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