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TrunkfunkRecords uploaded a new video
(2 weeks ago)
Video by Conny Karlsson: http://connykarlsson.se/
"Call Me" is a welcome dose of precisely what we all need right now: a brilliant ray of ...
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Video by Conny Karlsson: http://connykarlsson.se/
"Call Me" is a welcome dose of precisely what we all need right now: a brilliant ray of sunny electronic disco to warm up our winter dancefloors. DJ Nibc, the Berlin-based, Gothenburg-born DJ, producer and Trunkfunk Records label owner has joined forces with fellow Swedish house cat Patrick L for a collaborative effort that offers a fresh, playful and breezy take on deep disco grooves.
The "DJ Nibc Mix" rides a languid summer afternoon tempo, accompanied by shimmering light beams and sweet synth chords, rising to a peak of uplifting strings and soulful vocals that weave around the track's core retro melody. The "Patrick L Mix" gives the full Polyphonic treatment, shifting the filtered strings to the intro, intensifying the bass, and using subtle punchy cut-ups in contrast with Patrick's crystal-clear vocal treatment.
Fellow Swede Tiger Stripes completes the trio of countrymen, with a "Tiger Stripes Remix" that moulds the track into an urgent dancefloor cut, emphasising an irresistible bass melody, a thudding kick drum, and classic house stabs of synths and voice. London's newest simmering Hot Creations signee funnels even more sunshine into his rework; as the "Cera Alba's Lost Soul Remix" plays out the the track's high hats and fills all available spaces with arcs of retro synths and cosmic reverb. Mercury's remix finds itself deep within the track's sunny seaside electronic pop melodies, replete with tweeting birds and washes of simulated waves that lift up the heartbroken lyrics.
Berlin's Märtini Brother Clé brings decades of experience to the mix and it shows: his "Clé's From Town Remix" adopts a vintage soulful house approach, following the track's natural vocal progression, and building subtly with handclaps, congas, and snippets of strings. Waze & Odyssey is the jus' born alias of two Detroit-loving British producers, and their "Waze & Odyssey Mix" closes out the EP suitably with a sunset vibe: sleek beats for a late night - or early morning - exploration into the space between disco and house. Last but certainly not least DJ Nibc's "Reality Check Dub" mix rewrites the script, taking a stripped back version of the track gradually from deep electronic funk towards hypnotic, dub-flavoured house.
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TrunkfunkRecords uploaded a new video
(2 months ago)
"If the doorman fronts like he don't know you... tell him that you're with the DJ"
Whether he is friend or foe, the night-maker or the nig...
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"If the doorman fronts like he don't know you... tell him that you're with the DJ"
Whether he is friend or foe, the night-maker or the night-breaker, the mythical nightclub doorman is a universal figure of influence for clubbing fans worldwide. DJ Nibc, the Berlin-based, Gothenburg-born DJ, producer and Trunkfunk Records label owner and vocalist Anthony Mills pay tongue-in-cheek tribute yet also take him to task with their energetic workout "The Doorman".
Capturing the anticipation, anguish and unpredictability of conversations held on the threshold of clubland, a hapless and faceless figure is ready to rave, and is unleashed via a processed vocal over a tightly-wound acid tech beat. A buzzing two-note bassline and pummelling drums set the stomping peaktime scene. Chiming cymbals lead to the cheeky, fragmented and pitch-shifted proclamation - "punk let me in! my friends is up in there you saw 'em" - before the track delves deep into serious dancefloor mode.
A hotbed of newcomers accompanies the original and instrumental, each with with their own unique encounter. AM Track reigns "The Doorman" in to a tight tech house format, all Latin percussion and ghostly steel drums, worming basslines and sampled dialogue snatches. Casino Times slow it down to synth-driven nu disco, with their remix that builds layer upon layer of emotive chords to an epic and uplifting piano house loop. Kornel Kovacs brings peaktime rave synth stabs to the front and centre, twinning them with handclaps and bubbling melodies for fast-paced hands in the air mayhem. Maxim Lany builds in increments from from an atmospheric bed of ambience, towards a bassy house treatment with scraping and jerking percussive background sounds. Gothenburg duo Shakarchi Straneus' chilled old school house treatment taps into Chicago house sounds du jour, with warehouse piano chords, and whirling wisps of filtered vocals adding extra momentum. The Touch isolates the percussion and adds some warped, psychedelic voices for a deep tribal symphony of handclaps and guitar licks, cosmic keys and exotic strings. Last but certainly not least Those Random Boys brings in the heavy artillery for some peak time action.
The acid-yellow vinyl pressing of The Doorman features an illustration by renowned Detroit DJ, producer and comic book artist, Alan Oldham. The figure is a world-famous doorman that you may recognise... and he's definitely one of the good guys.
Video shot in Berlin by Etkin Cekin (www.krach-studio.com). Animations by Anders Hellman (www.andershellman.se).
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TrunkfunkRecords uploaded a new video
(8 months ago)
Video by Anders Hellman - http://andershellman.se & Mikel Nilsson - http://www.mikelnilsson.se
Uniforms feat Maria Nordström - March Of No Coinc...
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Video by Anders Hellman - http://andershellman.se & Mikel Nilsson - http://www.mikelnilsson.se
Uniforms feat Maria Nordström - March Of No Coincidence - Remixes by Deniz Kurtel, Andre Lodemann, Dj Nibc, Dan Curtin, Mano Le Tough, Moullinex.
