Browse by Artist: CHAIM

Artist:	CHAIM
Title:	Moon
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	BPC 169EP

Chaim from Tel Aviv presents a debut that possesses more than one surprise. "Moon" displays a free groove with the help of some dignified effects, making you want to throw your hands in the air. "Wednesday June" is a bit more minimal, with groove that structures itself into a bubbling bass line, dissolved by one of these typically Chaim-melodies, which anchor themselves deeply into the head -- only for catching dreams under the light of the moon, on a Wednesday in June.

Artist:	CHAIM
Title:	Thrill You
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BPC 197EP

Israeli genius Chaim presents three tracks that take liberties with their highly-organized structures. "Thrill You" starts dead-on house-y with slightly lascivious, breathy oohhs and ahhs. The next level features an absolutely compelling mini-melody. "Danceable" boasts sampled saxophone phrases in the wake of house beats, and "We Do" rolls super-house-y, like it was cast from some sort of massive, elastic, synthetic material. The track becomes increasingly condensed until unrecognizably-bent voice samples and rhythmic echo effects are generated. Bulls-eye.

Artist:	CHAIM
Title:	Love Rehab
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BPC 212EP

Tel Aviv's Chaim presents Love Rehab. The title track features tricky percussion and multi-layered atmospherics with a funk-injected organ riff. Its casually-extended song structure and vaguely lascivious vocals from Meital De Razon take you on a nocturnal journey. "New Years Eve" gets down to business with funky percussion and slap-bass samples, while the strings and brass could have been lifted straight out of a '70s blaxploitation movie. "Locations" showcases some spooky vocal effects, accompanied by a looped mantra and nursery rhyme.

Artist:	CHAIM
Title:	Alive
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BPC 229EP

This is the second single from Chaim's album Alive (BPC 230CD). The title track is a true love anthem with elegant, ephemeral sounds that smooth out the track's rawness. Echoes reminiscent of dub clash with dramatic, exotic sounds, while Meital De Razon rounds out the song with her heartfelt vocals. Kiki reshapes the original's graceful house groove into a demanding electro beat. Also on remix duty are Arto Mwambe (Christian Beißwenger and Phillip Lauer) and Deniz Kurtel.

Artist:	CHAIM
Title:	Alive
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	BPC 230CD

Chaim Avital's seductive house sound has been enchanting dancefloors around the world for several years. On his debut album Alive, his music becomes all the more universal: with a unique ear for suggestive melodies, the musician from Tel Aviv shapes these euphoric moments of club music into absorbing pop songs. They burst out of the club doors and ring out of radios and headphones. With the opener "Rain" the melodies glisten like the sun's rays piercing a cloudy sky. Then comes "U & Eye," when the intimate voice of Meital De Razon immediately strikes at your heart. On "Everything," with its glittering strings and vehement chords, you can feel the longing bursting from the chest of this primal club track. Bass lines run through your body like lightning strikes; the vocals are serious and insistent. Only the club legend Snax has the answer: he unravels these knotted emotions in the old-school-inspired "Wish." "Love Rehab" depicts an encounter between the deep, erotic voice of a French Casanova, ripened by his years, and the celestial chant of a love goddess lost in reverie. With its unrestrained, Balearic voices, "Runaway Frequencies" carries us away from the pulsating rhythms of the city to a far-off, boundless beach horizon. On "Don't Shout" you can still feel the warmth of the sun on your skin, and yet the bass line is already pumping in deep breaths. On "Who Said What" Chaim's gaze wanders over mellow, graceful sounds. On the equally laid-back "Naturalness," warm claps and smooth melodies blend into a trippy house number. The album steers its course towards the musician's early career with "Popsky" from his first release: here, raw drumming and electrifying textures trigger rave-like moments of ecstasy. Chaim bids us farewell amongst the lively babble of "People Can Talk," which features the pulse of a hypnotic bass line. Chaim's tracks and songs are the result of 15 years of getting to know and work with music and the emotional worlds it opens up.

Artist:	CHAIM
Title:	Robots On Meth
Label:	BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BPC 246EP

BPitch Control presents Robots On Meth from Chaim. The 12" begins with an unreleased track called "Levantina" that combines no-frills, rolling, jacking beats with opulent synth melodies. The drama really starts to unfold with the introduction of vocals from Adi Shabat. The flip-side offers two complementary remixes from David K. On the "BenZona" remix, David strips the Robots down to dancefloor-friendly tech-house beats and the raw spoken voice of guest vocalist JAW (dOP). "The Bubble Mix" surprises the listener with cosmic sparkling old-school synths.

Artist:	CHAIM
Title:	Caroline
Label:	MY BEST FRIEND (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MBF 12033EP

Chaim by now is well-known for hooky and hypnotic melodies and '80s-inspired synth licks flickering from speaker to speaker, effects, and memorable vocals that are wrapped inside a wall of sound. For MBF, Chaim has recorded "Caroline," a minimal track centered around a mighty chord. Its fat beat pattern is just massive. In contrast, "Same Same" (featuring James Blonde) and "De Move Da Beat" are two weird, over-the-top electro house tracks, destined to be played during those twisted and strange after-hours moments at the club.

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