Minilogue

“Inca Ep”

WIR009 scanZoom inLabelWir
Cat. No.WIR009
FormatEXCL12"A
Orders fromMon, 23 Apr 2007
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Review

Just as Klaus Kinski once saw the jungle, MINILOGUE see their sound as a multifaceted and highly fecund place whose nevertheless existing and complex matrix does not show itself in any apparent order. Two new tracks on WIR make their way through tight, slippy and steeply ascending paths, working to see the daylight in the befogged territory of the Peruvian rain forest, or they ride on rapid Amazonian rivers looking for El Dorado, while unknown dangers lurk behind. Bushwacking beats slap through the thicket, wandering on the trails of ancient cultures, not fearing any frazzle. Minilogue’s trademark sound already overgrows the dance-floor, wriggles over sweaty walls, into the corners and beneath the turntables, and there’s quite a chance to lose oneself in that labyrinth when not paying attention to where the exit once was.

WIR009 in the media

Anthony Middleton(Audiofly): “ loving the b-side of this track....definitely fits in our sets....gonna play it tonite in sweden...thank you”

Anu Pillai (Freeform 5) : “urumbaba is the one for me!”

BPM Mag (US): “ This track was originally released and revered as the most critical release from this flourishing German imprint. This moody late night misty charmer takes eerie chords, a renaissance styling and crafts the sound into a collage of droning atmospheres. The lead mix from newcomer Kab offers the best option, with a soulful groove that builds unleashing a unique hook and hazy pads. (Praxis) ”

Cass Cutbush (Cass&Mangan/Fine: “Super strong minimal sounds on both sides.”

Cass Cutbush(Cass & Mangan): “ Super strong minimal sounds on both sides.”

Chloe: “i like "urubamba"= i like this track”

Cio Dòr (Treibstoff/Karmarouge: “ INCA subtil psychodelisch zartes abheben im direkten flug in den sommer. B: URUBAMBA psychodelische jazzverspieltheit fliesst in minimalen techno_groove. ein track, der diverse styles in eine einheit verschmilzt & den eindruck vermittelt, nicht von dieser welt zu sein. einlassen & abheben. ”

Dave Begg(M8 Mag UK): “ Anyway yeah, I fucking love this, it's prob my fave tune of the year so far (Inca). Massive plays from me, can't get enough of it. The B-side is pretty cool too but Inca is amazing ”

Emma Thompson(BBC Radio1) : “ Inca - amazing, love the haunting noises, really nice chilled track, but builds nicely with loads more noises being itroduced which is just how i love my music, nice breakdown that drops back to simplicity, really like this. Nice dark edge to it urubamba - nice and deep, lovely minimal bleeps of oucrse, love both tracks ”

Fra Soler(Kompakt / Nitsa Club: “Top quality from Minilogue as usual. INCA is one of the best tracks they've recently released! Hypnotic and slowly growing. Will play it all the time! Urumbaba is more experimantal and maybe not for everybody, but I still enjoy it ”

Funk D'Void (Soma): “yeah mate really liking this one Urubamba!”

Giles Smith (Dj Mag UK): “(...)so much better than most the other records of this style, tight production and some real tension here.”

Gino Scaletti(Differnt Gear) : “ I LOVE THIS! Minilogue are on a very good run at the moment, will be in my box (or rather in my case as it were) for a very long time”

Jeff Bennet (Pokerflat): “Lovely production work as always from the Miniloguers! The tracks are attention grabbing and i enjoy listening to them, im just not getting them to fit my sets. "Urubamba" is the one for me.”

Jeff Milligan: “finally some minimal artists are taking the challenge of writing actual music! the "friendly ghost" remix is pretty. nice to see someone take the risk of putting out content that no one gives a shit about on vinyl anymore!”

Jeff Samuel (Pokerflat): “i like the title track. it will be good for the outdoor venues this summer. kind of a trentemoller vibe, and it's nice and long so i can take a piss break too. ;)”

John Selway: “Quality, out-there stuff, this (..)”

Josh Wink (Ovum): “I like inca. But it's on the edge for me being a bit too progressive sounding. It's a hard call for me. I'm going to try it out and see what it does and how I feel. I dig Minilgoues prodcution!”

Karotte: “boah inca ist so ein geiler dancefloor trip. zur richtigen zeit mit dem richtigen publikum. da geht einiges!!!”

Laurent Garnier (f-Com): “INCA is definitely the one for me I loooove it will play everywhere”

Patrick Bateman (Tic Tac Toe): “Thanks for the promo! INCA burned the floor totally with it’s 12 minutes of oldschool acid builder!!”

Resident Advisor Net: “Sweden's Minilogue are doing their damndest to make the horrible excesses of prog sound good. Each release seems to get longer, flatter, and more indulgent, yet people seem to like them. They've dabbled in Cologne pep and bounce (‘The Girl from Botany Bay'), patient Chilean squirm ('Elephant's Parade') and even grey Maurizio shudder ('Birdsong'), each foray retaining their love of grand, spacious vistas, filled with small emotional peaks and troughs, but more concerned with endless forward motion - a kind of progressive minimal. These two long pieces carry the indulgence to new heights - and lengths, with the title track just shy of thirteen minutes. Like a dense and misty version of Sahko's 'Twin Bleeps', 'Inca' works snaking highs and low tones around motorik drums and spooky haunted-house synths, building an enormous crescendo of ramping rockets in a break that, being Minilogue, leads deliberately nowhere. 'Urubumba' is immediate by comparison, tackling Akufen with stuttering micro-samples and a zig-zagging bassline, equally complex but much funkier. Their almost anally-retentive attention to detail and penchant for unfulfilled gratification may frustrate on the floor - playing them end-to-end would be a mistake - but few producers are as skilled at manipulating dance music conventions for their own ends. Two further weird and wonderful additions to the excellent Minilogue catalogue. Words / Joshua Meggitt”

Sebastien Leger (Intec): “wow, minilogue are very impressive, all their track are not very playable (in my set), but their music is absolutly sublime to listen. full of details, emotion. Inca is my favorite of both. great job ”

SIAN (Pokerflat): “another splendid ep from minilogue!inca is totally my taste ”

Simon Baker(20:20 Vision) : “ nice piece of deep techno perfect for my sets. Like it.”

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