Britta Arnold feat. Tatyana – The Calling (Brian Cid Remix) – Kiosk I.D
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For Kiosk ID no. 36, one of the most storied Kater artists adds another chapter to her signature brand of stripped, acid-touched Deep House, and in spectacular fashion: Britta Arnold’s ‘Kaktus Rodeo’ is a sprawling, hypnotic six-tracker that includes three originals and three carefully curated reimaginations by Steve Challier, Sascha Cawa, and Brian Cid that infuses her floor-focused energy with mangled notes of shuddering darkness.
‘Kaktus Rodeo’ unfolds a staccato groover built around springy figures of blips and stabs and prickly percussion. Tongue-in-cheek, eerie, and inherently trance-inducing, Britta’s title track draws its power from an eclectic array of influences ranging from breathy hymnal voices to resonating fields of mangled bells, all artfully suffused into a stripped, infectious groove. Steve Challier’s edit spotlights the original’s bubbling depths, transforming ‘Kaktus Rodeo’ into a dubby, circuit-bent House edition that casts a cloud of shuffling drums across deep fields of chords and rolling subs.
Cavernous and hypnotic, ‘Nüwa’ feat. Tatyana cycles through cascading figures of spaced-out blips and conga hits across a darkly hovering pad. Tatyana’s spoken-word mantra leads the listener through a maze of clanging impacts anchored by an electric arp and a dubby, slow-burning groove. Sascha Cawa’s version imbues ‘Nüwa’ with a powerfully cinematic sense of drama. Staggered bursts of laser-sharp synth hits and arcing swells set to a minimal, sub-heavy groove conjure a darkly oscillating cyclone of blown-out pads, clattering percussive effects, and glitchy vocal effects.
‘The Calling’ feat. Tatyana contrasts biting, acid-infused stabs with a cloud of glassy synth figures. Britta conjures an overcast flurry of clattering synths and samples atop a shuddering substructure, combining a jarring array of elements into an eerily hypnotic dancefloor seance. Artfully coaxing the original’s revolving darkness into an anthemic framework of heavyweight drums and spaced-out pads, Brian Cid’s version moves ‘The Calling’ closer to peak-time territory with an artfully groovy and approachable rendition.
Britta Arnold’s productions artfully merge beautiful, groove-driven soundscapes with jarring and prickly elements, tying it all up in an infectiously danceable and powerfully hypnotic structure. With ‘Kaktus Rodeo’, she’s at the apex of her craft, delivering a commanding trio of dancefloor mantras with a cinematic set of remixes that put an inspired twist on her enrapturing style.
Release date: March 28th, 2025.