Jake Fairley is back on the German label Sender Records for our pleasure. Following his two previous EP's, he brings now his first album entitled "Crisis" and shows his own vision of minimal house & techno. Although he made some quiet tracks ("street duck", "the commuter") or ambient / experimental ones ("d-days" - cd only, "intersteer"), Jake Fairley gives more titles dedicated to the dancefloors... but especially to the finest dancefloors conducted by bold DJ's because music of the Canadian producer is quite original and maybe surprising at first listening : use of distorted vocals and dark strings most of the time ("dance floor suicide", "ebos", "in stiches", "oshawa" - cd only). The work is perfect and it makes emerging a driving & hypnotising atmosphere... But that's not all, Jake Fairley is also very talented in a deeper and still dancefloor way with "yugo" and of course the beautiful "work" which defines a nice contrast between soft sounds & strings and another distorted voice. A first LP very inventive that must be checked carefully. Listen to "Crisis" on Sender Records web site !
The CD version includes two bonus-tracks as well as the Exploder EP (Sender 011) previously reviewed in this section.
www.sender-records.de
Ludo, 24/06/2002