Dazion - Grooveboxx

Dekmantel

£31.54

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: DKMNTL093
Release Date: 28 Oct 2022
Genre: Deep House

02 MEET ME AT THE MECCA
03 LA DS
04 ASTA GRAND CLOSING
05 EAU MEMBERSHIP
06 MARATHON RAP VERSION
07 KIMBERLY NANCE BACKSTAGE
08 SECRETLY SILLY
09 SANDOKAN U-NITE IN PEACE
10 EXPOSURE
11 SOUND OF THE DUNE TOWN
12 THE TEMPLE

Welcome 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. Dazion 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.? In 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.