Browse by Artist: MAETRIK

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Underrate Dis EP
Label:	AUDIOMATIQUE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AM 039EP

Maetrik heads up this Audiomatique 12'' with the stunning Underrate Dis EP. Filling up the A-side, "Relax" actually makes you do the opposite. Brooding, slow-building, and stone-cold cool, the on-going narrative and freaky vocals get inside your consciousness. "Purr Baby" is a real mind-melting slab of funk with tripped-out synth warbles, intricate grooves, and dramatic builds. Finally, "Herb House" completes the package with heavy beats, deep synths and a hook constructed of sensual vocals and rasping horns. Another prime-time excursion.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Gliding Blind EP
Label:	AUDIOMATIQUE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	AM 041EP

Maetrik presents a three-track arsenal of audio mind-games with the Gliding Blind EP. "Marinda," featuring Sabb, boasts the full-spectrum clarity one can always expect from Maetrik -- a versatile track that melts deep house, techno and Chicago booty action into one smooth ride. "Kemik" chugs along with sub-sonic freakiness and more classically-rooted house references. "Glider" seals the deal with rubbery bass energy and super-funky grooves forming from a shifting, shimmering, tougher house pump.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Crush On Me
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 086EP

Eric Estornel aka Maetrik presents "Crush On Me" and "Push" for Cocoon -- two absolute masterpieces representative of Estornel's unique style, using hallucinogenic vocals, hypnotic beats and a power that is deep and latently noisy at the same time to put the dancefloor over the edge of insanity. With a large number of releases on labels such as Treibstoff, Dumb-Unit and Audiomatique, Maetrik has proven to be one of the most reliable protagonists of dark house, dub and funky techno.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Live At Cocoon Ibiza
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CORMIX 038CD

Even after more than 30 years of living the lifestyle of electronic dance music, techno is still sometimes looking for a matching form and sound language to transfer the special thrill of a live event to a club night adequately. So, Sven Väth and his crew were even more excited about the live set of Eric Estornell aka Maetrik at Cocoon's Closing Party at Amnesia/Ibiza in 2011. For the finish of a season that once again explored the limits of party culture, Maetrik celebrated an extraordinary energetic state of emergency for more than one hour. The resulting live CD reflects that matchless mixture of pumping deep house, energetic soul and adrenaline-enriched noise that Maetrik presented already on such renowned labels as Treibstoff, Dumb-Unit and Audiomatique, and which is, with timeless tracks like "Snorkel" and "Crush On Me," also an important part of Cocoon's current label portfolio. The Texan that lives in Valencia, Spain delivers a brilliant performance with ten tracks or remixes (among them Silicone Soul and Popof), including four unreleased tracks. Estornell's distinctive style stamps the night with his hallucinogenic vocals and deep hypnotic beats, illuminating the club with an energy that is literally everywhere. Thanks to the preacher vocals in "The Poem," a longing, subsonic pulse in the "Jazzersize" remix of the soul anthem "3am," the reduced, pumping funk of "The Pressure" or the programmatic, Maetrik-style definition "Particle House" with his breathless house mantra, the limits of time and space are overridden effectively, before the final "Crush On Me" -- one of the best club tracks in 2011 -- provides the set with a conclusive climax.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	So Real
Label:	DUMB-UNIT (CANADA)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	DU 056EP

Originally from the USA and now relocated to Spain, Eric Estornel is making incredible leaps and strides, releasing some of the most devastating yet unique music in the industry. His DJing obsession began back in 1993 at the age of 15, and he's been infatuated ever since. Currently, his pseudonyms Maetrik, Mariel Ito, and Maceo Plex are under great demand for their rich dynamic production and unique blend of techno, house, funk, and electro that only Eric can devise.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Space Chronic EP
Label:	MOTHERSHIP
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MSHIP 008EP

Maetrik's Space Chronic EP combines the innovation of techno with a sense of fun. "Sex With Bass" explores the type of low frequencies that usually occur when suspension bridges tear apart. "Stab Jockey" throws a techno curveball, utilizing rhythmic synths over a simple beat. Midway through, the line clears out for full-frequency busting bass drops. "Crawl Machine" immediately builds a head-nodding groove that wastes no time firing off its boosters. Sneaky builds shoot you off into orbit.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Melted Mind EP
Label:	MOTHERSHIP
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MSHIP 027EP

Maetrik's Melted Mind EP features some perfect examples of his amazing talents. "Show Me" starts off with a super-funky techno groove (two things that don't usually go together) that leads to a drop that sounds like an angry wasp flying full-speed throughout your brain. "Simpleman" is a great example of Maetrik's versatility. Instead of a hardcore techno bit, you'll hear a very groovy, almost reserved jazz-techno fusion joint that still retains some heavy beats to keep it real.

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Sexus
Label:	REGULAR (SPAIN)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	REGUL 028EP

"From Dallas, Eric Estornel has arrived, who is none other than Maetrik or Mariel-Ito. Take hold yourself that they come curved... The constant mutations and growth in its sound since it dazzled us all with the Casi Profundo album or with singles such as 'Aggravate Me' has taken to him to a maximum point of maturity since his arrival on Regular. 'Sexus' is an amazing track: technoid, intense, without fissures, forceful and direct. 'Acces EBM' takes a darker way if it fits, with a big bass which walks and it makes you walk to his side -- you are not scared, for he does not bite! 'Nexus' could perfectly be the single of the disc. Spectacular production, wasting class, talent and creativity."

