Crimea X - Phoros [EP]

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July 28, 2009, 12:26 PM

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Space Disco, or Cosmic Disco, as it has been dubbed, came from a lashback to the “cheesiness” that surrounded some of the Electro-House and Dance-Pop music of the early 21st century. Space Disco harks back to the early Prog-Rock and Kraut Rock of the 70’s and 80’s and is rooted in slow building, spacey, electronic sounds coupled with some organic elements. It is taking parts of Europe by storm as clubbers seek a vibe that is removed from the Ketamine inspired minimal sounds and the synth led uplifting tech-house sound. This is not to say that some Space Disco music doesn’t cross over into other genres, but the feel of a Space Disco clubnight is different altogether, trust me.

Crimea X hail from Reggio Emila, Italy and come from a background of Kraut Rock and Italian Disco-House and they attempt to “fuse Kraut Rock with the predilection for Marxist thought with heavy pianos, swishing arpeggios and slow-mo melodies.”

The EP opener '10 pm' begins with a VERY Disco intro before settling into a tight, brooding groove. The big reverbed synth line adds the dimension of “Space” to the track and this coupled with what sounds like a live bass gives a real Disco feel to '10pm'. '10pm' also includes a big house piano riff and makes you realize that this is a real “Beachclub” number, a song to drink your cocktail with.

Second up is track 'December' which opens with some sad strings before taking a 70’s styled space lift-off using some filtered synthesizers. There is more than a hark of the Countdown theme tune going on (do they get Channel 4 in Italy?) and there is even room for a lead guitar in there. I actually like 'December' quite a bit, I am not entirely sure why, I think it may be in some sort of Sci-Fi porn kind of way!

Third up is 'October', which has a very dubby feel to it as it settles into a very one paced house number, another cocktail sipping beach number here. There is nothing groundbreaking about 'October', but again it is nice and solid, and will undoubtedly be played by numerous DJ’s in both clubs and beach bars across Europe.

The remaining two tracks on the Phoros EP are remixes of the opener '10pm'. As with many dance orientated releases, it is sometimes the remixes that really stand out, as artists get the chance to reinterpret an idea, and take it to another level, and this is certainly the way with '10 pm'.

First up is an astounding Florian Meindl Remix (Austrian Minimal Wunderkind) where Meindl takes the aforementioned piano riff to new levels altogether, turning the song into a simply sublime nu-jazz techy club burner, a truly lovely piece of music.

Next up is a remix of '10pm' by Enzo Elia & Martin Patino, a couple more industrious Italians, and they take '10pm' deeper into the Minimal-House territory with some nicely chopped up vocals and some sort of pan-pipe sound. Elia and Patino have made '10pm' into a real house “roller” with some brilliantly restrained production and a good dollop of groove.

To summarize, this is a very solid release. All the tracks have immense merit to them and the EP is worth the money just for the Meindl remix alone.

Bellisimo.

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