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Peter Rauhofer
LIVE @ ROXY 3
(Star Sixty Nine)
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Rauhofer, one of the founding DJs of the house style, here plays retro, the dominant theme in this season’s house music, on a new two-CD set. The difference is that for this Austrian, retro means the styles associated with European dance music: atmospherics, Eurodisco, flirty-girl vocals, and acid — materialism that’s a far cry from the gospel righteousness and bluesy moans on which classic Chicago house is based. Rauhofer’s set says no amens, but it does thrust itself up against (and maybe into) every part of your body in search of your funny bone, your pulse, your G-spot. He takes his time pressing his cushy textures and bulbous beats up on you, in a tempo that feels much more sluggish than the rush of classically soulful house music; echo-affected vocals aggravate the music’s push toward orgasm. Irresistible, too, are Rauhofer’s overlay mixes, in which he frequently employs the intensification tactic (increase the volume as the second song kicks in) pioneered by Louie Vega — and makes it work you whenever he wants it to. Best tracks: the Eurodisco-ish "C\Del * MP3," by Canadian trance DJ Marco V; William Umana’s throbby "The Enlightenment" and "Mind Games"; Lenny Mantuano’s girly version of Junior Carter’s "Women Beat Their Men"; Rauhofer’s sample-laden reworking of Madonna’s "Nobody Knows Me"; "Soundz," an acid track by the Idiots; and Jahkey B’s screamy, ecstatic "Heartattack." Best overlay: the back-and-forth beat-to-voice repartee that links "Heartattack" to Assaf Amdursky’s "Tribal Scream."
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