Markantonio - Play The Music

Recording info

Sister label to Markantonio's Analytic Trail imprint, MKT Records is all about
providing a channel for different concepts in techno music. Looking forward in to
the future of electronic music; MKT is a space for new sounds to develop, evolve
and emerge. Originally created as a home for Markantonio's experimental work,
MKT has developed into a destination label for all forward-thinking techno acts.
Unearthing a never-ending conveyer belt of Neapolitan techno talent,
Markantonio's MKT Records have consistently struck gold with a series of EP's
from emerging artists such as Joseph Capriati, Mladen Tomic and Flavio Diaz.
This time out label boss Markantonio takes the controls for an EP of his own.
Title track Play The Music kicks off the EP in understated but highly effective
style. Forged from a brooding low-down bass with plenty of wiggle this track cuts
a heavy mechanical groove through waves of sci-fi effects as it builds and drops.
Funky Junkie pumps up the tempo for a full-on ride through funked-up
percussive techno. Centered on a groove of big heavy kicks and jacking snares
this inventive vocal track joins the dots between early Chicago house and techno.
Debug completes the EP by taking a more stripped back approach, laying out a
minimized tech house outline around which is added a combination of a big
bouncing bassline and layers of tribal horns, firing percussion and rising sirens.