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Cocoon Heroes Mixed by Joris Voorn and Cassy (Joris Voorn Mix CD 1)

28 Jun

Not without good reason is the motto of this year’s Cocoon Ibiza season “Into the Magic”, as the sun-drenched Balearic island is steeped in a special enchantment. So, with great enthusiasm, the team around Sven Väth apply themselves to the 13th season in Ibiza, and you don’t have to be a prophet to predict some historic club nights at the Amnesia. Also the acoustic ‘warm up’ in the form of the Cocoon Ibiza Summer Mix CD, established in 2007, makes your eyes glow intensely with excitement this year, as Cocoon was able to get Cassy and Joris Voorn doing the mix, two absolute DJ highlights in this season.

It’s no less than three times that Catherine Britton aka Cassy is present in this year’s Ibiza line up (e.g. at the Season Opening and Closing). For more than ten years, the multi-national Berlin resident is an essential part of the global Tech House scene and can look back on many releases on Perlon, Ostgut Ton, Playhouse as well as her own label Cassy. Her DJ style is characterized by an intensive and groove-accented mixture of reduced rhythmic elements with a certain intuition for warm and sensual Soul, which got her residencies at Berlin’s Panoramabar, the Rex Club in Paris or the Trouw in Amsterdam, and already totally excited the audience on her 2009 Cocoon mix CD “Simply Devotion”. In her current set, Cassy dives deep into the magic of Dub House: with a stunningly deep delay wonderland, “Kaimanawa” by the Swiss Cavalier aka Agnes sets a distinctive exclamation mark, right at the start of the mix, while the percussive “Put That Record Back On” by DJ Dan in the remix of Peace Division remains committed to the traditions of US Housetrax and “Cortometraggio” by Alfredo Caforio and Gianni Sabato aka Rush? applies a very literal sense to the name of the French label Bass Culture. Apropos Bass Culture: Cassy’s favourite producer at the moment, Mr. G (former member of The Advent), embellishes the track list with three jewels: with tropical House deepness (“New Dayz”), the Kasper remix of “Sunday Blues” and at the end of the mix with tribal Subsonic Jazz (“Lex”) and thus gives CD1 a more than precious finish.

An open artistic approach is also what the Rotterdam-born DJ and producer Joris Voorn shows on the release. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Voorn stands for an inspiring alliance between European club traditions and the aesthetics of Detroit Techno, and thus won the hearts of Technasia, Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier and Sven Väth. At least since his 2010 club anthem “The Secret”, Voorn is an essential part of the musical memory of Ibiza. His set elaborately intertwines a total of 30 (!) tracks by, among others, such well-known producers/remixers like Oxia, John Tejada, Guy Gerber, Samuel L. Session or Radio Slave in his own inimitable way to an artistic Gesamtkunstwerk which illustrates the aesthetic bandwidth and deepness of modern electronic dance music in a superb way. Constantly altering the tension, Voorn draws the line from Lawrence’s melancholy and emotional sound sketches (“The Swan”) or Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge’s “Für die Liebe” via the sensual-percussive Dub House of Microtrauma’s “Pollenflug” and the groove-accented “Acid Jam” by Rhauder from Berlin right up to the grand final with a tropically-dense cover version of the Derrick May classic “Strings Of Life” by the British producer Astro Fram aka Soul Mekanik, who has also worked with Robbie Williams. There is no better way to pay homage to the Balearic island’s magic.

Released by: Cocoon Recordings 
Release/catalogue number: CORMIX040
Release date: Jun 25, 2012

 

 

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JORIS VOORN • CASSY COCOON HEROES

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Cocoon Recordings • Techhouse • 25/06/12



Ab sofort erhältlich zum rabattierten Vorbestellerpreis via Cocoon Shop. Geplante VÖ ist der 25. Juni 2012! Bestellungen welche dieses Produkt enthalten werden nicht vor dem VÖ Datum versendet.

