DANIEL PORTMAN can look back on a very successful year as a producer and as a DJ, playing at some of the biggest festivals and clubs. Right on time for this year's end year party season, the king of minimal electro music strikes back and presents his latest 2 track EP. THE REASON why we like this music can be simply figured out by hammering those 5:42 minutes of the title track out loud in a club in front of the biggest possible crowd. The reaction you will get is going to be the answer to all of the questions you might have asked yourself in the past, or your neighbors might have asked themselves, when they had to hear you listening to some Daniel Portman DJ sets all day long. We are minimal, and we like! it Are you? Second track on the EP is called BORDERTOWN and is a clubby minimal techno track with a shaky and rolling bass line arpeggio and some punchy synth stabs. We're sure your crowd will sing along the saturated square sound melody and will drive them nuts when the beat drops back in.
Dimitri Kechagias review: The superb producer Daniel Portman is back with his latest EP that included the equally devastating tracks The Reason and Bordertown. Firstly The Reason is a wonderful slice of chunky techy grooves, deep playful basslines and pizzicato percussion style melodies that will definitely work on any underground dancefloor. With basic elements and without over compilating the proceedings The Reason is definitely another good Reason to make you become faithful follower of Daniel Portman and worship his talent. The breakdown includes very cool vocal sample that tries to find the reasons behind our addiction for that music. I guess this is a rhetoric question and there is no definitive answer cause when we will understand why music works in particular way will be the end of music too. With simple rhythm, hypnotic groove and tight arrangement Daniel says it all loud and proud. Second track is Bordertown that moves on the same playful direction with minimal energetic bassline, chunky techy grooves, chopped vocal samples, acid overtones while the main pitched synthy melody will remind you of well known house track from the past that actually can become the discussion of the rest of the night with your friends trying to guess from where this top melody was firstly used. Daniel Portman never fails to deliver and on this EP does what he knows best and that is to make us sweat and have good times right there in the middle of the dancefloor! Love It
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