Kate Simko - Gamelan/Margie's Groove [SPC 66]

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Posted by RJT on Sep-19-2008 23:35:

Kate Simko - Gamelan/Margie's Groove [SPC 66]

quote:

A: Gamelan
B: Margie'ss Groove

�Gamelan / Margie�s Groove� is another offering of Kate Simko�s gracefully appointed minimal house, a digital-only release for Spectral Sound. With these two cuts, Simko gives minimalism a good name, inviting each sound to discretely rub elbows with its neighbors before it skips off into the ether.

�Gamelan� is an exercise in elegant hypnosis: a suite of tasteful percussion passages that, through careful mutations and recombinations, arrange themselves into a polyrhythmic symphony. A glassy clang rings like a jostled crate of milk bottles; synthesizers conjure automotive whirrs and distant rumbles; and a conga-augmented kick pattern pushes the listener towards the inevitable comedown.

�Margie�s Groove,� meanwhile, is the A-side�s sexier evil twin. �Margie�s� reprises the syncopated, sinewy funk of Simko�s She Said EP, riding a relentless tribal thump through a field of call-and-response slinky melodies and sharply isolated hand claps.

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"Gamelan" is alright - floaty tech house, not bad, will probably play it - but "Margie's Groove" is where the fuck it's at as far as I'm concerned. So excited about this record it's not even funny, just lush, groovy tech house.

For all the hubbub surrounding her apparently either awesome or wretched live shows (only time I've seen her she was fantastic) locally, she still produces a hell of a record.

Posted by Clovis on Sep-19-2008 23:44:

Both are so sick. I like Gamelan for its versatility because Margie's Groove is a bit more early only.

I want this on wax, so warm sounding, brilliant production!

Posted by Ek0nomik on Sep-19-2008 23:45:

wasn't feeling margie, but gamelan is nice.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Sep-20-2008 02:29:

both are good but margie is better imo. ended up buying both today.

Posted by Clovis on Sep-20-2008 02:56:

We could probably end the debate over which side is better before it starts and all agree this is a fucking solid release.

Posted by wotyzoid on Sep-21-2008 14:26:

Gamelan is mint.

Posted by Ek0nomik on Sep-22-2008 17:55:

if anyone hasn't seen it: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=962

Posted by RJT on Sep-22-2008 18:26:

Best quote from that interview:

quote:
What frustrates you most about dance music?

It frustrates me that the worst dance music is the most popular and known. I guess that's how it is with all music�the underground stuff is the best, the worst stuff sells the most...

Posted by cmay119 on Sep-22-2008 18:49:

All around solid release.

Posted by wotyzoid on Sep-22-2008 19:24:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT
Best quote from that interview:

I bit too generalized for my liking, but I see the point.

Posted by Ek0nomik on Sep-23-2008 15:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
We could probably end the debate over which side is better before it starts and all agree this is a fucking solid release.

quote:
Originally posted by cmay119
All around solid release.

The verdict is in!

Posted by Max Thomson on Sep-25-2008 17:09:

will check it, but shes a fucking terrible dj (and I don't say that about anybody very often)

Posted by Seppuku on Sep-25-2008 18:45:

Nice release, though I prefer Gamelan. Picked it up yesterday.

Posted by UWM on Sep-25-2008 18:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Max Thomson
will check it, but shes a fucking terrible dj (and I don't say that about anybody very often)

The first time I actually saw her play out she didn't know how to DJ on anything other than Final Scratch / Traktor (forget which), and when her computer crashed she was forced to learn CDJs on the fly and try to play.

It was not pretty.

Posted by wesley_brandt on Oct-07-2008 14:35:

wins

im a huge huge fan of simko's productions

Posted by MindShifter on Oct-07-2008 16:57:

like both tracks, really digging gamelan tho, just fits in with what i'm really enjoying of late.

Posted by Zayatz on Oct-08-2008 11:08:

Great release! Gamelan is the winner for me.