BALANCE PRESENTS HANNES BIEGER
2LP + download code including the mixes. One of Europe's most in-demand electronic music engineers turned star in his own right, Hannes Bieger's no-shortcuts approach to making wondrous melodic house and techno makes him an ideal candidate to provide a truly special mix.
| Genre | House |
|---|---|
| Style | Progressive |
| Format | VINYL |
| Cat. no | BAL029LP |
| Label | BALANCE MUSIC |
| Artist | HANNES BIEGER |
| Release Date | 29/04/2022 |
| Carrier | 2LP |
| Barcode | 9358782241106 |
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TRACKLISTING
A1. Hannes Bieger feat. Luna Semara - Los e Control
A2. Tripolism - Volta
B1. Rodriguez Jr. & Hannes Bieger - OrcaB2. Jason Lange - Nebula
C1. Victor Ruiz & Hannes Bieger - Virtual Love
C2. Thies Dry - Nomad
D1. Yet More & Hannes Bieger - The Butterfly and Th e Bee
D2. Hannes Bieger - Alluvium
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One of Europe's most in-demand electronic music engineers turned star in his own right, Hannes Bieger's no-shortcuts approach to making wondrous melodic hou se and techno makes him an ideal candidate to provide a truly special mix for th e long-running Balance series.
Since stepping back into the light as an artist, he has released on leading labels like Bedrock Records, Poker Flat Re cords, Tronic and Awesome Soundwave, topped the Beatport Progressive House Chart , provided a guest mix for John Digweed's legendary Transitions radio show and t aken his scintillating, analog gear-heavy live show across, from D.Edge in Sao P aolo to Awakenings in Amsterdam to Watergate in Berlin. Balance snare him just a s he begins his ascent into the uppermost echelons of dance music.
Co mprised of all-exclusive music from Bieger, his friends and collaborators, this mix capitalises on the fact that he was gearing up for another artist album. Ins tead, the music he'd been saving up for his next LP appears here, alongside musi c sourced from people has been working in tandem with in the studio. "As an engi neer and producer, I am working with many 'A-List' artists in this industry, but also with a bunch of up and coming guys and girls. So, I decided to make my Bal ance Series not only a platform for my own music, but to view it also as a wonde rful opportunity to showcase some of the up and coming artists I am working with ." Well-established scene legends like Gui Boratto, Victor Ruiz and Rodriguez Jr . also feature alongside these upcoming names.
Bieger wastes no time in getting down to business, whetting our appetite with the throbbing bass, jagg ed synths and heavenly vocals of 'The Butterfly & The Bee', a collaboration with French-Lebanese producer Yet More. Tripolism's 'Volta' segues in beautifully, w ith more dulcet female vocals adding a sweetness to the chromatic bassline scale s and squelching synth mutations. ALX's 'Beyond Light' draws in a hypnotic arpeg gio that pulls teasingly in and out of focus while snatches of rasping synths cu t through the darkness, and Bieger's 'Alluvium' goes into deeper territory, chan neling golden era trance with its sorrowful lead line-but keeping things restrai ned with its introspective feel.
Acidic bass pressure abounds on Rafa Silva's 'Prosodia', the moody vibe intensified by bold, heavily reverbed snatch es of arpeggiated melody, before Thies Dry's 'Nomad' comes through like a sledge hammer with its intense blasts of buzzing bass and fizzing white noise. Jason La nge's stunning 'Nebula' sends tingles up the spine with its endlessly modulating , intricate melodies, leading into the blissful vocals, scintillating bitcrushed arpeggios and acid squelch of Bieger and Luna Semara's glorious 'Lose Control'.
The second half of the mix is comprised exclusively of tracks by Bie ger himself. His collaboration with Rodriguez Jr. 'Orca' pulls us into a deeper place once again, but still heady pitch-bending melody abounds on this dreamy wo rkout, while 'Embers' is a pure scene-setting, brooding, atmospheric mood piece. The masterful Gui Boratto lends a hand on the spectacular 'Requiem', featuring one of the mix's most memorable riffs and a lot of apocalyptic big room energy, and Hawaii's Olivia Foxglove weighs in on the dizzying riffs and techy rhythms o f 'Lucid Dream'. It's left to Bieger & Victor Ruiz's 'Virtual Love' to close the mix in triumphant fashion with its rousing chord progressions and intense clima x of thick, resplendent synth tones.
The mix has the curious and plea sing effect of warping time. Each track is a journey within itself, and when pai nstakingly fused together, their ebbs, flows and mutations give the impression t hat a considerably longer time has passed than 77-minute runtime. The second dis c strips away the beats, creating a 'Synthapella' version of the mix that allows the glorious melodies and atmospheres to be experienced in all their unadultera ted power. It's as captivating a ride as the first disc, but the feel is markedl y and surprisingly different when the pounding rhythms are stripped away. "I thi nk my name somehow stands for a certain musicality" he says of the underlying fo undations of these majestic tracks. "I always strive to make music that is not " just" dance music. My goal is to create "songs"."
Taking the multi-tr acks of each production and editing the various parts to provide the best segued listening experience, Bieger has gone above and beyond the call of duty to make this a perfectly crafted ride. That's what happens when you ask a producer-engi neer-live artist to make a 'DJ' mix...
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