mp3: GHISLAIN POIRIER la ronde
da ghis returns with a new ep, the first release on parisian label musique large. long before ghislain was making a name for himself with dancehall, grime and crunk remixes in the ‘bounce le remix’ series, he released a series of albums that plundered a path through abstract beats and experimental electronica. ‘la ronde’ is the marriage of these two personalities – less dancefloor than most of his output over the last 18 months, more booty than the back catalogue. the synergy works, and drops ghislain into a unique terrain, unmapped by others.
the lead track (above) is a deep, bass-driven, downtempo bleep excursion and instantly gives us the co-ordinates of where this release might take us. ‘overwinning’ plunders an unusual sample library with distorted horns and vox rubbing up against fat slo-mo beats and old school drum machine hi-hats. there’s a double dose of ‘slow fat’, with a remix from maxime robin, and the package is completed with a fan boy favourite, ghis takes on dj/rupture for a remix of ‘taqasim version’ – for my money, the stand-out track, mixing the original’s middle-eastern instrumentation with poirier’s low-end rumble and scattered percussion.
‘la ronde’ needs to find a home in your collection today – get it at boomkat. next up from ghis, a new album in october (in canada), january 2008 everywhere else. a new single (for ninja tune) ‘blazin’ feat face-t drops october.
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