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Summer Of Seven is a series of seven 7inch singles in seven months. Pingipung Artists contribute exclusive and essential summer tracks on limited vinyl. This compilation is the digital equivalent to the quickly sold out luxurious collector's box that holds all seven releases together. It's only available through Pingipung's Klicktrack Webshop.
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James Din A4 is the master of a stumbling, stubborn
MPC Techno style “made for dancefloors which have
not been invented yet“ - as a reviewer of his Pingipung
album in 2009 wrote. These two tracks mark the end of
the series, and they do it with a playfulness and in the
best of humours. For DJs who like to break the rules.
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For their Summer Of Seven tracks Iso68 have, as
usual, recorded many live instruments. We hear drums, guitar, keys, and brass, mixed into two tight tracks which unfold their addiction not at first glance. But after several plays the two pieces by Florian Zimmer (who also plays with the bands Saroos and Jersey) and Thomas Leboeg (member of Hamburgʼs Popband Kante) become essential beauties.
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Goto80 from Sweden is one of the heroes of the
chiptunes scene. He makes his music only with old
soundchips, above all the SID chip from the C64. The
two songs he delivers here prove once more that he is
a brilliant composer with this very peculiar sound. Nerd
tech info: “Sombanova“ uses a 16 millisecond loop for
all the instruments except the drums. The vocals of
“Mamasita” have been improvised by Acid Terrorist.
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Peaktime! This one definitely qualifies as a summer
record. A.J. Holmes is the self-titled “King Of The New Electric Hi-Life“. After moving back to London three years ago the guitarist and DJ has played quite a role in the booming afrobeat scene there and formed a new band called “The Hackney Empire“. For the Summer Of Seven series he contributes two remixes of tracks from London based artists The Very Best and Xylitol that are simply made for the summertime love.
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Hey is Helmut Erler, one half of Hey-Ø-Hansen, our Austro-Dub band from Berlin. In “Wuzlguzl“ he presents a nursery rhyme from Austria, bathing in Dub. In his
original dialect he sings about the five fingers on
the hand and what they have to do with the plums
on the tree! The flip turns the song into a
psychedelic lullaby.
