Catalepsia (Days Of Being Wild / Métis Recordings)

Ivan Smagghe @Leftorium 7th October 2011

2011-11-03T05:41:00.000-07:00

Ivan Smagghe drops my track "Les Seigneurs" during his set in Bruxelles :-)

Ivan Smagghe @Leftorium 7th October 2011 by ivan smagghe

Weekend Weapons (Beatport): Catalepsia

2011-11-02T00:32:00.000-07:00

What is it about the dark side that so attracts French techno producers? Perhaps it’s a reaction to the glitz of Guetta; instead of the silky French touch, much of the country’s underground could better be described as a Gallic smackdown, with sooty atmospherics and post-punk dread underscoring cold, metallic grooves.

That’s definitely the case with the latest release from Catalepsia, head of the Days Of Being Wild label. ”Les Seigneurs” offers a druggy, slow-motion groove that combines death-gurgle acid with dubby horns and more than a hint of early ‘80s Sheffield gloom; it’s scary and yet kinda sexy all at once. The Optimo Music artists Naum Gabo up the tempo and intensify the drums, resulting in a real nail-biter of a remix. Just the stuff for Halloween.

We asked Catalepsia (aka Jérome Bazzanella) to share a selection of his current faves, and he turned in a list that dovetails perfectly with his own productions, including tracks from Kill The DJ, Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space label, Throne Of Blood, and that fantastic new Death In Vegas record. Read on!

http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/weekend-weapons-catalepsia/

Cosmo Vitelli's charting Catalepsia in Tsugi

2011-11-02T00:10:00.001-07:00

New 10" Vinyl "Les Seigneurs" inclunding Naum Gabo remix at Juno Records

2011-10-19T05:01:00.000-07:00

Les Seigneurs at Juno Records

This  cut by DOBW's co-funder Jerome "Catalepsia" Bazzanella, is a straight  and heavy on the floor slice of futuristic techno, constructed around a  cyclic discoid baseline. As distressing sci-fi effects collides and  crash into each other,  a dehumanized vocoded voice enunciates random  numbers. Scary.
Selected Feedbacks: 
Ivan Smagghe (Kill The DJ): Best record of the week.
Matt Walsh (Turbo / Bugged Out): Yes.Best promo this week.
Cosmo Vitelli (I'm a cliché): Both versions are made for me.
Photonz (One Eyed Jacks):Both mixes are great. What a MONSTER.
Bogy Riotous (Bugged Out):Big and Jacking. Warehouse damage.
Tedd Paterson (Cielo)The original mix is perfecto.
Lee Douglas: Very nice 5/5.
Len Faki (Berghain):DOPE. Both versions. Full support.
M50:Congratulations! Dark industrial gear on the original, Quite twisted remix too. Great!
Mike Textbeak: Oh jeez!! The Naum Gabo remix has so much space to the drums and the bass rumbles in the guts...very nice!!!!
Kone- R: Love this... dark and slow but the bassline is pure funk! I'll give it full support on radio and in club....
Morpheus: ad and bad just like i dig! with the wicked naum gabo rmx doing the most damage! will play out.
Mousse T: Groovy Little Monster.
Eric Duncan: Yeah Naum Gabo
Nikola Baytala: perfect track for BIONIC tottaly the vibe we are going for very acid and Psychedelic.
Hugo Capablanca: Naum Gabo mix is amazing as usual!
Felix Feygin: the Gabo remix is super trippy.. i love it 
Jenifer Cardini: Love the Naum Gabo remix !
On the B-side, we find a remix by mighty scottish duo James Savage and Jonnie Wilkes known as Naum Gabo.
Naum Gabo's varied palette of sounds - noir-ish hybrids of seminal  underground house, muscular arrpegiated italo, dubby cosmic  atmospherics, jagged percussion of new-wave discotheque, analogue  synthesized funk - has been distinguished by releases on Kompakt, Cross  Town Rebels, Eskimo Recordings and Endless Flight, releases with which  the duo have built a reputation as purveyors of the high quality  electronic music and production.
For their remix of "Les Seigneurs" by Catalepsia, Naum Gabo have  completely re-built the electronic rhythm and brought it fully into the  forefront, creating a solid bass spine for the track, layering jacking  hi-hats and hand claps.  Naum Gabo retain the originals spectral,  fluttering keyboard signatures, re-calibrating the atmospherics into a  muscular slice of a soundtrack perfect for any dark-room rave.
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