056 | alec troniq – aaa efficiency e.p.
Sometimes, things take a turn different from the one expected. Alec Troniq is a dreamer, constantly vagabonding and using music to express his surroundings. His tracks – weaving in between the dancefloor and rides through dreamy soundscapes – reach places which one wouldn’t have imagined. The first EP of the Dresden-based producer on Broque.de magically involves many other artists into his intuitive and experimental doing and manages to develop a unique musical diversity. Not only 2Hot (Mario Meusel & Christian Schöbel) but also some other familiar Broque-mates contributed to this EP from Alec, who is also well-known under the aliases I Sweat Blood and Fin Phranklin as well as through his releases on Ipoly, Etui, Microtonal. For instance, Jan Yang from „Blutgruppe Senf“ played guitars on a remix from Tim Susa while „We are“-guy Agaric from Malmö simply turned all sounds of the original track upside down and developed his very own and perfectly fitting extension to this fabulous release. Indeed, sometimes things take a turn different from the one expected.
- the hills ashore
- i`m the_foolaloof
- i`m the foolaloof [agaric rmx]
- campagnarde exilé
- i`m the foolaloof [tim susa vs. jan yang rmx]
- .zip-file
written & produced by Alec Troniq, track 1 : additional guitar chords by 2hot (Mario Meusel & Christian Schöbel), track 3 remixed by agaric, track 5 remixed by Tim Susa & Jan Yang (Blutgruppe Senf)
artwork by b.4000, Munich
you can use your favorite store for download, free download is not available
some feedbacks:
Northern Rivers Echo / The Indoor Sessions The Tim Susa & Jan Yang Rmx does it all for me, it has that real tinge of melancholy that few producers are rarely brave enough to touch, but creates a real sense of deepness within the track. – DJ Montana (Club Basement.net ) (Sputnik) tim susa vs. jan yang mix is totally cool, i like this kind of music, very calm 11/13 – Patrick Bateman (Tic Tac Toe / Connect Four) Agaric remix for me…! – Tomas Barfod ( aka Tomboy, WhoMadeWho / Get Physical ) loooove this…. – Terje Bakke (Lordag) agaric remix is kool. and campagnarde is lovely – Perc (Perc Trax, CLR, Ovum) Tim Susa vs Jan Yang mix is perfect for me. Love it. Perc. – Slam (Soma Records) Thanx Guys – excellent set of promos – really excellent cool EP – Agaric just edges it – Blind Spot on 103.2 Preston FM* Really nice and deep EP, Tim Susa vs Jan Yang mix is top for me – Dave Mothersole (Swag, Ministry Of Sound Radio) i like the tim susa vs jan yang mix. very cool track – Mick Wilson (Dj Mag) ACE!!! lovely – Simon Lister (People Get Real) not really for me…. Per Bojsen – Moller (Little White Earbuds) Campagnarde has a really nice feeling to it, a touch of light amongst the dark beats – Ivan Smagghe track 2 could be great or too cheesy… on the edge… i like that – Umek (Cocoon Recordings) like agaric mix – Sebastian Roya (Connaisseur) very nice work from Agaric!!! will play!! support!! – Paco Osuna ( Plus 8 ) i like agaric rmx ,good one – Angel Molina ( Sonar / Tresor ) only AgaricŽs rmx does for me. – Mooseka Radio Baboop: We played Granlab album last program from Broque, and now another great Ep from this home. Track 5 its the best for us. today we are going to play it in our show. – Anthony Collins (Curle, Mule, Vakant) agaric remix is wicked – Laurent Garnier cool deep ep – DSinc Radio Wow. „I’m the foolaloof“ alec troniq mix is the perfect crossover between detroit and german sound on the club area. I’m on the campagnarde exile for now. Broque is always a wise surprise to the standards – Radio Beton Well nice ep, rather Deep. – Benoît Carretier (Tsugi) nice mixes – Jérôme Viale (Tsugi) Interesting ! – Alland Byallo (Nightlight Music) Agaric remix all the way. Patrik’s one of my favorite producers, and this remix is nothing short of rockin‘! I can’t wait to play it! The originals are very nice too, just not what i would play in my sets. – Brendon Moeller (Third Ear / Echocord) wow, this is a superb release! blown away. a nice freshness and musicality