Doline - Elusive

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  • Doline is one of the newer additions to the Sound Pellegrino roster. He was inspired to send the label demos after hearing Teki Latex's "Deconstructed Trance Reconstructed" mix last year, and if you've heard that one, you'll know what to expect here: full-bodied club music with hints of trance decadence. The first taste was the excellent "Karidja," which opened this year's Melodic Mechanisms compilation, and now he returns with three more tracks full of luscious textures and catchy hooks. Doline seems to put more work into songwriting than he does into functionality—this is one of his best attributes. "Cus D'Amato" pits happy-go-lucky melodies against punchy percussive patterns à la night Slugs, switching gears a few times rather than locking into a groove. "Landeoff II" tempers a surging arp riff with melancholic bass notes, while the moodier "Elusive" evokes '80s film soundtracks. Even if Doline's influences are clichéd, it's how he puts them together that counts. Careful, considered and built with plenty of breathing room, his debut feels like a logical extension of the point Sound Pellegrino was making with the compilation: melody can be just as important as rhythm when it comes to making dance music.
  • Tracklist
      01. Cus D'Amato 02. Landeoff II 03. Elusive
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