Title: Black Swan EP
Artist: Cristi Cons
Label: Adam’s Bite
Cat Number: ADAM 006
Genre: Minimal Hoose!
A: Black Swan
B: Ahead Of The Curve
Minimal, possibly one of the most misunderstood and maligned house subgenres. I remember the mid ‘00s, when playing one Minus record on your community radio show would be enough to get you negatively stereotyped. Nowadays, however, there’s a lot more going on within the grooves though which, thankfully, just a cursory listen is capable of discerning. This double header by Cristi Cons being a case in point: once you’ve got past the long track lengths, perfect more mixing and layering, as they should be, any analysis of the music itself will tell you that it’s anything but minimal. This brand of house/techno, call it what you like is rich in content and subtlety. My favourite brand of techno is when it’s bpm is that of house, and I think that what artists like Cons do so effortlessly is blur the lines. They are also masters of mind control. These tunes are so obviously geared to mess you up and it’s testament to their purpose that their boundaries are limitless and the versatility boundless. Of the two tracks here, ‘Black Swan’ is the punchier, with ‘Ahead Of The Curve’ slightly less in your face. Only slightly though, as both tunes aren’t easy to pin down sonically, the pair of them using a host of devices to disorientate and surprise. Brilliant release, that deserves to be played at an illegal party, full of drugs, in a warehouse near you.
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