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"I wanted to do something which would set itself apart from

David M. Madden | salt lake, utah United States | 03/03/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"(reposted from my URB review)



Previously, BPitch's ridiculously amazing Boogybyte compilations focused their efforts on arctic, tickling click-glitch and microhouse (Ellen Allien's Vol. 4), eccentricity and Native Instruments software exposition (Modeselektor's Vol. 3, where Jean-Jacques Perrey meets Spank Rock meets Bobo Shanti meets µ-Ziq). Replacing the anesthetic and oddity you surrounded yourself with to get through the last few frosty winters, Berlin transplant, Detroit native and Ghostly International darling Seth Troxler (aka Thrill Cosby) breaks rank by splashing red paint on your white desk, placing violets in your dusty vase, stapling Turkish scarves to your ceiling, flinging open the shutters and urging "Spring has sprung" with his animated, sexy mix of warm, bubbly 4/4 house of various flavors.



Eschewing the pedestrian clichés of the genre (padded diva vocals, aimless intros, generic beats and otherwise crappy preset sounds that encourage the Sex And The City/girl's-night-out! crew to run to the dance floor), Troxler creates a fluid, beat-matched blend that shows virtuosity of deck juggling, knowledge of when to drop - and skip - the needle and how to add compelling homemade accents and flair. He culls from archives respected by record store guys, stereophiles, producers and club kids alike, pushing N/A's (featuring Rosina) orgasmic "Fables and Fairytales" into Richie Hawtin's squelched reworking of Spektrum's "Freakbox" into Alexi Delano's hushed minimal "Molar One"; Roman Flügel's stuttering acid and hyperactive non-tonality on "Stricher" bursts and nicely and reconnects with Troxler's bass fixated, neck snapping remix of Fever Ray's "Seven."



About the mix, Troxler mentions "I wanted to do something which would set itself apart from all the trends, and yet paint a picture of this city and portray it the way I experience it." An accurate inside-outsider's perspective, indeed.

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