BLENDING DAYS is now available as digital download at KOMPAKT & BEATPORT.
After a series of extraordinary releases on the legendary Force Tracks label, Berlin resident Michael Siegle debuts on Kupei with his second full-length. Aptly titled “Blending Days,” the album is full of deep chords, reverberated delays and multilayered organic sounds. It captures a desire to bring seductive melodies and harmonies – as well as – sensation and elegance back to minimal house.
Siegle’s voice adds a very distinctive, bittersweet element to his crafty blend of indie pop and stylish disco-house. Tracks like “Conspicuous” provide a perfect backdrop for equally dour days – the kind of music one will play while driving the autobahn on an overcast autumn day. The funky little noise sounds add a very interesting offbeat to the tight kick and bass grooves. Instrumentals like “Karussell Der Puppen“ provide us with a more dub feel, adding synth-disco stabs and rumbling bass to the mix.
His best talent, however, lies in providing great fragmented hooks throughout the record. Whether it is a catchy repetitive vocal line, synth-stab or melodic bassline, he sounds very comfortable in his own skin – unpretentious. This fragile quality makes his production aesthetic more closely connected to the indie scene than to the slick, usually superficial Berlin party house scene.