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FRM 034LP
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After over 15 years mastering his art of production, Daniel Steinberg steps out of the shadows to unveil his debut artist album Shut Up on Front Room -- a scathing, yet very eloquent message to the all too often meaningless noise and communication of the digital age: the uninspired, the shallow and the generic. Steinberg has always shied away from press attention, instead preferring to craft his music shrouded from ego and hype. His productions have been supported by the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Claude Von Stroke and Richie Hawtin, and he is very much an unsung hero of the scene. As Berlin's underground throbbed with minimal beats and stripped-down house, Steinberg seemed to reach into the concrete shadows and caverns and emerge with something shimmering with real heart and feeling. Dicing Brazilian samples with killer beats and laying on the glitch to heavy effect, this type of behavior is definitely exercised to stunning effect across the LP. The title track is an entangled backdrop of resonant percussion grooves, softly lifted and driven forwards by the hypnotic, cynical vocals and unfolding to reveal a myriad of aberrant soundscapes. Latin American-flavored "Attencion" delivers sliced and warped piano lines that build and fall with each mesmeric pass as samba rhythms and percussion stutter, cut and break away. From the killer disco grooves of "Time Is Not Forever" to the jacking house of "Gimme" or the dream-like undercurrent of "Save My Darling," Steinberg's production breathes something deeply accomplished and enormously creative across the album while retaining a definite dancefloor sensibility. A veritable chameleon of Berlin's musical landscape since he first started producing his colorful vision of house and techno back in 1994, a time when Berlin's sound was stripped back and very distinctive, Steinberg was already thriving outside this box, experimenting with exotic world samples and having fun fusing elements together to make a cohesive whole that was always greater than the sum of its parts. Before long, his productions were brought permanently to the attention of Front Room label boss Jesse Rose, a guy with a very similar ethos on the flexibility of house music and a kindred penchant for delving into samples of the past to transmogrify their best elements. Daniel's talent of drawing on vintage and tropical elements to bring soul, warmth and, sometimes the completely unexpected, to modern house was enough to persuade Jesse this guy needed to be signed -- for the long term. Shut Up is a dazzlingly unique take on modern house music, to say the least.
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FRM 026EP
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"Daniel Steinberg continues to have great success on labels such as Microfon, Grandpetrol and Stylerockets and is also the main representative for Front Room Recordings. With his last EP -- featuring 'Keep On Movin' and 'Don't You Know?' -- enjoying such widespread success, we thought we should call upon the remix skills of Roman Flügel and Siopis for this release. Roman has been artistically active since the 1990s with his own labels Playhouse, Ongaku Musik and Klang Elektronik contributing some of the best house around throughout the years. His remixes for the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Human League, Primal Scream and Kylie Minogue have garnered him a worldwide recognition, and now he delivers in true style to Front Room. Siopis, fresh from his Get Physical release Penny From The Lane, has also recently remixed Mr. Static which has further pushed his name into the international dance music vocabulary. His work can also be spotted on some of the most prominent labels like Get Physical, BPitch Control and Crosstown Rebels to name a few. Three quality remixes making one brilliant EP that maintains Front Room at the top of its game."
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"Having had great success on labels such as Microfon, Grandpetrol and Stylerockets, Daniel Steinberg is now one of the main representatives on Front Room and with this release delivers another innovative new twist on house. With the summer sounds of his last Front Room release Cobra Limbos still resonating around clubs, festivals and house lovers, Daniel delivers two more huge tracks. 'Uptown' has the beats, bleeps and bass that Daniel has become renowned for, and with its cut-up vocals is catching people's heads just like he did with his huge smash 'Pay For Me.' On the flip, 'Revival' is a more hypnotically deep groover that builds continuously yet remains innovative and intriguing from beginning to end. Daniel Steinberg's releases are being played by the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Claude VonStroke and Richie Hawtin to name a few, and his talents continue to blossom with every stroke. Many of Daniel Steinberg's productions are mainstays in the sets of label boss Jesse Rose, whose global popularity is a product of his individual style and fresh take on music. This release is another illustration of Jesse's A&R skills in full action. Artists such as Jesse Rose, Solid Groove (aka Switch), Trevor Loveys, Deadset and Style of Eye are just some of the artists that have released on Front Room Recordings in the past."
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