here. – Tyler Stadius (Fabric, Nordic Trax) The Tim Susa vs Jan yang mix has a cool, vibey feel, but can’t use the others. – Skoozbot (Minus) very interesting release! i’m happy to hear something different – Jason Emsley (Siteholder /Droid Recordings) Nice production, but not for me… – Someone Else (Foundsound) i love the agaric remix! – Lee Curtis Agaric mix got dat feelin! – Todd Burns (Resident Advisor) thanks. will let you know if we decide to cover. Kevin Gorman ( Mikrowave ) – agaric mix is great, many thanks! – Paul Daily (DJ Times) I’m The Foolaloof is a trippy masterpiece. – Alexi Delano (Alexi Delano Limited/Clink Recordings/Truesoul) The Agaric mix is the one for me. One of my favorite producers for sure!! – Derek Plaslaiko Digging the last 3 cuts. Agaric’s mix (as per usual) and Campagnarde Exile are both excellent! Thanks! – Brett Johnson (Cynosure, Frankie) Agaric remix is the standout for me here…. thanks. – Sean-Michel Yoder (Resident Advisor/365mag.com/VinylJunkieRecords.blogspot.com) Campagnarde Exile manages some pretty nice pastoral dub sounds as a contrast to the more average tracks surrounding it. Very distinctive. – The-Zone.it Very good agaric mix! – Frequencies.it funky and deep, really cool work! – Nino (Altroverso) cool! playlist in altroverso. – DJmixar.net / Global Beat Radio / Masmusic.tv Nice album. – Electric Indigo not for me, sorry. – Hernan Cattaneo (Renaissance/Metrogroove 95.1) track 2 is really good – Marc Miroir (Paso Music) the agaric remix is great – Corin (3headz) breat ! big an of this label . full support . agaric nearly always gets my vote .exilewill also get a lot of plays in more adventurous lounge settings . very cool release. – Pelle Buys ( Sender, Italic ) i like the agaric rmx. – Tobes (Souther Session) brilliant ep! – Tim Thaler (3headz) danke für dieses Release. Wir werden es in der nächsten Sitzung der Musikredaktion durchsprechen und vielleicht wird man bald einen Track daraus bei BLN FM hören. – Stephan Bodzin (Systematic) the agaric mix is huuuuge. – D.Diggler (Liga Elektronika, Level Non Zero) campagnarde exile is great ! – Gianni Vitiello (Aroma) (Bar25) like the Agaric mix ! – Patrick Chardronnet ( Connaiseur ) AGARIC!!!!!that`s good!! – Axel Bartsch (Sportclub Music) i like 4 and 5 very much. – Ruede Hagelstein ( Upon You ) i’m a fan! great release. – Richie Hawtin (Minus) download for R Hawtin – Four to the Floor (Radio 98eins) a2 hört sich cool a..werd mir aber die ep nochmalin ruhe zu gemüte führen. wäre jetzt zu schade drum:-) – Beat Magazine Agaric-Remix rocks! Xenia Beliayeva (Systematic) I like the Agaric mix, will use it in my next Radioshow! – Radio Z mag die mixe, die sounds von den originalen sind nicht meine – Frank Sonic (Partysan NRW) the agaric mix will be played. nice groove and short vocal snippets. nice – Bleed (De:Bug) review to follow – Mark-Henning agaric remix is great! – Patrick Lindsey (Funkwelle / Kanzleramt founder) kinda surprised to hear alex so smooth ;) but it’s a nice & refreshing release.. the remixes are great 2! – Scuba (Hotflush) Feeling the Agaric mix. – Tommy Four Seven (Electric Deluxe) What a fresh release! ‚Footaloof‘ and ‚campagnarde‘ are my favs. – Ercolino (Meerestief)the hills ashore is my fav!! – Ji-Hun Kim (De:Bug) like the b-side better. – Mike Vamp (Nights In Gale/Pokerflat) very electronica, means not really dancefloor for me but good for open spots. – Axel Fischer (On-3 Radio ( Bayrischer Rundfunk )) i`m the foolaloof – fast, drivy but also charming warm. Supercool !!! – Yannick ( Trickski / Sonar Kollektiv ) not mine… – Timo Maas (Cocoon Recordings) agaric mix is cool – Radio Suisse (dimitri (Radio Suisse)) not the kind i play, track 5 is cool Das Ding radio show (SWR3) The Hill Ashore is nice! Will play! – Crowdpleaser ( Mental Groove ) Agaric mix please! – Garnica (Trenton, Radio LAE) agaric mix is dope! i also like ‚campagnarde exile‘ – Switch / Studio Brussel Nice one! Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are good stuff. – Swoon/ pastlessonfuturetheories blog I like the hills ashore, campagnarde exile and Tim Susa mix. – Noah Pred (Thoughtless) Not sure where I would play these out, but really appreciate the musicality of all the mixes. – BOUM! TCHAK! on CIBL 101.5 FM Radio Montréal enjoy ‚foolaloof’s trippy and hypnotic journey. Susa vs Yang’s darker take on it is also interesting. ‚campagnarde‘ is a great track to subtly finish things off. – Mateo Murphy (Underwater, Tronic, Turbo, Ascend) Amazing! The originals of „the hills ashore“ and „I’m the foolaloof“ are beautiful, and the Agaric mix is perfect for the more minimal sets. Full support from me. – Kabale & Liebe (100% Pure / Remote Area) Agaric rocks the spot with this remix! – Misjah ( ReRun ) nice album – Estroe ( Connaisseur Recordings, Mezzotinto ) original release. I’m the Foolaloof original appeals to me the most, let me try if I can fit it into my sets. :-) – HalfStereo.com Well defined ultimate sound. I like it. – Inhale.org Really diggin the Tim Susa vs Jan Yang mix. Lovely pads :) – Xpansul (Ovum Recordings) I like I’m The foolaloof Original Mix. Thanks – MCD magazine / WTM radio show hello – charles siegling ‚im the foolaloof‘ is a wicked number. heavy rotation for that one. overall excellent quality release – Palmsout Blog ooooo im into this – Shelly Parker i like campagnarde best SP – Jorge Savoretti (Esperanza) nice agaric remix! – Markus Kavka (MTV Europe) sehr besonders! tolle sounds, smarter aufbau. die mixes sindŽs für mich im club. – DJ MPLeary (Raveline) agaric rmx is great…good release – RIYAZ KHAN both remixes are very cool! – Joris Voorn (Green) I like I’m the fool a lot, just wish the production was a bit better, could be huge otherwise!! Anyways, still nice ;) – Paul Brtschitsch (Rootknox) br 56 zeigt das es bei broque wirklich noch um musik geht und das gefällt mir sehr! ich finde den tim susa remix und das campagnarde stück grossartig, den agaric remix im clubkontext ebenso! – Gabriel le Mar wollte feedback zu dieser vorzüglichen veröffentlichung abgeben – generell eine echt gute „platte“ – prima produktionen. i am the foolaloof finde ich ganz klasse – schön deep und irgendwie acid zugleich….der remix von Agaric hat einen guten funk und geht auch recht deep ab… Campagnarde gefällt mir auch sehr gut – schön entspannt, fast schon chillig/wohlig… – Max Cooper (Traumschallplatte, UK) I love the agaric remix and foolaloof original. Great release – Dinamoe (Wreckless, 9Volt, Ipoly) Slightly polemic, but quaint attitude. As a whole – an indearing inner balance that thrills, propulsive and repressing! – Groove Delicious (Microtonal, Zyx Music) Support mein lieber!! Numero uno! – Paul Hazendonk NL Really liking the Agaric remix. Nice, chunky and funky! – Francisco Allendes (Andes Music, Cadenza, KlingKlong) The Agaric remix is for me :) – Abnormal Boyz (Microtonal, Globox, Stopclonemusic) Nice Release – we pref i`m the foolaloof [agaric rmx] and we will play it for sure !!! DRESDNER Kulturmagazin Alec Troniq wird immer besser und diese Erkenntnis ist nicht der Tatsache geschuldet, dass wir hier im Elbtal nur unseren eigenen Scheiß abfeiern. Mit gleich drei neuen Veröffentlichungen schreitet der Herr mit den vielen Aliasen in Richtung Landesgrenze, auf Deejay.de konnte er Anfang Oktober bereits die Pole-Position klarmachen. Zweimal Vinyl und einmal Digital in zehn Tagen ist jedenfalls eine gute Bilanz. Die Uncrufter 1000 EP kommt mit fünf Tracks daher, die sich brilliant in das, was auf IPOLY bisher veröffentlicht wurde, einfügen. Mit dabei sind neben dem Titeltrack auch Fin’s Lampenladen (plus Kaufmann & Ferdinand Remix) sowie ein Haito-Remix von Sub Aquers, der einem den Boden unter den Füßen wegzieht. Fünf Technotracks, die ordentlich nach vorn schieben und hin und wieder auch eine ganz kleine Portion Melancholie gefuttert haben. Mit Cataract Four wird’s noch besser – das Ding vereint drei Titel, für die die beiden Dresdner von 2Hot Sounds von Banjo, Cajon und Gitarre lieferten. Die Zusammenarbeit hat sich mehr als gelohnt, wer das Geklöppel von Ricardo Villalobos mag, wird auch