Skylax Armagnac's darling who released his first EP just a year ago, which had an international resonance with rave reviews from Resident Advisor, Bicep, Chaos in the CBD, Peach or even soul clap. Rightly some saw it as a resurgence, a modernized version of 90s New York house, silky and elegant in the Bobby Konders, Mr Fingers way. For this new EP, with fantastic remixes of the brilliant Simoncino, our French prodigy is inspired by the beginnings of trance on the title song (and title of the ep by the way) "The world as we know it (masterclass mix)", UK dub and rave influences, as on some Nu Groove releases (notably the first joey beltram) - the lead vocal sample comes from a speech in which Noam Chomsky describes the United States as a violent country and hard. According to the author "If this piece says something, I believe it is that the music and the party should not serve to forget the problems of the world, but rather to find the strength, the resources, the inspiration to solve them." On "Oh La Musique" Armagnac used the sound of his neighbors as a voice sample ! Indeed, during this incredibly complicated period that we are living in, confinement due to the devastating effects of covid 19, one of his neighbors played music really loudly and for 20 minutes ignored the other neighbors who were screaming "oh oh, the music" through the window. "Turning this moment of irritation into a sample to the glory of the music strikes me as pretty funny." Still according to the author. On B1, itβs a house masterclass lesson by the phenomenal & ultra prolific Simoncino, but do i need to remind you how much italians are masters in their way of paying homage to all the best house music that has ever been created & produced ? Good taste is often on their side ! The red zone club is a tense and incredibly effective mix that can be enjoyed either on a house or techno dancefloor, it is clearly a banger. B2 saw the italian master offers us a beautiful ambient mix. And to conclude "On My Own" is according to Armagnac "a title that speaks of the trust that one can place in one's fellow human beings and of emancipation." A superb EP that adds to the long list of must-haves from Skylax Records.
Listen to the full release π
soundcloud.com/hardrockstriker/sets/armagnac-the-world-as-we-know
Support :
π Groove Magazin "Amazing release"
π BEN UFO
"Sounds great, I'd love to grab the files if possible"
π Motor City Drum Ensemble (MCDE)
"Nice One ! I love it"
π Massimiliano Pagliara
"Great release!"
π Jacques Renault
"Had me at the masterclass mix but Oh la Musique is not to be snoozed on!"
π Eluize
"These are sounding fantastic. Lovely classic influenced sounds and textures. Very cool to have Simoncino remixes on there too - lovely. Congratulations"
π San Soda
"Sounds cool, congrats ! The World As We Know It has some belgian vibe to it :)"
π Red D
"I like 'On My Own' a lot on first hearing!"
π Iron Curtis "Another splendid release, Joseph!"
π Sentiments
" Title track is a timeless track !"
π Simo Cell
" Really cool !"
π Dream 2 Science (Greg Fore)
"Strong pieces, phat sound, congrats."
π Too Smooth Christ
" Title track is incredible ! Could perfectly fit on a Young Marco dream house compilation"
π Jesse Dorris
" Hey! I like this very much"
π Eliott Litrowski
"Too cool, bravo !"
π Gabriel Szatan
"Super classy tunes, even the beatless dub sparkles with energy."
π Nachtbreaker
Very classy EP! Dig the A side the most :)
π Strip Steve
"Oh Oh La Musique !"
π Grant (Lobster Theremin)
"fantastic release !"
π Kicks
" Really cool !"
π Bobmo
"I like the A side, that's cool ! I'll listen to them again"
π Sally C
"Really loving the tracks"
π Lello Di Franco
"Great Simoncino remixes!"
π Steve Frisco
"Wicked Release, serious stuff, favorite "Armagnac "Oh La Musique" (Oh Oh La Musique Mix)"
π Bobby Starrr (Jack The Box)
"Loving the groove of "On My Own" (Sensitive Mix) and those twisted vocals on "ZissGurl" are magic and exactly how I feel this morning, naturally the Red Zone Dub is for the floor ;)"
π DJ Rocca
"Love this release"
π Rosenhaft
"Wicked as always!"
π DJ Psychiatre
"I'm loving this release, very very nice groove."
πButterbandz
"Well done"
π The Prince Stoner
"Great !"
π Marie Montexier
" Amazing track! Housy vibes "
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Armagnac "The world as we know it" (Simoncino Remixes)
A1.The world as we know it (Masterclass mix)
A2.Oh la musique (Oh oh la musique mix)
B1.The world as we know it (Simoncino Red Zone Dub Mix)
B2.The world as we know it (Simoncino Ambient Mix)
B3.On my own (Sensitive mix)
The world as we know it (Beatless Dub) (Digital exclusive)
ZissGurl (original 12 inch mix) (Digital exclusive)
SKYLAX CLASSIC 9 / LAXC9
released January 28, 2021
Executive-Producer β Hardrock Striker
Written-By, Producer β Maxime Jacob
Phonographic Copyright (p) β Skylax Records
Copyright (c) β Skylax Records
Mastering at MB Mastering
