Standards & Practices is proud to present the inaugural release on its sister imprint, Double Standards, from producer Jake Reif. His third release working under this alias, Reif manages to amalgamate his dance music obsessions (EBM, bleep techno, Chicago house) in a totally unique way that feels fresh and idiosyncratic, avoiding simple genre exercises or nostalgia for the sake of it.
'Spirit Module' is perhaps the finest summation of Reif's aesthetic yet: a mixture of bleepy, raw techno that, with its wild vocal samples and wide, 808-driven groove, comes across like a tougher, more modern take on the classic Sheffield/Richard H. Kirk/Robert Gordon sound. Label partner Ken Meier's first outing here as a remixer is a smashing success—his version strips things down, keeping most elements of the original intact, but adds a driving, almost double-time metronomic machine rhythm that's aimed squarely at the dancefloor.
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released September 7, 2018
DBLSTAN001
Written and produced by Jake Reif (BMI)
Remix by Ken Meier
Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade, Berlin
Design by Common Name, New York
Distribution by Triple Vision
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