Release #: FMR 27

Artist: Kris Wadsworth

Title: Hear Me Now

Track list:

1. Prayer For Detroit

2. Jazz Jack 

3. Town House

4. That Groove

Kris Wadsworth is the young passionate Detroit producer some love to hate. Wadsworth is an unapologetic original; taking his time with slow burning arrangements that build from drips of rhythm into thick timeless sonic soundscapes. His brand of four on the floor is rough around the edges and burning hot in the center - just like Kris. With future work planned for UK mainstay NRK, he has been writing emotionally deep but psychically frantic house tracks for labels like Morris Audio, Dark Energy, Hypercolour, Adult Only, Poker Flat and our own Fresh Meat Records. 

The story behind "Hear Me Now" is already legend at the Fresh Meat office. Kris finished the four tracks featured here right before his last European tour. He dropped the newly written tracks on a single CDR to test out on the road. In the UK, a scoundrel (or several of them) stole one of his bags at a gig, taking with it the laptop storing the original song files. Kris sent us his "as is" limited tunes. We promptly picked up all four gems and enlisted the help of our friend and genius mastering guru Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering for restoration. In short, what you have before you are four tracks of brilliantly written and meticulous music that were almost lost to the world. They will never be remixed. 

"Hear Me Now" is quintessential Kris Wadsworth. There is the hypnotic "That Groove", the gritty cut-up "Jazz Jack", the faux ghetto-tech stomper "Prayer For Detroit" and the bouncy sample mangling "Town House." Each track takes the dancer in a different direction. "Prayer..." starts with a muted kick drum and a single oscillator blip. It takes time, but in true Wadsworth fashion, it organically builds into a pad laden Motor City warehouse epic. Both "Jazz Jack" and "Town House" are heavy with horns, piano and playful vocal snippets; the former keeping dry and focused on the samples that make up its groove while the latter veers off into a dreamy synth drenched escapade. "That Groove" is in part Kris' nod to Moritz von Oswald & Mark Ernestus' Basic Channel project. He has taken inspiration from their classics and added his own signature jump and unique sonic economy. In certain moments the track comes to complete silence, doing more for dance floor dynamics than any build up ever could. Its restraint and tact like this that makes Fresh Meat champion this rhythmic madman. 

Selected Feedback:

Derrick Carter - Love this.

Giom - Great stuff here. Town House is my favorite, deep and chunky house. Will definitely play that one out.

Sharam (Deep Dish) - Cool deep vibe for start of the show.

Ame (Kristian) - I really like Prayer For Detroit!

Franck Roger - That Groove is my shit!

Sasse - Excellent EP - can't decide which track I like the most. It's all really good.

Jason Hodges - How perfect is this release to come out on Fresh Meat cause this EP is FRESH!

Jori Hulkkonen - Awesome tracks from Kris. Full support.

D'Julz - Town House in the box.

Nils Nuernberg - One of my favorite producers of 2009. Great release! Town House and That Groove go down really well.

Kate Simko - Super funky and musical release. Love it!

Rob Mello - All good!

Audiofly - That Groove is really cool. Nice set starter.

Alex Filtsch - Another brilliant release from Kris Wadsworth. That Groove is my fave.

Dubble D / Moodymanc - Wonderful wackiness from monsieur Wadsworth!

John Selway - Hard to go wrong with jacking beats and spaced out bleeps.

Chris Duckenfield - Nifty selection, varied and very playable. That Groove and Town House pushing my buttons here.

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Release: FMR 23

Artist: Matthias Vogt

Title: Roofs / My Enchanted Basement

Track list:

1. Roofs

2. Roofs (Audio Soul Project Remix)

3. My Enchanted Basement

4. My Enchanted Basement (Nathan Drew Larsen Edit)

Who is Matthias Vogt? He is the founding member of deep house super group Motorcitysoul and an important artist in his own right.  As Motorcitysoul, Matthias and partner C-Rock have completed three full length albums, the latest entitled "Technique" for Simple Records, they have collaborated with house music legend Chez Damier, and they have remixed countless artists, with many underground hits among them.  For Matthias, and fortunately for all of us, his work as part of MCS is just the beginning.  He is a trained pianist having written four full length albums in the group re:jazz and two albums with his new band the Matthias Vogt Trio. He has been DJing since 1990 and currently holds a weekly residency at Frankfurt's Cocoon Club. Recently, he has been making waves as a solo artist and producer writing house and techno tracks for labels like Saw Recordings, Urbantorque, Prog City Deep and Polytone. 

