HIGHLY IDIOSYNCRATIC AND FAIRLY UNPREDICTABLE, A KESSLER JAM IS ALMOST ALWAYS A PRETTY KINETIC AFFAIR, INFUSING THE ELECTRONIC FLOW WITH A WELL-NEEDED DOSE OF SNOTTY PUNK ROCK AND HIS SLIGHTLY QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOUR HOLDING AN SM57 IN ONE HAND AND A DRUMSTICK IN THE OTHER – A STRATEGY THAT FINDS ITS MOST ACCOMPLISHED APPLICATION ON HIS LATEST ALBUM “NEW FEEL” THAT ENABLES KESSLER TO TAKE THE CONVENTIONAL DJ SET TO A LIVE ESCAPADE.
FOLLOWING ENERGETIC RELEASES ON UNDERGROUND LABELS SUCH AS COMÉME, GET PHYSICAL, LIKE RECORDS, LOW HANGING FRUIT AND MORE RECENTLY JACKMASTER’S NUMBERS IMPRINT, BRYAN KESSLER’S LATEST FULL-LENGTH “NEW FEEL” PRESENTS A BOOTY SHAKING, ACTION-PACKED SELECTION OF SLOW-MOTION MUTANT DISCO BELTERS AND RIFF-READY STADIUM SYNTH TUNES.
FROM OPENING BELTER “TRIPPIN ON YOU” TO THE REFINED BAND OF CUTS LIKE “FIND A NEW FRIEND” AND “PUNCHING ON MY CHEST”, KESSLER’S NON-CONFORMIST, GENRE-BENDING APPROACH TO DANCE MUSIC IS SHOWCASED IN FULL FORCE, ALBEIT WITH A NEW FOCUS: NEVER BEFORE HAS THE PRODUCER’S OWN VOICE BEEN SO PIVOTAL FOR DRIVING THE MOMENTUM AND TWEAKING THE ELATION.
CLEARLY, KESSLER, THE VOCALIST HAS BEEN PRESENT BEFORE, BUT MOSTLY USED AS A SOUND EFFECT – NOW, WE’RE DEALING WITH FULL-BLOWN SONGS LIKE COWBELL ROCKER “RA-ORKONS CRIB”, CATCHY SYNTH MELODRAMA “A BETTER LIFE” OR THE INTROSPECTIVE TITLE CUT, A RARE EXAMPLE FOR A POWERFUL ELECTRO BALLAD. FLUSH WITH SURPRISING TWISTS AND TURNS, THIS ALBUM IS A TRUE MANIAC’S LABOUR OF LOVE – AND POSITIONS BRYAN KESSLER AS A CREATIVE FORCE OF NATURE ON THE RISE.
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