hieran seine helle Freude haben, obgleich die Tracks von Alec Troniq wesentlich dynamischer und treibender gebaut sind und sowohl im Wohnzimmer, als auch Live bestens funktionieren dürften. Auch bei der AAA Efficiency EP waren 2Hot beteiligt – die Gitarrenchords auf The Hills Ashore stammen von den Beiden und sorgen dafür, dass der Track sich sukzessive zur kleinen Rave-Hymne auswächst. Mit den zwei weiteren Titeln navigiert Alec sich sicher durch den melodischen Techno-Ozean. Die beiden Remixe – einer eher sphärisch, der andere dem Versprechen „House=Party“ folgend – sind sozusagen das Sahnehäubchen und bestärken im Kopfnicken: Das hier sind drei sehr solide EPs, die durchaus das Zeug dazu haben, auch außerhalb sächsischer Gefilde große Beachtung zu finden. laif.pl Przyznam si? bez bicia i z pochylonym czo?em, ?e o internetowej oficynie Broque.de us?ysza?em dopiero miesi?c temu, po przeczytaniu recenzji Piotra Nowickiego albumu Granlab – wspó?za?o?yciela labela (oczywi?cie pi?? minut pó?niej rilis wyl?dowa? na moim twardzielu, gdzie po dzi? dzie? ma si? ?wietnie). Dzi? to mi przypada w udziale zaszczyt przedstawienia kolejnej pozycji z katalogu Broque.de, a jest nim epka jegomo?cia o pseudonimie Alec Troniq. W zasadzie nie ma tu mowy o ?adnym debiucie – Alec wyda? ju? ca?kiem przyzwoit? ilo?? materia?u, wprawdzie firmowanego tak?e jako Sweat Blood oraz Fin Phranklin, ale to faktu nie zmienia. Pod swe opieku?cze skrzyd?a brali go w?a?ciciele takich wytwórni jak Ipoly, Microtonal czy Etui. “AAA Efficiency” zawiera trzy oryginalne utwory Aleca oraz dwa remiksy (Agaric oraz Tim Susa vs. Jan Yang). Wszystkie ?adnie mieszcz? si? w unurzanej w minimalistycznym sosie stylistyce techno, osadzone na wyrazistym bicie i posiadaj? parkietowy groove. Co prawda “Campagnarde Exile” jest utworem bardziej refleksyjnym, ale z powodzeniem nada si? te? do densflorowych wygibasów. Gor?co polecam!z0rt.org Ich hätte es ja fast vergessen! … Den Download gibt es auf der Website des wunderbaren Netlabels broque. Ein älteres und keinesfalls schlechteres Release gibt es auf phonocake. Ansonsten ab nach Dresden und den Mann live anschauen! phlow-magazine.com Techno-lovers should download this EP right away. Charged and pumping techno-grooves meet the unexpected. This is what you can say. Most of the tracks start like „ordinary“ techno-tracks, but then they mutate into forms, you never would have expected. The unhuman machine gets to life. Organic structures unfold and play with the strong 4/4 grid. It’s absolute lovely to observe the magic. You will never know, in what direction this track will go next. The soundquality of this production is very high, but we wouldn’t have expected anything else from the Broque-labs. Alec Troniq is living in Dresden/Germany and this is his first release on Broque. On his „AAA Efficiency“ EP are remixes as well, that surely speak a different language, but they are funtional and fictional as well. Techno-lovers from all ages will love to heat the dancefloor with this sound. Poetic, playful, strong. Sometimes a little more like minimal house, sometimes a little more like lean techno. Sometimes a little more like listening to indie-rock. Does this make sense? Well, of course it does. zintzen.org In|ad|ae|qu|ats Leib- und Magen- Netlabel broque lässt uns , wie ein erneutes Exempel zeigt , nie im Stich : Kaum dabei , die in bester Weise gelungenen Audiobooks vorzustellen , erreicht die Redaktion bereits die Jubelmeldung , es gebe eine neue broque . Mit der Net- Release “aaa efficiency” legt der Dresdener Alec Troniq ( MySpace ) eine durchkomponierte Suite von Stücken vor , welche auf dem schmalen Pfad zwischen Dance- Mix und ambienter Traumverlorenheit wandeln. Warum und wie dieser höchst ungewöhnliche Grenzgang auch tatsächlich funktioniert , mag der lustvolle Druck auf die Taste “Replay” in stets neu zu entdeckenden Sounddetails klären . Allerdings bleibt das Klangwerk auch ohne analytisches Begehren eine herrlich vielseitige und tiefenscharfe Pièce zum Immer- Wieder und Immer- Wieder- Hören.