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Variations

by Gesaffelstein

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    We're celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Gesaffelstein on Turbo with a set of limited edition represses, featuring a bespoke sleeve with reflective foil labels (Gold, Black, and Silver).

    Tracklist:

    A: Gesaffelstein - Variations
    B1: Gesaffelstein - Selected Faces
    B2: Gesaffelstein - Atmosphere

    Includes unlimited streaming of Variations via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Variations 06:21
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Atmosphere 06:27
4.
A Lost Era 09:20
5.
Glass 06:58

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Gesaffelstein's tracks have already received support from James Holden, Chloé, Damian Lazarus, and Laurent Garnier, to name a few, and this record is without a doubt his best yet. Every track on 'Variations' is a battle-tested bomb.

His sound is clearly influenced by New Wave and the Gigolo-era electro (2001-2) of fellow Frenchmen The Hacker and David Carretta, but it sounds like a fresh update rather than pastiche, revitalized and refined down to a modern and versatile core. These tracks work in Tiga's festival sets alongside some of the summer's biggest anthems, yet are equally at home in a more underground setting, e.g. Von Party's 5am warm-up before Ivan Smagghe at a London warehouse party.

The title track has the most attitude, establishing a palette of dark staccato basslines, crunching hi-hats, hands-in-the-air cowbells and trippy synth leads. Selected Faces and Atmosphere are arguably even more straightforward club weapons, their breakdowns creating just enough 'insanity' without getting annoying, their grooves dropping back in with a cool, restrained power that will win over hiss-weary DJs.
With remixes upcoming for Turbo and Institubes, a follow-up EP for Turbo in the works... if you want an idea as to how big Gesaffelstein will get this year, just think of him as 'Brodinkelstein.'

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released November 9, 2010

2010, Turbo Recordings (back cat)

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