A new collaboration from our favorite Frenchies Para One, Surkin and Bobmo has really got my clavicle waggin’! Calling themselves Marble Players, these three global dance music icons have initiated the Marble record label. Thus far we’re seeing just two inaugural tracks, “Marble Anthem” and “Playground,” but both are super fresh and are drawing some well-deserved attention back onto the French house scene. Bien joué, les gars!

From Marble: “As you probably heard recently, Marble is a new dance label launched by Para One, Surkin and Bobmo. We already told you these three have begun sharing recording space less than a year ago, and soon spent some time jamming and producing together. Surkin and Bobmo already had their High Powered Boys project, but this new unit, christened Marble Players, is a bit more hardware-oriented, and involves multiple analog/digital mutations; a typical day in the studio would be Bobmo coming up with a vocal digital sample, then Para replaying it on his SP12, then giving it back to Surkin so he can add his own Reason-based beats… you get the picture. Generally, there’s a just a strong taste for manipulating sound as a physical thing in the way Marble Players play.”

Marble Players (Para One, Surkin & Bobmo) – Playground (Snippet) by Marble Music

Marble Players (Para One, Surkin & Bobmo) – Marble Anthem (Snippet) by Marble Music

Para One has really slipped out of my radar since I saw him rock the house at Le Bataclan in Paris two years ago. As of today he’s back in the crate!

The first 14 seconds of his “Romane” remix sounds like the intro to some played-out Dutch house gimmick. After that it’s all uphill as this jacked up groove quickly escalates with glitchy percussion and mind-bending synths.

Bart B More – Romane (Para One remix) by Para One

More relaxed but just as mind-bending, “Toadstool” focuses on incessant popping sounds and the type of vox stabs that you would hear on an early 90s Yamaha synthesizer. This track covers a lot of ground and takes unexpected turns at every opportunity, so make sure you listen all the way through!

Para One – Toadstool by Para One

Scion A/V Presents: Sound Pellegrino – Straight From The Spring by ScionAV

A WORD BY TEKI LATEX ABOUT SOUND PELLEGRINO

Sound Pellegrino’s sonic identity is a paradox.
When I play the current house and techno music that I like to my French “banging electro” friends, they think it’s minimal. When I play it to minimal DJs, they think it bangs too hard. We love hard stuff when it’s creative and groovy, and we love minimalist music when it’s not boring nore serious. The first three Sound Pellegrino releases totally embody that state of mind.

Straight From the Spring: Sound Pellegrino (Free Download)

Sound Pellegrino on Beatport