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01. TVA - Radio Camaldoli Stereo
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02. Andrea Oliva - Empty Lips
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03. Dark Sky - Rainkist (Trevino's Heartbeat Remix)
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04. Gui Boratto - Joker (Dave DK Mix)
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05. Ricardo Tobar - Garden (Daniel Avery Remix)
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06. Alex Niggemann - Hurricane (Club Mix)
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07. Trikk - Volta
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08. Dubspeeka - SK4
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09. Baikal - Pelican's Flight
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10. Philipp Stoya - Rula
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11. TVA - Stolen Jacket
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12. Speaking Minds - Monongahela (Denis Horvat Remix)
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13. MUUI - Rsrsrs
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14. Aril Brikha & Sebastian Mullaert - Illuminate
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15. Valet - Crisis Of Faith
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16. Etapp Kyle - Opto
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17. Alex Niggemann - Divergent
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18. Antigone - Blue Note
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19. Ø [Phase] - Astryx
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ARTIST
NIGGEMANN, ALEX
TITLE
Balance Presents Alex Niggemann
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
BALANCE MUSIC
CATALOG #
BAL 019CD
BAL 019CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
11/18/2016
Balance Music's latest offering comes from Germany's
Alex Niggemann
. Niggemann steps up to the plate with an emotive, murky, and deep selection of grooves. Alex Niggemann's work has always been focused around deep atmospherics and mysterious melodies. His AEON imprint has brought through names like
Speaking Minds
and
Denis Horvat
, both of which are featured here. Putting together this mix proved to be a challenge he relished. His shortlist of track choices was whittled down by a process of elimination: a certain track isn't available, so an alternative selection comes into play. "It is a bit like being a soccer manager" he says, "being flexible and able to react to certain changes, still making the whole team work together best." So seamless and congruent is his selection, however, that you'd never know this to listen to it. "For me it was important to create new 'songs' between each track during the transitions between them. For me, a 'mixtape' was always about that; trying to avoid obvious changes and create a fusion between songs, keeping the same mood, so the listener doesn't hear a new song coming in, but realizes after a few minutes that there was a change." His brooding take on deep, melodic and often dramatic techno fits together harmoniously, subtle changes modulating the mix in granular fashion. Beginning with the near-beatless ambience of
TVA
's "Radio Camaldoli Stereo" with pared back melodies and FX harkening back to the vintage days of progressive house before
Andrea Oliva
's "Empty Lips" imparts sorrowful melody and militant snare rolls.
Trevino
's take on
Dark Sky
's "Rainkist" intorduces the first tense vocal, going into the shimmering melodies of
Dave DK
and
Gui Boratto
and the expert hypnosis of
Daniel Avery
on
Ricadro Tobar
's "Garden". A new exclusive from Niggemann, "Hurricane", yields a graceful vocal over squelchy kicks, with
Trikk
and
Dubspeeka
providing throbbing tracks with delicate melodies.
Baikal
's minimalist approach provides deep introspection before the warm acid of
Philipp Stoya
's "Rula" adds a touch of machine funk. TVA and Denis Horvat take the listener into even more tripped-out waters. Going deep again with
MUUI
's "Rsrsrs",
Aril Brikha
&
Sebastian Mullaert
laying on rampant riffs aplenty on "Illuminate" and
Valet
's "Crisis Of Faith" opening up the atmospheric space further.
Etapp Kyle
's "Opto" plunges the listener deeper still.
Antigone
and
Ø [Phase]
to draw the mix to a close via some floaty ambient techno.
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