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Atmosphere 12"
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Gabriel Black - Atmosphere [8TR-004]
It was Winter Music Conference 2006 ("the cold one") when Gabriel Black approached us with a CD of new music he'd recently produced. In all of the dozens of CDs that WMC gave us somehow one track rose to the top, that being Gabriel's "Atmosphere". Quickly snatched up in the midst of the EIGHT-TRACKS genesis it's quite fitting that now, pretty much exactly a year later, the Atmosphere 12" is officially unleashed. Lovely stuff.
Gabriel Black, resident of San Jose, makes the kind of groovy deep house that makes us think of moonlight raves and other sorts of nostalgic, dreamy things. Previously dropping fabulous, dubby house-play on bay area labels Tarantic and Care, Black's EIGHT-TRACKS debut is a gorgeous and floaty affair complete with warm key pads and an ear-tugging guitar riff. As pretty as this track can be it's also tough on the dancefloor ... some crafty percussion bits make sure of that. We knew this cut was special at first listen and are still thrilled by it to this day.
Expanding on different shades of the melody are our remixers Giom and Q-Burns Abstract Message. Giom hits us with a superstar effort that is already gracng the sets of DJ Heather and Jay West. Giom is the man of the moment and this mix shows why: chunky, funky, and groovy in all the right places. It twists and blends Gabriel Black's original into a peak-time builder. Q-Burns Abstract Message goes a bit in the other direction, opting for deep house with a capital 'DEEP'. A driving, bass-heavy mix filled with psychedelic touches shows Q-BAM at his snazziest.
:: AUDIO SAMPLES ::
B2 - Atmoshpere (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)
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