November 21, 2005 | Posted by Blair at 10:00 PM

Like She's Always Workin'

André Kraml - Dirty Fingernails

Hoo boy... those of you that have been following along know me and my weakness for funky, electro house songs, and this one is a doozy. Originally appearing on an EP of the same name, Dirty Fingernails, is a mid-tempo burner that freaks me out for sure - the breakdown mid-song is a monster. Kraml has released a handful of 12"s on the Firm Records label (one of the many small Köln-based labels under the Kompakt-distribution umbrella), but this particular rip comes courtesey of the C/O Pop festival 2005 compilation.

The festival is a multi-day and night annual celebration of Köln's music scene, with dozens of labels represented by a multitude of live performances, DJs and VJs playing at a dozen clubs, and the Kompakt Total night. All this as well as a multi-media art festival (with audio-visual, photography and design elements) and conference on the music business. Makes me super jealous I couldn't be there.

Oh, so the CD - holy jeebus! This thing is a techno, micro-/electro-house collectors wet dream, so let me just go through the artists represented: Prosumer, Ferenc, Audio Werner, Alex Smoke, Alex Under, Benjamin Diamond (remixed by the Modernist), Egoexpress (remixed by hot shot producer Lawrence), the MFA, Âme, Ada (remixed by Michael Mayer and Tobias Thomas), Villalobos, Mathias Schaffhäuser (remixed by the very hot and 'of the moment' producer Trentemøeller)... hell, the Go! Team and Annie (as reworked by Phones and Maxïmo Park) even make apperances. Its solid all through the 23 tracks, so do what you can to get your hands on it.

Buy the Dirty Fingernails EP from Kompakt, or get your dirty fingernails on the amazing C/O Pop comp... where this is available is still a bit of a mystery to me, but I'll see what I can do to get you a link (especially after I built it up like that!) - buy it from Amazon (Germany), or from Forced Exposure (starting next week).

Comments

whoa! what a dope freaking ass beat!

Posted by: Mr Roboto at November 22, 2005 4:23 AM

diggin it..

Posted by: carlos_djchang at November 23, 2005 5:19 AM

Great collection and contrast of sounds. So thin and blunt on their own, but so huge in concert with the other elements.

Yummy. Must. Buy. Album.

Posted by: at November 23, 2005 2:55 PM


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