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                 [: ARTIST..... :] Gespona
                 [: TITLE...... :] Acridis Talk
                 [: GENRE...... :] House
                 [: RIP DATE... :] 2023-08-10
                 [: LABEL...... :] Stil Vor Talent
                 [: CAT NR..... :] SVT338
                 [: TRACKS..... :] 5
                 [: SIZE....... :] 63m
                 [: ENCODER.... :] LAME 3.100 -b 320
                 [: CODEC...... :] MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
                 [: SOURCE..... :] WEB (FLAC)
                 [: URL........ :] https://listen.tidal.com/album/304933812

                          [ ::..    Tracklist    ..:: ]
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             01. Helicon ...................................... 06:09      
             02. Acridis Talk ................................. 06:22      
             03. Colorblind ................................... 05:52      
             04. Cynical Moment ............................... 05:19      
             05. Colorblind (Radio Mix) ....................... 03:25      

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             Right on cue for extended action throughout the even busier part 
             of the summer ahead of us, here comes Gespona's third Stil vor 
             Talent transmission, 'Acridis Talk', after his previous two 
             2022-released studio efforts, 'Kune' and 'Magota'. Hailing from 
             Barcelona, Gespona champions a sound both sensually deep and 
             openly groove and percussion-focussed, which echoes well the 
             type of sound he tries to bring on stage. Armed with his 
             Elektron Digitone and Moog Sub 37, the Spanish producer pulls 
             out a quartet of essentially tribal-minded tunes designed to fit 
             any moment of the night, in terms of both rhythm and ambience, 
             harnessed for proper explosive peak-time business and further 
             spacious atmospheric sorties in equal measure.
             Beating a martial pulse, 'Helicon' goes hard in the paint with 
             its cleverly engineered mix of hi-intensity EBM tropes, sizzling 
             tech outbursts and lavishly hued synth envelopes from outer 
             space, gaining maximal momentum up until about halfway in, when 
             the wildest break/drop combo ensures to have you taking a tumble 
             into the greater void. A more subliminal, delay-heavy piece of 
             4x4 expression, the title-track 'Acridis Talk' trades the linear 
             buildup of the opener for the kind of syncopate swagger one 
             would be hard pressed to resist. Befogged under a thick haze of 
             FX and processed machine talk, the track evolves into a fiery 
             pseudo-acid/indus slasher, murky and oddly rousing as it gets. 
             Perhaps the epitome of Gespona's signature moody ambivalence and 
             thorough floor-destroying acuity.
             Recorded in collaboration with fellow Barcelona-based 
             Argentinian producer Djolee, 'Colorblind' showcases the housier, 
             more atemporal facet of Gespona's work. Laying down a feverish 
             assembly of soulful vocals out the classic mid-90s house 
             repertoire and more exploratory keyboard work on a kosmische 
             tip, the pair has us transfixed with their highly infectious 
             blend of ancestral vibes and ultramodern groove. Together with 
             Buenos Aires' rising talent Abuk, the Barcelona maestro shifts 
             focus onto more intricate polyrhythms, treating the odd Latin / 
             piano house classic to a vibrant facelift, as it nimbly swings 
             the pendulum between elegant melodic brittleness and 
             no-prisoner, bass-laden floor menace. A work of dual beauty and 
             rugged power, hypnotic and entrancing from all angles.

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