A strong, dry, slow beat accompanied by a warm, smooth bassline, and melancholic pads and vocoder: Aether, the first single from the upcoming album from VHINZ, was an immediate favourite when Clivage Music and its founder Vitalic heard it. Brimming with elegance, carefully produced, understated and subtle… it was oddly surprising to discover this fresh […]
Poltergeist: Kämpfer Poltergeist has that strange power of attraction that hold these personalities with their icy and mysterious aura. As soon as Ari Girard (aka Poltergeist) appears, something happens, he catches the light and strikes the spirits. Kämpfer LP is a ghost story where Poltergeist invites Joy Division, New Order, Talking Heads, The Cure, Can, […]
Don Turi: “Recharging” The first single from an EP coming in September 2022, Recharging gives a taste of what’s next for Don Turi. Resolutely techno, the track harks back to the first raves of the 1990s. With its heavy upfront beat, ethereal break and frenetic loops reminiscent of the TB-303’s heyday (a synth revered by […]
Poltergeist : “La Grande Dame” After the feisty Ich bin ein Kämpfer, Poltergeist unveils the second single from his debut album due in July, in which the (very) young producer from the east of France expresses the terror of humanoids being punished for having betrayed Mother Nature. Hypnotic trance, repetitive hermetic scansion, acid rain, unfurling […]
Poltergeist : “Ich Bin Ein Kämpfer” « I’m a fighter » declares Ari Girard aka Poltergeist. At only 20 years, the fighting spirit publishes his first single extracted from a forthcoming album in June 2022. A robotic rhythm, combined with a majestic mixture of guitars, machines and keyboards, on which the crows of the cold wave, the […]
