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The Aquaplano Sessions

by Donato Dozzy & Nuel

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1.
aqua 1 04:53
2.
aqua 2 05:23
3.
aqua 3 05:53
4.
aqua 4 05:55
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aqua 5 06:53
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aqua 6 05:32
7.
aqua 7 05:29
8.
aqua 8 05:25

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When the Aquaplano records were first released in 2008 and 2009, emerging out of Hardwax with little fanfare, they were distinctly out of step with the way techno appeared to be heading. The minimal detour was reaching its logical endpoint, and producers were returning to the 1990s for inspiration, with Berghain and Sandwell District at the vanguard of a new techno movement. What the Aquaplano sessions shared in common were slower BPMs and finding inspiration in the 1990s, but there they parted ways. The influences these Italians were drawing on were rather different, returning to tribal rhythms and ambient textures to sketch out a much more heady, psychedelic form of techno. The results were a perfect balance of hypnotic beats and swirling atmosphere geared for a broken-in dancefloor or the hazy afterhours. Across these two records Dozzy and Nuel would go a long way towards creating the template for a brand of deep, atmospheric techno that has become much more prominent in the years since. And while many have sought to imitate this sound, few - if any - have matched what first emerged from the Aquaplano sessions. After only being available in a very limited run, it is fitting that the sonic blueprints provided by Dozzy and Nuel are now available again - and much more widely - at a time when their influence is as strong as it has ever been.

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released March 3, 2014

All music produced and mixed by Donato Scaramuzzi & Manuel Fogliata at Nautical One Studio in San Felice Cireco, Italy between 2007 and 2008
Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, December 2013

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