Title: Ultramarine EP EP
Cat #: THEMA 8.10
Format: WAV, 320MP3
Release date: March 2, 2011
Track Samples:
1. Ultramarine
2. Candy Rain
3. Message
4. Message [Beaner Skirtchaser remix]
5. Message [Beaner Skirtchaser Dub remix]
SoundCloud:
http://soundcloud.com/thema/sets/thema- ... marine-ep/
The last time Keisuke Kondo fused with Thema he dropped one hell of an EP. Be Mellow was a miniature jungle of a recording that introduced us to a dense, dark, delirious and lovely world that is so uniquely his own. This time he returns with a mysterious little box of deceptively simple house music that’s as deep as it is danceable—Ultramarine.
Ultramarine marks a profound shift in Keisuke’s musical direction. Here, the glimpses of warmth that seeped through the dense thicket of sounds on his debut Thema release rise to the surface for some much needed fresh air. The title track gleans it’s wistful hook from Kondo’s meditative, melodic sphere with a slow building hypnotic structure. The heady house workout Candy Rain and the starkly downcast Message each seem to patiently scrape away at a vast undulating darkness, with brilliant rays of daylight shining through as the beats drift along. Thema contributor and Bar25 vet Beaner adds his take on this sound with—not one, but two remixes of Message. Slowing the cruise to a creep, his “Skirtchaser” and “Skirtchaser Dub” versions drown the original elements in a sea of boozy delay and paranoid, sexy ambience.
Text by: Chris Malec
Cheers,
Thema Crew // Brooklyn, NYC
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete Mastering
Available on Beatport, Whatpeopleplay, Junodownload, Halcyondigi.com