Iron Curtis

THE K.M.S. YEARS EP

Office

Office04

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Office 04 Circles In Memories: The Record Is About Johannes * Iron Curtis* Palukas Time At Karl-marx-straße Berlin Where He Used To Live Next Door To Label Head Baaz And Graphic Designer Chris Fladung. A1 Track * Magnet* Is An Ecstatic Piece Of House Music Holding All Elements Ics Production Is Esteemed And Loved For : Heavy, Unrelenting Kicks, Rolling Bass Lines, Shimmering Pads, Topped With Searing Hot Yet Gamelan-like Synts And An Icing Of Slightly Loose, Detuned Organ Stabs Predesting Grand Emotions On Any Dance Floor. * What Happened Happened* Surely Marks Up As Another Proof Of Curtis Fearless Takes On House Music: Distorted Field Recordings And Blurred Spoken Words, A Web Of Gossamer Melodies And Subtle Clicks And Cuts, All Cohered By The Louche Bassline And The Reshuffled Groove In A True Dilla-ish Vein. Adapting Elements To Their Own Agenda, Clandestine Groove Explorers Berg Turn * What Happened* Into A True Midnight Roller: Razor-sharp Hihitas Join Forces With A Steam-maschine Like Percussion, Whipping Relentlessly In-between Kick Drum And Kick Drum. Berg Cools Off Their Take With Prancing Melody Motifs And Strung Out Pads Of The Original Track, Though Never Loosing Focus Of The * Reductions* Aim: Keep The Dancer Dancing.