It is obvious to attentive observers of the electronic
dance music scene that, over the last few years, the
Rhein Main region has developed into a true Mecca
of that modern definition of House which is well able
to build highly inspirational sound bridges between
the abstraction of Minimal Techno and the Funk in
US House music. One of the pioneers of this
movement is the Heidelberg-born Christian
Burkhardt, who now lives in Frankfurt. With his
releases on Oslo and Raum...Musik., as a part of
the La Pena Collective and with his album
"Revolver", which he produced together with
Einzelkind in 2010, he has created permanent
musical values. Burkhardt's debut on Cocoon, "Stop
Over Goa" is even better: percussive Funk,
powerful hand claps, some Wild Pitch Acid and
alienated Adrenaline-Diva vocals are causing a
massive dancefloor mobilization which would even
make Matt Edwards aka Radio Slave envious. In a
less obvious way, "Chanel" is hypnotizing the
listener with vibrating form of tribal House reduction
that cultivates statically charged energy states over
almost nine minutes. Rarely did modern House
music sound equally complex and clearly
structured.
