Propaganda! 053: Gregor Tresher | Meandisco | Zenbi & More!

SaxeCoulson user on February 14th, 2013 / post 56414


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PROPAGANDA! 053
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GREGOR TRESHER
[Cocoon | Drumcode | Ovum]

Subtlety  is not the first word used in connection with most DJs, but there is  much more the metier of Germany's Gregor Tresher than simply playing  records, as Lights From The Inside attests. In fact, after he completed  pre-production on his third full-length, Tresher actually stepped away  from the decks for six weeks to clear his head. "DJing is my first  profession," he admits. "It's what I love to do and what I have been  doing for almost twenty years now, even before before I started to write  my own music." In the past two years, the producer of 2008's  best-selling Techno track on Beatport ("A Thousand Nights") has aspired  to make music he would want to play out. "But for this record, I had the  feeling that this shouldn't be my priority." While Lights From The  Inside features several songs sure to find favor with Tresher's  nightclub colleagues—"Frontline", "Breaking Routines," the giddy "As  Days Go By" (recently issued as a single on Josh Wink's Ovum label)—this  twelve-song odyssey operates on multiple levels.

Just as a  painting or photograph appears to move if one stares at it long enough,  with close listening the stratified grooves and melodies assembled on  Lights From The Inside reveal an organic universe of shifting sound.  Meticulous attention to the latter element—melody—was of utmost concern  to the Frankfurt resident. Not obvious, eight-bar earworms that would  quickly exhaust their welcome, but musical lines that could repeat and  intertwine in different patterns, "melodies that are more subtle and  develop as you're listening." In this regard, Lights From The Inside  harks back to Tresher's earlier releases, even as his aesthetic  continues to evolve in new directions.

Tone color was also a  key consideration. "Most of the music was written in two months, but  finding the perfect sounds and putting them together took much longer."  Listen to the interplay of slow-moving tones and twinkling sounds on the  title track, or how muted snare hits reverberate against the chilly  lower registers of "Leaving". It's no coincidence that the  almost-tactile crackles, clanks and pops animating the whole album  sometimes recall Depeche Mode's Construction Time Again; the 35 year-old  producer cites that 1984 classic as a longtime inspiration, alongside  work by other electro-pop iconoclasts from that era.

The  album's play of light against darkness and its pervasive mood of  melancholy, both underscored by its title, betray a more specific  influence on Tresher's latest offering: The Cure's Disintegration. As on  that 1989 landmark, he aspired to create an all-encompassing sense of  atmosphere, as well as a comprehensive album that covered varied  emotional terrain. Towards that end, specific set pieces guide the shape  and flow of the record: The menacing opener "Shadow Layers"; the  concise, ebullient interlude "If Only"; and "Destroy," a metallic,  rumbling closer that concludes the album with an air of questions  yet-unanswered. Tresher aspires to create what another producer once  sagely called "music that makes you dance and cry at the same time."  With its simultaneous, synchronized appeal to the feet, head and heart,  Lights From The Inside succeeds.

Gregor Tresher began his  career as a DJ in Frankfurt in the early '90s; today, he can be found  plying that trade at venues around the world, from Berlin to Tokyo,  Sydney to Los Angeles. Following two critically-acclaimed albums  credited to his Sniper Mode alias, Tresher broke through as a producer  under his own name via his 2005 releases Still and Neon, his remix of  Sven Väth's "Komm," and his contribution to Cocoon's Compilation F,  "Full Range Madness." In addition to releasing tracks on countless other  esteemed labels, including Intacto, Great Stuff, Rebel One, Ovum, and  Moon Harbour, Tresher launched his own eclectic imprint, Break New Soil,  in 2009. Lights From The Inside is the third Gregor Tresher studio  album, following his debut A Thousand Nights (2007) and The Life Wire  (2009).

ZENBI
[Great Stuff | Hotfingers | Stereo]

Raised  in Philadelphia and based in Washington DC, ZENBI is quickly becoming  one of the hottest names in America’s burgeoning house music scene.   With newly minted residencies at three of the hottest dance clubs in the  US, and a handful of recent top ten tracks to back it up, ZENBI is  establishing himself as one of the most in-demand DJ/Producers in the  industry.​

On the road, ZENBI has packed crowds from Boston to  Budapest, Milan to Miami, and performed at major dance music festivals  including BPM, Miami Winter Music Conference, Groove Cruise, SodaPop Milano, and ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event). ​

At home, ZENBI’S  releases have received massive support from an ever-increasing list of  talented and influential artists including Moby, Mark Knight, Marco  Carola, Stefano Noferini, Roger Sanchez, Umek.  In addition, ZENBI's  productions have been favorably reviewed by major industry media  properties including DJ Times, DJ Magazine, and EDM Site Dancing  Astronaut.

MEANDISCO
[Sullivan Room | The Loop ]

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!

...After  coming back from doing events in Denmark, Latvia and Croatia, Meandisco  re-joined together with SR SERGE to re-invent Sullivan Room - NY’s  longest running underground dance club, into a multi platform talent  outlet; Sullivan Room Records and re-launch their event brand  PROPAGANDA! With over 50 successful events already, he keeps the floors  hot with a variety of artists such as; Pig & Dan, Shlomi Aber,  Yousef, Santé, Maher Daniel, Mikael Stavostrand, Silky, Djuma  Soundsystem…

...In addition to taking Sullivan Room brand to  Sao Paulo, Brazil, he brings exceptional talent weekly, keeps a busy  tour schedule and upcoming releases; the Sullivan Room Vol 3  Compilation, remixes and productions… Gene also runs a weekly party THE  LOOP exposing new local and featuring artists like; Marco Bailey,  Stephan Bodzin, John Tejada, Oliver Lieb, Andhim, Figueroa…

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