Freude-Am-Tanzen Compilation 01 (Import) (CD)

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• Release Date: November 8, 2005
• Label: Freude-Am-Tanzen
• UPC: 880319100925
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106388199
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Audio Remixer: Gabor Schablitzki.

Jena, Germany's Freude-am-Tanzen began modestly in 1998 and reached liftoff four years later, when Wighnomy Brothers -- the label's flagship producers -- hit their stride and became buy-on-sight, with red carpets eventually rolled out by Luciano, Triple R, Michael Mayer, Adam Beyer, Jeremy P. Caulfield, Dominik Eulberg, Superpitcher, Tobi Neumann, and Richie Hawtin. (That list only accounts for some of the DJs who included Wighnomy-related tracks on officially released mixes.) The Wighnomys' Gabor Schablitzki (aka Robag Wruhme) and S”ren Bodner developed a style of pared-down house that pairs the rigidities of straightforward Germanic techno with abstractly funky effects and samples learned, and then contorted, from hip-hop. Rest assured, though, that they are far away from the land of funky breaks. While not as juicy as the average Perlon track, the Wighnomy sound tends to be just as playful, albeit in a fashion that can be menacing and unsettling without reaching the grayscale shades and pitch-black torrents favored by the likes of Lawrence and Anders Ilar. Once the Wighnomys raised their flag, the Freude-am-Tanzen roster began to accumulate releases by likeminded producers and producers who temporarily adopted a sound closer to that of their hosts. Hemmann & Kaden's "Vaganza" has a steady four-four foundation that's practically subliminal, covered with restlessly clattering and phasing percussion, and its title seems like a fitting term for the downcast synth-goo that streaks across its seven minutes. DJ Koze's characteristically offbeat "Lighta Spuba" is the most desiccated track, but it's also one of the highlights, with each ingredient of its nervous skip reduced to slivers. Soulphiction's "Black Woman," with its righteous pro-black poetry over the top, handclaps floating in and out, abbreviated synth-bass riffing, electric piano licks, and relaxed gait, is an effectively thinned-out Moodymann rip. For a laugh, check Koze's odd ambient chop-up of Shirley Murdock's "As We Lay" (!), which fittingly closes out the sequence. Consisting entirely of tracks that appeared previously on vinyl, this track-in-whole disc is an excellent way to be introduced to one of Germany's best -- if not most prolific -- dance labels. It could've stretched out to a second disc without tailing off in quality, so there's plenty more for beginners to seek out and delight in. Koze's "Madame Zinfandl," Wighnomy Brothers' "Freiekksemplar," and Onur ™zer's "Doppelg„nger" are just three of the tracks that thrill as thoroughly as anything contained here. ~ Andy Kellman

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