Vehemence Of Silence

"It took me only a few minutes to realise that André is one of these rare individuals that make you feel instantly "at home"... I understood quickly then that the music I discovered earlier on labels like Moods & Groove or Simple, was a real mirror of his soul..." It is indeed on a cold day of that last Berlin autumn that André & myself had a tea time & decided to work together. André decided spontaneously to record fresh material especially for the label, more than 6 months before our first release. This says a lot about the common trust that was born that day, much before the hype surrounded the man. The result of this saw the light some weeks later in the form of Vehemence Of Silence, a track of indeniable power which breathes long years of djing & Berlin afterhours as much as uncovering close impressions of André's emotional outcome. This is what made me feel that track like a whisper to my body & soul and what makes me so proud to release it today... More than 10 months down the line, André improved it, tested it on the floor till a final club listening session in the middle of the Berghain dancefloor where we both knew it was ready to be shared... This special track needed of course outstanding alternative perspectives and it didn't take me long to propose my old friends Martin Iveson & Danilo Plessow (both amongst André's favorites) to give it their magic : Atjazz managed to bring the track in subtle afro territories twisted with early Prescription echoes while Motor City Drum Ensemble's version translates an unexpected Techno jam reminiscent of the best early Soma days... The EP is completed by a fantastic dub by André himself and a second original called Dark Edge, a sophisticated & raw deep house joint. A&R and words by Dairmount