Poverties Paradise is a sublime piece of electronics, Legowelt draping the listener in warm analogue sounds alongside a steady machine beat.
Despite the financial austerity coursing through Europe record labels are still managing to get vinyl on the table. From the sun drenched, and economically entrenched, shores of Greece comes Echovolt Records. Since 2009 this Athens imprint has been releasing a buffet of Electro, House and Disco infusions. Label owner Ilias Pitsios has toured the world for artists. Firstly the focus was on the US with 12”s from the likes of L.I.E.S. (Ron Morelli) and Steve Summer. Now we’re closer to home (well, my home) with the Dutch Danny Wolfers offering Poverties Paradise under his Legowelt guise.
The four tracker steps forth with the title track. A slow house jam is the result. Vocals are pitched back to an almost indecipherable croak, machine beats propping up a rumbling melody. “Transmissions From Earth 2011” sees a steady 707 introduce some warbling synthesizers, Legowelt tapping out quite a deep analogue piece within a House frame. The flip starts out with “El Horizonte.” Vocals return for his haunting piece. The track has echoes of Legowelt’s “Congo Zombie” to it, lyrics and synthlines merging in an almost hypnotic stasis. “Saucilito Park” lulls the listener into false ground. The beats sound heavy to begin but soon Mr Wolfers softens all to produce a wonderful laid back piece of electronics.
There’s a constant comfort with Wolfer’s releases. That is, odds are you’re going to get a piece of very good music. Danny Wolfers has a diversity rarely seen these days. The man is literally a music factory, churning out a serious volume of music under a host of monikers. But don’t be mistaken, the quantity of output might be high but so is the quality. Poverties Paradise is a sublime piece of electronics, Legowelt draping the listener in warm analogue sounds alongside a steady machine beat. Good for the DJ use and easy listening alike.
Poverties Paradise is available on Echovolt.
