Sasse - Horizon

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  • In recent years I've been left cold by Sasse. As his career has progressed, he's seemingly opted for safety and functionality. While that may work on the floor and in keeping people locked into what you get when you buy a "Sasse" track, it doesn't make for memorable music. Yes, it's hard to find someone that dislikes his productions. But it's also hard to find someone that loves them. It's weird, especially considering some of the phenomenal work he produced in the late '90s and early '00s as Freestyle Man and under other monikers, music that still sounds as fresh as the day it was put to tape. I'd be willing to wager, though, that "Horizon" may make it the distance. Sasse suffuses his remarkably functional tune with just enough personality to make it stand out. What sounds like a vocal rip from The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" and a just-a-tad-too-loud synthetic woodblock break up the spiraling chord progression. The compressed format—this one comes on 10-inch—doesn't indicate a lack of ideas. The same goes for Sammy Dee's remix of the tune. The Perlon associate's take is fairly indebted to the modular synth-heavy sound of the label, but its elastic groove is just queasy enough to keep you guessing for every moment of its seven-and-a-half minutes.
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      A Horizon B Horizon (Sammy Dee's Blue Steel Rmx)
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