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Album Reviews
Album Review: HOSH – Connecting The Dots (Diynamic Recordings)
By Paul Vig | Published on Tuesday 9 November 2010
HOSH, aka Holger Behn, has melded house to classical to dub to minimal during his half decade career. And he shows no signs of letting up on his eclectic side with this, his first full album, coming your way via Hamburg label Diynamic
The whole album isn’t brilliant, though I accept it’s a bit of a grower, mainly because it takes a while to get to grips with the number of styles thrown into the mix. Among the weaker tracks are ‘Body Jack’, a bit of a damp squib, while ‘Hong Kong TV’, with its obvious Eastern influence, doesn’t really hold. Elsewhere, ‘Golden Age’, some semi-bumpy house, is alright, but not great.
But there is plenty of good stuff too. The Carl Craig influenced opener is an interesting start, while ‘Cash The Chord’, some groovesome house with a pinch of kitsch, is very fine. But the highlights are ‘Crackhead’, which sounds like it’s from the Freerange stable, a bit of tasteful house and tech that’s never forced, and ‘Souled Out’, a solid moody danceflooor groover with key changes that really work well.
So a few hits and a few misses, but worth checking out. PV
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