Artist …… : Dan Berkson
Title ……. : Anything For You
Genre ……. : House
Label ……. : Crosstown Rebels
Catnr ……. : CRM074
Source …… : WEB
Quality ….. : 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Full Stereo
Duration …. : 00:14:30
Rls.date ….. : 25-04-2011
1. Anything For You 7:39
2. Secrets 6:51
Dan Berkson – Anything For You [CRM074] Release Notes :
Crosstown Rebels welcome Dan Berkson back into the fold with a solo offering
that is a superb double header of dubby electronic house and stripped back moody
funk that is is as another feather in the Crosstown cap.
Both tracks here have an entrancing quality owing to the warm organic
instrumentals and sultry vocal snippets that ebb and flow against the melodic
soundscapes beats are expertly chopped and rearranged and scores of strings
and keys stretch out into infinity to create a raw emotive sound.
Anything For You is full of Detroit inspired synths a nod to house heritage
but with a modern twist, Berkson delivers a highly sensory ride. The soulful
yearning of the vocal carries softly over the tide of the track whilst deep acid
inflections bleed into jazzy instrumentals.
B-side Secrets has got more edge with a pulsing bassline and dubby textures
throughout. The looped track works to hypnotic effect as Berkson teases out the
hazy dubbed-out vocal and lets jazzy organ notes drift through echoes of hushed
voices tempering the shades of ghostly dark.
Originally a keyboard player, Dan Berkson was playing six nights a week in his
hometown of Chicago by the age of 16. Immersed in the worlds of jazz, funk and
soul during his time at the New England Conservatory of Music, Dan co-founded a
couple of funk bands that took off in the Boston area but a growing passion for
house music led to a relocation to London to study production and pursue a solo
career. In the UK forward thinking music scene Dan thrived as an electronic
artist and began to release records on labels such as Simple, Crosstown Rebels,
Mood Music, Hypercolour, Movim, Exun, Gourmet Recordings. Also famed for his
part in live performance duo Berkson & What (with James What), Dan is one of
those understated figures on the scene that has been evolving and exciting the
underground for nearly a decade. contribute to the album. Jonny White
blindingly fast-growing discography and revered No.19 Music label have propelled
his rapid rise in the international circuit.