Hot on the heels of R.U.R., his recent full-length for BoysNoize, French DJ/producer Djedjotronic (aka Jeremy Cottereau) is back to the business of releasing EPs, offering up this slick, four-track release for CPU. Leaner and more club-oriented than R.U.R., Cruising is nonetheless a fine release, although perhaps a tad workmanlike.
Just working it is, frankly, all you want on the dance floor sometimes, and all of these tracks deliver in that regard. "Tunnel" is probably the most club-ready cut here, featuring a long-building, sinister synth swell that, taken alongside its insistent four-four pulse, conjures up just the kind of scary, pitch-black velocity its title suggests. The rest of the EP is given over to hard-slapping mid-tempo cuts with just a hint of robot-funk pulsing in the background — "Celular" is the highlight here, featuring a nice vintage funk stab throughout.
In terms of context, Cottereau's work is perhaps comparable in tone to fellow countryman Perturbator, but it lacks the latter's darkly lush synth-work and fever-pitch urgency. Similarly, whatever funk might come through, we are much closer to Kraftwerk here than Daft Punk.
Cottereau could perhaps loosen up a bit in this regard on future releases (the limits of his mechanical rhythms are starting to make themselves clear), but Cruising is a solid release, and shows there's still stylishness to be found in his current approach.
(CPU Records)Just working it is, frankly, all you want on the dance floor sometimes, and all of these tracks deliver in that regard. "Tunnel" is probably the most club-ready cut here, featuring a long-building, sinister synth swell that, taken alongside its insistent four-four pulse, conjures up just the kind of scary, pitch-black velocity its title suggests. The rest of the EP is given over to hard-slapping mid-tempo cuts with just a hint of robot-funk pulsing in the background — "Celular" is the highlight here, featuring a nice vintage funk stab throughout.
In terms of context, Cottereau's work is perhaps comparable in tone to fellow countryman Perturbator, but it lacks the latter's darkly lush synth-work and fever-pitch urgency. Similarly, whatever funk might come through, we are much closer to Kraftwerk here than Daft Punk.
Cottereau could perhaps loosen up a bit in this regard on future releases (the limits of his mechanical rhythms are starting to make themselves clear), but Cruising is a solid release, and shows there's still stylishness to be found in his current approach.
