Nightlight Music owner Alland Byallo steps out with the two titular
cuts and invites remix guests Berliner-by-Detroit's Lee Curtiss,
San Francisco's Jason Short, and Iowa native Kenneth Scott along
for the ride (Belgian minimalist nutownproject climbs aboard for
a Beatport exclusive). Byallo's opening slab of slinky tech-house
minimalism, “Tried,” oozes Minus character when starburst
splashes cross paths with woozy synth sprites over a rumbling,
clockwork groove, while “True” drapes reverberant,
dive-bombing synth flourishes over a wiry funk pulse. The guests
stay true to Byallo's minimalist vision yet still leave their own
fingerprints on the material: Curtiss strips “True” to
its skanky house essence, while Scott tightens the grip and scatters
clanging percussive synth-funk across the tune's owly house groove;
on the “Tried” makeovers, Short cranks up the original's
jittery and squiggly character while nutownproject dresses the
track up in a swinging, bass-heavy strut.
Textura review, January 2008
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“These tracks all sound wicked, especially Tried,
True, and the Lee Curtis mix”
Dan Curtin (Tuning
Spork)
“Tried is mad, psychadelic, and INTENSE! My favorite on the release. Kenneth’s
mix is really good too.”
Alex Under (CMYK)
“This is a solid EP. I like both originals and all 4 remixes, but mostly
blowin loads over True original and the Lee Curtiss mix. Phoooooooo!"
Someone
Else (Foundsound)
“Digging Lee's remix for sure and Kenneth's is good also. Will play both.
Thanks!”
Robin Porter (Immigrant)
“Thanks for the promo, there's good stuff in here and I will play for sure!”
Pheek
(Archipel)
“I like and I will play Tried - original mix!“
Style of Eye
(Harthouse)
“I really dig True and Lee's remix. Bombs”
Ambivalent (Minus)
“"Top-notch futurism from the darker-sides of techno akin to the likes
of Cristian Vogel or the Tresor club... should we call it a throw-back?"
Frivolous
(~scape)
“I really like all the mixes, all really good. Will be playing out for
sure, several of the mixes in the set.”
Chris Fortier” (Fade)
“Nice San Francisco minimal package. The ones for me are: Tried ,True and
the Kenneth Scott Remix. Keep them coming!”
Davide Squillace (Minisketch)
“Solid originals but its the Lee Curtis mix for me on this one! Nice late
night vibe whilst remaining calm and stripped. Lovely synths! One for the afterparty.”
Ed
Davenport (Liebe*Detail)
“Lee Curtis and Kenneth Scott remix do it for me.”
Mark Henning
(Clever Music)
“I quite like your original and nutownproject's remix of "Tried".
Cool tune.”
Tyler Stadius (Deepen Discs)
“Really really great release!”
Patrick Bateman (Tic Tac Toe)
“Dude, this is great! Both your original mixes are sick, and the Lee Curtiss
mix is just something else, almost like Closer Musik 2007. I'm gonna play it
out tonight, will let you know how it goes!”
Phillip Sherburne
(Pitchfork)
"Tried is the best for me, but also will play True for sure... like the
originals better than the remixes! Will play in the radio show and gigs."
Fine
Cut Bodies (Pulver Records)
