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                 [: ARTIST..... :] Radeckt
                 [: TITLE...... :] Jackal
                 [: GENRE...... :] House
                 [: RIP DATE... :] 2022-12-29
                 [: LABEL...... :] microCastle
                 [: CAT NR..... :] MCSL063
                 [: TRACKS..... :] 5
                 [: SIZE....... :] 75m
                 [: QUALITY.... :] 320kbps 44.1kHz
                 [: CODEC...... :] MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
                 [: ENCODER.... :] LAME
                 [: URL........ :] https://www.deezer.com/album/375795717

                          [ ::..    Tracklist    ..:: ]
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             01. Jackal (Original Mix) ........................ 06:38      
             02. Playful Passion (Original Mix) ............... 06:22      
             03. Vela (Original Mix) .......................... 07:00      
             04. Himiko (Original Mix) ........................ 06:15      
             05. Conflict in Retrospect (Original Mix) ........ 06:19      

                          [ ::.. RELEASE  NOTES ..:: ]
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             microCastle's fifth and final offering of 2022 welcomes Radeckt 
             back to the label for a new EP. Since emerging in 2016 Danish 
             artist Radeckt has forged a distinctive sound which focuses on 
             inventive use of melody and rhythm, drawing the lines between 
             global dance cultures without adhering to any fixed formula. On 
             the strength of releases for MoBlack and TAU, Radeckt made his 
             microCastle debut in August of last year with 'Illusions of a 
             Romantic'. A four-track affair that masterfully balanced rich 
             production with fire-starting spontaneity. A strong 2022 
             schedule has seen the Copenhagen resident with a consistent 
             stream of superlative releases via Acrylic on Canvas, Frau Blau 
             and Nandu's Out of Options, the latter of which landed with a 
             resounding thump. Now, following a contribution to Volume Four 
             of TAU's popular 'Spektrum' series, Radeckt returns to 
             microCastle with a five-track showcase entitled 'Jackal'.

             As a recent favourite of Aera, Denis Horvat and Nandu, EP opener 
             and title selection 'Jackal' finds Radeckt at his creative best. 
             Instantly seductive, its industrial structures and machine 
             progressions drive each other into a whirlpool of spiralling 
             directions, making for a flexible club track that bends between 
             scenes while injecting vibrant energy into the dancefloor. While 
             this looping hypnotism does not fail to command your attention, 
             it also provides a segue into the subterranean wobbles and 
             charged rhythms of 'Playful Passion'. The chaotic tranquility 
             that has always been a peculiarity of Radeckt's music finds its 
             peak here, as crunchy melodica, disembodied voices and 
             multi-dimensional synth manoeuvres meet in a black hole of 
             corrosive beauty and mesmerizing darkness.

             Moving forward to selection three, the collection's lone 
             collaboration, Auggie and Radeckt masterfully synthesize their 
             talents into one singular brain-bending vision that is 'Vela'. 
             Played by Trikk, its machine gun grooves anchor esoteric chord 
             stabs and prismatically split particles, eventually scrambled 
             into traces of elasticated synth swagger for a frenzied finale. 
             The intuitive musical dialogue held between the duo preludes the 
             sonic surgery of selection four 'Himiko'. A prophetic journey 
             where weighted rhythms and scintillating synth flares are 
             contrasted by collapsing waves of light. As one might expect 
             from Radeckt, the arrangements are masterworks of understated 
             execution with oversized emotional resonance, a feeling that 
             perfectly shifts energy into the release's final act 'Conflict 
             in Retrospect'. Warped by jet engine exhaust and retro vocal 
             stabs, there's a white-knuckled tension applied to the elements 
             here, playing off one another throughout, resulting in a hugely 
             energetic collection closing vortex.

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