Dachshund – Playing The Game / Upon You Records

RELEASE: Playing The Game
ARTIST: Dachshund
LABEL: Upon You Records
GENRE: Tech House
ORIGINAL RELEASED 2016-10-03
BITRATE: 320Kbps
SIZE: 63.29 MB

TOTAL TRACKS 4

We salute you, Mr. Dachshund ! After a decade on the production circuit and looking back on a catalogue including releases on renowned labels like Highgrade, Gruuv, 8bit, his very own Clapper imprint and many more the time has finally come for the Geneva / Switzerland-based producer for a single debut on Upon.You Records and he’s Playing The Game just right, according to his own rules.

The title track Playing The Game takes off on a well-captivating level, combining pumping beats, sharp, closed hats and trippy, slightly psychedelic spoken word bits with an impellent array of morphing, highly energetic stabs a fusion of classic elements that worked extremely well throughout the mid-90s and still ooze dancefloor ecstasy today, especially when served with a modernistic twist like in this tune.

In Hyper Passive we see the Swiss producer serving a tune that’s far from passive at all. Spiralling synths, pounding beats and neverending modulations are the main elements that set each and every floor in motion no matter if the audience longs for high-octane TechHouse or rather floating Techno or even an expertly crafted amalgamation of both. Timelessness detected.

Going Back To Back the mighty Dachshund gets big on a technoid sound vision of his own. Riding on the fast lane a quite uplifting stab arrangement caters loads of positive vibes, the warm, embracing bass as well as vocal microbits bring in the phonk and the groove whilst a secondary motif adds more of a clean futuristic feel a deadly combination that surely causes dancefloor madness and a raise of love levels in every corner of your favorite venue.

Finally the concluding tune is more of a deep affair built on a foundation of bouncing drums, various layers of complex, echo’ing melodies as well as a ‘troity twist when it comes to strings and overall arrrangements whilst hard hitting snares and a characteristic vocal sample remind us of what we all expect from a proper night out we just want to Bang It !