 

Nicht zu Unrecht ist das Motto der diesjährigen Cocoon Ibiza-Season “Into the Magic”, umgibt doch die Sonnen durchflutete Baleareninsel seit jeher ein besonderer Zauber. Mit großem Enthusiasmus widmet sich das Team um Sven Väth denn auch der 13. Saison auf Ibiza, und man braucht kein Prophet sein, um dem Amnesia wieder einige historische Clubnächte vorherzusagen. Auch das seit 2007 traditionelle akustische ‘Warmup’ in Form der Cocoon Ibiza Summer Mix-CD lässt in diesem Jahr besonders intensiv die Augen leuchten: Mit Cassy und Joris Voorn konnten die Cocoon-Macher zwei der absoluten DJ-Highlights dieser Saison für den Summer Mix gewinnen.

Gleich dreimal dabei im diesjährigen Ibiza-Programm (unter anderem beim Season Opening und Closing) ist Catherine Britton alias Cassy. Seit zehn Jahren ist die multinational geprägte Wahlberlinerin aus der globalen Techhouse-Szene nicht wegzudenken und kann auf eine Vielzahl von Veröffentlichungen auf Perlon, Ostgut Ton, Playhouse und ihrem eigenen Cassy-Label zurückblicken. Ihr DJ-Style ist geprägt von einer intensiven und groovebetonten Mischung reduzierter rhythmischer Elemente mit einem untrüglichen Gespür für warmen und sinnlichen Soul, die ihr Residencies in der Berliner Panoramabar, dem Pariser Rex Club oder dem Trouw in Amsterdam verschafften und auch schon auf ihrer 2009er Cocoon-Mix-CD “Simply Devotion” restlos begeisterte. In ihrem aktuellen Set taucht Cassy zunächst tief hinab in die Magie des Dubhouse: “Kaimanawa” vom Schweizer Cavalier aka Agnes setzt mit einem umwerfend deepen Delay-Wunderland gleich zu Beginn ein markantes Ausrufezeichen, während das perkussiv geprägte “Put That Record Back On” von DJ Dan im Peace Division-Remix den Traditionen der US-Housetrax verpflichtet bleibt und “Cortometraggio” von Alfredo Caforio und Gianni Sabato aka Rush? dem französischen Label Bass Culture einen sehr wörtlich zu verstehenden Sinn verpasst. Apropos Bass Culture: Cassys momentaner Lieblingsproduzent Mr. G (ehemals Mitglied von The Advent) verziert gleich dreimal das Programm: mit tropischer House-Deepness (“New Dayz”), dem Kasper-Remix von “Sunday Blues” und zum Finale hin mit tribalem Subsonik-Jazz (“Lex”) und gibt so der CD1 ein definitiv edles Finish.

Einem offenen künstlerischen Ansatz folgt dann auch der Rotterdamer DJ und Produzent Joris Voorn. Seit Anfang der 2000er Jahre steht Voorn für eine inspirierende Verbindung europäischer Clubtradition mit der Ästhetik des Detroit Techno und spielte sich damit in die Herzen von Technasia, Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier und Sven Väth. Spätestens seit seiner 2010er Clubhymne “The Secret” ist Voorn fester Bestandteil der musikalischen Erinnerung von Ibiza. Sein Set verwebt kunstvoll insgesamt 30 (!) Stücke von unter anderem so bekannten Produzenten/Remixern wie Oxia, John Tejada, Guy Gerber, Samuel L. Session oder Radio Slave in unnachahmlicher Art zu einem akustischen Gesamtkunstwerk, welches die ästhetische Bandbreite und Deepness moderner elektronischer Tanzmusik grandios illustriert. In stetig wechselnder Spannung führt Voorn den Bogen von den melancholisch emotionalen Flächenskizzen eines Lawrence (“The Swan”) oder Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridges “Für die Liebe” über den sinnlich perkussiven Dubhouse von Microtrauma (“Pollenflug”) und dem groovebezogenen “Acid Jam” des Berliners Rhauder hin zum großartigen Finale mit der tropischen dichten Coverversion des Derrick May-Klassikers “Strings Of Life” von den britischen Robbie Williams-Produzenten Astro Fram aka Soul Mekanik. Schöner kann man der Magie der Baleareninsel nicht huldigen.

