// Mild Pitch 006 / Ribn - The light Black EP //
Man,what is it with Germany and Deep House? . . to my knowledge, never has a nation been so unrivaled in consistently delivering such grass roots deep house and minimal techno with such ease and Mild Pitch Records is certainly no exception.
Based out of Essen, Germany, Mild Pitch Records is the Brain child of renowned producers Manuel Tur, Dplay and Langenberg, each of which have had great individual success and gained deserved respect within the industry, working with an array of acclaimed labels, Freerange, Drumpoet Community, Ovum, Mule Electronic to name but a few.
Mild Pitch Records had its first release in September 2009 with Ribn's 'This Feeling' and has since brought us 5 benchmark releases adhering to what proves to be a well defined formula paving the way for release number 6, 'The light Black EP' out 26th May.
Mild Pitch 006 / Ribn - The light Black EP This latest release sees Manuel Tur & Langenberg teaming up once again, to produce under the ever more familiar guise of 'Ribn'. Along with managing to find out just what kind of a super hero Manual Tur aspires to be, Soundcanvas has managed to wrangle a cheeky review advance on This latest offering and our findings are as follows . . .
A/ Light Black This is a seriously atmospheric, progressive groove of a track, with a nice techno percussion twinge. With its bulbous Basssline grinding away throughout, the track fills the space between your ears with some lovely panning, reverb etc, in short the production here is slick. Though the overall vibe of Light black is pretty soft and palatable on your senses, you can rest assured that hearing this dropped into a set in a club should be a sure confirmation you are you will not be leaving til you've had a quiet word with yourself in the corner around 6am. . .
B1/ Sin & Figs Having passed the tracks between us here at Soundcanvas, our over all the favorite from this installment is the 'Sin & Figs' track which our very own Hennessy summed up beautifully. . . "A bit of me that, I’m all over it like a smoked bacon and fried egg sandwich with white crusty uncut bread and a mug of rosie with one sugar. This track lulls me into a real relaxed zone and I could happily listen to it all day, day dreaming. The deep beat, coupled with the earthy and techy percussion, rolls along beautifully and the various chord, key and sound arrangements have me sold. This tune is definitely going to make it onto my next mix." the ever graciously descriptive Hennesy there . . and I quite agree with him, light skippy high-hats and an almost acoustic guitar sounding riff let this 8 minute ride vibe you out to the max.
B2/ Stonedrum Crackle crackle of the vinyl . . . introduces this great retro tinged down tempo number which has me got me seriously nodding in my chair right now. This track would sit perfectly in the middle of a 'Disco/Down Tempo' set or well. . . as a 'closer' at the end of any respectable set actually, but again, this is, at its core a brilliantly produced chugging deep house bump. You know what . . . I think this could be my favorite actually . . .