Slavaki has been polishing his individual take on minimalist sound for a while now. His releases found favour with numerous people of distinguished musical taste, and got hailed by artists as diverse as Slam, Ekkohouse, Silicone Soul, Brother’s Vibe, Ziggy Kinder, Franco Bianco and Chris Carrier to name but a few and found praise on the pages of De:bug, Ibiza-Voice, Klubbers, and radio stations such as Ibiza Global Radio and Freaks Radio Show.
Slavaki's new offering Walking in the Snow displays artist's most notable trademark features - a rare ability to merry functionality, precision, groove and soulful airiness never shy from revealing the beautiful side of sound.
The title track is one of those rare secret weapons able to break the dead calm and start the club waves moving again. Full of crisp rhythms, haunting yet endearing in its awkwardness melody and a solid groove build up, it will do wonders and revive a dance floor no matter what state the crowd is in.
The remix support comes from Korablove. His unique production style on labels such as Apparel, Pro-Tez, Night Drive Music , 3rd Wave, and many more had placed him firmly on the forefront of current house music scene. His take on the main theme tackles the key idea of the track and turns it on its head taking the listeners for a trip in a parallel dimension. Dimension of Deep, no less. The signature groove is still here and is instantly recognisable, yet you will note that it’s slightly more down tempo, less obvious approach gives the original delicate melody a new depth and subdued gloss.
The flip side is no less magical and even more beguiling. Sparkling rhythms, beautiful melodies, organic percussions, and haunting ethnic chanting are among the surprises that will convince you that both sides of this EP are filled to the brim with quality and inventiveness.
Elusive Records, London
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Slavaki
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What others have to say about this release:
Dean Facer
Venue: United Colors Of House / Colors /
DJ Mag Hype Chart / Veena Recordings
Publication: Our House Magazine
(
www.ourhousemag.com) / IDM magazine
(
www.inrichmint.org) /
www.deanfacer.com /
www.ucoh.co.uk
Favourite Track: Forest People
Rating: 5/5
Tough choice for a favourite as all 4 are
really, really well produced dancefloor
friendly tracks
Mikael Stavöstrand
Venue: Los Angeles
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
Korablove remix .. awesome .. thanks :)
Erich Bogatzky
Venue: minimood / Berlin
Publication:
www.minimood.com
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
Rating: 4/5
very nice release. thx
Slam
Venue: Slam/Glasgow
Publication:
slamevents.com
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
Rating: 4/5
cool EP - thanx
stephan bodzin
Venue: globe
Publication:
www.stephanbodzin.de
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
Rating: 5/5
korablove remix for me. sweet music.
Fugazzi /
Medellinstyle.com
Venue: musical journalist from Colombia,
South America
Publication:
www.medellinstyle.com
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
Rating: 5/5
very nice tracks.. cool contrast between the
pads and bass synth... support.
Alex Meshkov / Nooncat
Venue:
www.nooncat.com
Publication:
www.nooncat.com, www.rts.fm
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
Rating: 5/5
korablove rmx! thx!
Tom Dazing
Venue: trapez/toysforboys
Publication:
www.tomdazing.com
Favourite Track: No Luck
no luck is the winner here! thanks!
Junior lopez
Venue: Barcelona
Publication:
myspace.com/juniorlopezdj
Favourite Track: No Luck
Rating: 4/5
I like all tracks really cool ep! I will try it
Horatio
Venue: Bucharest/Berlin
Publication:
www.myspace.com/djhoratiobc
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
Rating: 5/5
nice ep i like it
DZeta N' Basile
Venue: Tsuba/1Trax
Publication:
www.dzetanbasile.com
Favourite Track: No Luck
No Luck our fav here, thx!
Paris One Radio
Venue: Paris
Publication:
www.paris-one.com
Favourite Track: No Luck
Rating: 4/5
Realy good release
Benoit C / Tsugi Magazine
Venue: Paris
Publication: Tsugi +
www.tsugi.fr
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
cool remix
Franco Bianco (Multivitamins, Hypercolour, Dilek)
Venue: Argentina / Swiss / Delta FM 90.3, Buenos Aires
Publication:
www.francobianco.com
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
Rating: 4/5
Amazing release!!!! Thanks for the music! :)
Funkatron<br/> Venue: Seta Label
Publication:
setalabel.com
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
Rating: 4/5
nice ep!
Stefano Lotti
Venue: Italy
Publication:
www.stefanolotti.com
Favourite Track: No Luck
Rating: 4/5
I like No Luck (Original mix)
Roual Galloway
Venue: Faith/Shrunken Head - London
Publication: Faith Strobelight Honey
Favourite Track: Forest People
bungalow house
Tony Rodriguez
Venue: Brothers' Vibe
Publication:
www.brothersvibe.com
Favourite Track: Forest People
Rating: 4/5
Like it man, will play...Tks!
Francesco Farfa
Venue: Florence, Barcelona
Publication:
www.farfa.com
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
nice
andrea ferlin
Venue: sleep is commercial records
Publication:
Favourite Track: Forest People
Rating: 4/5
Forest people for me
Colin Mcbean (Mr. G.)
Venue: various worldwide
Publication:
Favourite Track: Forest People
solid ep
Alexi Delano
Venue: The World
Publication: Plus 8, AD Limited
Favourite Track: Forest People
Will support. Thank you!!
Yaya (Desolat)
Venue: Turin/Ibiza
Publication:
www.artistalife.com
Favourite Track: Forest People
Forest people is nice.
Thanks.
Acid Pauli
Venue: Munich
Publication:
www.acidpauli.de
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
Rating: 4/5
forest people like walking in the snow.
Claudio Coccoluto<br/> Venue: Goa/radio DEEJAY/Rome
Publication: www.claudiococcoluto.dj
Favourite Track: Forest People
Rating: 4/5
forest people for me
butane
Venue:
Publication:
Favourite Track: Walking In The Snow
(Korablove Remix)
Rating: 4/5
Nice
Simina Grigoriu
Venue: berlin
Publication: sonat records
Favourite Track: Forest People
Rating: 4/5
great :)
released February 20, 2012
Written and produced by Slavaki
Additional production and remix on A2 by Korablove
Mastered at Curved
Illustration by Mlxndrsc
Copyright Elusive 2012
Published by Copyright Control