Dennis DeSantis – Clock Wise

as many other times, I refer to the scoundrel review because I would say more or less the same things, but I also wanted to add that this has been growing on me gradually since it was released and now I feel it as one of the most beautiful works of Detroit/Berlin dubby techno blends. The fact that Dennis Desantis went all in with the melody when the rest of the techno crowd was going to the minimal stuff is also I want to praise: it is one of those stealthily disco/boogie sets disguised by machines and echoes that I am so attracted to.

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You can get this on digital from his Bandcamp page

http://music.dennisdesantis.com/

Dennis DeSantis, with his debut album CLOCK WISE, takes the elements of techno and infuses them with careful musical precision. There’s a attention to musicality here, and it stands out from the very beginning, with the overlapping melodic lines in “Promotion of Vice” or the deep and satisfying bass of “Tendril.” Likewise, “Under the Wire” pulses with vibrant energy, while “Thin Air” diffuses that energy into the atmosphere. For something a little more funky, “Braining” has a fascinating patch that sounds like a disconnected telephone; I’m reminded in a good way of former Warp stalwarts B12. “Hiatus” and “Priority” are more straight-up Detroit techno numbers, and “Shifted” throws in some more intense percussion that gives way to the smooth synths. The final track, "Remote Viewing" is a bit more ambient. This is techno as it should be.