PREMIERE : Christopher Rau - On The Dancefloor (Smallville Records)

All Mutant Disco Radio Show premieres available on : Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLypdVb_SuSmL_C21MgXo2Q Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31NT4Oq48gcKdmttAFbx23 Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/170732496230 Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/MutantDiscoRadioShow Twitter : https://twitter.com/LeriAhel Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/mutant-disco Taken from "Christopher Rau - Better Times LP (Smalville Records )". Out October 18th 2024. Buy here : http://shop.smallville-records.com Smallville regular Christopher Rau delivers his fourth long player and third for the label, ‘Better Times’, this October, comprising eight originals for the German artist. Since 2008, Christopher Rau has been delivering his raw, machine driven twist on house and techno, regularly on Smallville, Giegling, Mule Musiq, Pampa and many others. Garnering a reputation as one of the finest purveyors of underground, gritty dancefloor focused jams. Across the eight track project, Rau delivers a range of House styles traversing through jazzy to jacking, deep and more. Opener ‘Better Times’ sets the tone with floating keys, a bouncy bass groove and crisp drums before ‘On The Dancefloor’ utilises airy chords, organ tones and a saturated rhythm section. Next up is the ‘Still Working Mix’, a fresh interpretation of Rau’s classic ‘Ne Travaillez Jamais’, taking the essence of the original and twisting it into a more loop led, choppy version. ‘Shibboleth’ then leans into deeper house realms via an arpeggio bass hook, slowly unfurling pads and dubby chord flutters. Opening the C-Side, ‘Burning Snake’ embraces a classic deep house aesthetic with cinematic pads, bumby stab-led bass hits and a drum machine workout. Next up Rau teams up with marimba and vibraphonist Taiko Saito for ‘Thank You’ fusing Christopher’s raw percussive style and hazy keys with Saito’s dynamic live instrumentalism. ‘IGTF’ then strips things back to crunchy shuffled drums, a hypnotic vocal loop and bumpy bass line before ‘Evin’ concludes the release, again leaning into more classic house realms with a wandering bass line, shimmering key sequences and a heavily swung drum groove. Artist social media : https://soundcloud.com/christopher-rau https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044877006396 https://www.instagram.com/christopher_rau/ Label social media : https://soundcloud.com/smallville-records http://smallville-records.com https://www.facebook.com/smallvillerecords https://www.instagram.com/smallville_records