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[IMG] RA Global Local Music Interact RA Japan News Events submit an event Reviews My RA Features RA Poll Photos DJ Pages DJ Charts Inbox The Feed Clubs Labels Forum Latest Tech Submit event Podcasts Competitions You're not logged in. You can _____________________ [ Login ] _____________________ register here. _____________________ Search RA Reviews D'Marc Cantu - Fallen Label / Creme Organization * Home Cat # / CREMEJAKXL01 * Albums Released / December 2011 * Singles Style / House, Techno * Events Rating / 4 * Tech * RA recommends * RSS Reviews powered by Mehdi Rouchiche's striking artwork for D'Marc Cantu's Juno debut longplayer, Fallen, invites questions beloved by the sort of people who read too much into album Latest album reviews covers. Ahem. Simple queries such as "Who's the * Inner City - Terre.. corpse?" and "Why is he having chunks torn off him by * Tiefschwarz - Wate.. Matthew Herbert in cosplay?" give way to more serious * The Kilimanjaro Da.. matters, like the possibility that said corpse might * D'Marc Cantu - Fal.. start walking the Earth and eat the cast and crew of * Plug - Back on Tim.. a John Carpenter movie. On first listen, Fallen * Various Artists -.. rather does give pause to the notion that the Ann * Heat Wave - I'm Fu.. Arbor native's collection of 707-assisted * Byetone - Symeta psychoactive dread inhabits another world (or, for * Planetary Assault.. the sake of context, dance floor) altogether: one * Dave Clarke - Fabr.. where Chicago house is the soundtrack to Thriller * Drexciya - Journey.. extras gyrating until the break of dawn (after which * Visionquest - Fabr.. they all melt and die). * Various Artists -.. * Various Artists -.. Joshing aside, there's a good deal to admire about a * Conforce - Escapis.. record that sets about proving that a danceable * Delta Funktionen -.. groove and mild terror need not be mutually * More album reviews exclusive. Anyone with a passing familiarity with recent Pearson Sound releases will recognise the [IMG] rolling rat-a-tat snares that perforate "Transmogrification" and "Fallen"-opening salvos that establish the album's agenda with impressive D'Marc Cantu - Fallen alacrity-but these percussive tropes are the least D'Marc CantuMore on D'Marc interesting aspect of a record foregrounded by Cantu inexhaustible, snarling synth workouts. "Stand Up," Add as favourite the most boisterous of these, is less like a house * Reviews record than a Fat Joe crack rap anthem circa 2002 * Saturn V / X2 - Rhythm that happens to be at the right tempo. Relics * D'Marc Cantu - Set Free Lest it be said that Fallen indulges in this trick * Upcoming dates once too often, "Oh My" marks the point at which the * Jan 20 Finest Friday album splinters beyond being a straightforward, at Berghain/Pano.. jacking house record. A violent spasm of gouged loops * News and grisled noise, "Oh My" is Fallen's thematic * D'Marc Cantu preps debut apotheosis: few house records twine viscera and album, Fallen 4-on-the-floor with such matter-of-fact efficiency. Creme Organization Fallen's other diversions are of a similar quality; Other Creme Organization "I Want to Ride" (and, to a lesser extent, album reviews closer "Fractal") is an always-welcome nod to * Marco Bernardi - Drexciya at their most glacial. Klinsfrar Melode * 2 AM/FM - Final Approach If 2012 sees any sort of revival of Chicago house * Basic Soul Unit - Tuff records, then Cantu has already anticipated the Luv EP subsequent fallout: a dark, twisted 11 track monster * D'Marc Cantu - Another that gorges on the body of Chicago house, Number transmogrifying it into something exquisite in the * Arnold Jarvis - Take Some process. Time Out Words / Ray Philp Published / Thu, 12 January 2012 Buy D'Marc Cantu - Fallen at buy this online at juno recordsbuy this online at juno download Tracklist: D'Marc Cantu - Fallen [IMG] A1 Transmogrification [IMG] A2 Fallen [IMG] A3 The Power [IMG] B1 Stand Up [IMG] B2 Oh My [IMG] C1 A New Night [IMG] C2 I Want to Ride [IMG] C3 Shoot the Fish [IMG] D1 Say It and It Is Time [IMG] D2 Evil Motion [IMG] D3 Fractal Share this article Share Tweet Comments D'Marc Cantu preps debut album, Fallen You're not logged in. You need to register to post your comments. Anyone can register on RA. Even you. Login here or click here to register tbreswrote 1 day 1 hrs agoPretty sure we saw the revival of Chicago rekerds already last year, and the year before. This is different, dis is next level. 1trickponywrote 2 days 16 hrs agothis motherfucker is MINE now. digital available, sure....BUT THIS IS MEANT FOR WAX, and I happily paid out the nose for it. Rare! Haven't been this blown away by an album since Morphosis' What Have We Learned? ...and this blows that away by a fair margin... im tingling after listening through it. ardalanafrawrote 2 days 18 hrs agoserious Comradwrote 2 days 19 hrs agoThis is a BLINDER!!!!!!! warehamtnwrote Sat, 14 Jan 2012can't wait for this to arrive, previews sounding goood CALEROwrote Sat, 14 Jan 2012Raw. There are 20 other comments. Click here to view the full thread Quantcast About Mobile (beta) RSS Feeds Bookmark RA Staff Submit event Tech Copyright (c) 2012 Resident Advisor Ltd. Take me to the top Understanding chords All rights reserved. Terms & Privacy.