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Tolga Fidan - Ballads [Cadenza 57]
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| Adam420 |
| quote: | Cadenza herdsman Luciano welcomes another amazing musician to the label s illustrious gang of house producers. Having released a series of striking records on Berlin s Vakant, Tolgas music flows seamlessly into Cadenzas vanguard club sound. Recovering the beauty and charm of its off-key moments, Fidan opens up towards more house related sensibilities. The Berlin based musician of Turkish origin creates sonic arrangements that are complex yet striking, mazy yet seductive.
Opening with Slipt It, it s multi-layered grooves crackle like wood burning in a fireplace. The yearning of the string melody develops subtle hit appeal. Tolga pulls us out of this moody autumnal atmosphere with a striking piano hook. Opening up another sonic experience, it enables us to enter a certain level of tranquility; it elicits a deeper level of happiness. Having become part of the absorbing fluxion of this epic record, the pervious grooves of Rhythm vs Me set our limps in motion. In the depth of the sonic space, a protruding melody proceeds in endless improvisation. Fusing the madness 70s funk weirdos Funkadelic with the simplicity of contemporary electronics, Tolga explores the intersection of craziness and grace, of weirdness and sweetness. With Bass Ass, he switches into a more forthright mode of communication. The pulsating bassline puts us into a trance, the sound of the tom drum is so spacious that it is able to hold the whole dancefloor.
The ingenious composition puts the freedom of a detached piano in contrast to the permanence of an organ hook line. The digital bonus Shizzle Hearts and Nizzle B is about those very special moments when the club experience is over for quite some time and yet the grooves are still present in one s mind and body. The actual experience being gone for hours or days, the sounds are liberated and they develop a life of their own. In only half an hour Tolga manages to take one on a trip through inconceivable sonic spaces and places. Never failing to surprise us with his originality and resourcefulness, he creates a personal yet universal experience. Tracks and heads down techno both represented with aplomb, fans of the imprint can consider Cadenza57 a fitting addition to their collection. |
What a great release. All tracks are fantastic IMO. 5/5 from me.
Best thing Cadenza has put out in the last 2 years I'd say.
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| woscar |
Agreed.
 Tolga Fidan. |
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| Forever Delayed |
| Agreed, definitely the best thing either Tolga Fidan or Cadenza has put out in a looooooooong time. Really interesting, creative music. |
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| Guest |
| I had pretty much given up on the label. That slipt it track sounds really nice and breezy. Thanks for the heads up |
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| enydo |
| I'm really partial to Tolga Fidan, and this is really the first thing on Cadenza I've been even moderately interested in in a while. So that's cool. |
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| djhaziel |
| It's a nice release but If we are talking about cadenza I personally dont think its any better than mirko lokos "seventynine" 2009 :p |
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| Apo-G |
| Pretty enjoyable stuff from Tolga Fidan, don't follow Cadenza all that much though. For me Slipt It and Rythm Vs Me are my favorites, but they are all nice and fairly chill. |
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| xpand3r |
| The production is nice but this stuff is too chilled out for me. I don't know if it work better at a club but i can't get into it. |
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| Adam420 |
| I think it's pretty sad whenever people say that a certain sound is too chilled out" for them. |
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