The sound of Martha van Straaten is a patchwork of a thousand joyful days in the sun. Her fond love for colorful tunes from all over the world is the pure essence of treasures and discoveries she made on her never ending journey. While travelling she dives deep into the local culture and absorbs all the patterns, habits and sensual sensations of her surroundings, only to translate it into a multi-ethnic collage of sound.
For this remix she teams up with Berlin-based multi-instrumentalist and DJ, M.RUX. He is something of a contradiction: at once a slow grind in sweaty ecstasy, while at the same time observing you from a distance, legs crossed, tapping one foot gently. Deceptively simple at first listen, each track is building into a complex, dirty-minded concoction of soul samples, melodies, beats and varied sounds and rhythms.
supported by 8 fans who also own “Yiri (Martha van Straaten & M.RUX remix)”
I can't speak to the lyrics, but I really like this manifestation of electronic lounge music and North African drums and vocals.
It's good late night chill music, not downtempo but energetic in a laid back way musically. Gaelan D'costa
supported by 8 fans who also own “Yiri (Martha van Straaten & M.RUX remix)”
My whole body agrees with the pace of this short but solid track list. A generous helping of acoustic rhythm samples ignited by breakbeats add extra attention to full range movement on the dancefloor. Not a beat wasted. cherub420