Peter Van Hoesen – Entropic City

[Time To Express] / Peter Van Hoesen – Entropic City (full album)

“Four out of the ten album tracks are much slower than anything I have composed before, they’re between 90 and 110 BPM. It’s interesting to hear what happens when you take down the tempo, there’s more space, more possibilities to extend certain frequencies. It’s not that dance floor-friendly, but that wasn’t my aim with these tracks. The rest of the album is up-tempo techno, so it’s nicely balanced.”

“[…] you’re at a warehouse party, all your friends are gone, but you are in the moment, with just a kick drum and a strobe. Sure, it’s an old school vibe, but techno has a grimy feeling and for me techno is forever connected to that space and feeling.”PvH

Peter Van Hoesen – Bass Invader on RA

“In September 2009 I played two dj sets, different to what I usually put on. The first set was at Panorama bar, as a part of the Lan Muzic label night. The vibe was already more than ok before I had to come on, thanks to sublime sets by Philip Sherburne and Jacopo Carreras. I continued, playing a three-hour set, starting out really slow, gradually working my way up into faster territory, but never going as full-on as I would when playing techno. That P-bar set was one of my personal highlights of last year. Along with, you guessed it, Labyrinth, which took place a few weeks later. My dj set at Labyrinth started at six in the morning. Because of this I felt like a giant alarm clock, responsible for slowly waking people up to bring them in the mood for the last day of bliss. Here also I started very slowly, without beats, trying to get people to move out of their tents, into what was going to be a very special day. There were a few difficult moments in the set, most of all related to the fact that it was hard to increase the pace at such an early hour. So I kept the tempo within limits, going near 128bpm only at the last part of the set.
I have fond memories of both dj sets, not only because of the context (the people, the space, the vibe, the love and the intensity) but also because they allowed me to do something else than usual. This was my inspiration for this mix.” PvH

Tracklist:

Ben Frost: God Protect Me
Oval: Oval Office
Theo Parrish: Space Station
Jouem: Levitation
Peter Van Hoesen: Closing The Distance/Toy Universe
STL: Silent State
Tres Demented: Tres Demented Drums Version
Claro Intelecto: X
Photek: Glamourama
The Lady Blacktronica & Mattski: If Some Rain
Juan Atkins: Urban Tropics
Keith Worthy: Lost In Sound
Levon Vincent: These Games
Abacus: A Place In time
Juju & Jordash: Deep Blue Meanies
David Wenngren: Fragment VIII

Posted in de-dans, download, sets on March 12th, 2010 by de-dans | 10 Comments