Mena - Katana
The release is poised and uninterested in making a big flashy show of itself, plus some gorgeously melodic synths, in "Katana" by Mena and Fabio T. remix bumps up to a sort of percolator pace, making it a useful weapon in the noble fight of nudging an otherwise flat-lined set into its next phase. The way it drapes over its sometimes sauntering, sometimes clacking beat makes the whole production sound effortless too—the kind of house track that sounds deceptively simple but sneaks up on you as its details of craft begin to reveal themselves.
It can get to be a bit too much of an effect-fest sometimes, with knob-happy tweaks appearing for the sake of general invigoration rather than serving a more direct purpose. This makes it all sometimes feel like a sound in development: experimenting, but not having learnt all the lessons yet. Nevertheless, plenty of kudos for it, and in such neat combination with beauty and playablity, it'd really be boorish to complain too much.
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Tracklist:
01.Katana (Original Mix)
02.Katana (Fabio T. Remix)
Label: Insomniafm Records
Cat: IFMR019
Released: August 17th 2011
Style: Techno