A strong and long-time advocate of the progressive house scene, UK based producer, Alfonso Muchacho, marks an auspicious debut on the Yin imprint with the inaugural Nebulous. Charting a remarkable odyssey through some of the finest modern works to have graced the Proton Music and Particles labels in recent memory, Alfonso Muchacho's reinterpretations provide a new hallmark of quality.
Operating out of the London capital and inspired by industry icons that include Guy J, King Unique and Robert Babicz, over a triple-century of production credits sit proudly next to Muchacho's name for such leading labels as Clinique, Stellar Fountain and Superordinate.
Crafting yet another niche for himself within the underground dance fraternity, the striking techno rhythms of Oliver Lieb's "VY Canis Majoris" are given a dynamic new fabrication as a lilting house rhythm and clave percussion provides the foundation for Lieb's distinctive riff to make its presence felt, surrounded by a growling bass line and sinister, husky vocal textures.
In keeping with Navar and Odette's original work, the rich sonic textures and multi-faceted layers of "The Slowbeq Paragraph" are adorned with a punchy new rhythmic shell that clicks and pops its way across an eight-minute piece. A hypnotic shaker provides an additional edge as the melodic fragments from Navar's work are melded into a new sonic form.
Reworking Dousk's modern classic, the vintage bass line and sublime melodic motif of "Look Good Tonight" are echoed themes in Muchacho's work, resonant throughout and complemented by the loquacious vocal so integral to the original. Building to a rousing zenith in the third movement with dizzyingly gated white-noise washes, the resultant work is a fitting tribute to an iconic track.
Reworking Texan based Derek Howell, the shimmering arpeggio of an "Interstellar Homecoming" ripple a filtered path across a strong house groove and dominant kick as a snapping off-beat snare fires across the upper frequencies. Building in mesmerising manner to a stripped back mid-point, Howell's beautiful melodies soar effortlessly as the melodic themes so significant to the original bristle with new vitality.
A final offering sees Ad Brown reworked "Here Now" as a seismic kick pounds the lower frequencies before Brown's central melodic motif emerges in simple elegance. Layers of additional production find their mark through a new percussive casing as the vocal cuts, so pervasive in the original, are reprised at the breakdown.
A quintet of remixes from the imagination of Alfonso Muchacho provides a work of "nebulous" beauty.
Directed/AandR by Tripp Baronner
Mastered by Alfonso Muchacho
Design by *caption - followthecaption.com
Text by James Warren
Operating out of the London capital and inspired by industry icons that include Guy J, King Unique and Robert Babicz, over a triple-century of production credits sit proudly next to Muchacho's name for such leading labels as Clinique, Stellar Fountain and Superordinate.
Crafting yet another niche for himself within the underground dance fraternity, the striking techno rhythms of Oliver Lieb's "VY Canis Majoris" are given a dynamic new fabrication as a lilting house rhythm and clave percussion provides the foundation for Lieb's distinctive riff to make its presence felt, surrounded by a growling bass line and sinister, husky vocal textures.
In keeping with Navar and Odette's original work, the rich sonic textures and multi-faceted layers of "The Slowbeq Paragraph" are adorned with a punchy new rhythmic shell that clicks and pops its way across an eight-minute piece. A hypnotic shaker provides an additional edge as the melodic fragments from Navar's work are melded into a new sonic form.
Reworking Dousk's modern classic, the vintage bass line and sublime melodic motif of "Look Good Tonight" are echoed themes in Muchacho's work, resonant throughout and complemented by the loquacious vocal so integral to the original. Building to a rousing zenith in the third movement with dizzyingly gated white-noise washes, the resultant work is a fitting tribute to an iconic track.
Reworking Texan based Derek Howell, the shimmering arpeggio of an "Interstellar Homecoming" ripple a filtered path across a strong house groove and dominant kick as a snapping off-beat snare fires across the upper frequencies. Building in mesmerising manner to a stripped back mid-point, Howell's beautiful melodies soar effortlessly as the melodic themes so significant to the original bristle with new vitality.
A final offering sees Ad Brown reworked "Here Now" as a seismic kick pounds the lower frequencies before Brown's central melodic motif emerges in simple elegance. Layers of additional production find their mark through a new percussive casing as the vocal cuts, so pervasive in the original, are reprised at the breakdown.
A quintet of remixes from the imagination of Alfonso Muchacho provides a work of "nebulous" beauty.
Directed/AandR by Tripp Baronner
Mastered by Alfonso Muchacho
Design by *caption - followthecaption.com
Text by James Warren
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