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Tromino brings you his latest incredible EP You Move Me / Jack The Beats, available from 6th December, the West Midlands Producer / DJ showing yet how to produce stonewall classics that rise a level above the mass of electronic music available today.
Tromino has his very own musical philosophy – the power of 3. A domino has two equally vital sections. A tromino (the geometric principle as old as music itself) has three. Tromino’s holy trinity consists of Detroit techno, Chicago House and Acid. His sonic tromino greater is expertly forged to become greater than the sum of its (already sublime) parts. If you speak to Da La Swing, Joyce Muniz, Cevin Fisher, Nic Fanciulli, or Jamie Jones – just a few of his many distinguished supporters – they will agree.
Track one, You Move Me starts with a hi-tempo, tribal beat with a ground-shaking bass so deep, you can’t help but turn that master volume up. Layer upon layer of humid, nocturnal syncopated percussion build, each with a completely different pattern, yet somehow all working concordantly. Tromino has turned up to your samba band practice with a 909 and a laptop and told you to forget everything you know. Synth and vocal samples were kept to a minimum, designed to enhance rather than dominate. Play You Move Me at 33 or 45 and it will sound equally amazing.
Tromino tells us more: “You Move me is a rolling, tribal affair with a hint of tech. Focusing on the percussion and cool synth riff that floats in and out teasing you to the drop to then start rolling and building all over again. This track also plays well at a higher tempo, making it more techno than tech.”
The second track, Jack The Beats hooks you immediately with a thwacking drumline, joined at 30 seconds by a deep, bouncing bass drum and a classic vocal sample, ‘Jack, jack, jack the beats’. By the time the old-school synths and tweaking high line kick in, you’ll notice that your body is already moving. Everyone around you on the dancefloor frantically flicking through the vinyl crates of their mind palace, wondering which house legend produced this track at the turn of the 90’s. Jack The Beats is so pure that it transcends decades, equally classic and contemporary.
Tromino explains: “Jack The Beats was inspired by the Jack’in House sound with a Tromino twist. Classic drum and bass sounds of the era with some wonky effects and infectious build up with a call jacking vocal sample ‘Jack the beats'”
You Move Me / Jack The Beats is just what you need to hear on your home setup and in clubs as a little beacon of hope amidst the dark winter nights. Play it in your New Years Eve set and the whole place will be bouncing. These are two very different tracks that show what a double A-side EP should be like. Tromino is currently enjoying such a rich vein of creative form, with much, much more to come in 2025. No wonder Bill Brewster wrote a chapter featuring Tromino next to Carl Cox in his seminal book How To DJ Properly.
Release date: December 6th, 2024.