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The runaway hit "Viktor Casanova" is not offically a dirtybird record -- it's released by VonStroke's new label mothership music -- but it is very much in the style of dirtybird. mothership is designed to mainly release techno hits, but the imprint retains the fanciful nature of VonStroke's attitude.

By runaway hit, we mean that "Viktor Casanova" was a star if the latest Ibiza season. Each year, dance tracks compete to be the most-heard, the most-loved on the island, and "Viktor" was a clear winner. Spun at most every club to whooping throngs of drug-addled partygoers, its lilting operatic hook made light of the minimal groove. It's sexy, timeless and modern.

Remixes from hot name Samim and the club-cultured Lee Curtiss could do no wrong, but the genius novelty of the original track remains. Very soon, it became clear that the next step in the "minimal techno" revolution was to bring odd or ancient sounds into the form. Whether the accordian of Samim's uber-hit "Heater" or the ironic lyrics of Marc Houle's "Techno Vocals," taking something inspirational and odd and putting it to a serpentine groove is dancefloor TNT.

Nothing does it better than Viktor.

Download: Italoboyz - Viktor Casanova

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