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SM 031EP
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"In Solotempo's latest effort, there's more than just a faint echo of the irresistible grooves of warm, soulful Detroit house. It's highly danceable stuff that won't hit you in the face, but will bathe you in sensual analogue sounds. Every single tone on this record is of analogue origin, all mixed in real time to what essentially is an electronic live album."
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SM 030EP
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"Solotempo's new EP basks shamelessly in catchy harmonies, indulges in bassdrums and wallows in the beauty of analog sounds processed with precision. 'New Ears' is firmly rooted on the dancefloor. On this particular dancefloor, you're plunged into discreetly arranged, hypnotising house and minimal tracks, which don't simply sit on their beat, but gracefully summersault again and again, creating those unique moments of eternity. Fittingly, Solotempo's sounds should work best on springy forest soil, at around four or five in the morning when dawn breaks and the sun rises."
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SM 016EP
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"Solotempo are Jean-Claude Langensand and André Senn. This is a devastating twelve, able to bang with the best of them, fracturing a hip-hop phenomenon into a block stopping electroid mash up, capable of destroying weak-hearted systems. Enlisting remix support from Raf & Superdefekt feat Mark Boombastik, the result is a rampaging, careering party tune, jiggered, body-moving bass, laptop hiccups and joy, whistles! No one trick tune this, as the crowd participation swells to a frenzy, the bass annihilation begins, uncategorizable, delirious madness....Solotempo's own remix of the tune opens the flipside in fine styles. A pensive padding crunch allows a moment of recollection, splintering sounds only part prepare us for the roughest piece hardcore around right now. Digitally created, the bass is immense, the surges reminiscent of a legendary, occasional phenomenon like the Gescom acid set. Vocals splinter even further, perhaps enacting the words in a totally fresh way -- no piledriving monotony, just purest liquid hard digital funk."
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SM 007CD
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"Switzerland's SpezialMaterial crew return once again with another new artist, another crushing EP and yet another packaging concept that leaves mouths watering without fail. These guys truly are a force to be reckoned with, having grabbed the attention of the Skam crew and electronic heads around the world, it's easy to see why anyone who comes across their obscure releases clamours for more. Solotempo's debut effort is a devastatingly crunchy electronic affair, all squashed beats and deep basslines, the kinds of atmospheric keys that Gescom delight in doing our heads in with...just the right side of futuristic bliss."
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