July 23, 2010
Oliver Koletzki & Fran get Lovestoned: New Album!
Lovestoned! Finally here it comes: the eagerly anticipated follow-up album of DJ und producer Oliver Koletzki, set for release in September this year. After the success of “Großstadtmärchen” Oliver Koletzki has teamed up with singer Fran, voice of the über-successful single “Hypnotized", to record an 11-track electronic pop album. Fran and Oliver are not merely partners in crime when it comes to music - they are also lovestoned, glued together by their mutual love for music and their love for each other. A fact that is omnipresent on their new album: eleven songs about getting to know each other, eleven songs about spending time together, eleven songs about the first kiss, eleven songs about the wonder that is love! Muscially, “Lovestoned” is a journey through Fran’s and Oliver’s different influences: from sample-based house to synthie-pop, from late 70ies glam to late 90ies ambient in the style of Bonobo and on top this album also includes some nuggets of Jazz. The impeccable songwriting, the feeling for the right dose of pop anthems, Fran’s pure voice in English and German elevate Fran’s and Oliver’s music to a new height. But let’s start dipping into it: Things get going straight away with the summery 70ies-inspired glam-pop track “Lovestoned", a smooth funk-riden piece with shimmery guitars and funky slap bass guitars. This intro track brings the message of the album to the point: freshly in love, honey-dipped, sugar-like and skyscraper-high. That unique feeling of being freshly in love! The journey into happiness continues with the first single release “Arrow and Bow” that reminisces 80ies pop sounds: synthesizers that cause goose bumps, clap snares that will move heads and toes and of course, Fran’s beautiful voice that reminds us of the wonderful game of getting to know each other. But love can also be about sensitive feelings, something that becomes clear on “Echoes", one of the strongest tracks of the album.
July 8, 2010
Wareika Album on Perlon!
2x12″ including FREE BONUS CD!! Wareika invite us to their „Harmonie Park“, a place created by the love of improvisation. At the park, poles have shifted already! Florian Schirmacher, Jakob Seidensticker and Henrik Raabe, all full-time musicians, tuned their instruments to introduce us to this parallel universe. It.s about the various possible perceptions of one single moment. Loops and sequences, subjected to virtual tempo changes, without leaving the Bpm scale. In the park, everything is always in the flow. Jazz / Techno / Funk / House, all elements that appear / dissapear throughout the composition. Wareika manage to bring all this together effortlessly, without even thinking in those categories. The deeper you get into the park, the more you get absorbed by the dynamics of interlaced, polyrhythmic modulations. Luckily the groove acts like the park ranger, showing you around while taking care no one gets lost in hypnotic structures waiting on the way. At the end, this pulsating soundcluster leads into the great river named bassline, leaving us quite harmonized….. !! This release comes in a special format !! We made „Harmonie Park“ available in 4 parts on 2x12“ Vinyl. Included is a bonus CD, containing „Harmonie Park“ in one continuous part, as originally intended by the artists.
