Claude VonStroke’s definitely a good DJ, but his sound doesn’t suit every occasion. For example – he smashed it at the Mobilee roof party at Sonár last year, but the following month at EXIT in Serbia, he seemed a bit lost in the epic, gargantuan setting. His ongoing relationship with fabric is a surefire winner though, giving us high expectations for this CD.
Funked-up and quirky at the start, we get some jaunty trumpet-filled Ekkohaus grooves, before those unmistakable P-Funk tones of Bootsy Collins make an appearance on The Greasy Beat – an inspired collabo with VonStroke that combines his love of sub bassy rhythms with a dash of fun. He then leads us into deep, choppy waters full of strange textures, tribal undertones shaking our foundations and DJ Deeon’s Shake It vocal keeping his underlying hip-hop fascination in the picture.
Stimming keeps it bugged-out with the indecipherable vocal snippets of After Eight, while Robag Whrume’s Drikkibass Remix of Peter Lauer’s Free Entry For Girls raises a knowing Eurotrash smile. The mix then delves into more heady, subtly melodic material, moving towards an emotive feel compared to the playful weirdness of the first section. Voodeux’s Just A Spoonful is gorgeous, dreamy and fluffy, Italoboyz Bla Bla Bla is seductive, sexy and throbbing, and the violins on Kiki’s Immortal are as graceful as you’d like. Typically though, he can’t keep his naughty gene subdued for too long – the bumping bass of Dinamoe’s Maceo battling it out with the cute melody of Clara Moto & Mimu’s Silently, and soon the tumbling percussion, elasticated bass and skippy rhythm of Donk Boys’ One Tooth Missing churning is into submission.
The beats continue to gallop, riding us towards a sublime, cinematic finale, thanks to the otherworldly mystique of Stimming’s One Weekend and VonStroke’s beautiful new track Aundy – a future classic of his that can sit proudly with any of his greatest, full of warm, melancholic 808 bass and twinkling chime sounds. His sounds translates well to CD thanks to its plentiful character and colour, and his editing skills have ensured that it’s a punchy affair that keeps you interested. As usual, his balance of humour and killer grooves across a range of styles and sub-genres is expertly constructed, making this a mix that’s sure to please most heads.
Tracklisting:
01. Ekkohaus Ft. R. Wurz – Cry Baby – Morris Audio
Ekkohaus Ft. Mensa – The Healer – Morris Audio
02. Claude VonStroke & Bootsy Collins – Yabadabadooza- dirtybird
03. Rob Van Valen – Trampen – Frankie
04. Holger Zilske – Mes Yeux – Playhouse
05. Detroit Grand Puhbas Big Onion (Joakim Remix) – Pokerflat
Roman Salanger – Galaxius – Lucent
06. DJ Deeon – Shake It – Databass
Isomer Transitions – Downtime in the Hangar – Moongadget
07. Stimming – After Eight – Dynamic
08. Peter Lauer – Free Entry for Girls (Robag Whrume’s Drikkibass Remix) – Punkt
09. Voodeux – Just A Spoonful – mothership
10. Italoboyz – Bla Bla Bla – mothership
11. Varislove feat DOP. – Inside Ways (Boris Werner. Remix) – Supplemental Facts
12. Kiki – Immortal (Instrumental Dub) – BPitch Control
13. Xpansul & Daweed – Pilsnerd – True Type
Marc Houle – Dirty Dirty – M_nus
14. Dinamoe – Maceo – Alpaca
Clara Moto – Silently Ft. Mimu – Infine
15. James Braun – Symphonia – Tartelet
16. Donk Boys – One Tooth Missing – Frankie
17. Robag Whrume – Guppipepitsche – Freude Am Tanzen
18. ICS – Espagnol – dirtybird
19. Markus Schatz – Running – Highgrade
Catz ‘n Dogz – SF – mothership
20. Marc Miroir – Kraft – Paso Music
21. Stimming – One Weekend – Dynamic
22. Claude VonStroke – Aundy – dirtybird