"warm breeze" is a track that i heard when i bought the compilation "sportif sound system presente stockholm sounds vol. 1". it was compiled by a stockholm clothing shop by the name of "boutique sportif" and features some heavy tracks from stockholm acts and producers at the time. it has a bit of quality swedish hip-hop, some house and techno and even a jungle cut or two. this track in particular is by joel mull and the more music i've heard from him, the more i've been a fan of his works.
the thing that struck me with "warm breeze" was the awesome intro that consists of a lovely pulsating synth pad. as someone who is a bedroom dj and likes to find good starter tracks, this was brilliant as it has that attention grabbing aspect but it get's going fast. it also goes into high gear and you hear a nice shuffled groove and a steady bassline, both of which are something that mull knows his way around.
as the track progresses mull works the pad from the intro onto the track and the synth washes gives a slight atmospheric touch. it also fits well as mull probably wanted it to have a bit of moodyness along with relentless rhythm. it's techno music meant for dancing or atleast keeping one part of the body moving.
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love this kind of melodic techno that retains the original techno tempo. i've had a difficulty finding this kind of music, as there's lots of tracks categorized as melodic techno, but are at a lower tempo, which is more tech house to me.
This one definitely owes a lot to Ken Ishii, I reckon. The warm, expansive and atmospheric touch to this track is something that he really championed within techno once he had gotten some experimentation out of his system with his first few albums on R&S.
I recently picked up this one: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/asian-blue-rose/253149-01/, which is a bit trancier, but still right in the same ballpark. Worth checking, if you can find it among all the hellishly expensive Japanese imports.
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