Nonwrestler Blog

Weekly mp3 #63: Moon Unit - Connections (Ewan Pearson Slo NRG Dub)

Again, get it from Spinner.

Swung, appropriately "slo" tech track. Rolling toms, a softly squelching sawtooth bassline, huge pulsing chords that remind me of contemporary Kraftwerk. As with most Ewan Pearson tracks, it's as slowly developing as a tech-house number requires, but is certainly far from a bunch of loops. Lots of nice little dynamics - breakdowns, build ups, sudden stabs to punctuate the mix - and then about 5 minutes in we head off into a new section. The bassline gets tighter, more insistent, and a great riff comes in on top. Nice shift in tone. The Kraftwerky chords come back, but it certainly feels like we're in new territory.

I can't remember when it became OK to have harmonic and melodic progression again in the austere world of techno, but I, for one, welcome our new contrapuntal overlords.

I don't know the original and it appears to be Moon Unit's one and only single, but a bit of snooping on Discogs.com suggests they're the German duo Mogg and Naudascher. Not that I know their music, anyway! This is another case of grabbing the tune because of the remixer. Ewan Pearson is a British producer, who I'd say is most well known for his remixes. I was really into the mixes of Kelley Pollar he did with Al Usher, thoroughly recommend them. He does the mix on one of the stand-out tracks on the latest Junior Boys album. Never checked out his album (EP?) 'Piecework', but guess I should. Anyone heard it?

Labels: music, weekly mp3

Posted at 6:00 PM