Shingo Nakamura - There For Me

Release : 13/05/21

Label: Silk Digital Records

Tracklist:

1 Shingo Nakamura - There For Me (Original Mix)

2 Shingo Nakamura - There For Me (Monojoke Remix)

3 Shingo Nakamura - There For Me (KIWAMU Remix)

Release Info:

One of Silk Digital's leading lights, Shingo Nakamura, is responsible for our latest offering, "There For Me", which was initially previewed on Shingo's own "Only Silk 01" compilation. Since the debut of this album in late 2012, Shingo has become a co-host of the Frisky radio show of the same name and has continued to garner radio support from the industry elite.

The Original Mix of "There For Me" transports the listener to Shingo's homeland of Japan, with sweeping chords and stunning cinematic instrumentation from start to finish. This is truly one of Shingo's most inspiring works to date, as it not only possesses a warm groove, but an intricate and richly melodic lead.

Longtime contributor Monojoke, who has been supported over the years by the likes of Above & Beyond, Solarstone, Matt Darey, and many more, offers an ornate rendering. The talented Polish veteran once again masterfully enhances the rhythm, with a variety of "indigenous" percussive elements. Meanwhile, in the background, we are treated to the distant echoes of the main chord progression, as well as provocative pads.

Finally, breakthrough artist KIWAMU offers the first of two interpretations in the single; a fellow Japanese artist, KIWAMU has gained momentum this past year, with a variety of high-profile contributions to Otographic Music, the nation's leading progressive and trance imprint. His version is much more atmospheric and deep, but equally evocative. In the main break, the listener feels himself traveling across the fog-swept landscapes of the Land of the Rising Sun.

Mango - Citylanes Airplanes

Release : 13/05/14

Label: Mango Alley

Tracklist:

1 Mango, Dezza, Aeron Aether - Apartment In Agia-Napa (Album Mix)

2 Mango, Orion & J.Shore - When All The Ships Are Gone (Album Mix)

3 Mango, Kazusa - Asphalt Lines (Album Mix)

4 Mango, Andre Frauenstein, Aeron Aether - Disappear feat. Ludik (Album Mix)

5 Mango - Citylanes Airplanes (Album Mix)

6 Mango, Tokyo Bay Cruise - Queensbridge To Park Avenue

7 Mango, Richard J Aarden - Soulmates feat. Aneym (Citylanes Edit)

8 Mango, Espen, Tokyo Bay Cruise - Shinkansen

9 Mango, Andre Frauenstein - Away From Here feat. Laurie Levine

10 Mango, Dan Sieg - Oslo 5AM

11 Mango, Nigel Good, Richard J Aarden - Chasing Birds feat. Hiroyuki Imamura (Album Mix)

12 Mango - The Shore

13 Mango, Richard J Aarden - Pillow Fights

14 Mango, Shingo Nakamura - We Don't Want To Change

Release Info:

Born in the Ukrainian coastal town of Sevastapol, Muscovite, Alex Golovanov has had a huge impact on the modern progressive house scene under his Mango production guise, now culminating in the full-length album, "Citylanes Airplanes". Since his first work for Morphosis in 2007, the "Kisses" EP gave an insight into the beautiful melodic refrains that would become a hallmark of the 'Mango sound' and subsequently lead to over 200 Beatport production credits. Since then, a close and fruitful relationship with Silk Digital has led to a plethora of releases that originally formed the inspiration for the label's very existence. Alex's work as AandR head for a 5-year period confirmed his close relationship with the Silk Family and the recent "Mango 01" compilation pays further tribute to his work. The Mango sound has also become an integral component of the Proton catalogue and 2012's "Chasing Birds" EP gave Alex an opportunity to blend his talents with a love of Japanese rock music and the hugely successful "Starboard" rock group. With goliaths, Armada, Ministry of Sound and VANDIT also taking notice of his skilled productions, Mango has been as successful as he has prolific. Turning his attention to his own Mango Alleys label, with its own unique brand of classic progressive house and a portfolio of high-profile artists and high-class output, Alex Golovanov has reached what he deems a "milestone not only for me but also for Mango Alleys". After a significant rebranding exercise, Alex is proud to announce its first release in the shape of his very own full-length album. The zenith of six years of skill, life experience and technical know-how, "Citylanes Airplanes" is the final act of an artist reaching the pinnacle of a career in music production. Taking his characteristic sound as an ignition point, listeners can expect nothing less than a joyous explosion of classic chord-based progressive house, downtempo and ambient electronica. The common thread? Mango's unique and innovative sound design, immaculate sense of rhythm and unrivalled compositional expertise. Drawing influence from all aspects of his life and the cultural aspects of art and photography, bustling cosmopolitan city centres and towering skyscrapers, juxtaposed against charcoal grey skylines, form inspiration in parallel to crystal blue stratospheres dotted with scudding clouds across mountain dominated horizons. Mango is able to conjure up such images through a series of sublime musical vignettes where listeners find themselves on an unrushed journey across an ever-evolving landscape of musical styles, reflected in gradually changing vistas of vibrantly coloured suburbia, sepia tinged golden sunsets, rolling hills and sweeping lines of fauna. All these images help provide an audio-visual analogy for the music found within "Citylanes Airplanes"; a feedback loop resulting in a kaleidoscopic synaesthesia from the surrounding stereo soundstage. Mango's final act is a tribute beyond the traditional confines of 'electronic dance music'. "Citylanes Airplanes" is a work unbounded by constraints, reflecting the world around us in all its colourful uniqueness and distilled into the very essence that has become the Mango trademark sound.

mastering by Cid Inc / Nick Stoynoff

cover design by Mango Alley

text by James Warren 

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