[CADENZA85] Valentino Kanzyani – Love & Gratitude EP3

Valentino Kanzyani – Love & Gratitude EP3
Label: Cadenza
Artists: Valentino Kanzyani
Catalog#: CADENZA85
Format: 12″ Vinyl, File .mp3
Country: Suisse
Released: 2013

Tracklist:
A1. Viole(n)t Thoughts

B1. Automatique 

C1. Chord Release 

D1. Nesimtitule 

Digital Only. Florence Berry

Digital Only. La Radio feat Naza

Digital Only. Feel Cute

Credits:
Slovenian born Valentino Kanzyani has been one of Cadenza’s secret weapons over the last twelve months, already building a solid profile with the first two installments of his ‘Love & Gratiude’ series. And now he delivers the third, and final, part of this musical trilogy, with seven brand new tracks. Featuring on the double pack vinyl are four choice cuts, with the remaining tracks coming on digital download, and Valentino himself mixing a continuous ‘Love & Gratitude’ mix to be released on CD, featuring almost all of the compositions released on the series.

‘Viole(n)t Thoughts’ opens the vinyl pack, a sultry and smooth workout, its light percussion providing the melody, and a groove that is so intoxicating, its 14 minute tenure really hypnotises. ‘Automatique’ is a track that comes with grand design, cinematic string sweeps and deft keys shape the deep house rhythm, its filtered hats forever propelling things forward. On the second disc, ‘Chord Release’ continues to define Kanzyani’s sound, a minimal and dark pallette onto which sub-tropical effects and precision hits and claps are layered, but never over cooking the recipie, just on point and effective dance rhythms. And closing the vinyl EP is ‘Nesimtitule’, its disjointed arrangement providing the space for the vocal hits and wandering bass, and an elegant string breakdown, again giving filmatic qualities to his music that have been so prevalent in the Love & Gratitude series.

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[CADENZA80] Valentino kanzyani – Love & Gratitude EP2

Valentino kanzyani – Love & Gratitude EP2
Label: Cadenza
Artists: Valentino Kanzyani
Catalog#: CADENZA80
Format: 12″ Vinyl, File .mp3
Country: Suisse
Released: Sept 2012

Tracklist:
A1. Mirvan

The first track ‘Mirvan’ is the heaviest cut on the EP, and has a tension and vibe similar to the raw rhythms that Berghain residents Ben Klock or Marcel Dettmann might play at the Berlin techno temple. When some pads fade in around the 2:30 mark, you can sense Kanzyani’s desires to coerce you into a dreamlike state. The sounds are infinite and all pervasive, like outer space, forever expanding beyond the reaches of any known logic or meaning. The beats are drowned out at points by the ever-growing black hole of sound, however the drumming is reliable and constant, like an engine that never stutters.

B1. Chanta Lopez

The second track ‘Chanta Lopez’ is more housy, with a tangible bassline and more swing in the groove. Loose claps on alternating delay patterns keep the tension high in the first part of the track, before a metallic, machine-like synth cranks into gear. Unlike ‘Mirvan’, the synth has a recognizable melody and moves with purpose. At times, the synth combinations almost turn into an acoustic guitar-like moment in the track’s only breakdown, and the resulting drop brings a welcome change in bassline pace. This is a very modern house track, and the quiet optimism of ‘Chanta Lopez’ suggests a new dawn – a light at the end of the dark tunnel – like waking up on a Tuesday morning to find a cool afterparty happening in your living room.

X1. Una Noche En Paraiso (Digital Bonus)

The third track on the EP, ‘Une Noche En Paraiso’, begins with a nonsensical series of random drum patterns, as if the producer was clicking through all of the possible drum sounds in search of the perfect one and accidentally recorded all of his beat auditions onto the track. A clicky drum groove, funky and syncopated, gets dirtier as a growling bassline is added, before Kanzyani works in some un-bridled synthesizers. As the synths grow in stature, they become floaty and magical, like a panpipe fairy leading you down a path. More orchestral sounds then join the mix, which give the track a feeling not too far away from classical music, which is odd considering the repetitive techy drums. The sense of grandeur that the melody creates, quickly dissipates as Kanzyani brings the track back to reductionist glitchy house for the remainder of its time, and in the end, ‘Une Noche En Paraiso’ is like one quick toe dip into the sublime.

X2. ElCirculo De La Vida Dub (Digital Bonus)

The final track on the EP is a special dub version of ‘El Circulo De La Vida’, which appeared on ‘Love & Gratitude EP1’. Without the original’s weird Shamanic Spanish conversation running over the track, the cut’s beautiful and serene melody is allowed to take center stage.

Credits:
Back in April, Slovenia’s Valentino Kanzyani dropped the first half of a two part underground house EP on Cadenza, titled ‘Love & Gratitude EP1’. It was his debut release on Luciano’s label, and was dark and funky for the most part, with the majority of the four tracks’ energy coming from percussion and raw beats (Kanzyani is currently working on an album for Cadenza, which will contain mainly new and unreleased tracks).

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(23.3.2012) • WE LOVE INTERNATIONAL – OPENING PARTY @ CASSERO

Nuovo Brand, neonato ma che porta gia’ con sè dalla data di nascita uno scheletro molto importante e una vena artistica niente male.

Per il primo appuntamento di WE LOVE INTERNATIONAL si alterneranno in consolle DAN ANDREI, giovane astro nascente rumeno proveniente della ormai nota famiglia a:rpia:r di Raresh e compagni, ora gia’ pronto ad infiammare molti club europei ed insieme a lui un degno compagno di merende: ALEX PICONE direttamente dalla Cadenza, etichetta a noi cara, amico e grande talento internazionale ormai quasi piu’ Berlinese che Padovano.
Insieme ai due ospiti ci saranno i nostri portabandiera Francesco del Garda (.. avvistato piu’ volte nei peggiori bar di Bucharest) e We Love Family, gruppo di casa, Bolognese Doc che aprira’ una delle feste piu’ importanti dell’anno.