Browse by Label: RETREAT (GERMANY)

Artist:	QUARION
Title:	Dusty Fingers
Label:	RETREAT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	RTR 003EP

"Just in time to conclude a bittersweet summer (at least in Berlin), Retreat brings the heat with a soulful EP from one of his founders, hotshot producer Quarion. As the name implies, Dusty Fingers sees the beatmaker return to his hip-hop roots and dig in the crates for a sample-based deep & dirty 3 tracker! 'Turn Off The Light' is a tribute to mid-nineties house garage classics, when the drums were phat and the basslines heavy: a distant breakbeat introduces a rhodes loop before the elements combine into a powerful groove. The beat stops while beautiful chords and hair-raising strings evolve from the background and it's then time for the bouncy bassline to kick in. The track keeps rolling as whispers begging you to 'Turn Off The Light' get more present but the song soon drops into an emotional break complete with soulful vocals and extra instrumentation. When the beat comes back in, you know the track has classic written all over it. Seems Like starts with a heavy 808 pattern and phased drone that later evolves into a string section. The beat is locked down with the introduction of a percussion riff and jumping bassline while you're taken on a deep excursion as nautilus-style keys and moody vocals bring you underwater. The flashing hi-hats keep the whole song moving and you're soon left with only the groove to keep you company. The keys sneak in from the background and you're taken once more on an underwater journey before the beat brings you safely to the shore."

Artist:	HUNEE
Title:	Barrio Payment
Label:	RETREAT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	RTR 004EP

"After a split 12'' and two EPs from its founders, your favourite vinyl-only label welcomes an exciting new artist for its fourth release. Hailing from Berlin, Hunee is a true music lover, a passionate DJ and an amazing producer (not to mention a top notch friend). His recent productions on Feel Music, w.t. Records and Drumpoet Community have caught the ear of many key players and made him one to watch in 2010. Needless to say, Hunee takes it to a whole other level with his Barrio Payment trilogy: from soulful house to slow-mo disco via Afrobeat, the producer holds nothing back and that's exactly how we like it at Retreat hq. Is this really house music? Does anyone care? Similar to the beat freakings of Tony Allen or IG Culture, 'Barrio Payment' rolls and rolls with a solid bassline anchoring the groove. But just when you think it's just a drum & bass workout, Detroit-style stabs warp the track in another new dimension and turn it into the official soundtrack to Nigeria's upcoming space program."

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