01. Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)
That’s probably when it all started! I was aged 10 when, at a beach party with my parents, the DJ suddenly dropped this special record.
02. Dr. Alban – No Coke
1990, in the lobby of a building, we were dancing to this record for hours, preparing a kind of choreography.
03. Depeche Mode – Never Let Me Down Again
My love for electronic music definitely comes from them. I’m totally addicted to Depeche Mode
04. Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
It reminds me the love of my father. It’s really hard to choose one of the many songs from this fantastic artist.
05. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – Eye In The Sky
The genius of the sound engineer!
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06. Red Hot Chili Peppers – CALIFORNICATION
RHCP, simply one of my favourite rock bands ever!
07. Depeche Mode – Delta Machine
I do not just want to talk about the old songs from Depeche Mode because they are always ahead of the game, and this album proves it.
08. John Miles – Music
It’s an anthem to music!
09. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
I’m sure this song is perfect proof that the best song does exist, and by one of the best singers, who still lives on in my heart.
10. Adriano Celentano – Prisencolinensinainciusol
When the meaning of words is irrelevant and the rhythm is enough. Lyrics mean absolutely nothing here but as Celentano says…Prisencolinensinainciusol means Universal love!
Bimas – Fragile EP – Divergent (Media Records)
Media Records is a vast label empire that ran some of the most seminal dance music outlets to have ever existed in Italy way back in the nineties, including UMM, BXR and Heartbeat. Now they are relaunching a selection of their most important imprints alongside a number of brand new labels. One of these labels is the hotly anticipated Divergent run by DJ and producer Bimas which is to function as a platform for his own music. Bimas is a Belgium born artist who started producing in Italy in 2000 and now releases on leading labels like Loco Dice’s Desolat and Adam Beyer’s Truesoul. His taste takes in everything from techno to dance and pop, and he is also a skilled guitar player. As such, Bimas masters the ability to shift from the most aggressive sounds to deep or melodic ones with elegance and style.
This new EP was written in his Italian coastal hometown of Ancona using external hardware like a Yamaha AN1X, Orbit 9090 and Proteus 2000. It is inspired by his past and his melodic techno roots and starts a great new relationship with Media Records. The fantastic ‘Feeling Good’ opens the EP with a wild-style techno aesthetic. Hulking great drums have wailing diva vocals up top and nerve jangling stabs. It is energetic and fiery and full of ravey flavours and cannot fail to arrest the attention of the dance floor, no matter how big it is. The more subdued ‘Fragile’ is deep and rolling, with big glistening hi hats and deep looping bass sucking you into the midst of the track. Building to a high octane peak, rueful synths add a tender touch to the visceral drums and round out another fascinating effort.
Nikola Gala is part of the exciting wave of Greek talent coming up in house and techno over the last decade and is tied to labels like Ibadan Records and Rekids. His remix of ‘Feeling Good’ is a tense and rolling affair, with no let up from start to finish as cut up vocals and drilling synths demand you move your body. As far as first releases go, this one is more than impressive from Divergent.
Bimas Fragile EP – Divergent (Media Records)
Release: Vinyl out now / 24th Feb (digi) 2017 Cat. No. : DVRG1001
