Johannes Brecht – Trois Nocturnes

Label: Poker Flat Recordings
Release date: May 2015

1. Nuages
2. Sirénes
3. Fetes
4. Nuages (slow version) Available in selected stores

Johannes Brecht returns to Poker Flat with a little night music, a trio of deep, dramatic and driving house tunes that in their precision and invention are testimony to a distinctive intelligence.

Since an impressive stint as musical director for Henrik Schwarz’s ‘Instruments’ project and the subsequent release of 2013’s ‘Holla’, Brecht’s reputation has been growing steadily with a series of carefully crafted 12’s. If ‘Trois Nocturnes’ is anything to go by, 2015 is set to be his year.

‘Nuages’ hinges on a sinuous, snake-charming synth line. Instantly memorable, it’s an exquisite headphone experience that’s equally deadly on the dance floor.

The lilting ‘Sirènes’ teems with ideas, its big kick burnished with a dancing synth motif and a chamber orchestra of synthetic strings.

Last but not least, the motorik 12-minute ‘Fêtes’ contrasts its knotty, brittle piano line with sustained pads and bright, striking syncopations.
Beatport customers can revel in an exclusive slowmo rendering of ‘Nuages’, the reversed synth line even more seductive at a deliciously languorous tempo.