What has the recent house revolution/revival given our beloved scene? On the one hand, literally an ocean of top notch productions meshing perfectly together a well know, classic genre with more modern solutions provided by the latest technology from both experienced producers and relative new comers. However, the other side of the medallion is far less optimistic, as the number of forgettable, conga house tracks based on overly simple two note basslines a la Nic Curly, 8 Bit and Cecille is simply daunting at times, at others, frankly speaking, somewhat difficult to digest and put up with. Manuel Tur, a 22 year old producer from the German city of Essen, was somewhere between these two extremes in my view. That is, until I spent some quality time with his debut artist album '0201', as the experience inclined me to put him into the first of the above mentioned categories, despite the fact that the record is not without its faults. Or fault, to be precise.
It pretty much goes without saying that piecing together an album filled with electronic music is no easy feat. Many seasoned studio veterans have blown their first effort after years of consistently releasing stellar singles and EPs. As have far less experienced producers by doing nothing more with their first long players than producing 10 or so samey sounding dancefloor tracks. Mr. Tur, fortunately, dared to do differently. His album, when viewed as a whole, is a well rounded effort which sounds as if it were recorded by somebody much older and more experienced. How so? Simply because there's a wide range of styles on the LP, from straight up, fit for the dancefloor material to slightly broken chillout music.
Tur had the balls to think outside the box in terms of form and structure, in the end resulting in a very diverse and at the same time very coherent record, which will undoubtedly find its fair share of fans. So what's the catch? Well, the truth of the matter is that '0201' contains just one standout track, namely, the highly percussive, energetic and simply beautiful 'Radical'. The rest of the cuts, unfortunately, carry little to no emotional charge, which at the end of the day means that they won't even have you checking particular titles whilst giving the record a spin or two.
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