- There's no question what space Greg Gow, the veteran Canadian techno producer and DJ, sees his tracks filling: it's huge, dark and loud—and everyone inside it has their hands up. Jeton Records, the digital imprint of Turkish techno head Ferhat Albayrak, has a similar vision, and both label and artist feel like a good fit for one another on The Search EP, Gow's latest.
While there's nothing cutting-edge or adventurous about either of Gow's originals, he's got stores of energy. The title cut goes for more of a house feel, letting cloudy chords fill the beat and dissipate like fog machine bursts. "Hypnos" is more of a squelcher: all booming kicks and laser light shows, it's a little too huge sonically and too lightweight formally to work anywhere except in the most muscular of DJ sets, though I expect that's not a problem for anyone involved. Albayrak, whose own music has been featured on nearly all of Jeton's releases, may have contributed the most interesting track on the release in the form of his remix: though punishingly heavy and strictly devoid of melody, its intensity manifests itself not through layers but by the sheer insistence of its bass pulse. If it's not already apparent, The Search EP is strictly for big room jocks and the endless sea of dancers surrounding them.
Tracklist01. The Search
02. The Search (Ferhat Albayrak Remix)
03. Hypnos