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Lithuania’s Greyscale returns this December with Ohrwert’s ‘Fidelis / Blavus’, backed with remixes from XDB and grad_u.
Greyscale was launched in 2012 by Lithuanian producer and DJ grad_u, and photographer Rima Prusakova, set up as a platform for material from grad_u and close friends whilst Prusakova’s black and white analogue photography provides the visual identity of the label.
The original mix of ‘Blavus’ opens the EP, perfectly setting the tone with murky, ethereal atmospherics, billowing dub echoes, modulating percussion and thunderous drums before DubTechno stalwart XDB strips things back a little with soft touches of the originals airy drones
tucked away in the depths whilst choppy stabs and dynamically unfolding analogue rhythms wander throughout.
The second original from Ohrwert opens the flip-side, upping the energy levels slightly with hooky stab-sequences, filtered delays and hypnotic melodies running alongside a sturdy percussive foundation. Lastly to round out the release grad_u reworks ‘Blavus’ into a more
groove-driven workout, employing shuffled hats, looped dub chords and bumpy sub-bass hits throughout.
Mastered at the legendary Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin.
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credits
released December 19, 2017
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w&p Arjen Schat
Remixes by Kosta Athanassiadis & Aleksandr Martinkevič
Photography: Rima Prusakova
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Early support by Jonas Kopp, Ben Sims, Truncate, Italojohnson, Dj Deep, Roman Poncet / Traumer, Oliver Deutschmann, Markus Suckut, Johannes Volk, Julietta, Alland Byallo, Will & Ink, Dorian Paic, Eric Cloutier, Midland, Massimiliano Pagliara, John Osborn, Darko Esser / Tripeo, Marco Effe and many more..
supported by 20 fans who also own “Fidelis / Blavus”
This is a momentous collection! Rohs has been consistently excellent in its offerings throughout its catalogue. I’m proud to have bought this extra super compilation album full the type of beautiful music that I love to mix and share on Mixcloud & Soundcloud. I cheekily used the Summer19 code, so this is simply doubly awesome! Checkout Bethelina’s Dub Techno Radio monthly podcast for much more music of this high calibre! Bethelina_DJ