A crack team of producers that includes Abboud and Demenz combine on the upcoming showcase VA from Le Chevre. The assembled collective of Venezuelan artists that make up the 17-track album cover an impressive spectrum of electronic shades. It is the hook-up between Abboud and Demenz on ‘Esto no, Pasto no’ that we will be starting our review with.
The pumped-up drums and acid wiggles go straight for the jugular from the beginning and the distorted vocals add even more swagger. Not that its needed as ‘Esto No, Pasto No’ has more than enough without it as the bassline that snakes throughout is enough to keep most floors bouncing.
Rewinding back to the top of the release and Baffa and Moreon’s ‘Metrics’ Detroit techno offering grinds along on a wicked synth. Matheiu’s ‘Hermetic Vision’ is equally full of attitude and synth squelches and dark bass tones fight for attention throughout. Adonis Rivera is in a straighter forward mood on ‘Unknown’ and the grooves are tight and short which leaves more room for the acidic synths to work their magic.
It is not until Miguelle’s ‘Adam 8’ that the Venezuela roots are revealed. Skiipping toms make the groove and that is carried over to Mendoza’s ‘Order X’. Diego Teran and Leand combine for a deep tech affair on ‘Space X’ while Ambito ramps things up on ‘Magicman’ with arpeggiated synth lines. Square waves are the order of the day on Moig’s ‘Tom & Wani’ while Son of Elita opts to utilise guitar to great effect on ‘Guitar Fuunk’.
Heading towards the business end of the VA and Alessandro Gozzo’s ‘More Pins’ sets the scene nicely with an early morning jam with a killer bassline. Le Chu also impresses with the deep diving ‘Afterlife’. TONS looks to finish strong with some tidy programmed drums and of course a little South American flair. Marco Gonzalez turns in a techy percussive weapon on ‘Jauzzz’ while Adrianza closes things out with the up-tempo funk of ‘No Shades’.
The Le Chevre VA is now available to pre-order on Beatport.
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