“Orkestar” is an eclectic track that builds up on simple elements and reaches to a dramatic climax. Rooted on a rock solid drum and hihat pattern, a variety of little percussive parafernalia, played live, colors the track and leads us to dance heaven. A simple structure acts as a canvas for electronic, noisy melodic elements and a voice sample adds the right amount of intensity.
“Kurduca” is also a showcase for Toro’s mastery of percussive hooks. Innovative and deeply latin on its hihat work, a steady , barely melodic line runs over the whole track with great dancefloor effect. There are plenty of details such as hushed voices, spoken samples and glitchy undertones that result on a sophisticated, highly danceable contemporary track.

LA BOUCHE is the new EP written and produced by Monopolar, a Mexican-peruvian-colombian duo (bio attached).

The EP includes the original track, a rework made by the artists and a remix produced by NICONÉ (side project of Alexander Gerlach and S. Braemer, based in Berlin).

The original mix is very dark, enigmatic piece of tech house, heavily based on a syncopated Latin American rhythmic pattern as most of Monopolar music. The origins of this percussive structure lays on afro-colombian Pacific Coast music, and the sounds come from native instruments such as tinajo (tub bass), guasá (a bamboo tube filled with dry seeds), and quijada (jawbone). On top of this, Monopolar knits a techy soundscape through processed melodies, Cuban piano samples and a caribbean-french female voice saying “I´m kissing you in the mouth”. Everything is, though, aimed to the dancefloor and not obvious in the first listening.

The second track, “L’autre bouche”, is a more plain, hypnotic voiceless version, in which a steady vocoder-like melody builds up along the track with a minimal feel.

The Niconé Remix is a twisted version, based on the deconstruction of the vocals and dark, spooky moments, a very fun and weird approach to the original sounds with a deep bassdrum and beautiful synth work.