On his Spectral debut Paajaasa, Finnish tech-house prodigy Sami Koivikko?veteran of labels Shitkatapult and Festplatten?flirts with disco in his roiling rhythms and drops deep, foreboding electro basslines that dare you not to dance. The first track bounces playfully while something quite sinister hides underneath, slowly emerging from the darkness as the track unfurls. ?Dore? offers straight-up techno disco bliss, spattering glitches on its rhythmic canvas, and ?Pientare? weaves plenty of textures into...   [ read more ]

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Sapphire has that quality of undertow, its a phenomenon if its mesmerizing beauty and its deep compelling power. The lead-off tune from the new Sami Koivikko project pulls you in gracefully. It's low-end reaching its targets like sonar waves. Following up on his acclaimed work for leibe*detail and Shitkatapult as well as the sublime Paajaasa EP for Spectral Sound, Koivikko perfects his sound here and the flip-side doesn't disappoint either. ?Tonalite? takes things sufficiently deeper and brings the melodic...   [ read more ]

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