The Mysterious Ekman, Aka Roel Dijcks, Has Been Gaining Some Deserved Attention With His Terse Brand Of Electro
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With releases on the likes of Panzerkreuz, Solar One Music and Berceuse Heroique, Dijcks has rattled souls with his bare mechanics and cold-hearted sounds. Arctic blasts descend from the outset with his latest for Shipwrec. Frosted coils ensnaring clipped beats, roaming bass lines kept in check by tight drum patterns. Emotion is masked, feelings enveloped and embedded beneath those arrangements of aluminium and steel. Distress is never far from Ekman's work. The flipside jangles with fear and retribution, respites elevating that initial unease into something outright sinister. Anxiety is effect. A brooding boil of ghosting reverb and sharpened percussion from the hooked hands of Ekman.
Feedback:
ALEXEI MONROE (TREBUCHET, CODEX EUROPA) - Superb tracks, very welll-crafted.
MOSCA (BBC RADIO 1) - Ouroboros works nicely thanks
CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT (SUBCULTURE STUTTGART) - Ekman the beast! thanks
JENS HOLMES (NIGHTCODE, URGENT.FM) - Dark and very inspiring
SIMON WHIGHT (DATA TRANSMISSION,INVERTED AUDIO,IBIZA VOICE) - Shipwrec, Always something a bit different to check out. Nice bit of gothic electro for the xmas period.
PAUL COREY (IBIZA VOICE, MACHINES ARE FUNKY) - I like this a lot, life-affirming wonky electro which is the perfect tonic to yuletide inactivity.
PIG & DAN (COCOON) - Cool tracks will give these a try
PERC (PERC TRAX, CLR, OVUM) - Solid electro, really like it
ELECTRIC RESCUE (SKRYPTOM, REX CLUB, ASTROPOLIS) - Really nice pure electro will play all thanks