Imperial Street Ep

Quenum
Mooch Recordings
General | Oct 2012

Reviews

Dru Deep
Reviewed 2012-10-08
Quenum: Imperial Street EP Label: Mooch
This is an impressive debut release from a brand-new label, Mooch Recordings. It's really fun to have exclusive access before the public does. Considering all of Quenum's work with multiple lables such as Crosstown Rebels & Cadenza, this release bodes well for the future of Mooch. The EP itself is a tribal-influenced house release with really punchy beats and out-there percussion layers. Mad congas at some points. Also, within the tracks themselves the styles continually evolve. I'm a fan of the "Imperial Street" remix by Tim Xavier (#3) and I also liked "Be Sweet We Me" (#4) an edgy urban track with intense spoken word.

1. Straight-up tech-house house with lots of tribal accents. Mad congas at various points, kind of theatrical at the end. Interesting and certainly doesn't stick to a consistent pattern.
2. Even though this track is named after Our President, I'm not sure it has much relevance. This is a wild & wacky tribal-inflected track with all-over percussion, weird breaks, crazy synth stabs.
3. Straight-up punchy tech-house (remix of #1). Really slammin' beat, swirly waves & neat synth pads, has intense reverb work during the breaks
4. Tribal-influenced dub house with an intense spoken word, snappy percussion and chunky beats. The punchy percussion really works with the urban adge of the spoken word.

Recent airplay

Imperial Street (Tim Xavier Feat. G-Tech Remix)
Cacao!Dec 13, 2012
Be Sweet We Me (Original Mix)
KaboomDec 06, 2012
Be Sweet We Me (Original Mix)
Music CasseroleNov 24, 2012

Charting

2012-10-14 — 2012-12-16 Electronic
Week EndingAirplays
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Track listing

1. Imperial Street (Original)
2. Obama (Original Mix)
3. Imperial Street (Tim Xavier Feat. G-Tech Remix)
4. Be Sweet We Me (Original Mix)