Das Glow "Lite Brite" (Strip Steve remix)
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photo by Romain B. James
After three records, we're starting to get a sense of who Das Glow is. Originally a jeweller, Damien Granier turned to music when he discovered the French Touch, Bpitch Control and German minimalism. His introductory salvo, Weiss Gaz, was one of the most unique-sounding electro record to date, and it attracted the most diverse and enlightened following, from Simian Mobile Disco to Boys Noize to Miss Kittin to MSTRKRFT.
After much touring and remixing, Das Glow came back with Sunburnt, a new attempt at building funk machines from tangled drum patterns, dismantled mech parts and faulty systems. When I Want To Wake Up With You appeared on Alan Braxe's famed Vulture imprint, the dance world discovered that in Das Glow's avant-garde chest beat a heart capable of turning a Boris Gardiner sample into a gorgeous homage to the original French Touch, complete with emoting filters.
Then came his remix for American synth-wavers The Faint, which went at the track so hard and mighty that it became an Erol Alkan and Boys Noize staple and launched tons of requests for the "Das Glow sound".
In Das Glow's imminent future lies Phase IV, an amazing new record which will once again redefine what we know about the man. For now, here is Lite Brite Remixes.
What's with the trend of self-revisionism at Institubes these days? Bobmo rewrites his own "Rock The" in his forthcoming EP, and here, right before revealing his new record, Das Glow whips out a new version of "Lite Brite", off his Sunburnt single.
The original was, as I said at the time, sweet, delicate and quirky, the sound of a perfect melodious morning being swallowed by a perfect bass storm and spit out as a perfect evening. "A Lighter Shade of Bright" is the dusky counterpart to this initial ray of light: a slow-moving, arpeggiated meditation, a viscous, mollassed funk piece.
Strip Steve is that French kid signed to Boys Noize Records and it's the third time he's shared a record with Das Glow, after their split Arcade Mode 7" and a Shadow Dancer single. He delivers a cut-up, swaggered-out reinvention of the classic Bangalter sound that manages to sound at once arrogant and laid-back, like some street urchin casually looking for trouble.
French newcomer Qebrvs offers a remix that sounds like a petulant child, jumping from bonus level to hidden lair before morphing into a hyperactive version of Sebastian.
You can buy it right here on Beatport.
> Download Das Glow "Lite Brite" (Strip Steve remix)
And here's another treat: Das Glow's dj set from last week end in Antwerp, including many rarties and exclusive, among them --who knows?--- maybe of the new tracks from the fearsome Phase IV ep...
PS: you can still download the original version of Lite Brite here, on our RCRD LBL blog:
http://rcrdlbl.com/2008/10/06/das_glow_sheds_some_light_on_the_history_of_life
