in the autumn of '05 i heard a dj mix from german dj atak who played an hour in this internetradio ordeal and that set got me into bioground. the set itself was filled with at least five timewriter/jean f. cochios tracks but he opened with the eric kupper remix of bioground's "affinity". then in midset he played the track that was nothing short of heartstoppingly beautiful, "smooth summer nights".
that track alone made me a fan of his works for life even though bioground/luís novo isn't as active as he used to be. when looking in bioground's releases at the time it consisted of a few singles, two remixes and an album from which i found "outstanding emptiness" on. some more great track included "hazel eyes" & "love addiction", the former of which also feature joeee who sings on this track as well.
what attracted me to "smooth summer nights" was that sort of subdued melancholy and while there there is a touch of happiness in it, there is none in "outstanding emptiness". the atmospheric beginning conveys it and joeee's vocal is dripping of emotions and you feel his heartbreak and loneliness. for some reason the track makes me think of the frankie knuckles & satoshi tomiie classic "tears" with robert owens on vocals.
there is no connection other than dripping heartbreak on groovy house beats but it comes from that being one of the prime examples of this. musically "outstanding emptiness" sounds more a bit like marshall jefferson & truth's "open your eyes" and larry heard/fingers inc's "mystery of love" than "tears". it also sound a whole bit like "smooth summer nights" but producers use the same sounds & aesthetics and i only object to that when the song sucks and this doesn't.
buy here (djtunes)
note: for whatever reason, the first 16 bars is fucked on the version available digitally. there should not be a double time kick and the tempo shouldn't be that fast after them.
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