Shekuza - Floorcuts EP

Ljubljana-based synth wizard extraordinaire returns with four peak-time techno weapons following a string of remarkable appearances on various compilations like Clockwork Voltage Vol​. 1​, TEHNOPOLIS and TEHNOPOLIS XXII.

An ode to his most beloved flooring types, Floorcuts EP sees Shekuza take on his most accessible and deadliest form yet, compressing his sturdy machine funk to its pure essence. His modular explorations are stripped back to their bare minimum in true Birmingham fashion, revolving around greasy big room kicks and roaring hardware workouts, robust as marble and yet uncannily psychedelic. On close inspection, minute aural events are gradually unveiled in his detailed productions, shiver-inducing textures in the Surgeon mould masterfully blended together with spectral voices that hover in the background.

Depending on your preferences when it comes to various surfaces, you can pick between the moody roller 'Laminate', pacy big room stomper 'Hardwood' and Berghain’s Halle-ready 'Parquet'. But if you feel even tougher on the inside, the metallic clangs and sludgy synthworks of 'Stone' will definitely do the job. Trippy bangers from one of Slovenia’s underground favourites that will swill any serious crowd!

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Ljubljanski mojster avanturističnega modularnega techna, ki je v zadnjem času navdušil z raznimi produkcijami za kompilacije, kot sta Clockwork Voltage Vol​. 1​​, TEHNOPOLIS in TEHNOPOLIS XXII, se vrača s paketom neizprostnih petard za vrhunec noči.

Kot posvetilo njegovim najljubšim vrstam talnih oblog kratkometražec Floorcuts predstavlja njegovo doslej najdostopnejšo in najeksplozivnejšo izdajo, na kateri je svoj mašinski funk izklesal do gole esence. Repetitivne strukture njegovih komadov, ki mežikajo šoli šmirastega birminghamskega techna, se vrtinčijo okoli glomaznih kick bobnov in rjovečih sintovskih frekvenc, ki so trdne kot marmor in obenem izrazito psihedelične. Nabrušeno uho bo v njegovih produkcijah prepoznalo številne zvočne mikro dogodke, vznemirljive zvočne barve v stilu legend, kot je Surgeon, in strašljive zabrisane vokale, ki se kot prikazni gibajo v ozadju.

Poskrbljeno je za vse okuse, ko gre za talne obloge. Izbirate lahko med muhastim komadom 'Laminate', pokalico za rejverske masovke 'Hardwood' in bengerjem po berlinskem vzoru 'Parquet'. Če pa se čutite še bolj zajebani, bodo za vas idealni kovinski ritmi in perverzno mastne sintovske linije komada 'Stone'. Šolski primer zatripanega sodobnega techna s starošolsko esenco, ki se mu bodo težko uprli tudi najbolj zahtevni odjemalci techna.

--- by Jaša Bužinel, a historian of the regional electronic scene, radio host at Radio Študent and co-founder of Cosmic Sex collective