With his new reference Barro Music Label takes us back to the nineties and offers us a journey through some of the most cutting-edge styles of the time. Driving the time machine we find French producer Yannick Tranchant, better known as Atix, who delivers a five track EP entitled Turn Up The Beat. Atix has been DJing since ’94, first hiphop and hardcore, and then he covered the whole musical spectrum of the decade including drum and bass, techno, or breakbeat, influences that he puts in the shaker to create tracks as powerful as the ones included in this Turn Up The Beat. Yannick is the boss of the label Division Virtuel, where he has released many of his works and where he has welcomed the best of the French underground. His records have also appeared on labels such as Boys Noize‘s BNR Trax and LOT49. Now, he brings us all the power of old school electro and techno in this banger with a 90’s inspired title.
The A-side opens with Turn Up The Beat: with its hip-hop shouts is an electro track with a classic flavour but with an overwhelming modern production. On New Day the complex rhythmic work is striking, and at times you might even think like you’re listening to a real drummer. Wipeout sounds like 90s techno, with those synths so characteristic of the style that transport you directly to a rave in the middle of the forest. The flip side doesn’t fall behind in terms of heavy material: Face To Face, with its punchy intro, is a hypnotic techno track with a melody that sticks in your brain. A perfect track to spin in the first hours of the morning. To finish, I Hope To Return is an aggressive, hard closing track with repetitive and incisive synths, a perfect sample of how music can make you high.
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