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                 [: ARTIST..... :] Forty Cats
                 [: TITLE...... :] Forest Beast
                 [: GENRE...... :] House
                 [: RIP DATE... :] 2022-07-24
                 [: LABEL...... :] Sound Avenue
                 [: CAT NR..... :] FA144
                 [: TRACKS..... :] 5
                 [: SIZE....... :] 81m
                 [: QUALITY.... :] 320kbps 44.1kHz
                 [: CODEC...... :] MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
                 [: ENCODER.... :] LAME
                 [: URL........ :] https://www.deezer.com/album/332201337

                          [ ::..    Tracklist    ..:: ]
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             01. Forest Beast (Original Mix) .................. 06:16      
             02. Forest Beast (Intro Version) ................. 06:16      
             03. Forest Beast (Berni Turletti Remix) .......... 07:25      
             04. Forest Beast (Weird Sounding Dude Remix) ..... 07:23      
             05. Infinite Gradient (Original Mix) ............. 07:52      

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             Madloch's Sound Avenue rounds out the month of July by welcoming 
             Forty Cats back to the label for her debut EP. With well over a 
             decade's worth of DJ experience, Russian artist Christina 
             Gavrilova aka Forty Cats has been a fixture of her country's 
             nightlife, sharing the stage with Jody Wisternoff, Nick Warren, 
             Yotto, Dave Seaman and more. Christina's production debut landed 
             three years ago via 8bit Music, and in relatively short order 
             the Russian artist has gone on to release projects via Lane 8's 
             This Never Happened, Hernan Cattaneo's Sudbeat Music and Mango 
             Alley. Also finding a home on Sound Avenue, Forty Cats opened 
             the year with a remix of 'Dreaming Home' by Eric Lune, before 
             going on to re-imagine Nopi's 'Hookan Idyll' a few short months 
             later. Now as we enter the year's third quarter, Forty Cats 
             returns to Sound Avenue with her first EP project entitled 
             'Forest Beast', alongside remixes from Berni Turletti and Weird 
             Sounding Dude.

              Although best known for her brand of energetic progressive 
             house, Forty Cats chooses to flex a deeper part of her studio 
             repertoire on 'Forest Beast'. Beginning with dulcet beats and 
             warm, roomy grooves, Christina crafts a narrative of soulful 
             piano stabs and ghostly vocal edits which carry a smooth energy 
             into the main break. Panoramic synth textures, cinematic swells 
             and spacey effects create a lovely sonic eco-system as the 
             interlude evolves, eventually resetting the framework for a 
             late-night finale. Looking to add additional tools for all the 
             adventurous selectors out there, Forty Cats has also included an 
             Intro Version to bring further depth to the release.

              Providing the first remix of 'Forest Beast' is Berni Turletti 
             who makes his label debut. Perhaps best known for his releases 
             on Or Two Strangers, Higher States, Sudbeat Music and The 
             Soundgarden, Berni Turletti brings a unique energy and 
             perspective to progressive music. With the backing of Hernan 
             Cattaneo and Nick Warren, the Argentinean artist has been tipped 
             as one of the genre's future stars. With a 2021 highlighted by 
             projects for Droid9, Plattenbank and Mango Alley, the Cordoba 
             resident now adds Sound Avenue to his resume with a gorgeous 
             rendition of 'Forest Beast'. Berni sustains an understated yet 
             confident club energy, reshaping the groove into a funk-fuelled 
             delight, while creamy piano's fade in and out of coherence 
             against a backdrop of evolving textures and enlightening vocal 
             fragments. Looking to bring further emotion to the narrative, 
             the main break melts down to an array of incandescent melodies, 
             planting gentle splashes of serotonin across the one-minute 
             interlude, before ultimately giving way to a soothing finale.

              The second and final interpretation of 'Forest Beast' is 
             provided by Weird Sounding Dude who returns to the label for his 
             second appearance. Based in Bangalore, the Indian artist is now 
             considered one of his country's most beloved progressive house 
             producers. As a favourite of the genre's premiere tastemakers, 
             Weird Sounding Dude has compiled an impressive discography with 
             standout releases via Anjunadeep, Hoomidaas, The Soundgarden and 
             Sudbeat Music, while receiving play and support from Hernan 
             Cattaneo, Nick Warren and Guy J. Having made his Sound Avenue 
             debut last year with a remix of 'Union Eterna' by Matias Vila, 
             Weird Sounding Dude now makes a welcome return to the label with 
             an equally impressive take on 'Forest Beast'. The Bangalore 
             resident's relentless curiosity for rhythmic and harmonic 
             experimentation basks in progressive radiance here, as a 
             delirious blur of hook heavy synths, shadowy vocal fragments and 
             wavy arps emerge from a bed of pulsating beats and voluptuous 
             basslines. Its eager optimism peaks across a one-minute 
             interlude, collapsing under its gravity as modulation rises 
             onwards to a thumping drop and hypno-fuelled finale.

              Christina reveals more of her creative attitude on the EP's 
             closer 'Infinite Gradient'. Exotic drum arrangements, dubbed out 
             grooves and a smoky architecture ultimately carry you down a 
             meditative rabbit hole, as aquatic arps and spastic effects 
             unite for a fluidly florid finale. Forty Cats effortlessly 
             dodges any typical genre templates here, breaking preconceptions 
             and made-up minds, opting for a heady journey to put a stamp on 
             what would have to be considered her most adventurous release to 
             date.

             Written by Mitch Alexander | www.releasepromo.com

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