2023年2月が5周年となる本Partyは新興のElectronics/Minimal soundを発信するロッテルダムは"Nous'klaer Audio"からKondukuを迎え仙台と東京で開催を敢行する。Donato Dozzy & Neel主宰"Spazio Disponibile"や"Delsin"のMantisシリーズから発表されているKondukuの作品を特に印象付けている独自のポリリズムは、自身のDJにも反映されている。テンポの速度に囚われないリズムから繰り返され続けていく極めて先鋭的なハウス/テクノのハイブリッド・サウンドが、凄まじい没入と深淵の世界に誘なう。
仙台編となる開催では、実験的な電子音楽の体験を提案する"eulb"を始動したimusが出演する。都内を中心に各地でDJを行う傍ら、下北沢SPREADのスタッフとして携わるといった場面を問わない幾多の音楽体験は、imusがDJにおいて土台とするテクノ/ベース・ミュージックサウンドをより強固にしている。また、徹底され選ばれていく各領域に潜む亜種的電子音楽は、彼女ならではの折衷表現で美しくも鋭利に展開されていく。
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DREAMESCAPE, which has been YUI's open-close DJing with the theme of ALL ELECTRONIC MUSIC, has featured asyl cahier and Ko Umehara from Tokyo, Asusu (Livity Sound), Bruce ( Hessle Audio / Timedance ), Resom (://about blank), Vladimir Ivkovic and others from abroad.
[English text by Miyuki Sumi]
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Konduku
Spearheading a percussive yet atmospheric sound, Konduku’s minimalist approach to house and techno carves out a singular space where the artist can experiment with an amalgamation of new and futuristic sounds.
With a raft of acute tribalisms found across the Nous’klaer label he’s commonly associated - it’s the artist’s ventures further afield that are also drawing plaudits, most overtly his hailed Parlama EP for Spazio Disponibile.
Seeing some techier UK club cuts make it to the Idle Hands label in 2019 (Lila EP), other radical and leftfield techno expressions can be found on Delsin’s Mantis series, to more abstract and experimental outings via Disk (Şeker, 2020). Inspired by a musical mixture of influences taking in mid-2000s Italian techno, eastern-bloc & European minimalism, to turn-of-the-century tech house - Konduku’s originality comes through a kinship with British bass culture and the frenetic polyrhythms, otherworldly syncopation and distinct flex of his own linear steez.
Having now relocated to Berlin, groove and rhythmic pulse remain a priority of Konduku’s DJ sets, however it's a mix of halftime steppers, quick cuts and layered blends that conjure up hypnotisms and alluring new hybrids in the process. A major musical talent full of artistic influence and an outsider’s edge, it’s Konduku’s obsession for drums and the spaces in between that creates a unique set of sounds that not only inspire but live long in the memory.
