In-Tune: Heezen

Style: Electronica

"Heezen is Raul Fuentes. He's a non-musician from the city of Castello in the east of Spain. Raul extracts the technique of sampling old vinyl-records from hip hop and combines it with minimal synthesizer- and guitar-loops, a lot of bizarre found-sounds, fragments of vocals and a few drops of psychedelica. His loops are like spirals of fireworks that interfere with each other to build new patterns of sounds and melody. On his Secret Speech EP, Raul combines two sets of tracks he already released one on his own: Fractura, Pirotecnia and Martin De Vivies are in the middle of the EP. These tracks got a pretty straight beat and intensify layer-by-layer. Raul bridges from electroacoustic minimal-music to deep house, home-grown electronica and back. For the other three tracks, Raul comes up with a more ambient vibe. You can find pulsing synthesizers (Secret Speech), a complex composition of guitar, certain glitches, sampled vocals and a string section (Lastre) and the smooth, introspective cut-up collage of Le Cannard that marks the end of the EP. Heezen created a dark sparkling gem of electroacoustica. His influences are legion, but due to his abilities as a sound-designer and songwriter, he managed to destillate them all in highly conclusive compositions that never forget about a certain amount of catchyness and, yeah, emotionality." - Heezen / 12bit Recordings

Visit the website:
http://www.12rec.net

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Pirotecnia
Fractura

In-Tune: Actual

Style: Downtempo

"Ac.tu.al:
1 existing in fact; typically as contrasted with what was intended, expected, or believed.
2 existing now; current.

Haunted house music......" - Actual

Visit the website:
http://www.myspace.com/actualmusic

Highlights:
Give and Take
Remembered

In-Tune: Asa - Bifocal EP

Style: Electronica

"Here comes the first Japanese guest artist asa! The EP opens with an atmospheric tune 'bifocal', and it takes us to a minimal space, 'blue zone'. The third, moody track 'wind focus' closes this EP." - Asa / Bumpfoot



Visit the website:
http://www.bumpfoot.net

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Bifocal
Wind Focus

In-Tune: Science for Girls

Style: Electronica

"Science for Girls is the incontinent and cranky electronic love-child of producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Darren Solomon. The sound is melodic, electronic minimalism, with roots in jazz and Brazillian music. Each track features a different singer, as well as everyone who was in the studio at the time for the final chorus of 'Australia'. The almost-completed album features all original songs, except for an electronica version of Barry Manilow's 'Sweet Life', sung by Jean Rohe, and a remix of Joao Gilberto's 'Eu Quero Um Samba'." - Science for Girls

Available at:
http://www.myspace.com/

Highlights:
14 Days
You'll Never Know

In-Tune: Sumergido - Levemente EP

Style: Electronica

"Who doesn't like the summer? 'Levemente' by Sumergido reminds us of the warm season. The four relaxed electro tracks of the EP range between House and Dub, always light and a little playful. You just notice that the summer of Buenos Aires never ends. Apart from Sumergido's tracks you'll find remixes by Glander and Scaff." - Sumergido / YukiYaki

Visit the website:
http://www.yukiyaki.org

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Clima
Embalise