to open eyes, not ears to hear what there is to see -- just one of the many paradoxes mainz-based butch manages to merge with verve. to capture the duality of his sounds that oscillate between under and over, techno and house, spirituality and marketability, club and home stereo, to celebrate the everyday high and question it at the same time, is just one of the many talents and specialties of this particular dj and producer whose light shines from the orient and whose future lies in yonderland. this and much more is the starting point for a terrific second long player, released by proud and excited bülent gürler himself on his very own, newly founded imprint bouq. leaving the flattering protection of his mayor label behind to spread his creative wings and fly around the world as free as a bird, the multi-facetted, mainz-based producer, more selfconfident and independent than ever, is presenting himself in the best party light

big with: richie hawtin, dubfire, dj hell, mandy, dj t, james what, ralph lawson... well what can we say, two tracks that could not be more different from well know mainz/ germany based artist butch aka bülent gürler. the a side >destruction< is a track that so perfectly fits into the scene of german minimal house, we think it will be eaten up immediately by the dj scene. the flipside track >muskatnuss< is more challenging and made for the advanced djs. this track is weird, funky, housey and more on the side of the new school of house we get nowadays from cecille and similar labels. the track makes use of samples from butchs most sought after sample libaries that include fantastic cartoon sounds he has cut up and arranged rhythmically. a stunning performance!

the long a-side is reserved for bülent gürler and his project bee-low. >the hidden noise< is a neo-detroit-screw of the plus 8-hawtin school in a very popular plank of the minimal-rave. a track like evolution. antonelli digs, as >random aficionado<, a handful of melodies deep under a rave that is hardly recognizable as such one. he removed the snare completely in favor of a more effective feeling of the song. that s the way deep-house should sound and the way you always imagined it. no frowst, no references, just clear warm water. martin hirsch, alias deer, lived in devon (uk) for a long time and was an immediate neighbor of lee norris, also known as norken or metamatics. recently, the two of them have revived the connaisseur label neo ouija and that will surely do good for the cultural environment. and they have decided to start a long-ranging cooperation in terms of producing records. an outcome is >beyond the breeze<, a piece of house music whose title couldn t be more precise... sasse, giles smith, jeff milligan, laurent garnier

die stücke >koala< und >breaking the hush< sind gespenstische minimal groove stücke, mit miniatur-sounds die auf den basslines verrückt tanzen, ohne das es hektisch wird. von natur aus sind die stücke super entspannt und warten auf den richtigen moment für dynamikveränderungen, die sie dann eiskalt umsetzen. die beiden tracks haben trotz ihrer entspanntheit einen starken chicago jack einfluss mit europäischem einschlag. bülents groove ist der schlüssel zum erfolg seiner stücke, die je länger sie laufen den clubber immer mehr in den bann ziehen. beide stücke machen dies ohne jegliche anstrengung sind dabei immer cool. bülent kontrolliert souverän das tempo der stücke und hat die dynamik voll im griff

teil 1 eines umfassenden remixtributes für die aufstrebenden polen. der florian meindl mix von >coffeine< ist ein flachleger vom allerfeinsten. keule. keule. keule. bülent gürler lässt es etwas entspannter, geradezu deephousig angehen. spitzending, das