- Many pixels have been spilled heralding the achievements of the new breed of Detroit producers that have made the jump from the cradle of techno to Berlin over the past few years. There are plenty that stayed however, producers who aren't exactly ignorant of their geography, but are as equally unencumbered by a history that they had little part in creating or participating in simply because of their age. Kris Wadsworth is one of them, a producer responsible for a slate of tracks that owe little to geography—unless the internet counts as a country these days.
"Direct" was the final salvo in a remarkably busy 2009 for Wadsworth, one that saw him offering up a few stunners—namely "Mainline"—along the way. "Direct" isn't quite the gem that "Mainline" was, but it isn't intended to be, opting instead for clean entry into tech-y deep house sets that feature plenty of melody. Few gimmicks are employed, there are no blasting horns ala his Hear Me Know 12-inch on Fresh Meat. It's simply solid dance floor fodder with enough distinction to stand slightly above the rest of the genre.
Relegated to the B-side, Wadsworth is preceded on this piece of vinyl by David Alvarado's remix of "Direct," which takes things in a slightly darker direction. The veteran producer's remix elicits tension out of the wordless male voice and then pushes a synth into the mix that ratchets things up even further. Two very different tracks for two very different times of the night.
Tracklist A Direct (David Alvarado Remix)
B Direct (Original Mix)