Phonogenic – Woah! – Fresh Meat Records

[Ori Kawahara]

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Phonogenic – Woah! – Fresh Meat Records (FMR16)

Out now on Beatport. Available all other shops 13 February.

TRACK SAMPLES:

Woah! (Original Mix):

http://www.audiosoulproject.com/audio/Whoah!-Original_MixSAMPLE.mp3

Woah! (Nathan Drew Larsen Remix):

http://www.audiosoulproject.com/audio/Whoah!-

Nathan_Drew_Larsen_RemixSAMPLE.mp3

Woah! (Alt Mix):

http://www.audiosoulproject.com/audio/Whoah!-Alt_MixSAMPLE.mp3

WHAT THEIR SAYING:

Timo Maas – Nathan Drew Larsen remix is great. Cool release all

around.

Ken Ishi – Nice release. Cool groove on the original mix.

King Roc – There is an urgency in the original that is infectious. The

groove works very nicely.

Phil Weeks – Sounds good. Will work for me in some late night action.

Alexkid – The Alt mix has a really bizarre vibe that I love.

Funk D’Void – Brilliant dark and twisted bass line; afterhours heaven.

Darko Esser – Both original mixes are working great. Wicked stuff

indeed!

Pete Dafeet – Great release; Nathan’s remix is fantastic.

Also loved and supported by Luke Solomon, Shur-I-Kan, Marco

Resmann, Deetron, Joris Voorn, Dirt Crew, James Talk, Laurent

Garnier, Style Of Eye and Estroe.

THE STORY BEHIND THE MUSIC:

Fresh Meat’s first single of 2009 comes courtesy of Tuomas Salmela

under his Phonogenic alias. Tuomas has been working the European

dance music underground for years. You should be familiar with his

releases on 20:20 Vision, Mood Music, Poker Flat or even the late

Chicago giant Guidance Recordings. More recently he released “The

Last Beer on Earth” on Sven Vath’s Cocoon Recordings, gaining

massive support – including frequent plays on BBC Radio One’s

Essential Mix by John Digweed. His recent collaboration with Jori

Hulkkonen as Discemi lead to standout releases in 2008 on two of

dance music’s most influential labels, Get Physical Music and Rekids.

With his brilliant versions of “Woah!” Tuomas pushes the futuristic

Phonogenic concept into new creative territory for Fresh Meat. The

original version is a hybrid of big room dynamics and deep moody

house modulations. A heavy kick drum and subsonic bass provide

anchor to tight dramatic pads, a host of bubbling beats and a non-

stop barrage of cosmic sound effects. The Original Mix is science

fiction deep house with a big foot. The Alt Mix raises the energy with

growling siren like keys and a more in-your-face build up of all the

elements. The counter point to these sonic pyrotechnics is a vocal

sample screaming the track’s name sake in a unison of male voices.

The deftly placed vox sample shakes up the otherwise hypnotic

rhythms, heating up both tracks and maximizing the dance floor

mayhem!

We commissioned Chicago post house producer, Nathan Drew

Larsen, to create a wholly different interpretation of “Woah!”.

Nathan’s mix starts with the heavy analog ring modulation of a

sawtooth wave, followed by the start of the song in earnest, where a

clean 4/4 cadence and siren-like pads from the original are

eventually overtaken by cascading analog keys. What before was a

sub rumble now becomes an undulating Moog Voyager chest thump.

The sirens of the original serve as ambient backdrop with new synths

transforming the emotion hinted at originally into full-on melancholic

bliss, complete with violin swells, bouncing electric piano, hand

percussion and gigantic tom-toms. For those who like a little music

with their music, Nathan’s mix is a perfect compliment to Tuomas’

dark originals.