Matthias Meyer Salt City Skipper Ep

Hamburg’s beloved Liebe*Detail label has ushered some of today’s most sought after names into the spotlights of the worlds best dancefloors… One such artist who is currently rising up the ranks is young Matthias Meyer. A strong member of the Liebe*Detail family and a regular on the German underground scene, his first two releases with the label explored extravagant and dramatic realms to great success. Now, following his recent hit ‘Tout Va Bien,’ highly praised across the board for its warming, building sentiments, Matthias joins forces in the studio with compadre Patlac, another promising new producer also from his home town of Lüneburg. A: skipper Free flowing and full of endless atmosphere, ‘Skipper’ begins with warmth and rolling atmosphere, tracking over itself with texture and colour. A complex undergrowth of static hisses and rich organic percussion build towards long and teasing breaks in the bass energy. The pair’s use of deep house stabs and long, drifting ethnic string phrases lifts the track high into the rafters, creating the perfect late night trip into another place… Fluid and full of dynamics, musicality and love, ‘Skipper’ is already proving its worth. B1: salt city - nick curly remix Mannheim’s Cecille Record’s boss Nick Curly has passionately raised the bar for the label’s deep-house-come-minimal sound, and now proves his remixing skills here with solid functionality. Chunky, room filling drums roll over and over whilst the key stabs from Salt City are satisfyingly thrown to the floor. Its a another pushing percussive workout that concentrates on the beats and leaves the Dj plenty of room to inject their own style into the sound. B2: salt city Taking things down a less intense, but by no mean less addictive route, the pair have have created a tight percussive workout that takes its inspiration from deep house but develops its sound palette from fresher, more techy climes. Phasing chord stabs rise amongst looping latin inspired drums and i