Palatul De Clestar vinyl

Romania's Ada Kaleh is undoubtedly one of the finest talents operating out of the country's rich musical landscape: quite a compliment when you consider the current wealth of talent in their scene at present. With this release on the esteemed R&S, we wonder if this will bring a wider recognition of the niche sound in the electronic music community? Real name Iulian Cuculea, he helms the eponymous imprint which, although mainly devoted to his own works, has also released tracks by emerging Italian talent Christopher Ledger and local legend Sepp of UVAR Records. On "Palatul De Clestar" he serves up more of his trademark grooves: all rolling, cavernous and esoteric. Merging Romanian folk music aesthetics effectively with surreal field recordings and modular blips and bleeps over its eight minute duration. "Devotare" works with more subtle elements to create a dreamy and hypnotic vibe, assisted by exotic percussion, woozy pads and syncopated metallic textures for added trance induction. There's some great remixes: All Inn Records boss Laurine Frost's version remains in the same realm, but Bucharest homeboy Cosmin TRG makes a surprising appearance too. He gives the track a Berghain style techno makeover.

Khristian K, G-Prod