The latest bomb from the Trunkfunk Records arsenal, March of No Coincidence, comes courtesy of Swedish artist collective Uniforms For The Dedicated. Their multi-faceted multi-media output is a playground of fashion design, film, art and music, with the aim of fostering interplay through shared collections. March of No Coincidence is no exception, providing the inspiration for their brand new single, their latest fashion collection, and the cutting-edge video that unites the two.
The Uniforms production team led by Jonas Rathsman (Stuffa) and Nils Krogh (Genius of Time) are at the production controls of "March of No Coincidence", a collaboration with vocalist Maria Nordström, former lead singer of Zeigeist. Nordström's brittle vocals are juxtaposed against the pair's woozy smeared synths and dark tones, creating the dramatic tension, dancefloor urgency and melodic fluidity of the bittersweet whole. Uniforms For The Dedicated's production prowess succeeds in the delicate balancing act of darkness and light; tempering the brooding verses with uplifting an chorus that blooms into neon shafts of light and fluorescent melodies.
An impressive international cast of production talent de- and re-constructs "March Of No Coincidence", each with their own idiosyncratic take on the original. House veteran Andre Lodemann adds a quickened pace and whispering percussive elements, keeping the disctinctive original synth melody at the front and centre of his bouncy bass excursion. The first lady of Crosstown Rebels, Deniz Kurtel, brings her signature New York flavour to her remix: she drenches the arrangement in reverb and distortion, and highlights the sparkling keys; Nordström's voice is wrapped in wispy echoes and deep-sea percussion, while the thudding backbeat and isolated high hats signal primal dance urges. Trunkfunk label boss DJ Nibc takes on touches of classic house for his rework. Heavy piano chords and handclap accents, rhythmic 808-breaks and emotive strings are driven by bass, adding a modern twist to the hallmarks of old. Rising Irish talent Mano Le Tough sprinkles disco-infused house dust across the arrangement, opting for airy, shimmering tones and heady looped layers. Dan Curtin's midwestern techno sensibilities filter "March of No Coincidence" through a kaleidoscope of discordant melodies and synth squelches, creating a sleek and sophisticated late-night cut that bridges the gap between house and techno. Last and certainly not least, Mollinex sheds his indie dance persona for a nod to old school sounds, with a rework that leans heavy on analog rhythms and a duet of strings and synths.
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TrunkfunkRecords uploaded a new video
(1 year ago)
Video by Anders Hellman - http://andershellman.se
Stuffa - Proof - Remixes by Wolf + Lamb, FCL, Scott, Dj Nibc, La Fleur & Shakarchi & Stran...
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Video by Anders Hellman - http://andershellman.se
Stuffa - Proof - Remixes by Wolf + Lamb, FCL, Scott, Dj Nibc, La Fleur & Shakarchi & Straneus
Fresh from the summer success of his solo EP Hold On, DJ Nibc returns to close the year with his famed collaborative project alongside Jonas Rathsman, Stuffa. Following in the footsteps of their 2008 anthem "Pretty Girls", Stuffa are primed with Proof; an infectious slice of uplifting late-night house with dubby twists, thundering piano chords and soulful vocals, enhanced with a selection of remixes from some of electronic music's elite, and with the striking, windswept vinyl artwork of Annika Berger(skyward.se).
The original mix of "Proof" is propelled by a skippy tech-house rhythm, while layers of dub reverb weave over, around and about its distinctive vocal snatch, interplaying with it blurred piano chords. David A Tobin's soul-drenched vocals bloom into full view, brimming with thankfulness and building to a crescendo over crystal-clear piano stabs, while the radio edit gets straight down to business, honing in on the dynamic pairing of voice and keys.
Dj Nibc's Boca Grande Tool edit pares "Proof" back to its rhythmic basis, adding shafts of violet-coloured synths and gently rolling percussion, moving it through woolen melodies and progressive peaks and valleys. With a defining year that featured the dancefloor hit "Let's Go", the Belgian pairing of San Soda and Red D join forces again as FCL, providing a mix that confirms them as masters of classic house. They work their magic, pushing Tobin to the forefront over slowly morphing electronic throbs and a serrated electro-tech melody. Glenn Brady's remix is interlaced and interlocked with intricate synths and acid tweaks, and his dub mix rides the ebb and flow of acidic pulses and isolated dub effects, while Swedish siren La Fleur revels in the contrast between fuzzed, distorted vocals, and razor-edged tech house, beneath hypnotic waves of icy reverb.
Daniel Brandt and Jan Brauer provide a lesson in deconstruction with their Scott remix; weighty organ-like synth chords and Tobin's acapella combine for gospel effect, before shifting into a minimalistic formula of descending string tones, hand claps, and liquefied bass. Atmospheric and dramatic, the free-form drums and vocal reprise shift it further still into leftfield soulfulness. Shakarchi & Straneus draw "Proof" deep down into underwater dub territory, sluicing their remix with cooling layers of aquamarine reverb, while New York duo du jour Wolf + Lamb show how they rewrote the rules of house music, with a pitched-down tempo, double-time claps, and snatches of dub shimmer that create a dreamy sun-kissed haze, that's grounded by grinding bass tones for a sublime piece of off-kilter house.
Whether its sleek and jacking, deep and dubby, or steeped in house history, Proof is proof indeed that Stuffa have their fingers on the pulse of modern house music.
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