{"title":"Dazion","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"grooveboxx","title":"Grooveboxx","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Dazion’s Grooveboxxx – a maxi-sized love letter to The Hague’s 80s and 90s club scene crafted with minimal tools and loaded with vibe. It’s no coincidence it arrives on Dekmantel, a label with its own roots in the same Dutch city’s electronic music culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDazion is The Hague’s Cris Kuhlen, previously spotted releasing on Second Circle, Safe Trip and Animals Dancing. He cut his teeth clubbing and working at long-since closed clubs like Eau, described in Kuhlen’s own words as, “clubs with blocks to dance on, lazers, decorations, crazy extravert [sic] parties.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn capturing the spirit of Eau and the other formative parties of his youth, Kuhlen limited himself to just one machine to make his longest work to date – the Roland MC-303 Groovebox. While these entry level units from the mid-90s had stripped down functionality in the wider spectrum of studio gear, they contained all the iconic Roland sounds in a Rompler style, giving the user access to everything necessary to make raw, immediate club tracks without requiring an entire studio’s worth of hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brash gear of choice set the tone for a record of rough, ready and playful jams which end up more sophisticated than you’d expect from such limited means. ‘La DS’ jacks with a freaky, bleep techno intensity, while ‘Kimberly \u0026amp; Nance Backstage Rehearsal’ rides an angular groove tooled to inspire the weirdest dance moves of the night. Every track is named in reference to a particular nightspot, a hazy memory or moment from Kuhlen’s formative raving years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the sound of Dazion having the time of his life. You might well hear a nod to the odd rock totem being given a re-version in irreverent new beat style or some gnarly US acid breaks vibes riding underneath helium rap licks. But for all the cheekiness, the tracks stand up both as nods to halcyon days and relevant workouts for the sweatiest parties in the here and now. As MC Paul T says in dramatic style heralding the intro of Grooveboxxx, “This movement will live on forever.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dekmantel","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50482414092619,"sku":"2002461","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/193330-dazion-grooveboxx_5898c4f7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727551871"},{"product_id":"a-bridge-between-lovers","title":"A Bridge Between Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing up on the 2017 debut EP \u003ci\u003eDon't Get Me Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e, Dazion returns with his second release on Second Circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his latest EP; \u003ci\u003eA Bridge Between Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, we hear the Dutch multi -instrumentalist take even more unexpected swerves and turns in the form of fi ve new tracks recorded in his home studio in Den Haag. Setting himself loose from any musical confines, his process develops spontaneously; a Spanish guitar connects with an Indonesian wind instrument, wood sticks are channelled through a gritty sampler, while weird drum patterns make their way out of Alesis HR 16-B and Yamaha computers. The results of these recordings are a fluid yet familiar Dazion sound; typically utilising electronic and organic sounds in his own distinctIve way. As with its predecessor, the tracks on ‘A Bridge Between Lovers’ are heavily rhythmically fuelled as well as rich in melody. Not least during another collaboration with the Portugese vocalist Paulo on the alluring opening track \u003ci\u003eEu Ñao Sei\u003c\/i\u003e, where Dazion again radiates what he himself calls, his \"musical message of love to everyone\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Second Circle","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50508452790603,"sku":"1072869","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4b4b8dbc-0755-496b-92dc-3268c0a1f35b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727858968"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/dazion.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}