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Transform
Label:	REGULAR (SPAIN)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	REGUL 032EP

"New passage in the Maetrik-Regular relation that consolidates with this Transform, new delivery of the man of Dallas. 'Transform' is a martian song, a disquieting voice that from the catacombs shows the way to the dance floor to us with a track evolutionary and hypnotic. 'Acid Uprock' goes more direct to the objective, without contemplations. Groove aggressive, dark and effervescent sequences. 'Hexus' is pure intensity. A melody sequential and marked that moves, moves, moves."

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Aggravate Me
Label:	STIL VOR TALENT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SVT 004EP

"Stil vor Talent proudly presents an extraordinary artist -- Maetrik. Most of you already know this guy and his releases on Treibstoff, Morris Audio and Substatic. The boy from Texas builds two techno bombs, that are gonna explode. The track 'Aggravate Me' on side A is a monster, that comes with a splatter vocal.The track 'Absence of Mind' on side B makes you anxious and shows that Maetrik is the producer of tomorrow. This record will show you what fear really feels like."

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	The Prophecy
Label:	TIC TAC TOE RECORDS (DENMARK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	TTT 016EP

"The Danish label for top-notch minimal house & techno -- presents a fantastic solo release by US wonder boy Maetrik. We presented you with this Dallas, TX hero and his brilliant remix of Theodor Zox's 'Extruder' -- a remix we, by the way, were very happy to license to Tiefschwarz's Fabric 29 mix CD. Now, we give you a full EP of primo stuff straight from Maetrik's twisted brain. He's been fusing house, techno and electro into his own unique blend for a decade and has already proved his versatility in shaping beats and sound forms on an impressive back catalog of releases on Treibstoff, SubStatic, Stil vor Talent..."

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Quality Exertion
Label:	TREIBSTOFF (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	TREIB 003CD

"What most people associate with Dallas, is probably the TV series with the famous J.R. and his intricate gang, which was one of the first US soap operas that invaded Europe in mid-eighties. But Dallas, is also a source of good musicians and one of them is Maetrik, aka Eric Estornel, who released the Connect EP in 2000. His album for Treibstoff charms the listener with smooth, fresh sounds and 'alive' effects, which give the music a breathing feeling. The tracks are on the edge of pop-driving music with a 'Detroit feeling' and a safe 'soul' taste, that keep them floating without leaving them undefined. Between hyperactive synthesizer sounds, sunrise topics and a touch of industrial techno, Maetrik shows his flexibility and delivers a debut album that fits perfectly with today´s demand for quality music."

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Casi Profundo
Label:	TREIBSTOFF (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	TREIB 008CD

"And now, we proudly present Maetrik, probably the only master across all frequencies existing in our universe. Maetrik, actually the virtuoso of dodgy pumping tunes and a good old friend of the constantly expanding label Treibstoff, comes along in broadband LP format thus proving his eternal qualities. Highly recommended basslines spiced up with dinky sawtooth ornamentics are caressing melancholically abraded vocoder sounds that seem to come straight outta the andromeda fog. Like listenable Autechre tunes: abstract, bouncing, but at the same time deeply rooted in the current dance-floor world; earthily pushing and at the same time wallowing in sound planes. Basically, Maetrik is a real miracle and simply overthrows all the parameters of this narrow-minded century. Inherent in every single corner is a new gimmick, another surprise for the sacral understanding of rave. And underneath the elegantly hammering surface structures, the space is crawling with bizarre creatures avoiding any closer observation. Well, you'll never know where a journey into outta space will end."

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Tiny Destructor
Label:	TREIBSTOFF (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	TREIB 058EP

"Another release from Maetrik's latest album Casi Profundo. We never thought this track would get so much positive reaction by friends and record-dealers... but determining was at least Maetrik's strict wish, that made us release this title on vinyl as it was only available with the CD album until today. 'Tiny Destructor' is surely an anthem in waiting, one that cannot fail to move you, then take you apart. Treibstoff label-boss Marcel Janovsky delivers his remix as a dance version, that has the typical Janovsky-groove, very close to the original."

Artist:	MAETRIK
Title:	Advanced Mechanics EP
Label:	TREIBSTOFF (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	TREIB 078EP

"Black Ice and Glamorous Terror are the trademark colors used by Treibstoff exclusive Maetrik on this one. The Cuban-born and raised Texan knows a thing or two about the abyss and its inconsistencies, so it's no wonder seeing him pushing the envelope right between the extremes of known truth and everyday routine. His serial killer groove presents cyborgs as tracks, featuring beats like axes, invents the industrial house subgenre in the blink of an eye, lets the mainframe breathing in fumes and plays suicide pong in gamers hell. Still his tracks stay sexy in a manic way and aim directly at your solar plexus, introducing themselves as some kind of revolutionary ballad for OS-tired robots with vocals by futurist junkies stuck on obscure substances from the rain forest. You can be assured that this guy produces his music with an anarchist stocking mask on his face, having implanted three or more artificial limbs for optimized sound control and sleeping with several tomes of William Gibson's best stories under his pillow. It's at least what we think over at Treibstoff headquarters. Maybe Pacman feels this way on a monday morning, disrupted and hopeful at the same time, and proclaiming that the revolution doesn't give a fuck about interviews cos it's busy eating up its own breed."

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