K - 2014 Edition

LP FUR018LP UPC: 827170143821 Release : 23.06.2014 Tracklist 2LP: A1 K1 (12:27) B1 K2 (05:13) B2 K3 (08:13) C1 K4 (06:35) C2 K5 (06:29) D1 K6 (03:30) D2 K7 (10:12) Vital Sales Points: - Debut Album by Donato Dozzy originally released in 2010 and long out of print. - Releases on Prologue, Spectrum Spools, Mule Electronic, Absurd Recordings - One half of Voices From The Lake Short info: Few artists have crafted a catalog as rich and deep as Donato Dozzy has done in minimal techno�s more atmospheric realm. The Italian producer�who also performs in the excellent Voices From The Lake duo with Neel�has become revered for his unerring ability to create tracks that are at once ethereal and oceanic, inducing both a sense of tranquility and urgency. His debut album, K, which Further Records originally issued in 2010, stands as a towering example of Dozzy�s skill for electronic music that triggers profound feelings with only a few scrupulously selected elements. K�s seven tracks offer a masterly seminar in subtly altering the grid-like beat programming that dominates techno. Dozzy puts odd emphases on certain beats and adds percussive eccentricities and effects to others. Which means that this isn�t a collection of bangers geared for hands-in-the-air, goofball moves. Instead, Dozzy�s working on a much more refined level, one where tricky, intricate drum patterns trump simple booming kicks�although K3�s staunch, methodically funky kick and hi-hat pattern and K5�s swift and elegantly propulsive beats could heat up a club. The greatest pleasures of K occur in the way Dozzy�s eerie, aquatic drones swirl around his well-wrought rhythms, submerging everything in a restorative, algae-tinged film. At their best, these pieces convey a Chain Reaction-like rigor and a cinematic quality (of the Jacques Cousteau variety) utterly devoid of clich�. This reissue of K reminds us that it remains a crucial component of Donato Dozzy's catalog, the first major statem[was][]