 

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Cocoon Heroes Mixed by Joris Voorn and Cassy (Cassy Mix CD 2)

28 Jun

Not without good reason is the motto of this year’s Cocoon Ibiza season “Into the Magic”, as the sun-drenched Balearic island is steeped in a special enchantment. So, with great enthusiasm, the team around Sven Väth apply themselves to the 13th season in Ibiza, and you don’t have to be a prophet to predict some historic club nights at the Amnesia. Also the acoustic ‘warm up’ in the form of the Cocoon Ibiza Summer Mix CD, established in 2007, makes your eyes glow intensely with excitement this year, as Cocoon was able to get Cassy and Joris Voorn doing the mix, two absolute DJ highlights in this season.

It’s no less than three times that Catherine Britton aka Cassy is present in this year’s Ibiza line up (e.g. at the Season Opening and Closing). For more than ten years, the multi-national Berlin resident is an essential part of the global Tech House scene and can look back on many releases on Perlon, Ostgut Ton, Playhouse as well as her own label Cassy. Her DJ style is characterized by an intensive and groove-accented mixture of reduced rhythmic elements with a certain intuition for warm and sensual Soul, which got her residencies at Berlin’s Panoramabar, the Rex Club in Paris or the Trouw in Amsterdam, and already totally excited the audience on her 2009 Cocoon mix CD “Simply Devotion”. In her current set, Cassy dives deep into the magic of Dub House: with a stunningly deep delay wonderland, “Kaimanawa” by the Swiss Cavalier aka Agnes sets a distinctive exclamation mark, right at the start of the mix, while the percussive “Put That Record Back On” by DJ Dan in the remix of Peace Division remains committed to the traditions of US Housetrax and “Cortometraggio” by Alfredo Caforio and Gianni Sabato aka Rush? applies a very literal sense to the name of the French label Bass Culture. Apropos Bass Culture: Cassy’s favourite producer at the moment, Mr. G (former member of The Advent), embellishes the track list with three jewels: with tropical House deepness (“New Dayz”), the Kasper remix of “Sunday Blues” and at the end of the mix with tribal Subsonic Jazz (“Lex”) and thus gives CD1 a more than precious finish.

An open artistic approach is also what the Rotterdam-born DJ and producer Joris Voorn shows on the release. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Voorn stands for an inspiring alliance between European club traditions and the aesthetics of Detroit Techno, and thus won the hearts of Technasia, Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier and Sven Väth. At least since his 2010 club anthem “The Secret”, Voorn is an essential part of the musical memory of Ibiza. His set elaborately intertwines a total of 30 (!) tracks by, among others, such well-known producers/remixers like Oxia, John Tejada, Guy Gerber, Samuel L. Session or Radio Slave in his own inimitable way to an artistic Gesamtkunstwerk which illustrates the aesthetic bandwidth and deepness of modern electronic dance music in a superb way. Constantly altering the tension, Voorn draws the line from Lawrence’s melancholy and emotional sound sketches (“The Swan”) or Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge’s “Für die Liebe” via the sensual-percussive Dub House of Microtrauma’s “Pollenflug” and the groove-accented “Acid Jam” by Rhauder from Berlin right up to the grand final with a tropically-dense cover version of the Derrick May classic “Strings Of Life” by the British producer Astro Fram aka Soul Mekanik, who has also worked with Robbie Williams. There is no better way to pay homage to the Balearic island’s magic.

Released by: Cocoon Recordings 
Release/catalogue number: CORMIX040
Release date: Jun 25, 2012

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