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Santé - White (Review on Resident Advisor)
Every label is a little family; Souvenir happens to be several. Not only is it the project of the two Tiefschwarz brothers, its latest addition Santé is composed of a fraternal trio: Philipp, Marius and Mathias Maier. In the wake of their remix work on Rekids, the Maier clan's Souvenir offering is a promising release that shows the brothers in full deep house thrall and neatly encapsulating both ends of the revival: the inspired and the not-so-inspired.
"White" begins sunny and beatless, a clipped wail and reggae organ pulsing over a bright bed of pastoral ambience. Then this warm, bucolic clearing gets sent reeling when the low end snaps into position and the track suddenly careens into a deep house tunnel. Gradual it's not: the tune works in discreet, abrupt shifts, not crescendoing or unfolding as much as lurching back and forth. On several occasions the track seems to be on its way to winding down only to erupt again in a clipped, uptempo grind. Stripped and emotionally spirited, "White" is cause to once again give thanks that house music has finally found its way to German lands. It stages the Germanic engagement with house as an act of delicate surgery, where the goal is to deftly extract the soul while leaving the cheese behind.
"You" relies on overlaid vocal slivers and flurries of sampled congas. Its full-fledged middle stretch is satisfying, where layered conga rolls become the expression of dense and fleeting patterns. The drops, however, aren't particularly compelling. While in production the drop is in essence a game of subtraction, you don't want the game to be immediately apparent. The goal is the semblance of a natural progression, not the display of calculation. Here the sounds feel a bit like they're petering out, each remaining element simply marking time until the flush of the full groove returns. While it thus feels a bit rote when compared to the joyful A-side, the unintentional side benefit to such roteness, however, can be its pedagogical value—when a work's surface fails to conceal its inner scaffolding, the listener can more easily glean the tricks of its construction.
Words /
William Rauscher
Send to a friendPublished /
Tue, 07 Apr 2009
Tracklist: Santé - White
A White
B You
"White" begins sunny and beatless, a clipped wail and reggae organ pulsing over a bright bed of pastoral ambience. Then this warm, bucolic clearing gets sent reeling when the low end snaps into position and the track suddenly careens into a deep house tunnel. Gradual it's not: the tune works in discreet, abrupt shifts, not crescendoing or unfolding as much as lurching back and forth. On several occasions the track seems to be on its way to winding down only to erupt again in a clipped, uptempo grind. Stripped and emotionally spirited, "White" is cause to once again give thanks that house music has finally found its way to German lands. It stages the Germanic engagement with house as an act of delicate surgery, where the goal is to deftly extract the soul while leaving the cheese behind."You" relies on overlaid vocal slivers and flurries of sampled congas. Its full-fledged middle stretch is satisfying, where layered conga rolls become the expression of dense and fleeting patterns. The drops, however, aren't particularly compelling. While in production the drop is in essence a game of subtraction, you don't want the game to be immediately apparent. The goal is the semblance of a natural progression, not the display of calculation. Here the sounds feel a bit like they're petering out, each remaining element simply marking time until the flush of the full groove returns. While it thus feels a bit rote when compared to the joyful A-side, the unintentional side benefit to such roteness, however, can be its pedagogical value—when a work's surface fails to conceal its inner scaffolding, the listener can more easily glean the tricks of its construction.
Words /
William Rauscher
Send to a friendPublished /
Tue, 07 Apr 2009
Tracklist: Santé - White
A White
B You
Santé - Supervision on Beatport
Serveral Djs like Radio Slave, Chris Liebing, Speedy J, Gregor Tresher, Adam Beyer and more charted our Track Supervision (Rekids 034)
Santé - White
Serious house music with a bouyant spirit.
Release Number 16 from Tieschwarz's Souvenir imprint holds another club banger for the spring of 2009.
Again we are talking brotherhood, yet santè go one step further: welcome Schwaben-TRIO Philipp, Marius and Mathias Maier to the global dance circus!
After a first 12" on black-chrome records as well as a highly anticipated release on Radioslave's Rekids label, they return to their South-West German roots and team up with the brothers Schwarz on Souvenir records. Originally hailing from the beautiful town of Ulm, the Maier bros. have followed the overall exodus and established Berlin as their new creative homebase.
"White" is a wonderfully unconstrained house-track with an almost nonchalant beginning. Strings, a vocal sample, and some dry toms - it almost feels like you're lying somewhere by the water, enjoying the sun, simply not worrying. All the bigger the surprise when bass and drums set in. What used to be a lazy afternoon turns into a poolparty. But the best is yet to come: Two elements make this piece of music an outstanding dance track. Number one is a hi-hat as crisp and organic as a fresh fruit salad. Thank god this is released on Vinyl! Number two is a steel drum topped with a reverb effect, going bananas on your stereo-set. "How to bring a notion of spatiality into house music" - lesson no. 1.
It is with this sound effect, that Santé finish off the track's intro, anticipate the bass run, and finally fill out the breaks. Yet, it wouldn't be a proper Souvenir release if all that soul wouldn't have a dirty edge to it. Some dark reverberating string chords in an odd minor key? Sounds dirty enough? There you go!
