News from the Mau5 HQ is that Moguai’s new album will be released on the on April 19th 2010, five days earlier than initially scheduled.
Many of you may be wondering who the hell Moguai is…
He was the first artist, other than Deadmau5, to release an album on the Mau5trap rec0rd label. It has also just been announced that Moguai will be joining in Deadmau5 on his UK tour!
The German producer has a massive task ahead of him, if he plans to follow in the deceased rodent’s footsteps, and that is what he set out to do with this, his debut artist project ‘WE AR LYVE‘.
As this article is put together, I am busy having a listen in to what Moguai has put together for us, the ravers.
His first track entitled ‘LSD‘ caught my attention immediately and made me want to kick back and let the playlist blast on, booming out of my soundsystem. He then moves onto a track called ‘ZYVOX‘. This was initially released, again on Mau5trap last year and caused havoc on dancefloors everywhere, by treading on the fine line between deep, progressive house and stadium techno, without overdoing it!
By now, my speakers are at full volume and the track labelled as Impereal slides in a very bouncy and enticing melody and bassline mixture. This track is followed by evidence of Moguai’s broad range of influences, with ‘Flex, Rex, Mansion‘ paying homage to the hip-hop to electro era of the 1980s. I see a big island-wide club presence of this song.
Half way through the album, ‘Oyster‘ takes in the melodic house sound that has recently taken the world by storm. It has been said that this track perfectly serves ‘Blau‘ and ‘Nyce‘ on a plate, which are two more tracks I believe you will be hearing a lot of in the coming months.
The tunes accelerate towards the end of the album, with the tracks ‘Electra‘ and ‘Ataque‘. These two audio journeys are prime example of what Moguai is capable of. Electra contains some big synths, heavy beats and bucket loads of energy. Ataque on the other hand is made of broken up kicks forming the background of a track that shows off Moguai’s experimental tendencies.
The album ends with ‘We Ar Lyve‘ which is more of an trance story than just a track. This track took over in 2009. I can’t even begin to describe it’s affect on ravers, have a listen in yourselves to experience it first hand.
All in all a great release, and I expect to see Moguai taking his place in the EDM Hierarchy later on this year!
