Jona
Swamp EP
RELEASE 2007-10-15
Swamp EP
RELEASE 2007-10-15
Heavily supported by Ricardo Villalobos, Josh Wink, Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, Raresh, Tobi Neumann…nuff said!
hell yeah, new jona record on fumakilla, called “swamp” ep and from the very first second he shows the right direction, “swamp” is walking the line between tech house and post-detroitish soundstructures.warm and hypnotic fragments will be the new deadly weapon in early morning hours for sure, this chord monster demonstrate who is playing in the first league at the moment, it is jonas again, well known for his stunning tunes on labels like get physical, resopal, toys for boys and for sure for his incredible tune on fumakilla number 019 called “tap stroke” (#fk019) wich appealed everybody.on the flip another pretty nice piece of music named “fields".this one comes around with a nasty club friendly formation, nice modulations and a peaktime guarenteed pretty little melody, spherical chords and a splendidly constructed drumwork wich gets directly to the point again.it seems jona is the man of the hour, his idea of modern club music offers unequaled opportunities, swamp that thing, baby!
DE:BUG (GER) review:
“Erstaunlich technoide diese neue Jona EP auf Fumakilla. Der Titeltrack rockt mit harschem Beat und ziemlicher Stakkatosequenz. Erst nach einer Weile zeigt sich die eigewillige Art, die man sonst von Jona gewohnt ist deutlicher und der Track nimmt immer ungeahntere Wandlungen, bleibt aber dennoch beim einmal angefangenen Thema. Die Rückseite mit ihrem melodiöseren leichteren Touch dürfte Jona Fans allerdings besser gefallen, auch wenn er sich hier ebenso zurückhält mit den überschwenglichen Parts. Zwei konzentrierte Technotracks mit einem gewissen Hang zu den alten Klassikern. ”
Jamie Jones (Crosstownrebels): “This has some really cool ideas on both sides. I will be using this record as a tool, as some of the loops and percussion are awsome.”
Laurent Garnier (F-Com): “Super funky A side Always loved that kind of groovy thang!! Will play always ”
Layo&Bushwacka (Globalunderground): “ “Like B Side””
Markus Kafka (MTV): “prima, einer der besten fumakilla-releases in den letzten jahren.”
Raresh (A:rpia:r): “side a works very well .. thanks Jona !”
Ricardo Villalobos (Playhouse): “great and on heavy rotation!!”
Tobi Neumann (Cocoon): “nice one! ich mag beide tracks, wobei die a seite mein favorit ist, da sie eine sehr gute wirkung auf der tanzfläche erziehlt!”
Claude V.Stroke (Dirtybird): “Tight house groove. Nice”