01: 'Cthulhu' - Original Mix
02 'Cthulhu' - Radio edit
Love a bit of Lovecraft? If that's a 'yes' then the enigmatic title of the latest outing from Extravagance SL may need no further introduction. If you are slightly less au fait with H.P.'s works then allow us to enlighten you! 'Cthulhu' is a fictional deity created by that legendary master-of-unease H. P. Lovecraft and was first introduced in the pulp/cult magazine Weird Tales short story 'The Call of Cthulhu'. Armed with that knowledge prepare to check a track from the two German studio operators of superbly deep electronic texture, sophisticated resonance and complete immersion.
The Dortmund based two-some of Phillpp Leske & Marcus Schleickmann have been rocking any number of spots with their tracks for close to five years now. Their studio outings are no strangers to the discographies of labels like FENology & Tool Tracks, the tracklists of shows like A State Of Trance (where 'Nightshift' became a notable Tune of the Week) and the review pages of dance media including DJ Times, Raveline & DJ Mag.
Pronounced (as close as we can get!) 'Klul-who', the track is and odyssey-ian slice of electronic music, beautifully caught in the hinter-worlds of progressive & trance. With one foot in the future of the twin genres and the other channelling the brilliant limitless scope of its history (think 'Xpander', 'Scorchio' or 'My Lexicon', et al), 'Cthulhu' reaches new levels of sophisticated genre compression. Catch 'Cthulhu' in stores now.
Dimitri Kechagias review: Every week the awesome record label Vandit records headed by the superstar dj Paul van Dyk presents high class releases that deserve your attention and whole hearted support. The latest anthem to appear on Vandit records is the brand new production by Extravagance SL well known for their tracks on Woody's van Eyden label Fenology records. Cthulhu is the strange title of it and represents well the content of it. Deep brooding haunting basslines, chunky minimal groove, percussive elements and on top dark and sinister synthy melodies that build the mysterious atmosphere recalling the sound that Marcus Schulz is playing and we refer as Coldharbour recordings sound. If you are on a hunt to find the dark and twisted super track to include in your first warm up hour of your trance dj set you should check out Cthulu cause simply is ticking all the right boxes and the arrangement is faultess and floating as it should be on that type of serious underground deep but very danceable trance! #PureGold Love iT
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