Artist: Italoboyz
Title: Zinga
Label: Get Physical Music
Catalog: GPM 084
Style: Techno, Tech House, Minimal, Deep
Released: 19 Jan 2008
Quality: 320 kbps
01. Zinga (07:21)
02. Zinga (DRAMAdub) (06:44)
03. At De Stella (06:36)
04. At De Stella (No Broccoli Mix) (05:51)

Download: Italoboyz - Zinga (Full Version/320 Stereo)

Release Notes: Ever since they moved to the UK back in 2000, Italoboyz, aka Marco Donato and Federico Marton, have built a formidable reputation in the fertile minimal techno scene of their adopted hometown London, their energetic DJ sets at FESH the stuff of local legend. Their productions, meanwhile, have seen them gain notoriety around the world. The duo have released on influential labels like Einmaleins, Treibstoff, Safari Electronique and Gumption; their 2006 “Programmer” track in particular remains a modern classic of minimal. It was their recent single “Viktor Casonova”, though,which signalled the beginning of a new mature phase in Italoboyz’ career. A breathtakingly original piece of dance music, not to mention the inaugural release on Claude VonStroke’s Mothership imprint, “Viktor Casanova” set a plaintive, disembodied opera vocal against gritty, reductionist beats - the result was an instantly recognizable dancefloor killer, a fixture in all discerning DJs’ boxes. Now Italoboyz consolidate their position as dancefloor alchemists par excellence with a 12″ for Berlin’s Get Physical. “Zinga” is every bit as hot as its title implies, and once again proves Italoboyz’ knack for sourcing sounds usually foreign to the club and then making the club wholeheartedly rock to them. “Zinga” is based around an urgent violin arpeggio, looped and looped until the intensity is almost too much to bear. This quasi-classical motif gives the track an incredible momentum, while a fat kickdrum and razor-sharp hi-hats provide the rhythmic force to make it a peaktime party monster. The “dramaDub” of “Zinga” also lives up to its name. Beginning with a sinister two-note bassline and diffuse, jazzy percussion, it’s not long before that irresistible violin hook is brought into the picture, but this time it’s kept just below the surface, soaked in echo and delay, while an eastern-style, wraith-like counterpoint curls exotically around it. This is heady stuff, and sure to become an afterhours staple in the coming months. “At De Stella” draws the E.P. to a wonderfully strange conclusion. Musically, the track is a bleepy, fat-free minimalist rhythm redolent of Italoboyz’ Treibstoff and Einmaleins releases, but the no-nonsense groove takes a surreal turn with the sampling of a spoken voice, calmly listing food items. It’s a bizarre combination, but as this track and “Zinga” alike prove, Italoboyz are masters of the unfamiliar, drawing upon sounds and textures that no one else would think of to give the dancefloor the most original and psychedelic ride of its life.