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Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	El Paraiso De Las Tortugas
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 007CD

Ernesto Ferreyra, born in Cordoba, Argentina, he has called such diverse locations as Mexico City, Montreal, Berlin, and Ibiza home at one time or another over the past decade. His performance schedule both as a DJ, solo live act, and as half of the celebrated duo Chic Miniature with Guillaume Coutu-Dumont has been hectic enough to make mere mortals give up in disgust just trying to determine their current time zone. Things aren't likely to slow down anytime soon with Luciano increasingly wanting Ernesto at his side to open or close his own epic sets. Yet despite all these comings and goings, he has somehow managed to craft an album that sounds less the soundtrack to some lonely wandering vagabond's tale, then that of a wise and well-travelled man reflecting on the diverse experiences and places that have shaped him, anchored by an ever-present, ass-moving low-end pulse. For Ernesto, El Paraíso De Las Tortugas is a paradise of the mind, you see, and what good would paradise be without a little dancing to forget your troubles here and there? From the swirling aerial disco maneuvers of the album's opening and closing, heart-wrenching laments to chronic pain and a father lost along with 30,000 others to the Argentinian dictatorship, shuffling deep pocket house, the peak-time bass acrobatics at the album's core, through the psychedelic jazz meanderings of the title track, Ernesto proves himself to be a master craftsman of both moods and grooves as diverse as the experiences he has lived. If this is what the turtles are partying to in paradise, we'd all do well to find a shell.

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	Siluetas
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 033EP

Berlin-based Ernesto Ferreyra shows off his uniquely grooving, percussive style. Shakers and noisemakers fall in a steady stream over carefully tuned percussion of every shape, size and caliber; with his slippery rhythms and swerving syncopations, this sounds like a drum-parade, marching in lockstep down Berlin's slick cobblestones. "Hunted" lays out a rollicking groove punctuated by hiccupping toms; choppy vocals, and rushing waves of reverb. A simple, repeated chord provides the final one-two punch. Perfect for any hour.

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	El Paraiso De Las Tortugas
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 056LP

2x12" version. Ernesto Ferreyra, born in Cordoba, Argentina, he has called such diverse locations as Mexico City, Montreal, Berlin, and Ibiza home at one time or another over the past decade. His performance schedule both as a DJ, solo live act, and as half of the celebrated duo Chic Miniature with Guillaume Coutu-Dumont has been hectic enough to make mere mortals give up in disgust just trying to determine their current time zone. Things aren't likely to slow down anytime soon with Luciano increasingly wanting Ernesto at his side to open or close his own epic sets. Yet despite all these comings and goings, he has somehow managed to craft an album that sounds less the soundtrack to some lonely wandering vagabond's tale, then that of a wise and well-travelled man reflecting on the diverse experiences and places that have shaped him, anchored by an ever-present, ass-moving low-end pulse. For Ernesto, El Paraíso De Las Tortugas is a paradise of the mind, you see, and what good would paradise be without a little dancing to forget your troubles here and there? From the swirling aerial disco maneuvers of the album's opening and closing, heart-wrenching laments to chronic pain and a father lost along with 30,000 others to the Argentinian dictatorship, shuffling deep pocket house, the peak-time bass acrobatics at the album's core, through the psychedelic jazz meanderings of the title track, Ernesto proves himself to be a master craftsman of both moods and grooves as diverse as the experiences he has lived. If this is what the turtles are partying to in paradise, we'd all do well to find a shell. Features 8 of the 12 tracks from the CD.

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	El Paraiso De Las Tortugas Remixes
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 058EP

Born in Argentina, Ernesto Ferreyra has since called such diverse locations as Mexico City, Montreal, Berlin, and Ibiza home at one time or another. His performance schedule both as a DJ, solo live act, and as half of the celebrated duo Chic Miniature with Guillaume Coutu-Dumont has been hectic enough. Things aren't likely to slow down anytime soon. Here is the remix EP of El Paraiso De Las Tortugas, including a remix from Luciano and Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts.

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	Éxodo EP
Label:	CYNOSURE (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	CYN 024EP

"Hailing from the midlands of Argentina's Cordoba, Ernesto Ferreyra's musical past is fruitful with many years under his belt as a DJ. Holding down residencies from Mexico City to Montreal, Ernest is no stranger to the mix and makes it very clear on the Éxodo EP. One half of Montreal's Chic Miniature, Ferreyra wields the right combination organic southern hemisphere style percussion with synthesized drums and a volley of monophonic madness that will surely activate the floor. The last 'Shooter' uses mind-bending funk to tell the story of three people ending an epic day/night in a blaze of Jagermeister glory. The most descriptive element of this tracky adventure would be the misguided, off-kilter synth twists that give the listener the illusion of drunkenness and vertigo. Backed with a spine of Latin percussion and tweaked low rez hi-hats this A-side packs a punch that can be only compared to 'the last shooter' of the night. Funk flows on when you flip it to side B. 'Fongtom' rides along with a thick walking bass line that weaves grinds with some of Ferreyra's signature percussion. A playful melody serves as the memory game hook that won't fade away even after a post joint meltdown or a night of MTV Top 40 abuse. Smoother than silk, sweeter than honey, Ernesto Ferreyra's Éxodo shines a new light on the Argentine minimal sound."

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	Midnight Sun EP
Label:	LOMIDHIGH ORGANIC (DENMARK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	LMHO 009EP

"Right in the trails of the past month's releases, Andreas Jornvil's splendid OMG EP and the deep warm ethnic La Boca EP by Gonzales comes this proper stomping business from Ernesto Ferreyra. The first cut has this irresistible good times feel and disco-like flavour thrown in for good measure with those rumbling congas. 'Bakana' is the name of the game here. Taking you back to the mid '90s cut up techniques of Cajual Records and exactly the track that someone like Derrick Carter would kill the floor with. Flip over the record and you get the bonus bouncer of 'Ground' which is a slow builder that has something like an Italo Disco synth in the distant deep space and all of a sudden explodes in cascades of soundwaves."

Artist:	FERREYRA, ERNESTO
Title:	Memoria Colectiva
Label:	MUTEK (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.50
Catalog #:	MTK 007EP

Argentinian Ernesto Ferreyra is one half of the critically-acclaimed duo Chic Miniature, and this is his first solo release. Start the evening off with the suave, gently-building groove of "Border Light," throw "Cloody" into the mix when things start to really heat up: its walloping bass, snappy hand percussions, distortion-heavy vocals and raw effects are ideal for getting your freak on. "El Cuento del Tio" is a B-side curve ball best lobbed in the wee hours of the morning. If a Day of the Dead procession invaded a minimal techno party in a deserted industrial warehouse somewhere between Mexico City and Montreal, this is what it might sound like.

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