Oliver Koletzki
IYEWAYE
Stil Vor Talent / SVT149
12 Inch
With Iyewaye, The First Solo-ep After The Release Of His Fifth Album I Am Ok Last Year, Oliver Koletzki Shows Himself In A New, But Not Altogether Unfamiliar Light: Since His Breakthrough In 2005 With Der Mückenschwarm Koletzki Hasnt Sounded This Hard. Gone Is The Pop-angle, Replaced By A Dark Sound-aesthetic And Raw Energy. But Even Here, In The Techno Realm, Oliver Koletzki Demonstrates His Inimitable Sense For Melody: Thus, The Gloomy And Driving Framework Of Iyewaye Is Lit Up By A Crystal-clear Synth-sequence. Similarly, Ipuza, Which Hypnotizes By Way Of Reduction And Repetition, Is Funky In Its Core Thanks To A Rolling Tribal Groove. Functional, But With Heart And Soul.