For his Fresh Meat debut, Matthias has invented two unique cuts bubbling with personality and melodic synth work. The EP opener, "Roofs," starts cleanly with an analogesque drum kit. A deep dark mono oscillator bass sets things off accompanied by playful percussion and completed by memorable chiming chords. As the cadence hops along the bass line awakens from it's filtered slumber and an extended atmospheric break down ensues, culminating into a surprisingly growling climax that returns eventually to the simple rhythm track. Matthias makes the circular journey sound natural and effortless. 

"Roofs" comes complete with a remix by the mighty Audio Soul Project. The rendition is starkly different from the original, keeping only bits of percussion and the chord structure. In step with the recently released "Bit More Grit" EP, ASP turn in a back-to-roots house bumper, complete with funky acid, stacks of Rhodes piano, a deep as the ocean sub bass, a bedlam of Latin percussion and roaring Jupiter 8 stabs that hearken back to the hey day of KMS Records.  The vibes and midrange percussion also recall Audio Soul Project’s brilliant work from the early zeros for labels like Greyhound, NRK and Tango.   

The second original track by Matthias is the hypnotic "My Enchanted Basement.” This time he fully exposes his roots in jazz and Chicago house, writing skippy swinging electronic chords complimented by soothing piano and subdued lead melodies. His drum programming is wisely sparse allowing the interplay of musical instruments to bloom. 

With love in his heart, Nathan Drew Larsen, Fresh Meat's very own DJ Harvey, slices up "My Enchanted Basement" into a 10+ minute melodic but tracky edit, squeezing out every ounce of undulating ether. He extends many sections of the track, creating a chunky organic arrangement.  The playful splicing and interchanging of sections achieves a Summery hot march that should blaze on most discerning dance floors.

DJ Reactions:

Deetron - Both original tracks are great. I will play them for sure!

Simon Baker - Very nice release. Fave is Audio Soul remix, all tracks are nice though. Will support.

Gavin Herlihy - Both Roofs and My Enchanted Basement sound useful. In the play list for next weekend. Thanks for the music.

Timo Maas - Roofs is my fave. Very good.

Alex Flatner (Plastic City) - Great release...love all tracks. Full support. 

Darko Esser - Cool release as always from Matthias! Totally feeling My Enchanted Basement. Keep them coming!

Jimpster - Oh yes! My Enchanted Basement is a real cracker! I think the NDL edit works great and that'll probably be my pick for playing out. Roofs is killer too.

Ken Ishi - Roofs Audio Soul Project remix is nice and funky. Like My Enchanted Basement's synth stabs as well.

Nils Nurnberg - Wow! Enchanted Basement is absolutely stunning. Am loving Matthias' stuff anyway! Great release! Audio Soul Project remix is superb too! 

Rocky (Xpress 2) - Nice late night deepness. ASP mix my favorite.

Alland Byallo - I like the Nathan Drew Larsen edit of My Enchanted Basement and the original. Another quality release from Fresh Meat. Yum!

Florian Kruse - My Enchanted Basement is absolutely my cup of tea! Big Fun!

The Timewriter - Oh my dear lord! Enchanted Basement is a massive track. Well groovy this, full support!

Adultnapper - I Love Roofs. Really great intensity. Will play for sure.

Laurent Garnier - Love Roofs and My Enchanted Basement originals.

Charles Webster - Good dubby stuff. Thanks.

Audiofly - Audio Soul Project remix rocks! My Enchanted Basement is also great.

Tiger Stripes - Excellent 5/5

Nathan Coles - Loving this release and all the tracks on it.

