Hypnotic Room was founded by Sydney’s influential DJ Hi-Shock in April 2005 as a venturesome sub-label of Elektrax Recordings.
In the short time since, it’s scored releases and remixes from essential artists like Takashi Watanabe, Si Begg, Orange Society, Dich, Hideo Saito, Dave Tarrida, Yorgos Pontsaris, Tobias Schmidt, Zen Paradox, Ginza Spy, Deep Night, Andrez Bergen, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Paul Birken, Schlock Tactile, Craig McWhinney, Captain Funk, Elektronauts and DJ Hi-Shock himself - all of whom have been spotted in the charts and playlists of top DJs round the world.
Hypnotic Room is mainly a digital record label aiming to release quality Hypnotic House, Techno, Tech House, Minimal Grooves, Electronica, Disquo Tech and Deep Breaks.
Takashi Watanabe - Maze EP (Hypnotic Room) [hroom031]
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Release Date: Jun 16th, 2009
» Tech House / Techno
01. Maze
02. Too Far Gone
03. Asleep at the wheel
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Maze is a funked up tech house number with its foundations based solidly around funky percussion and a nice house kick off set by a killer stab and worked EQ. The breakdown introduces us to an arpeggiated synth line reminiscent of the soul and sound of early Detroit that builds and builds ever so nicely.
The second track, Too Far Gone is on a slightly deeper tip. More bottom end presence and filtered out house keys see’s to that and in true Takashi style, the breakdown, with its introduction of surging pad and percussive synth lines takes you higher and higher before dropping you back, deep into the groove.
Asleep at the wheel see’s Takashi experimenting with rhythm and melody of various sounds in high registers. The relationship they pose with the filtered stabs and complimentary percussion works a treat and whilst containing that machine like funk we all know and love, it has that eerie presence…aptly named isn’t it?
DJ Reactions:
Dich - Space Machine (Jul 02, 2009)
Takashi Watanabe - Maze EP (Jun 16, 2009)
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Schlock Tactile - Love Me Slender (May 05, 2009)
Dich - Crema Dub EP (Apr 15, 2009)
Little Nobody feat. Robo*Brazileira - Robota Remixes (Mar 25, 2009)
