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Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Shunyata
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 006CD

This is the debut album from Frankfurt's Reboot aka Frank Heinrich. The term shunyata comes from Buddhism and translates loosely as "emptiness." But not just in the negative sense: it speaks also to impermanence, a state of constant flux. It's a great description of Reboot's music, where everything is in constant and kaleidoscopic motion. From the sound designs to the grooves to the way the tracks evolve, they all interconnect; intricate polyrhythms wind through the music like ivy, binding the album together. It's those rhythms you're likely to notice first: dazzling arrays of congas, bells, cymbals, shakers, woodblocks; sounds like tuned water-drops or aluminum barrels; steely drum machines slicing the air like knives. But behind the layers of percussion there are stranger, shadowier elements at work: chimes, pings, electronic gurgles, scraps of faraway voices, field recordings, and beneath it all, a spongy, squishy bed of bass, comforting and all-encompassing. Heinrich's modular synthesizer system plays a key role in fashioning the music's unusual contours. It's an open-ended collection of devices -- oscillators, filters, sequencers and esoteric functions -- wired together and able to be re-routed in infinite ways. There are no presets. Shunyata's long, undulating lines and morphological structures reward deep, repeated listening. There's the headlong tumble of the Detroit-inspired "Hermano" for joyous peaktime moments, the liquid spiral of "Down Pantha" for the hours where time stands still. "Rambon," with its easy skip and glimmering melody, is like springtime on wax. Tracks like "We Only Just," "Me Show" and "Save Me" offer darker vibes, heads-down and hypnotic. "Dreilach" goes even deeper, with a rippling bass melody that gets deep inside your chest, your brain, your veins. The title track seems to spin at two velocities at once, balancing a driving, linear groove with half-speed voices to create a sense of suspended animation -- the perfect encapsulation of the album's central theme. And "Uruana" and "Sanchez Says" bracket the album with percussive forays into far-out terrain, with trace elements of global folk sounds. It's tribal music, no doubt, influenced by, and made for, a worldwide family of listeners and fellow creators.

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Rambon EP
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	CADENZA 050EP

Reboot's "Rambon" is crafted with a DJ in mind, with a perfect groove assembling itself almost magically, with every percussive line snapping right into place. But for all the naturalism of the rhythm, there's a strangeness, a kind of ambient undertow, as sounds from the real world color the background. It feels less like a composition than a DJ mix, the kind where the parts combine to create something far greater than their sum. Also includes Luciano's remix of "Uruana."

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Shunyata
Label:	CADENZA (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$25.50
Catalog #:	CADENZA 051LP

2x12" version. This is the debut album from Frankfurt's Reboot aka Frank Heinrich. The term shunyata comes from Buddhism and translates loosely as "emptiness." But not just in the negative sense: it speaks also to impermanence, a state of constant flux. It's a great description of Reboot's music, where everything is in constant and kaleidoscopic motion. From the sound designs to the grooves to the way the tracks evolve, they all interconnect; intricate polyrhythms wind through the music like ivy, binding the album together. It's those rhythms you're likely to notice first: dazzling arrays of congas, bells, cymbals, shakers, woodblocks; sounds like tuned water-drops or aluminum barrels; steely drum machines slicing the air like knives. But behind the layers of percussion there are stranger, shadowier elements at work: chimes, pings, electronic gurgles, scraps of faraway voices, field recordings, and beneath it all, a spongy, squishy bed of bass, comforting and all-encompassing. Heinrich's modular synthesizer system plays a key role in fashioning the music's unusual contours. It's an open-ended collection of devices -- oscillators, filters, sequencers and esoteric functions -- wired together and able to be re-routed in infinite ways. There are no presets. Shunyata's long, undulating lines and morphological structures reward deep, repeated listening. There's the headlong tumble of the Detroit-inspired "Hermano" for joyous peaktime moments, the liquid spiral of "Down Pantha" for the hours where time stands still. Tracks like "We Only Just," and "Save Me" offer darker vibes, heads-down and hypnotic. "Dreilach" goes even deeper, with a rippling bass melody that gets deep inside your chest, your brain, your veins. The title track seems to spin at two velocities at once, balancing a driving, linear groove with half-speed voices to create a sense of suspended animation -- the perfect encapsulation of the album's central theme.

Artist:	REBOOT
Title:	Ronson
Label:	COCOON (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.50
Catalog #:	COR 058EP

Reboot has been playing an outstanding role at Cocoon. Now, Frankfurt-based producer Frank Heinrich brings you Ronson, which will rapidly make clear where the journey leads. With sirens and discharges of compressed air, on the title track Heinrich appears uncompromisingly energetic and always sexy. The polyrhythmic, percussive "Mirasierra" gives the tired dancers a short break, even if the dub-ornamented bass line sometimes creates discoid moments. Both tracks are suitable for tropical moments on cold winter nights. On blue-colored vinyl.

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