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01. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Old Memories (The Beginning Mix)
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02. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Aqua (Album Edit)
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03. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - 2022 Whispers (feat. Lazarusman) (Album Retouch)
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04. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Fool's Gold (feat. Jono McCleery) (Album Original Version)
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05. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Echoes & The Beauty (Jackspeare Interpretation)
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06. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Disharmony (Original Mix)
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07. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Waterfall Drops (The Last Update Mix)
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08. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Sonus (Jackspeare Original Interpretation)
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09. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Bang Bang (feat. Keely Timlin) (Back to 2013 Mix)
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10. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Jackspeare Theme (Album Version)
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11. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Digisong (Original Vision)
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12. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Universum (Jackspeare Original Interpretation)
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13. Karol Xvii & Mb Valence - Humanity (Album Final Cut)
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ARTIST
KAROL XVII & MB VALENCE
TITLE
Essay
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
GET PHYSICAL MUSIC
CATALOG #
GPM 259CD
GPM 259CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
4/8/2022
Get Physical Music family members
Karol XVII
and
MB Valence
unveil their stunning new album,
Essay
. Following well-received teaser singles, the full album is a storytelling trip through many shades of heartfelt house. Polish pair Karol XVII & MB Valence have been a key part of the global dance scene for more than a decade. In that time, they have established their own Loco Records, been nominated as "Best Deep House Artists" at the Beatport Music Awards and have continued to push the genre forwards. Drawing on their backgrounds as composers and sound engineers, the duo has put out plenty of singles on Get Physical and contributed to 2020's
Retrospective
, but
Essay
is their boldest artistic statement to date. The lovely atmosphere of "Old Memories" opens the album with dreamy ambience and soothing breakbeats before "Aqua" sinks you into a vast and pillowy deep house groove. It's a gorgeous track detailed with delicate synths. The lead single "Whispers" is another stylish and seductive track featuring Johannesburg native and vocalist
Lazarusman
, before
Jono McCleery
features on "Fool's Gold", a richly melodic and harmonic lullaby with vulnerable vocals. Real late-night tension defines "Echoes & The Beauty" (
Jackspeare
Interpretation) with its frazzled synths and mysterious rolling beats, while "Disharmony" is characterized by uneasy, unsettling synth motifs that loop over more cavernous deep house drums. The fascinating album continues through the absorbing dub house and delicate pads of "Waterfall Drops". Another Jackspeare Interpretation, this time of "Sonus", makes for perfectly meditative and melancholic listening, and "Bang Bang" then layers soft shakers over big rubbery kicks while a sensuous vocal hangs in the air. The stunning "Jackspeare Theme" is nearly four minutes of suspensory cosmic ambiance and the album then plays out with the organic broken beats of "Digisong", electro-tinged future soul of "Universum" (Jackspeare Original Interpretation), and pensive synth craft of sublime closer "Humanity".
Essay
is the sumptuous sound of two producers at their very best. Also features
Keely Timlin
.
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