Ein Kleiner Schelm vs. Little Nobody: Live in Tokyo EP
01. Little Nobody vs. Magnet Toy – Depth Charge (Live @ Womb)
02. Ein Kleiner Schelm vs. Little Nobody – Bulletproof (Live @ Bullets)
03. Ein Kleiner Schelm vs. Little Nobody – Live Mix 1.0
04. Ein Kleiner Schelm vs. Little Nobody – Live Mix 2.0
05. Ein Kleiner Schelm vs. Little Nobody – This is Tokyo (Live @ Bullets)
The EP starts off with Little Nobody teaming up with Magnet Toy to deliver the dark, tuff, stadium-techno assault of "Depth Charge", a track sounding very Luke Slater, a la Planetary Assault Systems.
The second live track, "Bulletproof", chills a fraction as it begins with a laidback beat that slowly morphs into a nice, funky stereo mix. This is solid tech house!
"Live Mix 1.0" has a distorted bassline that pans, then fittingly moves from 4/4 to to hip hop beats, and then back, with smooth transitions - solid tech-house here, too.
You'll dig the rhythmic glitches in "Live Mix 2.0". Who wouldn't? At about 9:23, a new segment starts, and we really like the way in which the kick is EQ'd - it's very Richie Hawtin, as a DJ, not producer!!
This wicked collection of live sessions ends, fittingly enough, with "This is Tokyo", chock-full of way cool beatz and samples.
Styles: Techno, Tech House, Acid House, Electro, Breaks
Feedback so far:
"bulletproof-live in tokyo is very cool shit"
- Kerosene (Force Inc/Mille Plateaux/Pharma)
"very good beat, Bulletproof will be on my chart - 10/10!"
- Miguel Casimiro (A&R Director of UC Music group - Elizabeth, NJ)
"Very nice bubbling acid and electro with slick live production!"
- Yusuke Abe (TTAK Collective - Tokyo, Japan)
"Pure tech-house madness with layers and layers of minimalistic grooves"
- DJ Hi-Shock (Sydney, Australia)
"I like the way each track builds and bends in the most unexpected ways, and at times I think of classic Underground Resistance if one were sucking on acid."
- Helmut Schmidt a.k.a. "O" (Berlin, Germany)
"can i get a copy of that release, its f**king hot!"
- Dale Baldwin (Canberra, Australia)
"Laid back minimal rocking.... I love it!!"
- Producer, Son of Zev (Melbourne, Australia)
"Nice work! I really enjoyed it. It varies and shows alot of depth."
- Ben Mill (Bitch Shift, Melbourne)
"A choice selection that somehow eludes the gamut of musical categories - here there is a bit of Detroit-style tech-house; there is the brush with drum & bass and early notions of dubstep. Disco and ragga also enter the fray. Somehow it works. Don't ask me how. These guys are mental."
- Milkcrate (DJ/producer, San Francisco)
"The Live in Tokyo pack is pretty cool. I would say I like it on the whole."
- Trevor Wilkes (Bleep Radio, Canada)
"Cool. I like lots."
- 071031/NM (Producer, Osaka, Japan)
