- Manuel Tur and Langenberg kick off the new Essen-based label Mild Pitch in fine style with yet another dance floor menacer, "This Feeling." The duo have crafted some of the deepest records of the year, despite rarely getting soft like their deep house brethren. The secret for these small town boys seems to be in everything aside from the beat. Here, the bassline and its long chords are given a quick shimmy every so often, and the clouds of dub texture add a great deal of depth as well. And while the tempo isn't quite jacking exactly, it's about as fast as this duo seemingly gets.
The simple drum programming is given a facelift on the flip, a remix either by an unknown act named Rapidsnare or an effort simply given the name because of the titular quirk. The synths are just as deep here, if not deeper, while wordless voices echo into infinity. It's all a slow build, though, until about halfway through its eight minutes when the snares come rolling in to provide syncopation to the stodgy kick drum that has kept time since the beginning. It's a bit of ecstasy in an otherwise moody debut 12-inch for Mild Pitch, their name a welcome misnomer in this case.
Tracklist A This Feeling
B This Feeling (Rapidsnare Remix)