[acid-jazz] Recloose in Los Angeles - Saturday 9/21 @ Zanzibar

From: leterel (leterel@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Sep 13 2002 - 02:37:14 CEST

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    Ubiquity / Planet E / XLR8R Magazine Present...

    "ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC?" 
     
    Sat. 9/21 @ ZANZIBAR
    1301 5th St
    Santa Monica, CA  90401
    Tel: 310-394-4647
    10pm-2am / 21+ / $10
     
    RECLOOSE (Planet E, K7!)
    * A bad-ass DJ and new school Detroit producer with
    the skills to get the crowd bumpin'.  Recloose drops
    in for an exclusive date to celebrate the release of
    his highly acclaimed "Cardiology" album, out now on
    Carl Craig's legendary Detroit-based Planet E label.

    "Easily the first great album of 2002!" - XLR8R

    "Resounding beauty, cut from guts and feeling"
    - Flyer Mag (NYC / SF / LA)
     
    "Not just future jazz, this album offers an entirely
    new spin on soul music. Period!" - The Wire
     
    ++ Ubiquity All-Star Selectors
     

    *** Spend at least $20.00 on ubiquityrecords.com
    before Fri. 9/20 and your name will be automatically
    added to the guest list for complimentary admission to
    the show.

    *** This is the official Grand Opening Celebration
    of The Temple Bar's latest innovation so early arrival
    is highly recommended!!
     
    *** Come down early for give-aways from our friends at
    the excellent French Label: F-Communications including
    Frederic Galliano and Llorca CDs!
     

    Recloose Bio . . .

    Those people reading about Recloose for the first time
    may not know the bit of techno folklore about how he
    got discovered, while those fans of the DJ and
    producer from his previous releases on Planet E have
    probably heard all about it. Both parties, however,
    should be interested to know that yes, the sandwich
    story is indeed true. Fact, even. Fresh from a college
    degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
    Recloose was slingin' lunch specials behind the
    counter of the Russell Street Deli in Detroit. One
    afternoon, the burgeoning DJ, who previously went
    under the moniker Bubblicious as a spry, young hip-hop
    teen, spotted Planet E poobah and techno ingénue Carl
    Craig in for a quick sandwich. In a crafty bit of
    fortuitousness, Recloose dipped into his backpack past
    the SoleSides and Pharcyde tapes to pull out one of
    his newly minted demo tapes. And in a triumphant bit
    of resourcefulness, he slipped the tape between some
    bread and into Craig's to-go order. Taken with the
    kid's deli-sized deftness, Craig listened to the tape
    and loved what he heard. And so the story began.

    Five years later, Recloose (a.k.a. Matthew Chicoine)
    offers his debut album Cardiology after a number of
    well-received releases have made him one of Detroit's
    signature artists. Through his two EPs, two singles,
    one mix CD and numerous remixes, Recloose has
    developed a sound and style that he best sums up as
    "shape-shifting," an amorphous aesthetic that mixes
    samples, chopped beats and lots of rhythms predicated
    on tweaks and abstractions of sound. That his album is
    called Cardiology is intended to mean that it is music
    not intended to be dissected and academically
    deconstructed but rather, felt. "I was trying to
    create music from the heart," he describes.  "Less
    with my brain and more with my innards." (In a
    sentimental bit of vulnerability, he might also tell
    you it was inspired by the longing he felt from being
    so far from his girlfriend while he recorded the
    album).

    Recloose moved to Detroit after graduating from Ann
    Arbor in 1996.  Like many, he was a DJ at his college
    radio station, enthralled with hip-hop, jazz and
    funk.  In those days, especially to hip-hop heads,
    techno held an irredeemable stigma, even if Recloose
    didn't quite know how to articulate it. While just 45
    minutes away, Detroit might as well have been on
    another continent; its grand techno scene rarely
    escaped outside its metropolis confines. As Recloose
    matured in his music appreciation, that changed, and
    he began to open up to it, discovering that many of
    his favorite "classics"  were done by Juan Atkins,
    Derrick May and Carl Craig just down the highway.
    Categorizations were just that and Recloose began to
    connect the dots.

    That is perhaps why Recloose's music seems so resonant
    today, especially on Cardiology - his music doesn't
    fit the strict mold of any one musical style.  Though
    you could aptly describe some songs as "dancefloor"
    and some as "downtempo," there are too many elements
    at play in his music to ever have it be described so
    tidily: the vocal chops on "Ain't Changing," the dubby
    undertow of "Absence of One," the old Detroit soul
    feel of "Can't Take It" and the gilded, nocturnal
    paean "Processional." Recloose played saxophone for
    eight years and credits that training for developing
    his ear.  His tunes are indeed refined and eloquent,
    and he has proved himself to be adaptable to many
    music situations, in the studio, live or as a DJ. His
    mission is always the same: add to the musical
    narrative in whatever style it decides to manifest.

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