Support by : Alan Fitzpatrick, Christian Smith, Dosem, Pig & Dan, Stephan Bodzin, Marco Bailey, Nicolas Masseyeff, Martin Eyerer, Darko Esser, Nick Warren and many more... The summer brings a new digital-only release from Alexander Kowalski's young, active and vigorous label Damage Music Berlin. Featured artist is Berlin's Sven Elmlund and his 5-track release "Loud". Elmlund is somewhat of a multi-talent - film, photography and music productions - he has released on Sender Berlin's unGleich label as well as the excellent "Sudden Success EP" on Funkhaus in 2003. With his "Loud" release, Elmlund allows the beat to rest mainly in the very modern house range, avoiding stark minimalism in favor of crisp, groovy basslines and percussive slaps. The opening title track swings along as if self-generated, the driving bass weaving well with cowbell hits and excellent sound effects. Kowalski then remixes the track as if in photo-negative: contrasting intriguingly, giving punch and pulse to the swing yet bringing it around skillfully to the gratifying root of the work. Track three "Echo" takes a slightly more minimal approach, circumventing bleak to lush keyboards that swathe across this contemporary track. This is followed by "Endless", a piece dabbling in a darker mood; almost nodding to an 80's feeling, sparkling into deepness: this could have been a quiet Anne Clarke score in its melancholy and introspectiveness yet proudly exerts a distinct modern sound. Next up "Endless" is remixed by Dirty Doering, who you well remember from his "Loco Remixes" on Damage (DMB003). Here the track gets an injection of bite and groove in the form of vocal and woodwind samples jabbing and nudging in just the right places, carrying the track to excellent dance proportions.