UPC: 815349011941 Release : 22.07.2013
Special Remarks: 1st pressing of 500 copies in limited embossed sleeve & 180g Vinyl
Tracklist: A1. She's Hot B1. Green Room
Bubbling with melodic intention Julian's foundation of deep bass drives us all forward in repetitions that hold fast in our minds & memories.
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Returning to Plus 8 for the third time, Julian Jeweil's profile as a contemporary techno titan has continued to grow. The Frenchman is now a firm part of the family and, when not in the studio, can be found owning dancefloors across Europe and beyond, putting to good use the experience he has built up over the last ten years since first emerging. The EP opens with the titular track, 'Bastard' - a rolling, cyclical techno groove with slapping drums and dark, heavily filtered vocal loop. Tension comes from layered, skewed synths that grow louder and louder till breaking down into white noise waves that flood the rest of the mix. 'Hey You' has just as firm and rubbery a bottom end, but here the iron-like synths bring a little funk as tiny FX percolate right at the heart of the track. Wholly abstract as ever, all sorts of other aqueous sounds drip in and out, conjuring thoughts of long dark tunnels disappearing deep underground. On 'The Gang' Jeweil lays down a restless, paranoid arrangement that sounds infected by alien space ships as an ominous vocal beams down from above. One synth here triggers another one there, making sure the whole thing is dynamic and filmic in its make-up. Closing out the EP is 'Zoulou', another steely techno stomper over run by alien sounds and non-human noises. Though his techno surely makes you dance, Julian Jeweil also knows how to get the most of his studio equipment and colours his tracks with more than enough detail to keep your mind as active as your feet.
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Frenchman Julian Jeweil’s second EP on Richie Hawtin’s Plus 8 label is sure to confirm Jeweil’s status as one of techno’s most reliable talents. The four track EP encompasses everything Jeweil has honed in his ten year plus career – tough sounds, high energy and a fusion of electro and minimal that hypnotises as much as moves you. Thus far it has come on labels like Cocoon and Skryptöm Records, whilst at the same time Jeweil (real name Julien Bérard) has been busy playing underground parties all across his homeland. ‘Hermanos’ is a thunderous affair where tight, bobbling basslines quickly unravel to expose a housier percussive line and kick drum in their midst. When searching synths begin to circle and a filtered vocal snatch and chilling FX play off each other, it’s anyone’s guess as to where the track will go next. Rather than exploding, it boils over then simmers repeatedly, with tension and motion coming from a number of apocalyptic samples, horns and bells. ‘Tabasco’ is even more tightly wound, with micro clicks and blips bubbling around an undulate beat structure that hits hard and deep once full in its stride. If that sounds good, things rally excel when frantic xylophone styled notes play busy, paranoid melodies that simply scream – ‘freak out!’ The third of four offerings, ‘Circus’ is another streamlined, urgent, minimalistic affair that establishes a groove early on before peppering it with the sort of abstract, alien sounds you’d expect. It’s bold and forceful but reserved and subtle at the same time, and it’s the balance between the two, which really enthrals. ‘Juice’ goes deeper and moans and groans in the darkened nether regions of minimal techno’s underbelly. A looping bass line falls deep below the twitchy synth stabs above. A micro-funk comes from the hooky percussive hits and the whole thing moves from a to b with a sleek, economic but efficient precision that confirms Julian Jeweil is well deserving of his place amongst the Plus 8 glitterati. More

For more than six years now, the DJ and producer Julian Jeweil belongs to the up-and-coming electronic music scene in Marseille, cultural centre of the French Riviera. With his "Air Conditionné EP" on Electric Rescue's Skryptom label in 2006, he provided the scene with a true consensus hit, and further collaborations with and remixes for Oxia, Scan X, Danton Eeprom or Sébastien Léger have cemented his reputation as one of the most promising young talents in electronic dance music. His current EP for Cocoon stands for uncompromising and demanding Techno in its purest form: from the initially more sizzling sound layer in "Color" emerges after two minutes in the first break a hysterically screaming 'saw of sinus', where you almost seem to hear the screams of the people echoing on the dancefloor. "Amore" builds up more streamline-like in the style of Steve Bug, but: don't panic - you will also hear some really demanding breaks in this one. As a bonus for the digital version, Jeweil is invoking the bass sustainably with "Soho", and with hand claps, subsonic fanfares and post-Acid noises, all the hands go up again. More

UPC: 815349011941 Release : 22.07.2013
Special Remarks: 1st pressing of 500 copies in limited embossed sleeve & 180g Vinyl
Tracklist: A1. She's Hot B1. Green Room
Bubbling with melodic intention Julian's foundation of deep bass drives us all forward in repetitions that hold fast in our minds & memories.
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