A key name on the island of Ibiza since 2010, Francisco Allendes has since gone on to firmly establish himself as one of the world’s top rising talents within House and Techno. With previous releases on the likes of Do Not Sleep, Kaluki Musik and Desolat, not to mention his role as a central figure within Loco Dice’s Seran Bendecidos crew, Allendes’ past twelve months have revealed his biggest year to date, and here we see the talented South American add another string to his bow as he touches down on Armada Subjekt.
A recent addition to the Armada umbrella, Armada Subjekt has become instrumental in the group’s continual development since its inception at the start of 2017, releasing stand-out material from contemporary talents such as Max Chapman, through to industry legends including Harry Romero, Todd Terry and of course, Erick Morillo.
Lead cut ‘Montana’ is a characteristically dynamic effort from Allendes, with the Chilean fluently combining metallic drum licks, shuffling hats and snaking sirens with driving snare rolls and intermittent vocal hooks to deliver an up-front production that looks set to become an essential on dancefloors worldwide throughout the months ahead.
A recent addition to the Armada umbrella, Armada Subjekt has become instrumental in the group’s continual development since its inception at the start of 2017, releasing stand-out material from contemporary talents such as Max Chapman, through to industry legends including Harry Romero, Todd Terry and of course, Erick Morillo.
Lead cut ‘Montana’ is a characteristically dynamic effort from Allendes, with the Chilean fluently combining metallic drum licks, shuffling hats and snaking sirens with driving snare rolls and intermittent vocal hooks to deliver an up-front production that looks set to become an essential on dancefloors worldwide throughout the months ahead.
Dimitri Kechagias review:
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[item value="10"]Beat and Rhythm[/item]
[item value="10"]Basslines and Groove[/item]
[item value="10"] Melody [/item]
[item value="10"] Synths [/item]
[item value="10"]Breakdown[/item]
[item value="10"]Climax / Drop / Crescendo / Pay off moment[/item]
[item value="10"]Intensity, Drive and Energy[/item]
[item value="10"]Sound-design and Arrangement[/item]
[item value="10"]Overall Atmosphere[/item]
[item value="10"]Goosebumps / Shivers moments[/item]
[item value="10"]Emotional affinity and heartfelt moments[/item]
[item value="10"]Originality and Inventiveness[/item]
[item value="10"]Dancefloor Efficiency / Festival Arenas Effectiveness[/item]
[item value="10"]You can’t get this memorable track out of your head[/item]
[item value="10"]It has potential to become an anthem or a classic[/item]
[item value="10"]Francisco Allendes - Montana[/item]
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Montana is another great example of tech house brilliance. Francisco delivers dirty underground chunky grooves, raw old school basslines, electroish synthy hooks, old school vocal snippets and builds great tension that will offer relief on the dancefloor. It has that raunchy sexy edge and even futuristic direction with sci-fi synthy lines recalling early synthy pop days. Montana has the groove and energy to keep you jacking with vocals or without them in its instrumental edition included in the package. Like IT[/content]
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