Finally 18. Finally of age in Germany. Completely independent. Some simply call it “free”. Basically it is just a number. But yet the first deep cut in everyone’s biography. At the age of 18 things appear in a different light. Or get a new, deeper meaning. Even the hitherto senseless suddenly makes sense. And you start to ask yourself if the success of the first hour really was pure coincidence. Or rather predetermined?
Occasionally, not only a human individual but also musical project needs the distance of eighteen years to understand itself. And to mature to true greatness. In this case it’s a trio formed in 1994. Among Techno veterans still well known by their “Holobube” pseudonym. But also young clubbers know about who we talk as soon as the true names are revealed: Toni Rios, Andre Walter and Marco Cannata.
Already with their first vinyl "Earth & Fire" they catapulted themselves into the Dance Olympus: An eleven-minute acid trip, which is one of the milestones on Sven Väth's seminal Harthouse label. Following each member went his own personal way. Toni Rios as a globally celebrated producer and DJ, co-founder of Cocoon Recordings, Cocoon Club resident and owner of the top label Danza Electronica. Marco Cannata’s career led him from legendary club Omen Frankfurt via Ultrasound in Munich to Stammheim in Kassel. Marco also was well represented at all major events between Germany and Brazil and produced about 60 releases with studio partner Peter Haubfleisch as well as DJ Pierre on labels such as PV, Hörspiel or Audio. Third part of the group is André Walter, the production genius in the background. Founder of the influential label Stigmata as well as developer of the dark brute sound of Chris Liebing released on Audio, CLR and CLAU. André is also responsible for club hits and remixes with and for stars such as Monika Kruse, Marshall Jefferson, John Starlight, Tiga, Sven Väth and the White Stripes.
All three not only accompanied the rise of the Techno metropolis Frankfurt / Main. They shaped and brought it forwarded decisively. And now, 18 years later, the former youngsters wanted to know how Holocube would sound if founded in 2012. Unlike 1994, of course. But the greed to produce uncompromising dance sound is still the same.
Dimitri Kechagias review: BluFin records is one of the finest labels for techno music. The latest one comes from the well known project Holocube who present a brand new album and great new tracks. Ultraviolet is a magnificent progressive psychedelic techno track with tribal grooves, unstoppable percussion, synthy lines, dreamy female voices and with serious psy trance influence to it as well. It certainly remind you the Harthouse era and will find support from wide variety of djs with different music genre backgrounds. The remix package is the best with two must play and then die type of versions. Daniel Stefanik delivers an excellent 12 plus minutes deep tech house version that starts quite loungy and abstract but it changes completely after a while as the beat becomes tougher, the bass dark, dirty and rougher and the hypnotic atmosphere it goes for a full on techno ride of the finest quality. The top Bait & Switch recreate the original into a more minimal techno affair with addition of new darker and more sinister sounds that build slowly an uncertain, fearful soundscape that is mysterious, unpredictable and sexy as we like it to be. If you follow techno music and you like experimentation and the birth of new subtechno styles dont miss it, Love iT!
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