Browse by Artist: PIKAYA

Artist:	PIKAYA
Title:	Kambrium
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 017EP

"Pikaya take to the A-side with a flourish of robes and flashing beams of light. 'Jedi' is not the track you're looking for... wait, no -- it absolutely is the track you're looking for, all mind tricks aside. Kicking off with a sparse drum pattern, it quickly shifts from a measured andante to an easy jog, as resonant synths and sweeping filters whip up desert winds and high drama. High, lonesome counterpoints and a moody chord progression carry the faintest whiff of Ennio Morricone's outlaw music, and playful trills -- you could almost swear they were birdcalls -- suggest a secret oasis hidden just behind the next hill. If you find 'Jedi' cinematic, then 'Fango' will really blow your wide-screen mind. Starting with a rhythmic underpinning that's everything you've come to expect from a Cadenza track -- tight, ultra-kinetic, just a little bit jittery -- Pikaya build up layer upon layer of hazy pads and cool arpeggios that shimmer like the aurora borealis. Bullfrog-throated horns occasionally burst in with a fat, amicable fanfare, announcing the arrival of the peak hour. Great, unison handclaps play off against heel-kicking syncopations: madness ensues. And then everything slowly, imperceptibly smears together and loses focus, and the tune fades flickeringly away. Talk about a double feature!"

Artist:	PIKAYA
Title:	Jive
Label:	MEANDER MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	MEANDER 003EP

"Here we are fully back with a new signing on Meander. It was a long way to present you the new record from the acclaiming boys of Pikaya (Daniel Ramm and Frank Greiner). You possibly know these guys from your last weekend all around Europe. After their last wonderful release Kambrium on the great Cadenza imprint, we bring you a very special record from this guys called Jive. Inspired by its form of dance style in 4/4 time, a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, yes, a part of swing dance."

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