Browse by Artist: DALESSANDRO, BILLY

Artist:	DALESSANDRO, BILLY
Title:	Soulchaser
Label:	HARTHOUSE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	HHMA 018EP

"After having published more than 20 EPs and two full length albums, Billy Dalessandro arrived at the first league of worldwide respected producers. His third album, Into The Atom, can be seen as a milestone of the Chicago-based musician's history. He publishes a mixture of Chicago style funk and deep minimal electronic style. Here are 3 gems born out of his virtuosity you can't miss. A1: 'Soulchaser' Undercover Mix -- highly addictive and percussive, slightly forward-oriented track with great spheres. 'Great' has to be written with triple 'e' because it uses a dramatic element which pokes out of the deep and tricky basement. Playful effects and intelligent beat programming sum up to a really special atmosphere -- somewhere between -- but precise as hell!"

Artist:	DALESSANDRO, BILLY
Title:	Come With Me
Label:	RESOPAL RED (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	RSPRED 002EP

"Chicago native and Resopal's No. One Techno ambassador Billy Dalessandro returns to his own imprint after the massively successful 'The Way You Move.' For this gem he teamed up with his fellow John Gaiser, who will sure be known in the future for his upcoming release on Richie Hawtin's label Minus. Come With Me consists of two keen and beautiful groovin' flavoured minimal techno workouts, that will surely take the hearts of all the true minimal techno addicts."

Artist:	DALESSANDRO, BILLY
Title:	Starcity
Label:	RESOPAL RED (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	RSPRED 003CD

"Second album release on Resopal for the man of the moment Billy Dalessandro: a while ago this 29 year old producer from Chicago was hustling around his hometown, occasionally providing beats for local hip hop acts. His new album Starcity lies where past meets the future: jacking tech-house beats and machine funk meet carefully programmed beats, digital noises and catchy, albeit somehow disturbing, vocal snippets. There's also a good handful of old school acid thrown in for good measure -- on track 'transatlantic' you can hear the hip hop roots as well -- and as the result we have 12 superb tracks, the ones you are always paying attention for while hearing them in the club."

Artist:	DALESSANDRO, BILLY
Title:	Midievalization
Label:	RESOPAL SCHALLWARE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	RSP 007CD

"If you are looking for boarder-breaking pieces of real Chicago Techno beats, Billy Dalessandro's fresh album Midievalization and the label Resopal will share the same emphasis and the labels seventh release surely will do his job too. No need to introduce this Chicago guy anymore. In shortest period Billy has risen to one of the most demanded young American producers and is a mainstay for energetic, yet effective groovin' Techno. Recent releases have been launched on labels as Force Inc., konvex|konkav and of course Resopal. After his last 12" 'Dark Matter' which already gained huge support from the likes of Miss Kittin, Diggler, e.g., this here is a step forward of this promising talent: Billy Dalessandro's debut album Midievalization features minimal and energetic Techno just right for the peaktime as well as it refers to the good old sounds of Chicago. All in all Midievalization features some real floor damaging material."

Artist:	DALESSANDRO, BILLY
Title:	Citilife
Label:	RESOPAL SCHALLWARE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	RSP 023EP

"From his Chicago-based headquarters, Billy Dalessandro strikes back and delivers a nicely dosed package of lush minimal house tracks slightly powdered with a reminiscent to the Studio 1 series of Profan. With his new 12", 'Citlilife', Billy proves that his roots are in the micro-house scene, with his former releases on well-known labels as Force Inc., Resopal, Kompute and Fabric London compilations, as well as his debut album Midievalization."

Artist:	DALESSANDRO, BILLY
Title:	Polis
Label:	SONICULTURE (PORTUGAL)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	SONIC 003CD

2009 is poised to be the year where techno makes a true comeback. Chicago-based producer Billy Dalessandro needs no introduction. He has been there to witness the many changes techno has gone through in the past decade, and offers Polis as his response. Featuring 11 tracks, his debut album for Soniculture (and fourth artist album) is a look at city structure ("Polis" being the Greek word for "city") and the crumbling facades amidst urban decay. The world is headed into one of its most uncertain times, and that fear is reflected in these dark productions that Dalessandro created with late nights and early mornings in mind. The titles alone refer to a possible renegade dystopian future-world, and the sonic soundtrack is minimal, true Chicago dance music that is textured with impeccably tidy melodies and unhooked structures. For from the darkest hours, great things often emerge, and when music historians look back on 2009 as the year that techno made its comeback, Polis will certainly be among those works receiving great praise.

Artist:	DALESSANDRO, BILLY
Title:	Polis Volume One: Acidburn
Label:	SONICULTURE (PORTUGAL)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SONIC 011EP

"When music historians take a look back at 2008, it will come as no surprise that the year wasn't the best in terms of techno output. With cries of Abe Duque's legendary track 'What Happened?' reverberating throughout the industry, 2009 is poised to be the year where techno makes it comeback. Chicago based producer Billy Dalessandro needs no introduction. He has been there to witness the many changes techno has gone through in the past decade, and offers Polis as his response. Featuring 11 tracks, his debut album for Soniculture (and fourth artist album in his career) is a look at city structure ('polis' being the Greek word bearing the meaning 'city'), the crumbling facades amidst urban decay. The world is headed into one of its most uncertain times, and that fear is reflected in these dark productions that Dalessandro created with late nights and early mornings in mind. For from the darkest hours great things often emerge, and when music historians look back on 2009 as the year that techno made its comeback, Polis will certainly be among those works receiving great praise. The vinyl version of Polis will be formed by a series of releases with tracks from the album, that will come out later on CD. This is volume 1, which contains 'Acidburn' and features a very special remix from Gui Boratto. A perfect way to kick off this project. A - Billy Dalessandro - 'Acidburn': This is an amazing track which shows how futuristic Billy can be. A hypnotic bassline, with acid influences, takes us through a multidimensional journey into space, fuelled by the most exquisite techno. A true gem that proves Billy's originality and capability of surprising us in every release. B - Billy Dalessandro - 'Acidburn (Gui Boratto Remix)' : Keeping the idea of the original bassline, the South American wonder boy Gui Boratto, produced the perfect remix for 'Acidburn.' By making it more progressive and emotional, it gains a different appeal. The piano detail is superb and in a way reminds us of Steve Bug's 'Loverboy.' The result is amazing. A great piece of work from one of the world's most special electronic musician."

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