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OUT NOW – MaxNRG – Hide Away My Heart/Danger Zone

May 14, 2013 - 8:11 am No Comments

OUT NOW

MaxNRG – Hide Away My Heart / Danger Zone

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW!

Ukrainian drum and bass pioneer MaxNRG signed to Technique Recordings last year, and instantly proved his credentials to the UK scene. His debut EP, “Prometheus”, showed off a melodic sensibility that provides an ideal counterpoint to his tough beats and basslines, resulting in heavy radio and rave rotation. So, time to show off more of this flavour.

And that flavour, as MaxNRG has already proved, has a lot to do with melody, which is at the top of the agenda for “Hide Away My Heart”. A sing-along refrain and cleverly interweaving riffs create the calm before the firestorm of the drop. An, proving the flexibility of this style, on top of the D&B mix, there’s a selection of other delivery systems for the payload. A Radio Mix, an Instrumental Mix, a savage Dubstep Mix and even a electro-plosive House Mix, proving that, whatever your flavour, MaxNRG’s style can get you hyped.

This flavour’s all about melody, but that’s not the end of the story. “Danger Zone” flips the musicality into another dimension. Now, it’s deployed to create an unsettling horror-movie landscape, populated by tormented samples, before filtered beats and a gravelly bassline slowly move into view. On the face of it, this is a simple, if dark-hued roller, but as the tune progresses, sounds become modulated beyond your wildest expectations to draw you further into this paradigm.

If you don’t know about MaxNRG yet, then you’d better not miss out on this release. In these two tracks, he’s shown that his style can encompass both the light and the darkness, making his output vital parts of any selector’s armoury.

 

Tracklisting:

1. Hide Away My Heart (Original Mix)
2. Hide Away My Heart (Radio Mix)
3. Hide Away My Heart (Instrumental Mix)
4. Hide Away My Heart (Dubstep Mix)
5. Hide Away My Heart (House Mix)
6. Danger Zone

For interview requests, and further information, contact:

info@techniquerecordings.co.uk

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OUT NOW – MaxNRG – Prometheus

July 18, 2012 - 8:12 am No Comments

 OUT NOW

MaxNRG
- Prometheus

(Tech087)

01. Prometheus - MaxNRG
02. Arkan - MaxNRG
03. Metro 2033 VIP - MaxNRG
04. Sunset Of Empire - MaxNRG

 

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The word “unique” gets bandied about a lot when new artists are being
promoted. MaxNRG, Technique’s latest signing, however, deserves that
moniker. Representing Ukraine, he’s been a pioneer of the drum and
bass scene in his homeland since the late nineties, and now label
bosses Drumsound and Bassline Smith have lit the fuse that’s going to
blow up his reputation worldwide.

From the opening bars of the title track of this EP, “Prometheus”,
you can tell there’s something different about this producer. Sure,
it’s got the dance-demolishing bass and beats that you would expect
from a Technique Recordings release, but it’s MaxNRG’s melodic sense
that really sets him apart. Twisting Eastern European musicality
around the drum and bass paradigm creates a style that you’ve really
never heard before.

Then, “Arkan” takes it up another notch, explicitly laying out the
blueprint to MaxNRG’s approach. This is unmistakably the sound of
Ukrainian D&B. Traditional folk sounds organically blend into
razor-edge synth-work in a way you wouldn’t have thought possible. The
combination of styles melds into a high-energy workout guaranteed to
become a rave anthem.

Next, just to show he’s got more than one trick up his sleeve, Max
throws down “Metro 2033 VIP”. This is a slice of technoid darkness
designed to show that he can do atmosphere and tension as well as
upbeat melody. Layers of floating pads and percussive sounds dissolve
into a skank-out drop to prove this producer has got all bases covered.

And while he’s covering bases, the final track “Sunset of Empire”
covers two in one. He delivers a beautiful film-score panorama of an
intro, and then brutally switches and glitches things up with a
serrated bass-drop.

The “Prometheus EP” is just the beginning of MaxNRG’s assault on the
world of D&B as part of the Technique Recordings crew. Any discerning
DJ who hears these tunes will want to be part of that assault too.
Ukranian D&B has planted its flag, and now it’s here to stay.

 

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