While Alex Celler may be a newcomer to the TuningSpork family, he’s already made his mark in the global house scene over the past three years: his energetic, swingy productions have made their way onto labels such as Cecille, Area Remote, Cocoon, Freak n’ Chic, NRK and others. With the Trapped in Dub EP, the Greek-born, London-based producer combines his usual tribal rhythms and techy beats… but not without some unusual elements added into the mix. The title track has a bit of TuningSpork humor, with children chanting and clapping, punctuated by soul-brotha guitar hits. “Indalgo” is more restrained, with snappy beats countered by gentle chimes, and a pastiche of other samples that exit just as quickly as they enter. On “Luciola”, Alex turns the energy up a notch, with tumbling, punchy drums that pave the way for a soaring synth melody, rounding out the EP with a buoyant tone.
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Dubfire : 5 Stars
Radio E-Volution / Tim Jones :Trapped in dub find ich klasse. Kriegt von mir vollen support! Bei Luciola finde ich den flächigen Teil ganz locker. Gutes Release, wenn auch nicht das Beste auf Tuning Spork!
Philip Sherburne :cool! i love the use of samples and the weird, floaty feel of the thing. all three tracks are dope; "trapped in dub" is my fave.
M.A.N.D.Y. : Play
Hot Chip : 'Indalgo' sounds like the track for me on first listen
Kiki :will play "trapped in dub"!
Rene Breitbarth : cool release, all tracks , playin´, chartin´
Matt Star : all trax cool
Karotte : trapped in dub ist klasse. wird gespielt.
Marcus Vector : nice 3 tracker, heavy bass, deepé a donf!! je le joue!!
3 Channels : trapped in dub - will play it
Italoboyz : very very very very very nice indeed! thank you for this!!
Bloody Mary : support , like trapped in Dub
David K : cool release, i like the all stuff.....:
Davide Squillace : full support
Diversions, CHRY.FM Toronto : This is a hot release - TRAPPED IN DUB is wicked!!!
Daniel Mehlhart: wow, this is so exciting, all tracks for me here for suuuuure !
shonky : really nice ep,will play for sure
Brothers Vibe :"Trapped In Dub" is my choice here... Feelin' the chants, drums, groove - it's all good!
Dan Ghenacia : love this ep, will play it a lot !!!! thanx.
Marco Resmann : indalgo is the one for me!
Someone Else : this ep is solid. i like 'indaglo' the most.
Martin Eyerer : trapped in dub is really cool!
Benno Blome : trapped in dub!!!
Funk D'Void : all good tracks, will play them out
Nick Curly : great release from alex, will play it for sure
Matthias Tanzmann : nice release
Electric Indigo : nice title - great release! really like the grooves, especially in trapped in dub.
Dario Zenker : great ep! i love all tracks! full support.
Seuil : thx for the music, great ep! will play it for sure...
Daniel Schmitt - 1LIVE Kunst/WDR : BIG!!!
Anthony Collins : trapped in dub is super nice
Mark Henning : great record!! tracks 1 and 2 got da funk!
Mutlu (Sender) :really love "trapped in dub", will play for sure.
Posivision mag : sounds really good. A1 Trapped In Dub has feeling of floating,great track! trip to africa!? B1 Indalgo heavy-hitting track,best for midnight floor. B2 Luciola has deep real tribal groove one,melodyline is galant. Thank you!
