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BIT 020EP
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"After the fantastic Gez Varley and Geoff White releases in the past few months, Persistencebit returns strong once more with the Swedish minimal techno artists Johan Skugge and Mikael Stavöstrand, who work their collaborative gear into a feverish lather on a new trio of high-octane cuts. Immaculately constructed and executed with precision, the duo's material isn't as skeletal as one might expect-ample noise and commotion appear alongside the tunes' grooves-and, in its acidy moments, Pink Phantom sometimes sounds like Audion, albeit in a slightly less raucous frame of mind. Working a lithe and rubbery techno march on the A-side's charging title cut, Skugge and Stavöstrand deepen the cut's hypnotic impact with the incessant hoot of a cuckoo motif while keeping the groove stoked with roiling bass lines and percussion-enhanced beats. Augmented by an announcer's looped 'test' utterance, 'Gotcha' jacks with an irrepressible and seductively infectious tech-house swing that will pull even the most resistant clubber onto the dance floor, while 'Mantradisk' closes the flip with jittery techno swing. No one should be too surprised by the material's polished veneer, given the wealth of experience the Mitek and Force Inc. vets bring to the project."
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ONITOR 039CD
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This is Swedish producers Johan Skugge and Mikael Stavöstrand's fourth release on Onitor. Minimal and Mitek sounds not only great together, it really belongs together. It does not mean that the system of these Swedish producers is limited to minimal -- they also like it hot and sweaty when producing their tracks. Stavöstrand has managed within the last year to establish himself in the genre as an important key player with releases for labels like Force Inc. and Mille Plateaux. His clear and magnifying vision of techno, spiced with electronica and arty-moments makes everybody fall in love. Last spring saw the release of an amazing dubby and minimal collaboration between Stavöstrand and Skugge, which cemented the duo as a successful and melodically dance-oriented pair. This time around, the tracks come in a huge variety. Humla is hectic, but still finds its balance enough to head straight for the dance floor. These are academic and structured dance tunes, with flashes of deconstructed hedonism, as Skugge and Stavöstrand utilize a never-ending flow of changes and developments which take the songs to unexpected levels, turns and flips. Imagine a supergroup set-up with Detroit legends like Anthony "Shake" Shakir and now-a-days-cut-and-twist-houser Herbert -- and you get an impression of what this new offering from Stavöstrand and Skugge sounds like.
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ONITOR 041EP
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Another fantastic collaboration between Swedish producers Mikael Stavöstrand and his buddy Johan Skugge. Hectic, hot and sweaty tracks depart from their more subtle minimalism, embracing unexpected dancefloor structures. Think Detroit, think Anthony 'Shake' Shakir. Minimal and Mitek never sounded so good together.
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ONITOR 038EP
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"Minimal and Mitek sounds not only great together, it really belongs together -- does not mean that the system of these Swedish producers is limited to minimal, in deed they are far away from dogmatism and genre-fixes -- they also like it hot and sweaty when producing their tracks. The result of their straight work: an album (and two EPs) even much more intense than the Rheinsberger EP. The tracks come with a huge variety. They are hectic, but still they find their balance to go straight enough to get your booty on the dance floor. You find the often dropped academic dance floor in these tunes, but in a never before experienced hedonistic way. Their compositions lacks all kinds of traditional structure, instead they use an ever going flow of small (and big) changes and developments which takes the songs to unexpected levels, and turns, and flips, and up and down and back again... Very fluffy. Imagine a supergroupset -- up with Detroit legends like Anthony 'Shake' Shakir and now-a-days-cut-and-twist-houser Herbert -- and you get an impression how the new tracks of Stavöstrand and Skugge sound like."
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