Holz

We are excited to present HOLGER ZILSKE‘S debut Playhouse album, HOLZ. A leading proponent in the ascendancy of Berlin label BPitch Control and the greater electronic landscape, Holger cultivated his reputation as techno visionary under the moniker SMASH TV with over 8 years and nearly 30 releases to his name. Now releasing under his birth name, HOLGER‘S distinct blend of complex arrangements and gargantuan bass lines has been refined incrementally over six successful single releases in the last two years. With ten new productions laden with bubbling textures, sweat fueled percussion and tropical artwork, Holz navigates us into summer with moist palms and deep, deep eyes. ‚LICHTERFELDE‘ transforms visions of a remote borough of Berlin into an ecstatic wilderness, populated by looming insectoid tones and gusts of humid pad textures . Punctuated by stabbed Eastern melodies, bouncing bass drops and ritual drum patterns, the opener sets the climate perfectly. ‚MES YEUX‘ pulses amidst decompressing pads and re- verberant mechanical samples in a deep house descent, while the hazy granulated beginnings of ‚ROTER RAUSCH‘ swarm around steadily enveloping synth and bass progressions in an intoxicating techno mirage. Deep and penetrating synth tones define ‚DRUCKRAUM‘ (Press Room), which probes meticulously with lazy clicked percussion and the distant chatter of reverberant beats. Continuing with the vocational theme, ‚WORK‘ commands your obedience with mesmerizing melodic passages and dystopian metallic percussive accents. Major melodic pads offer hope of release, however the cutting industrial beats withstand resistance to end the track unchallenged. ‚GOLDEN‘ builds a lazy pop lullaby with decaying samples, trickled percussion and the dulcet vocal contributions of Swedish artist AUGUST LANDELIUS. Contemplative and profound, HOLGER‘S production paints a melancholy land- scape of promise and bittersweet reflection. Back to the floor. ‚METRODANCER‘ builds a formidable house strut with poked bass and melodic punches of 8 bit synth. In a similar vein, ‚OLHO GORDO‘ plunges into dark waters with ghostly pads, dry percussive tones and enveloping beats to test your after hour stamina. Under the pseudonym ‚One Chef‘ AUGUST LANDELIUS returns to team up with HOLGER on ‚HAVE A CUP OF THIS‘, which disorients with clattering percussion and certifiably dizzy synth lines that dance around plunging bass tones and ringing symbol rotations. Counting to close with resonant clocked percussion, AUGUST reintroduces his intimate vocal reflections in ano- ther downbeat pop arrangement. At times both haunting and hopeful, fret with lingering dark and sobering light, ‚TO THEM TO ME‘ provides the perfect soundtrack to the end of an evening, and appropriate end to an album that signals a new dawn for HOLGER ZILSKE.