Monday, July 3, 2017

Chris Sterio & Matt Black - Jupiter Rising EP incl. Downgrooves, Evotone [SMD183]

Fully immersed in the UK’s underground music scene for well over a decade, Chris Sterio & Matt Black have both celebrated impressive solo careers. As the duo join forces for the first time as a collaborative pairing, Suffused Music is delighted to oversee the release of “Jupiter Rising” with remixes from the USA.

Founder of the iconic Source of Gravity imprint and latterly, Soundscapes Digital, Isle of Man based producer, Chris Sterio, has been at the vanguard of the underground scene for almost two decades. A well-travelled and seasoned DJ, performances across North & South America and continental Europe, have secured Sterio’s reputation, cemented further by his work for Mistique Music, Polytechnic Recordings and Bonzai Progressive. Similarly, UK DJ and producer, Matt Black, has been a regular in the clubs across his homeland since the mid-1990s with performances in London and Bristol, in addition to gigs in Europe and South America. Co-founder of the Segment Records imprint, Black’s production work for Keep Thinking, Hot Cue Music and Pro B Tech Music have kept him at the UK dance scene’s frontline.

Collaborating for the first time, “Jupiter Rising” is an extraordinary combination of collective talent that centres around a huge beat and head-shaking, stereo-panned, percussive section. A vocoded vocal sample then plays a central role, referencing the track title. Building with menacing bass line, a glittering arpeggio lead plays a central role in the formation of a hypnotic melodic groove, as an epic floor-filling track is sure to delight global club-goers.

Man of many talents and multiple production personas, Eric Rydberg, is no stranger to success with his Downgrooves production moniker. With an incipient commercial production career that began in October 2012 with a trio of remixes for Musicon, Downgrooves has gone on to feature significantly on Matt Black’s Soundscapes Digital with a score of releases, most notably with April 2017’s five-track EP, “The Deeper Shades”. Furthermore, OLD SQL, Elliptical Sun Recording and Mistique Music have all played their part in furthering the Downgrooves production career, with the latter accounting for 2013’s successful, “Control Voltage” EP.

Now debuting on Suffused Music, the Downgrooves remix is redolent in huge 909-kick and delicate percussive cadence. Using Sterio and Black’s vocoded vocal component to full effect, a host of additional production material takes “Jupiter Rising” in a new melodic direction while intelligently resonating the themes central to the original. Innovative chord progressions and rhythmic stabs create a new dance-floor groove that is full of passion and verve.

Working his magic further, Eric Rydberg’s Evotone moniker makes its release debut. A stripped back rhythmic section provides deep house credentials as muted chord stabs and multi-faceted pads add to the aural melange.  Intelligently entwining components from Sterio & Black’s original, a gloriously dark and brooding atmosphere gives “Jupiter Rising” a sonic makeover in mature and discerning fashion.

As the fifth planet ascends into a new orbit, Chris Sterio & Matt Black see “Juipter Rising” into a new dawn with remixes from Downgrooves and Evotone.

Sterio & Black - Jupiter Rising [Suffused Music]
Sterio & Black - Jupiter Rising (Downgrooves Mix) [Suffused Music]
Sterio & Black - Jupiter Rising (Evotone Mix) [Suffused Music]

Text by James Warren
Picture by Misha Alexeev
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