Hi guys, here is a little info sheet for the new Etihad Records release.
Let me know what you think...
Jake Mandell -- Noche de Luna 12" (Etihad Records)
One steamy summer night, under a full moon, Jake Mandell played in
Aviones, Puerto Rico in one of the most beautiful beaches and
fantastic surf spots in the entire island. He treated an exorbitant
Boricua crowd to his now infamous laptop sets keeping the entire
crowd dancing the night away bajo una "Noche de Luna" (under a full
moon). It was this event that prompted Puerto Rico's Etihad Records
to ask Jake Mandell to be the first 12" they release. After falling
in love with Puerto Rico and its people, he quickly agreed.
In this 12" Jake provides us with a new tinge, based on his warm
oceanfront memories of the Caribbean, while composing in the
relentless German winter. Hence an amalgam of inspirational sounds
bearing Jake's signature print, accompanied by a succulent remix by
Jamaican born/Miami raised Dub virtuoso Omar Clemenston better known
as Supersoul (Metatronix). He adds a warm downtempo Caribbean feel
with his dubbed out rendition of Jake's tempestuous and elaborate
arrangements in Die Klein Hexe.
Here's what XLR8R had to say about it in its latest edition (v. 51):
Jake Mandell: Noche de Luna 12" (Etihad Records)
In an effort aimed at creating dialogue and musical exchanges
between the Caribbean, Latin America and the rest of the world,
Puerto Rico's Etihad Recordings releases their first EP by techno
producer Jake Mandell (Force, Inc., Carpark, Kodama, Beta Bodega,
Schematic). Mandell, now living in Berlin, seves up three warm
slices of melodic laptop sounds that reprise a live show he did one
summer in Aviones, Puerto Rico. Ranging from New Wave synth
influenced techno to cerebral, polyrhythmic electronic dreamings,
Mandell's use of his own software manipulations never seems cold.
Miami's Supersoul represents with a robotic, Sly & Robbie-esque
(circa '85) beatdown. The handshake thas now transpired, let the
conversation begin. XLR8R v. 51
Pedro Cevallos
--
"...beginning in the fourteenth century, the clock made us into
time-keepers, and then time-savers, and now time-servers. In the process,
we have learned irreverence toward the sun and the seasons, for in a world
made up of seconds and minutes, the authority of nature is superseded."
-- Neil Postman --
http://www.geocities.com/mr_cevallos/
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