Chardronnet vs. Afrilounge - Just for a Little Peek

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  • The result of a collaboration between Patrick Chardronnet and Berlin trio Afrilounge, "Just for a Little Peek" was given its first airing on Steve Bug's Poker Flat Volume 4 back in 2005, and now—finally—has warranted a full release, with remixes from lush techno overlord Gabriel Ananda and gender-confusing minimalist Sarah Goldfarb. The original is all squelchy thuds and bubbling acid hooks which, while pleasant enough, seem lacking in depth. The bassline is warm enough, but the ringing pad that joins the ensemble a few minutes in is relatively lightweight and does little to round the track off. However, if you think warmth is a quality best reserved for slippers and are partial to the odd bit of repetitive finger-wagging on the dancefloor, it'll probably float your proverbial boat just fine. Ananda makes the bass the leading light of his performance and adds twisted vocal croaks, as well as a chant reminiscent of Djum Djum's tribal rants on Leftfield's genre-smelting "Afro-Left." It's darker and more serious than his recent "Coconut Blues," but still retains a sense of humour, with effects that would be more at home on the audio rack of a Disney sound engineer than one of the world's most established forces of techno. Marseille-based Jean-Vincent Luccini pinched his female pseudonym from the widowed mother in Requiem for a Dream, and—judging from this effort—it seems the producer has taken inspiration from his namesake's catatonic state. The track does very little, but delivers what it does do exceptionally well, straddling dub techno, minimal and tech house effortlessly.
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      A Just For A Little Peek B1 Just For A Little Peek (Gabriel Ananda Rmx) B2 Just For A Little Peek (Sarah Goldfarb Rmx)
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