It builds insistently, the 4/4 structure is infused with far off blips and the dusty sizzles of low- pitched white noise. On "Dark Star" warm dub keeps the sound organic. It's elemental, the baseline seems enormous enough to have a gravity of its very own and the other elements pull together around its weight. It teases, the breathy elements twitch, fidget, become fully formed but refuse to drop. Frank Martiniq refuses the obvious, and opts for the discerning. This is the stuff of intrigue, as is the percussive opening to B2 "Lovelane". Here a rattling, clattering sequence breaks out into a euphoric, syncopated structure. It's dark, playful and danceable techno. For the digital release Frank Martiniq packs together no less than three tools, one from each track. He takes the originals and strips them down upping the levels of suspense. Frank Martiniq is canny about his working methods and he should be. There's a secret formula at work here that's nothing short of sheer brilliant. DJS (Press Below) Dustin Zahn Every track is massive and the tools are perfect! Another bomb from SA! Definitely establishing itself as an always-reliable label! Len Faki Raw and dusty tracks - support on Blast Corps! The tool is also great! Speedy J 5/5. Awesome dark trippy stuff! Digging it! Chris Liebing Blast Corps 5/5 Luke Slater Excellent sizzling release. Love it. Excellent tracks. Loco Dice Dope Tools! I will use them! Also lovelane original. Edit Select Cool tracks will play :) I love Dark Star, keep up the good work. My favourite of the moment =) 5/5 Silent Servant Solid Release, Blast Corps and Lovelane will get played and charted... Surgeon Thanks for sending, I really enjoyed this. I will play it for sure. Cio D'Or Totally in love with this amazing Release from Frank Martiniq! Probl. one of the best i have heard from him for my taste! Full support for this trip, dark, but warm Dubtechno at its best! Norman Nodge Good work, deep stuff, will play it loud! ;-) Samuli Kemppi Another solid release from SA camp. Will play on radio and when 12" arrives, also on gigs. Thanks! Perc It's a cool release. Lots of great ideas and textures. Lovelane is my favourite. Full support. Tommy Four Seven Blast Corps is big! Once again a top quality release! Charted here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/tommyfourseven/top10?chart=35499 Claudio PRC Another awesome pearl from Stroboscopic Artefacts to add on my own collection. All sounds and moods are perfect clear and strong, A masterful execution of avanguard Techno. October Holy shiiiiit! this is amazing! i will play this all the time! Big ups. Drumcell Another absalute BOMB! full respect from me. Brendon moeller Cool techy DJ tools. Digging the textures and atmospheres. Audio Injection Very cool release, lots of good stuff in here! Electric Indigo Lovely release - many thanks! Dark Star is the bomb - love the noises and effects on all tracks and appreciate the tools a lot! Brothers' Vibe All good - like the tools alot... Arnaud Le Texier Dark star and Lovelane original and tools are the ones for me! Luke Hess Lovelane is sweaty! Nice Release! Xhin Solid release and great tools!! MAGAZINES AND RADIOS The Wire (Philip Sherburne) "Dark Star" is really cool, love the half-speed feel. And the way "Blast Corps Tool" develops is immense. Raveline Drei sehr feine und relaxte tunes die Spaß machen. Little White Earbuds (Per Bojsen-Moller) Loving the dub elements of Dark Star fused with something a bit more malignant and sinister. The military feel to Lovelane works really well too. Tsugi (Jean Yves Leloup) Very powerfull and devastating A1. Very nice interpretation of the dub techno format on B2. As a whole, the EP is a very personal interpretation of the techno genre. Review confirmed on Tsugi magazine. Little White Earbuds (Steve Mizek) Thanks, will make this available to LWE staff for review. Traffic magazine (Jay Kilka) Solid ep, you can tell straight away this is Martiniq. Good work! Support. Klubbers (Pablo Demonio) This music in spanish its "Acojonante" but in english INCREDIBLE!!!! Review here: http://www.klubbers.com/resena.php?id=206 Resident Advisor (Finn Johannsen) My corps feel blasted indeed. Good stuff! De:Bug I like Dark Star Illectronic Dark, hypnotic and full of slowly evolving sonic intrigue - another fine feather is SA's cap. Nice full length tools on the digital version too. Posivision (Japan) heavy-hitting, strong package. A1 & B2 are SUPER!! Samurai FM (Dave Twomey) As you say must have tracks... especially pitched down Dark Star is going to be untoppable! not into lovelane at all... TMI Radio Ara Absolutely mindblowing! thank you very much. i'm really looking forward to promote these tunes on my show! big up. Dinamo FM (Christopher Çolak) Mutant great techno EP. Love it. Full support. Berlin Mitte Institut Rave! We love it! Berlin Kreuzberg Institut Awesome.. thanks! Proton Radio, NY (harry avers) This is a producers dream... well done! Pulse Radio Very nice. Punch up! Tsugi (Benoit C) mmm, Nice one. Bln FM (Tim Thaler) For radio play, thanks.

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