The B-side with "You" goes in another direction. Recent months and years have seen a revival of Nineties House, especially the sounds from New Jersey and New York City. Of course Santé are happy to do their bit of reminiscence. Unwrap the 909 and off we go. "You" is first and foremost a percussive track carried by a mellow underlying bass. Dry and warm are the opposite benchmarks between which it flourishes. It is the careful selection of fine drum sounds that constitutes soul music. A powerful yet cosy bass drum, a rolling snare and a rattling high tom on every second bar drive this excellent piece. With the greatest of ease Santé draw a bow from the past to club music of today. Whether you want to dance or just revel in relax mode, enjoy a warm breeze of Deep House at its best.
Open up your windows, let in some fresh air: à la santé!
Some Dj Reactions Santé "White" (Souvenir016)
LUCIANO_CADENZA_SWI
house is always pleasant – 5/5
2000 & ONE_INMOTION_HOL
very groovy stuff. you has this soulfull drive which i like alot. full support from me!!!
ANJA SCHNEIDER_MOBILEE_GER
I like very much white. Really trippy housy. Will play Thx
SEBO K_MOBILEE_GER
great release! full suport.
AUDIOFLY_GET PHYSICAL_GER
hmmmm..tasty release...will defo play it out..thanks
DJULZ_OVUM_FRANCE
nice release, i'lll play both tracks
JIMPSTER_FREERANGE_UK
Fuck! killer couple of tracks here. both going straight in the pouch. deffo be hammering these.
RAY OKPARA_OSLO_GER
nice release... will play 4 shure, you is my fav...
RARESH_COCOON_RO
you is cool ..
SOLOMUN_DYNAMIC_GER
I Like it. Thanks!
GORGE_8BIT_GER
Very good release! Full support
Release Number 16 from Tieschwarz's Souvenir imprint holds another club banger for the spring of 2009.
Again we are talking brotherhood, yet santè go one step further: welcome Schwaben-TRIO Philipp, Marius and Mathias Maier to the global dance circus!
After a first 12" on black-chrome records as well as a highly anticipated release on Radioslave's Rekids label, they return to their South-West German roots and team up with the brothers Schwarz on Souvenir records. Originally hailing from the beautiful town of Ulm, the Maier bros. have followed the overall exodus and established Berlin as their new creative homebase."White" is a wonderfully unconstrained house-track with an almost nonchalant beginning. Strings, a vocal sample, and some dry toms - it almost feels like you're lying somewhere by the water, enjoying the sun, simply not worrying. All the bigger the surprise when bass and drums set in. What used to be a lazy afternoon turns into a poolparty. But the best is yet to come: Two elements make this piece of music an outstanding dance track. Number one is a hi-hat as crisp and organic as a fresh fruit salad. Thank god this is released on Vinyl! Number two is a steel drum topped with a reverb effect, going bananas on your stereo-set. "How to bring a notion of spatiality into house music" - lesson no. 1.
It is with this sound effect, that Santé finish off the track's intro, anticipate the bass run, and finally fill out the breaks. Yet, it wouldn't be a proper Souvenir release if all that soul wouldn't have a dirty edge to it. Some dark reverberating string chords in an odd minor key? Sounds dirty enough? There you go!
The B-side with "You" goes in another direction. Recent months and years have seen a revival of Nineties House, especially the sounds from New Jersey and New York City. Of course Santé are happy to do their bit of reminiscence. Unwrap the 909 and off we go. "You" is first and foremost a percussive track carried by a mellow underlying bass. Dry and warm are the opposite benchmarks between which it flourishes. It is the careful selection of fine drum sounds that constitutes soul music. A powerful yet cosy bass drum, a rolling snare and a rattling high tom on every second bar drive this excellent piece. With the greatest of ease Santé draw a bow from the past to club music of today. Whether you want to dance or just revel in relax mode, enjoy a warm breeze of Deep House at its best.
Open up your windows, let in some fresh air: à la santé!
Some Dj Reactions Santé "White" (Souvenir016)
LUCIANO_CADENZA_SWI
house is always pleasant – 5/5
2000 & ONE_INMOTION_HOL
very groovy stuff. you has this soulfull drive which i like alot. full support from me!!!
ANJA SCHNEIDER_MOBILEE_GER
I like very much white. Really trippy housy. Will play Thx
SEBO K_MOBILEE_GER
great release! full suport.
AUDIOFLY_GET PHYSICAL_GER
hmmmm..tasty release...will defo play it out..thanks
DJULZ_OVUM_FRANCE
nice release, i'lll play both tracks
JIMPSTER_FREERANGE_UK
Fuck! killer couple of tracks here. both going straight in the pouch. deffo be hammering these.
RAY OKPARA_OSLO_GER
nice release... will play 4 shure, you is my fav...
RARESH_COCOON_RO
you is cool ..
SOLOMUN_DYNAMIC_GER
I Like it. Thanks!
GORGE_8BIT_GER
Very good release! Full support
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