Danny L Harle - Harlecore
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Danny L Harle's new album reimagines the experience of clubbing as a virtual, online space. Sound familiar? Harlecore debuted in the form of a
Wed Mar 10 07:00:00 GMT 2021
Read Colin Joyce’s review of the album.
(Mad Decent) With clubs still closed, dance producers are having to get creative. This gonzo 13-track opus from PC Music affiliate Danny L Harle also soundtracks an interactive club experience featuring four distinct “rooms”, covering gabber, hardcore, ambient and makina, a frenetic subgenre of hardcore techno. Each genre comes with a guest producer working under a ludicrous pseudonym (MC Boing, anyone?), plus a handful of equally secretive guest vocalists. Shorn of the visuals, it makes for a chaotic, occasionally migraine-inducing 40 minutes. Just as you get comfortable with one of the album’s moods, it tilts on its axis again. So the euphoric sugar-rush of techno banger On a Mountain is mischievously corrupted by the pummelling, 180bpm Piano Song, while For So Long – one of two palate-cleansing ambient pieces – barely has time to unfurl before being bulldozed by Shining Stars’ elasticated happy hardcore.
Pitchfork
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The Guardian
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Go clubbing from room to virtual room with this dizzyingly immersive affair from the producer and assorted mystery guests