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Artist:	LOKO, MIRKO
Title:	Seventynine
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 004CD

This is the debut solo album by Switzerland's Mirko Loko (Lazy Fat People) and his first appearance on Cadenza. With Seventynine, Mirko takes us even deeper into his musical imagination, celebrating the communal ideal of dance music with spirited, percussive tracks. But Mirko also diverges from the dancefloor, ducking into shadowy corners in search of more private emotions. With its groaning sub-bass and flickering percussive flashes, "Sidonia" echoes the dubby, drifting melancholy of classic Warp records. Bells and voices lend an atmosphere of shimmering energy that's carried over into "Around The Angel," which is propelled by intricate polyrhythms and uplifting female vocals. "Love Harmonic" possesses a classic, melodic sound inspired equally by Detroit and Sheffield, as lean drum-machine patterns entwine with loping congas, and lush strings color everything delicate shades of yellow and rose. "On Fire" marks a 180 degree turn, pursuing a scorched-earth policy in nearly 9 minutes of techno intensity. After that, "Astral Vacuum" offers necessary respite via a short, beatless passage of strings and abstract sound, before Mirko takes us once again into the breach with "Bluebook," a lean, focused groove battered by metallic drums and shot through with voices and bleeps ripped from radio transmissions. "Shadow" is deep and melancholic, with a booming 808 kick underpinning ragged, gleaming chords and frayed strings. "Tahktok" features a children's chant rising over a primal beat and scraps of Bulgarian folk song. With "Le Monologue d'Orfeu," Mirko returns to one of his limpid, endlessly unspooling, headlong grooves."Altrove" is 2 minutes of molten strings and electronic birdcall you wish could go on forever. But there's one more dance to be had: "You Know Where," which rises from a wooden, skippy rhythm into a string-laden celebration of techno at its most melodic -- its deep, sung/grunted bass line serving as the warm, pulsing heart for this massive, man/machine mover. It's a glorious finish to an album that never takes its eyes off the horizon, sending it up, over and beyond. Seventynine is ultimately all about the journey, as it travels between Lausanne, Detroit and outlying points on electronic music's map. Mirko's travelogue bridges the gap between a classic Motor City influence and Cadenza's own nomadic aesthetic, firing up dancefloors and fueling the imagination.

Artist:	LOKO, MIRKO
Title:	Seventynine
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 038EP

Mirko Loko (one-half of Lazy Fat People) presents a cross-section of tracks off his debut solo album Seventynine on double 12" vinyl. These tracks celebrate the communal ideal of dance music with spirited, percussive melodies that present a clear distillation of the Cadenza sound. But Mirko also diverges from the dancefloor, ducking into shadowy corners. Rather than scattering energy, that tension between moods binds the album into a coherent whole, bridging the gap between classic Motor City and Cadenza's nomadic aesthetic.

Artist:	LOKO, MIRKO
Title:	Seventynine Remixes
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 045EP

Cadenza presents a special remix package of tracks from Mirko Loko's Seventynine, featuring Carl Craig and Ricardo Villalobos. Craig's remix of "Love Harmonic" stretches to nearly 12 minutes and, following a long, gradual build-up of rolling congas, trademark C2 sawtooth drones slice through a haze of strings. Villalobos' remix of "Takhtok" places the chanting children's choir of the original at center stage, framing them with a velvety curtain of fuzzy synthesizers and shirred, crumpled beats. This is Ricardo at his amniotic best.

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