textura

Albums
Actress
Ellen Allien
The Alps
Aniline
Anodyne
Tommy Babin's Benzene
Maya Beiser
Pier Bucci
Budd & Wright
Celer
Ceremony
Richard Chartier
Deceptikon
Deepchord & Echospace
Marcel Dettmann
Dirac
Efdemin
GéNIA
Guillaume & C. Dumonts
Hammock
Helvacioglu & Boysen
Richard A Ingram
Inhabitants
Marsen Jules
Akira Kosemura
Manual
Dom Mino'
Teruyuki Nobuchika
Nono/ Wakabayashi
Olan Mill
Originalljudet
Fabio Orsi
M.Ostermeier
Rene Hell
Jeffrey Roden
J. Rogers
Roll The Dice
Secret Cities
Soundpool

Compilations / Mixes
Main Control Board
SEED X: Part I - III

EPs
Alternative Networks Vol. 2
Aural Diptych Series # 1
Aural Diptych Series # 2
Celer
Deerhoof vs OneOne
Filterwolf
Incite/
Ketem
Kogumaza
Yann Novak
Poratz
Quiroga
Repeat Orchestra
Sepalcure
Sub Loam
v4w.enko
The Zeitgeist EP

DVD
Stephen Vitiello

Quiroga: Really Swing Vol. 1
Really Swing

Out of nowhere comes Vol.1 Really Swing, a delicious six-tracker of sample-based soul-funk and broken beats from Walter Del Vecchio under the Quiroga name—“sample-based soul for free-minded followers,” so we're told. The producer tackles multiple styles in tracks electronically assembled using tape loops, samplers, synthesizers, and assorted other gear. “All Nite” warms a slow soul-funk groove with electric piano sprinkles and peppers it with mutilated soul vocal fragments spun into funky orbit, after which “Batik” changes things up with swinging head-nod speckled with jazzy overtones. There's no shortage of downtempo hip-hop of the old-school variety (e.g., “Liberati Funk”) but Quiroga ventures farther afield too. “Emanuelle Vodoo,” for example, dips its toes into the Latin pool when not digging into its heavy, laid-back 4/4, while “Afyon Oppio” tackles bluesy lounge jazz where wailing saxophones and vibes push their way through dusty webs of vinyl crackle. Devotees of Inner Current's crisp blend of hip-hop, soul, and funk will find much to latch onto in Quiroga's music too. Wonderful stuff.

June 2010