REVIEW: Doc Daneeka – Walk.Man Vol 1 [Ten Thousand Yen]

Florent — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:37:20 +0000

Today, we’re treating ourselves to a funky dancefloor burner coming out from Doc Daneeka (soundcloud)’s Ten Thousand Yen. We’re reviewing the first of Doc Daneeka’s new series, entitled Walk.Man Vol 1. After the first listen of the two track release, we really don’t see why the word Walk is in there; the tracks got us running all over the place.

Ten Thousand Yen has featured some releases from bonafide producers from the likes of Earl Jeffers (aka Chesus), Rimbaudian and XXXY. This time, the label owner uses his privilege to release the first volume of his new serial.

Doc Daneeka, aka Mial Watkins, is no stranger to dropping dancefloor scorchers, with titles like “Got Me” from the 12” of the same title, and his remix of Addison Groove’s “I Go Boom”. Vol 1 is the first in a series of 12”s set to come out over the next few months, which ultimately are destined to be compiled on a mixtape (Yeah those are coming back too, take out your scissors and tape). The series will also be released digitally.

The first track of the release, “Save Me”, greets us with a thump heavy funky statement, relying on a groovy bassline and rhythmically well placed percussive bongos as its backbone, complemented by a out of this world vocal and sax sample. There’s not the slightest doubt this one is destined to make people break a sweat on dancefloors.

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Then we realized there’s a second title to Volume 1. This one got us tying up our running shoes and putting on a headband. The track, titled “Please U”, does exactly what it says it’s going to do. Bassline, drum kicks, the vocal and electric guitar sample with a smooth break bridge break towards the end of the track to allow you to calm the frack down, everything in this track is designed for you to get off that wall and forget that you have yet to learn how to move your hips. If this track is a sign of things to come for the other volumes, we have high expectations for the next volumes and have no doubt Doc Daneeka will bring some more heat.

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The first entry of Walk.Man has got us thinking about going out this weekend, busting out our best Shaft one liners and pulling off some moves like Black Dynamite. Excellent start to the series. We’re seriously looking forward to the mixtape. Time to dust off that old boom box, it’s about to become useful again.

You can get Walk.Man Vol 1 on Ten Thousand Yen’s Bandcamp.

Jon

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Rimbaudian – Letters [Ten Thousand Yen]

igor bezuglov — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:58:19 +0000

Known for releases ranging from the wild anthems of Doc Daneeka to the new age experiments of Deadboy, seasoned label Ten Thousand Yen is kicking off their 2017 right with a rosy-minded EP from relative newcomer Rimbaudian (soundcloud).

Armand Jakobsson (who has also been releasing under the divisive moniker DJ SEINFELD) takes his namesake from the 19th century poet Arthur Rimbaud, and it’s not difficult to see the correlation between Rimbaud’s longing prose and Jakobsson’s pensive output. His most recent release, Illuminations—out on R&S’s Meda Fury imprint—dazzled with intricate percussion and absolute floor-movers (catch Holy Flesh out for a absolute showcase); however, Jakobsson takes an opportunity this time around to deliver tracks that are as moving in the home and heart as they are in the club.

Titled “Letters”, the dusty and wistful collection kicks off immediately with the stunner ‘She Taught Me How To Love‘. With it’s rigid polyrhythms and jazz-flecked synths, it almost feels like something straight out of Bradley Zero’s Peckham-based Rhythm Section stable. “Letters” only picks up from here; on ‘Drop It On Em‘, the surefire star of this release, kicks and snares tumble gracefully forward underneath obscured and chopped-up Janet Jackson vocals as well as doleful piano chords that would not sound foreign on a Drake single.

Letters’ B-side keeps the emotions riding high, starting with the cheekily-titled ‘I Would Do Everything I Did Again, And Again‘. We again find Rimbaudian immersing the listener in a wash of pulsing thuds and swinging hats, as decaying piano stabs and ghostly wails dramatically occupy the top-end. Closing out with ‘I Said Goodbye To Dreams Of You At The Shore‘, Rimbaudian lightens things up (albeit just a smidgeon), with a buoyant bassline and a counterintuitive combo of soothing and jacking shuffles adding to it’s already beguiling melodies.

On paper it may seem like Rimbaudian often deploys similar tricks to similar effect; and to an extent that is true. That being said, with the absolute level of quality of Jakobsson’s klavierwerke (James Blake don’t sue me) coupled with the dizzying and detailed low-ends, there’s not a bad note to be found on ‘Letters’. From the looks of it, 2017 is going to be a busy year for Rimbaudian, and we couldn’t be more elated to hear what comes next from the talented producer.

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Available from Ten Thousand Yen’s Bandcamp.

Danny

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