Llorca - Nice release. Great Audio Soul Project remix - this EP's most funky track. Really into My Enchanted Basement as well.

Hell - Both original versions sounding very nice! 

Satoshi Tomiie - Great remix and amazing original of Roofs.

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Release: FMR 22

Artist: Wiretappeur

Title: I Want You 8 Days A Week

Track list:

1. I Want You

2. 8 Days A Week

3. I Want You (Sandrino & Adryan Remix)

4. I Want You (Nathan Drew Larsen Edit)

For the latest Fresh Meat, we bring you Wiretappeur, a new group formed by Florian Kruse, Nils Nurnberg and Stelios Vassiloudis (aka Stel).  Individually, these artists have been busy releasing memorable music on imprints like 8bit, Dessous, Slip N Slide, Diynamic, Liebe Detail, OM, Dieb Audio, Urbantorque, Mood Music and Knee Deep Recordings. Their Wiretappeur collaboration is a Fresh Meat exclusive bringing their considerable talents together to create two original blissful, warm and timeless house cuts. 

The lead track "I Want You" is a captivating 90s infused deep dance floor exploration. Wonderfully organic stabs and filtered chords meet the trio's modern day bravado for building drama. The shuffling drums and percussion float atop a surgically compressed kick and devastating subsonic bass line. Vocal snippets are peppered throughout the cut serving to judiciously build the tension. The first time we heard this track we knew it had to come out on Fresh Meat - it's that special mixture of feel good nostalgia and hands in the air modernism that we can’t resist. 

"8 Days A Week", the EPs most hypnotic jaunt, treats us to sweet warm pads and top notch analog bumps with an arrangement that's all about the groove. Again using vocal cut-ups against syncopated keys and percussion, the track creates an early morning vibe as it undulates through each of its floating natural breaks. 

The project rounds out with a remix and an edit of "I Want You" by Fresh Meat in house talents Sandrino, Adryan and Nathan Drew Larsen. Sandrino and Adryan put an atmospheric touch all over their rework adding more pads and cosmic effects and extending out the original parts. Nathan stays true to the Larry Levan ethos of the re-edit only using original audio and removing the big breakdowns for his re-invention.  Still he manages to transform "I Want You" into a 10 minute ode to the Golden Age of house music in the tradition of Black Wiz or Prescription Records.

Selected DJ FEEDBACK:

Damian Lazarus - Liking I Want You original.

David Duriez - Excellent, makes me feel like getting back in the studio.

Mike Monday - 8 Days A Week is doing it in my ear holes.

Johnny Fiasco - Wow...deep killer spacious groove!

D. Ramirez - Love this - all the tracks are quality!

Ludovic Llorca - This is proper tech house with a deep feeling. Once again Fresh Meat hits me with funky beats and edgy music. Great EP!

C-Rock - The usual fat stuff by these guys, nice! All four for me.

Desyn Masiello - This is right on the button, soulful sexy and jacking house grooves all the way everything these guys do at the moment feels right. Nice one, thanks to you all.

Benny Rodrigues - Nice bits!

Marco Resmann (Phage, Luna City Express) - The original of I Want You is the one for me but all in all a pretty nice package. Full support!

Jay Tripwire - I like 8 Days A Week, simple and effective and tracky but with enough nuances that it doesn't sound unfinished like other people's loops that they try to pawn off as music.

Fine Cut Bodies - Nice deep groovy house music. I'll play the NDL edit for sure. Thanks.

Orde Meikle (Slam) - Nice techy house; 8 Days A Week for me.

Alexkid - Florian Kruse and friends have been responsible for some tracks causing serious dance floor damage in my sets. I think these will do the same!

Motorcitysoul - Brilliant release! Very nice stuff from my Hamburg mates plus wise edit by Nathan. Best Fresh Meat release since "Hello Scarlett".

Renato Cohen - Great groove! Such a fat sound but with this cool old school flavor; really good!

Nacho Marco - Original mix of I Want You is my favorite. Deep and solid, perfect for my sets.

Alland Byallo - Nice tracks. I Love 8 Days A Week the most and Nathan's remix is a gem as usual.