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ZAI 005EP
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Bratha is the name of the Berlin based collaboration of Matt Nowak, aka No Mad Ronin, and The Analogue Cops aka Lucretio and Marieu. Topless Dancers is their debut EP on Matt Nowak's imprint Zaijenroots. As usual, this release combines refined samples and quotes with extremely solid, pumpin' beats and fat basslines. The grooves move smoothly from the metronomic dance attitude with a Romanian touch - topless dancers - of the title track, to the wobbling "Estate", undergoing to the suspended, melancholic fluctuations of "Space Boogie" and the slow "No Mad Ronin's Death".
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ZAI 004EP
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Tracks by Toyz on Acid, Matt Nowak & Sabine Hoffmann, Nowak & Apoena, and Nowak & SRA SRA.
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ZAI 003EP
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Matt Nowak inaugurated Zaijenroots under his No Mad Ronin moniker alongside Jerome Sydenham in 2013 (ZAI 001EP), before reappearing for the second release with Quiet Daze (Ian Pooley) on remix duties (ZAI 002EP). Here, "Aleister" sees Nowak and Sebastian Klenk create an acosmic track that opens with a touch of funk before sullen synths make way for punchy SP-1200 beats and unsettling throbs. Sydenham's remix of No Mad Ronin's "Chemical Planet," from Zaijenroots' second release, features a perennial hook joined by intangible spoken samples and a subtle sub-bass. The subterranean "Lenore" ties things together with echoes and spacey atmospherics.
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ZAI 002EP
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Mat Ronin aka No Mad Ronin debuted on Ibadan in 2012. The original mix of title-cut "Chemical Planet" kicks things off here, a raw, dubbed-out number, built around gritty, shuffling drums, heavily-delayed chord stabs, hypnotic bass tones and tension-building atmospherics. Processed vocals are thrown into the mix as well as subtle nuances in the key elements, creating a blossoming dynamic. Following on is the Quiet Daze remix. Daze, better known as Ian Pooley, offers up a stunningly contrasting mix, opting for a more direct 4/4 feel to the drums, while stuttering synth lines and swirling atmospherics flutter around the foundations. "See the Jungle Within" winds things down with an ethereal vibe.
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ZAI 001EP
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The debut 12" Zaijenroots takes in two tracks from No Mad Ronin and two collaborative ones from his sometime-mentor, Jerome Sydenham. Both producer's contributions sit in the landscape between late-night hypnotic house music and techno and all four tracks are master classes in trippy restraint.
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