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Nocturnes In Return: Beats By Aardvarck

by U-Gene

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Double 180 grams vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Nocturnes In Return: Beats By Aardvarck via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Quite Cozy 03:32
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Reach Out 03:34
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Naive 03:36
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What Is This 05:49
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I M Ready 04:08
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Move Along 04:38
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Heal 04:23

about

Waaghals and Multiversal are proud to present U-Gene’s long lost first solo album, made in collaboration with legendary Dutch DJ and producer Mike Kivits, better known as Aardvarck. While Aardvarck attainted a worldwide cult status with his DJ-sets and freeform beat orientated production, U-Gene became an in demand live and studio musician, providing his vocal and keyboard skills for Dutch greats, such as Urban Dance Squad and Candy Dulfer. Their unlikely collaboration started out in the early 2000’s, after Kivits sought out U-Gene and began sending him beats. U-Gene soon started recording his vocals and keyboards over Aardvarcks’ production, transforming the abstract beats into full developed songs, creating an unique musical tapestry of broken-beat fuelled neo-soul and modern funk. The production shows Aardvarck on an interesting crossroad, somewhere between broken-beat, hip-hop and beatdown house. His raw computer beats, combined with U-Gene’s soulfull touch, create a dynamic that either results in the nastiest funk or the deepest soul.

The original recordings where made by U-Gene at home somewhere between 2000 and 2005. Sadly, the project eventually got shelved. As a result, U-Gene never had the chance to realize the full studio mixes he had in mind. Although the album remained raw and unreleased, it ignited an underground buzz, circulating in the hands of a lucky few. Some songs even landed on other Aardvarck related projects, like Rednose Distrikt’s “Poes” and his solo album “Choice”, whilst several other songs floated around on the internet. Fast forward to 2019, the music could easily be mistaken for ‘new’. However, only seven of thirteen tracks were available in multitrack form, due to lost hard disks and crashed computers. U-Gene still had the wish to mix his songs in a studio, which was only possible with the seven songs that make up Vol. 1 of this double album. With the original midi tracks and vocal takes still intact, U-Gene could finally create the sonic he had in mind since the beginning of this project, while maintaining the original intimacy of these home recordings. The other six songs that make up Vol. 2 are the original mixes made by U-Gene on his computer. Vol. 2 also includes an additional song produced by Aardvarck’s fellow Rednose Distrikt member Awanto3. The Nijmegen/Arnhem record store Waaghals is proud to finally present the album in collaboration with record label Multiversal Music.

credits

released April 19, 2019

Recorded in the Womb Studio, Nijmegen, somewhere between 2000 & 2005...

Written, arranged, produced & performed by U-Gene.
Beats & samples by Aardvarck, except "Overcome (Roll Thunder Roll)," with beats by Awanto3
Lyrics, Vox & Keys by U-Gene
Guitar on "Here I Go Again" and "Reach Out" by 2-1 a.k.a. Twan van Gerven.

Mixed by Jeroen van de Putte at Big Mouth, Nijmegen 2017. Additional production on Vol.1 by Eugene Latumeten and Jeroen van de Putte at Big Mouth, Nijmegen 2017.

Only the songs of Vol. 1 were available in multitrack form.
The songs of Vol. 2 are the original versions as recorded by U-Gene circa 2000-2005.

"Heal" previously appeared on Aardvarck - Choice (Eat Concrete - EAT-CD-018)

Photos by Anni Galamini. Collage by Luuk van den Brink
Artwork by A Guy Called Billy.

Distributed by Painted Dog Music Distribution
2018 Waaghals / Multiversal

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