[M 95] Heartthrob & Troy Pierce - Square One

[masterpiece]

[M 95] Heartthrob & Troy Pierce - Square One













heres the next suprise from minus....more info following soon....


MINUS 95 Heartthrob & Troy Pierce - Square One


Square One

Puka Haola

Island Rumors


Kahana (Digital Bonus)



Out 23.08.2010

Digital Out @ 25.08.2010

[Creditcard]

troy pierce sounds always nice..
edit:
samples?

[Eneigbours]

UUuuuuuuuhuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!!

[HERON]

Jesse is on fire

[Werner]

there aren't any samples so far.... but for all Ableton Live 8.1.3 - users there is a special m_nus-pack (free) shared on Ableton.com
DL: http://downloads.ableton.com/packs/81/minus_artists.zip
... this pack contains the track "island rumors" ... check it out

[juanm2t]

Maybe Puka Haola will be good enough

[alexx.wolfe]

love the artwork

[masterpiece]

updating with full text...



a little note: release date delayed to September 13th, 2010 physical , September 15th, 2010 digital...

[M 95] Heartthrob & Troy Pierce - Square One


The devil is in the details. Three years after their successful Minus "Vs" release, Square One marks a return to a long standing collaboration between Troy Pierce and label mate Jesse Siminski aka "Heartthrob". The release is inspired by the duo's new performance moniker of the same name, which combines DJ-ing along with live performance elements. The three detail oriented tracks wind their way through tense, angular synths, solid drum programming, dusty droning sound spheres and swinging dissonant cords. Humorous, upfront, and chaotic at times, these productions are not afraid to stand apart and cause a full on freak out.

The title track Square One is a beast that utilizes stomping rock inspired drums that are tweaked and played off of a boiling hot synthesizer line to the tracks apex. Throughout, the focus is on dance floor pressure, as sharp high hats and sleazy drum rolls dodge analog noise bursts. Driven by tight sub bass, it is a unique take on Troy's intricate grooves, fused with Jesse's penchant for over the top melody and composition. This track is not for the timid dance floor.

While Puka Haole (which means white devil's hole in Hawaiian) is another sinister builder. A funky growling Moog bass melody who's filters open and close suggestively around broken beats carries the loose arrangement. Heavy snare rolls cut through and give order to polyphonic synth blasts. The atmosphere is electric and tense with delay lines and a soaring banshee choir. Ultimately a swinging melody brings even more energy to the anxious air of the track until it disintegrates.

Building from the first two cuts is Island Rumors, another stormer that shares the same cutting percussion and tough sub bass foundation as the other tracks but has a lighter disposition. Island Rumors dives headlong into tight jacking house beats, but pairs them with alternating ominous and uplifting synth chords. It pushes forward steadily as murmuring voices pass eerily, whispering rumors. It's a welcome foil to the mayhem of it's sister tracks, but nonetheless a relentless funk jam.

Finally there is Kahana. Abstract piano stabs distort in digital fog and echoes. This song cruises steadily from its calm beginning with an air of melancholy to something more complex. There is a nod to dub in the half time polyrhythms and profusely reverbed delays. Don't let the tenderness fool you. Before long, sharp snares amplify and construct a tight groove that builds and builds but never looses it's restraint.

While touring last winter in the United States the four tracks were written in Hawaii on the island of Maui. "Square One" functions as a step forward for the duo, their new performance project and ideally will satisfy the appetites of forward thinking Techno fans the world over. Troy and Jesse wish to thank Tobias Freund, for lending his "Golden Ears" to the final mix of these tracks.

http://www.wordandsound.de/article/66871 (samples)

ps: also i want to thank Liz Miller for her kindness..