v.a. – best of poker flat 2014

Another one of our all-time-fave labels releases their Best-Of-2014, a great selection of their finest artists showcasing their skills.

Here is what they say about it themselves:

2014 has been a vintage year for Poker Flat. Now celebrating its 15th birthday, Steve Bug’s label has lost none of its verve, devotion, depth and magic. Cherry-picked from an array of stellar underground releases, each track on this compilation epitomises the dark, minimal, technically accomplished house that has made Poker Flat a byword for quality. Steve Bug himself contributes two highlights – the brittle, hypnotic “Pelican Glide” and the skilfully layered “The Arpeggio”, smouldering with latent menace – while Vince Watson is also represented by two outstanding tracks, the pulsing, bassy “Sonar” and “Paradise”: a showcase in how to combine contrasting elements with its feather-light repetitions married to subaquatic bass.

Elsewhere Mark Henning dishes up the deep, sinuous funk of “Mad Half Hour”, Carlos Sanchez gives us the reverberating groove of “Conclution” and Mihai Popoviciu doffs his hat to early house for the deep jack of “Time”. With Marco Resmann’s “Basic Motion” and two versions of Alex Niggemann’s “Materium” – the deep, unorthodoxly-structured original and Ripperton’s expansive big room re-work – it’s a collection that perfectly encapsulates a memorable year.

Tracklisting:

01. Steve Bug: The Arpeggio

02. Mark Henning: Mad Half Hour

03. Carlos Sanchez: Conclution

04. Vince Watson: Paradise

05. Mihai Popoviciu: Time

06. Marco Resmann: Basic Motion

07. Alex Niggemann: Materium

08. Steve Bug: Pelican Glide

09. Vince Watson: Sonar

10. Alex Niggemann: Materium (Ripperton Remix)

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