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Russ Gabriel

The Fall Guy

Label: Mobilee Records

Style: Techno

CODE MOBILEE040

RLS 20.08.08

12"

Label info: ...'React' opens with softly pumping chords and handclaps cloaked in faraway reverb, setting a muted, dusky mood. It builds almost imperceptibly, with minor-key detailing creeping in from the corners like spiders climbing wispy webs. Nimble sub-bass struts across the low end, more felt than heard. And that, structurally speaking, is all there is: this is a lesson in less-is-more. What makes it special is the way that Russ lovingly teases all the elements out of hiding, filtering and EQing as though catching light in an abalone shell. The track's delicacy is offset only by a slow crescendo of 909 drums from deep in the mix. But forget about form — it’s the feeling that matters here. Raw and emotive, this is how techno was always supposed to sound. 'The Fall Guy' plays with the same ideas—cottony chords, gentle syncopations, gauzy filters reminding you that sensuality is as much about concealing as revealing. This time, though, Russ stretches out and really takes his time, drawing the tune out to 13 minutes long—13 minutes that pass in an eyelid’s flicker...