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Off The Bone

by Holldën

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Ever since Holldën refocused on Kuiper Noise — the label he founded back in 2017 — as his main musical output vessel, he has been quickly ascertaining himself as a merciless provider of infectious floor tracks, delivering knockout punch after knockout punch in an unsettlingly breezy and effective way.

And while 'Off The Bone' follows a similar template for energetic groove-making and layered textures, it still manages to strike a difference in the series on the back of its circular structures and blunt loop drive, building on scenes reverent of cult club techno.

Perhaps the shiniest example of its driving force might just be 'Mona Loser', the stellar opening banger which checks all levels on the pleasure scale, donning a façade of grooves both muscular and sexy, and riding it out with a storm of percussive exchanges and feel-good vocal sampling.
Strikingly, track #2 — 'The Wrath of Bambi' — presents an almost entirely opposite tone, setting up a heavy and driving mood from the get-go, which progresses confidently into an ever more conflicting tone as it races to the end, while still managing to stay loyal to the main structural tenets of the EP.

Back to bounce school, the record splashes onwards with 'Contra Peach', an addictive tribute to classic techno which manages to stay engaging all the way via its shapeshifting dynamics and rhythm swings, dexterously paving the way to 'The Mystery of Socks', a suiting finale — full of feathery high notes and distinctive colors — to a proper release by a producer at the height of his powers.

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released March 23, 2023

All tracks written and produced by José Miguel Duarte Bota

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Kuiper Noise Lisbon, Portugal

Kuiper Noise is the brainchild of Holldën, techno DJ and producer from Portugal.

His music has been released on Second State, Quartz, Suara, Sungate, Illegal Alien, Out-Er and other reputed labels.

He's a member of Lisbon's Disturb crew.
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