”Time To Express. To evoke the 6 am feeling of a jackin’, bass-heavy warehouse marathon. Strobes flash, your chest is rattling, salty sweat burns your eyes and you yearn for more.”
Peter Van Hoesen (on prononce “who-sen”, toujours étrange le flamand) est ce qui me concerne l’une des bonnes découvertes de l’année dernière. Il a su, notamment au travers de son label Time To Express se forger une vraie belle identité musicale : une techno brute, sombre et presque radicale, mais toujours profonde et mélancolique.
Basé à Bruxelles, son label a été lancé l’année dernière, et on dénombre déjà à son compteur pas moins de 6 sorties. Je vous conseille notamment les “Attribute One” et “Casual Care” EPs, qui contiennent d’envoûtantes pièces techno. Peter vient également de sortir un maxi à découvrir, “Past Revisited“, sur la structure Belge Morse.
Son mix est un subtil voyage entre Detroit house, dub techno, et sonorités plus dark, minimalistes et raw, aux frontières de ce qu’on appelle aujourd’hui la “Berghain techno“.
Et j’en profite enfin pour poster une petite interview réalisée pour l’occasion :
- Tell us a few words about your mix; how and where was it recorded ?
- The mix was recorded at my studio in Brussels, using two turntables, two cd players and a mixer. The idea was to let people find out about what’s in my record bag at the moment, going from slow and deep to uptempo techno. The ideal DJ set for me is one where I can go from dubby, slow grooves to faster, more abstract techno over a period of three hours or longer.- How would you describe a typical “Peter Van Hoesen track” ?
- Something which is always part of it is bass, be it through grumbling basslines or deep kick drums, I always find myself going back to the bass, being a bass player originally. Also, my recent tracks all have a bit of ‘dirt’ in them, for some reason I’m attracted to imperfection, so when mixing down tracks I tend to add a layer of hiss or noise via the mixing desk…it’s not always very audible, sometimes it’s hidden, but it’s always there. And lastly, as it’s techno music I’m making, there’s a fair amount of attention to rhythm of course… it’s dancefloor music after all.- What are the future plans for your “Time To Express” imprint?
- In June there will be a release by Donato Dozzy and Cio D’Or titled ‘Menta’. Then after the summer we will release two ‘various artists’ ep’s, with new tracks and remixes from artists who previously appeared on Time To Express, as well as one or two new names. Finally there will be one more Peter Van Hoesen ep on Time To Express in 2009.- I’ve read a few months ago that you were preparing an LP for release in November. What about it ?
- Ah, the album…It’s correct that I was preparing the album for release in November, but last month I decided to change that and take more time for it. I deleted half of the tracks and kept those ones that I felt represented my sound in a new way. The album should be more than just a collection of tracks that could have been released as seperate ep’s. A big part of the album will feature much slower bpm’s, something I’ve been interested in lately; trying to fit the Time To Express sound within slower tempo’s opens up possibilities, and I want to explore that more deeply. So right now I’m looking at releasing the album early 2010.- Is there any chance to see you performing live in France soon ?
- There’s nothing planned at the moment, but I would love to come over. After all, I’m living in Belgium so traveling to France is easy.
[gtc066] Peter Van Hoesen – getthecurse podcast – 2009.06.08
June 9th, 2009 at 12:22 am | paul says
Ce mec est juste trop dingue.
Son mix pour ensoniq, celui pour monsieurp, pour techtribe. Tous ces dj mix sont des pures merveilles.
Le morceau Trusted remixé par Norman Nodge est aussi d’une beauté.
Ca me fait tellement plaisir qu’on parle de lui. Il est largement sous estimé.
J’imaginais plutôt que ça serait plutôt ‘John’ qui parlerait de lui.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:29 am | paul says
jai clairement buggé, jai pensé lire ‘posted by clement’
June 9th, 2009 at 12:41 am | Pi says
épic … une techno bien planante et druggy comme on les aime!
Le set est bien structuré et fait passer par tous les états, je paierai cher pour la playlist ^^
On se cotise ?!
June 9th, 2009 at 9:42 am | JJ says
Transcendant… !
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June 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Archibald Kobayashi says
Can somebody please tell me the name of the track starting around minute 44?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:20 pm | Archibald Kobayashi says
Truely fantastic mix btw…
June 9th, 2009 at 8:50 pm | boulgourmort says
Mix vraiment fantastique ! merci pour cette perle !!
June 9th, 2009 at 11:03 pm | Housetunes says
Yet another absolutely cracking mix from GTC. The Gel Abril mix was superb, then the Roman Flugel raised the bar again and now this has just killed it! A tracklisting would be most appreciated though . . .
June 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm | Jones says
@ archibal, song starting at ‘44 is ‘martin buttrich – stoned autopilot’
June 10th, 2009 at 8:37 am | Archibald Kobayashi says
Thanks a million Jones!
June 11th, 2009 at 3:37 pm | MisoSauceGyn says
La Techno Dub en 2009, j’aime beaucoup.
June 11th, 2009 at 5:58 pm | dav.id says
Décidement… GTC au sommet!
June 15th, 2009 at 4:57 am | tracklist says
tracklisting?
June 15th, 2009 at 2:10 pm | Nad says
à la 25ème, morceau déjà entendu dans un set, ressemblant à un morceau de Shed (flat axe). Un remix pas encore sorti?….
June 15th, 2009 at 5:09 pm | john says
@nad > c’est le WAX – No 10001, sorti l’année dernière.
après on a
Kerri Chandler – Pong (Ben Klock Bones & Strings rework)
Infiniti – Game One (Orlando Voorn remix)
Martin Buttrich – Stoned Autopilot
Kevin Saunderson – The Groove That Won’t Stop
quelqu’un me complète? :)
June 15th, 2009 at 5:42 pm | berlin says
wow.
love it
true techno
June 19th, 2009 at 4:30 pm | Nad says
Tks John ; )
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November 13th, 2009 at 6:56 pm | London Cleaner says
I love techno music. Peter Van Hoesen has nice and creative ideas when composing these upbeat music.
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