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Artist:	SKULL, THE
Title:	Enter The Skull
Label:	KINDISCH (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KD 006EP

"Get Physical's sub-label reaches number six with the debut from Berlin-based Swedish producer and Mitek label boss, Mikael Stavöstrand. One of the more innovative house and techno producers around, Mikael's admirers include Magda and James Holden -- and as soon as the needle drops on this release, his distinctive grooves will get inside your head too! First up is 'All You Booty Shakers,' an aptly named tracky house jam that will let all the creative DJs get busy. It will also keep the dancers entertained, with its metallic drum sound and weird vocal samples bringing a trippy feeling to the party! It's followed by 'Sensuella,' which sees Mikael opt for a deeper sound. The groove is understated but the melodies are achingly beautiful and this track oozes emotion and captures the feeling of falling in love for the first time as it seeps through the speakers. Next up is 'Keep It Moving,' which returns to the sweaty basement. The combination of repetitive acid riffs, which unfold over murky rhythms, with half-heard vocals will tip any party over the edge and onto the next level. Finally, Mikael goes back to the tracky sound at the start of the EP for 'Soundclash.' There's not much to this one, just a one-note bass, some carefully placed percussion and more very weird vocals, but it'll be a deadly effective assault on the senses in the early hours of the morning."

Artist:	SKULL, THE
Title:	Must Have Back
Label:	KINDISCH (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	KD 015EP

"The Skull returns to Kindisch with four impeccably sultry and leftfield dancefloor cuts. 'Must Have Back' is a silky, chicaning mix of ice-cool male vocals and slick, vacuum-packed percussion that will prove devastating to discerning dancefloors, while 'Lalalala' is a raw, spaced-out house jam that serves up spry, bouncy congas, wobbly bass and clipped hi-hat patterns with no small amount of dubby echo and delay. 'Forever Ever' is a wonderfully trippy slice of minimal techno, a heady bass and percussion workout haunted by the blue, smoky ghosts of jazz keys. Be careful -- you may well find yourself hypnotized forever.The mood is less abstract but no less intense or inviting for deep, reverb-laden closing track, 'Lovesong.' An insistent kick-drum and mind-bending FX make this prime dancefloor material, but the mood of the track is more complex -- wistful, pining, mindful of the past, expectant of the future -- a love song through and through."

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