It’s banger o’clock at Jannowitz Records headquarters. We need it, and you probably do, too! With a global pandemic still sabotaging almost all night life around the world, we want to move the focus away from depressing thoughts and hopelessness and onto the dance floor. For this very specific task, we found exactly the right producer.
Corrado Cardone, aka Konrad, was born and raised in Italy. While his music has been outstanding for many years, only recently he has drawn more attention to his alias – with releases on Octopus Records and Intec. Now it’s time for him to make waves on Jannowitz Records. We gave him the freedom to go crazy and provided him with four of the most exciting remixers we could find.
The result is “Urano EP”. An EP with two super intense original tracks. “Urano” is an absolute heavy hitter –
almost trance leaning but 100% uncompromising. It’s the perfect mix of hypnotic peak time techno and otherworldly melodies that spiral on top of the consistent four to the floor. A quite similar approach was taken on “Prospective”. The execution, though, differs quite a bit. “Prospective” is more delicate. The focus shifts from hypnotic elements and percussions towards squeaky synth lines that hit the contemporary ideal that is typical for Jannowitz Records. As for the remixes, we tried to make things as interesting as possible. We paired techno heavyweight Citizen Kain with KIKO, the French producer who remixed “Abyss Towards Hope” by Pontias and Abstraal not too long ago on JAW and surprised us with his superb skills. Their remix of “Prospective” is exactly what you would expect. It’s KIKO’s melodic expertise and Citizen Kain’s progressive beats.
A perfect addition to this EP. Our second remix duo, or better said: trio, are Teenage Mutants and Jannowitz regular Heerhorst. If you’ve been following the label over the last months you definitely know the latter (if not: check him out, now!). And the former you will know from one their countless shows all around the world. Their remix of “Urano” is another proper techno banger that will leave many jaws on the (virtual) dance floors dropped. The heavy beats and the spacey synths seem to scream: no mercy! Quite the motto for this whole EP. So techno fans beware: this one is for you! And last but not least is the fact that the super dope Artwork was made by the Tattoo legend Mirco Campioni!
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Release date: September 14th, 2020.