50% like this release – Do you?
Philip Sherburne
Beautiful stuff! I've been letting both tracks play
out in the background while working, and I keep looking up to find out what's
playing. Totally captivating. I love how rich it sounds, and all the subtle
twists and turns.
Ripperton
Happy to hear some fresh songs from St.
Plomb! This is a wicked EP! Both tracks are pretty, tasty & groovy. Saturnic
Night Access got my preference with that crazy twisted feeling.
Looking
forward to play that looooud!
Brendon Moeller
Great! Loving the label's sensibility!
Super dope release! Deep, dubby, brilliant! Full support!
Deepchild
More tastefully crafter deep
tech-house for adults! :) Nice. Will play. Cheers
Franklin De Costa
Another
serious Brut! Both tracks are great. Playing and charted
it.
Crowdpleaser
Love
Saturnic Night Access!
Basic Soul Unit
Nice
vibes.
Magazine - DE:BUG
"Very loosely whisked, the two
tracks from St Plomb appear in a colorful house dress preserving much of an
analogue origin. The title track with its fast, but deep melodies, gradually
expands into a white noise that perfectly accompanies the hot tempered sound,
and the flip side comes with a soulful house sound invigorated by the organ
melody and glimpses of smooth soul Preacher vocals. Classic tracks for
Brut!."
Bleed (De:Bug, October 2009)
Blog - littlewhiteearbuds.com
Having
spent the better part of the last three years on sabbatical from releasing
records, St. Plomb (Vincent Kolb to the family he nurtured in the meantime)
fiercely assures fans his creative and producing faculties are still sharp on
the long awaited return, “Escape Run” on Brut! He was last spotted with
production partner Crowdpleaser, zig-zagging around the globe in support of
their critically acclaimed and sonically diverse debut album, 2006. So
it’s with great pleasure that I report St. Plomb’s latest retains the eccentric,
non-linear style which made him such an intriguing producer in the first
place.
The limited edition “Escape Run” is a treat for
the enemies of predictability in dance music, melding disparate themes in
coherent if unanticipated ways. The title track has listeners barreling between
ricocheting chords and potbellied bass notes, crawling through worming
progressions and hi-hat seizures, and marveling at effusive organ patterns, all
without sounding random. After recovering enough to flip the record, the more
danceable forms of “Saturnic Night Access” greet dizzy listeners. Its bed of
laconic organ chords beckon before yanking back the covers to reveal a dance
floor, breaking the minor chords into jaunty progressions. Finding still more
room for hyperactive arpeggios, glowing pads and the feverish cries of a faraway
bandleader, “Saturnic Night Access” finds St. Plomb rejecting the dullness of
much contemporary “deep” house in favor of a Theo Parrish-style deconstruction.
Constantly in upheavel, the “Escape Run” EP is not for the faint of heart and
must be deployed thoughtfully, lest it bring the dance floor to screeching halt.
But one can hardly fault St. Plomb for being ambitious and full of ideas for his
first record back, especially one this engrossing. Hopefully he’s saved some of
each for forthcoming solo releases and Crowdpleaser collaborations.
Anton Kipfel| October 14th,
2009