club guidelines was one of the many institutions of stockholm's mosebacke and they championed soulful house and techno with magnus talib and resident mikael nordegren (tiger stripes, d'malicious) in charge. at the end of their run they released a compilation with some of the featured dj's and artists and some of the anthems from the club.
of course i had to buy the compilation and i really liked it, it featured plenty of killer tracks and one of them was this, "proposal chapter 1" from magnus östergren aka mau. i am quite sure that i didn't like this when i first listened to as i was more into the soulful house on the compilation. my current ears however says that this is brilliant and the best way to describe it would be a combination of grimy broken beat, dark techno and a whole lot of eerieness.
i had it in my headphones a months ago when i was out walking and the sun starting to set. it was darker outside and the surroundings were in the transition from fall to winter it was the perfect soundtrack for that moment. the jittery drums and small effected sounds are constantly overheaded by this pad which sets the tone well. the key element is the playful nature of the track and how sounds are messed around with and at parts it sounds like rules being tossed through the window. as it should be.
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