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Pedro Cali – Misty [Fine Art]

Pedro Cali doesn’t need any introduction, you already know that he’s more than capable of coming up with a surefire winner. Well he’s gone and done it again in its original form, this single makes you feel exactly that; ‘Misty’ so simple but insistently brilliant – proper deep techno at its best. ‘The Way’ is the way with his trademark Motown-influenced funkiness that twists and turns. Finally ‘8 Days A Week’ is a proper deep mixture of techno attitude with house sensibilities. The two other remixes by Rodriguez Jr. and Duplex are also fucking good. Rodriguez Jr. remix is a brilliant piece of deep tech-house with a Border Community style moody hook. Beautiful indeed. The Duplex way takes the original and bends it perfectly for quality floors. It’s really powerful ! Ahh Perdo, Olivier, John and Chris, these Beneluxians can do no wrong !

Tracklisting:

• 01. Misty
• 02. Misty (Rodriguez Jr. remix)
• 03. The Way
• 04. The Way (The Duplex way)
• 05. 8 Days A Week

Get "Misty" here:

• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £6.37
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $7.96

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/pedrocali
• www.myspace.com/rodriguezjr
• www.myspace.com/duplextechno
• www.myspace.com/fineartrecords

We’d like to say thank you Santiago for your support ! :-)

You can hear that track in the following SoundCloud player:

Seven Days

You can also buy it from Beatport, Juno Download and many more.

Electronic Directory represents Melodika Recordings, featuring interview with Matt Chester.

Matt Chester Biography

Matt Chester is a London based techno, house and electro producer, specialising in a unique blend of soulful funk-drenched Detroit techno, raw jacking Chicago house and deep and emotive UK electronics. He released his first EP, ‘Into The Fall’, in 2004 on his label 11th Hour Recordings to great critical acclaim, with Germany’s DeBug magazine hailing it as the ‘finest debut of the year’, and UK’s DJ Magazine stating ‘if this is only his debut, just imagine what he will become capable of’. DJs around the world were also fast to pick up on his sound, with strong support coming from Laurent Garnier, Dave Clarke, Derrick May, Fabrice Lig and dozens more. Since then he has released 2 more EPs on 11th Hour to equal reaction, as well as EPs for Paul Mac’s Sula Muse and Fabrice Lig’s Melodika imprints, has remixed Detroit’s Terrence Dixon and has a new 11th Hour due out featuring a remix from UR’s DJ 3000.

He is renowned for his extraordinary DJ skills, playing with a fluid and energetic fast-cut style, usually performing on 3 decks & on special occasions with additional drum machine. He has played across Europe and North America, performing in London, Detroit, Glasgow, Vancouver, Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Vienna, Prague, Cologne and many other cities, and has appeared alongside artists such as Derrick May, UR, Surgeon, Octave One, Jay Denham, Autechre, Andy Weatherall and many more.

Since 2006 he has also been playing live – live, that is, directly off synthesisers and drums machines, without Ableton or even a laptop in sight. Each set is performed completely off the cuff, an improvised jam blending in snippets of his released material alongside drum lines and synth jams made up right on the spot, lasting anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours ! His debut live set was performed as a special guest alongside the Underground Resistance crew in London, and he has since taken it on the road across Europe.

Matt has several new projects lined up for 2008, including 2 more releases on his own label with guest remixers, and an EP showcasing the housier side of his production to be announced soon.

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• (in no particular order)
• Ican – Pa’ Mi Gente [Planet E]
• DJ Bone – Himbot / Tru Warriors EP / Subjugation [Subject Detroit]
• Pedro Cali – Misty [Fine Art]
• The Youngsters – Phoenix/Rock To The Bit [Ovum] / Babylon Superstars [20:20 Vision]
• Henrik Schwarz / Âme / Dixon – D.P.O.M.B. EP [Innervisions]
• Chymera – Caprica Burning [Connaisseur Superieur]
• Nick Sole – Earth [Fine Art]
• Octogen – The Journeyman (Orlando Voorn remix) [Soma] / Rennie Foster – The War Of Art (Kaito remix) [Dirty Works]
• Itokim – Breathe [Logos]