Shades

Description

Thirteen years after Quarion released the instant classic "Karasu" on Drumpoet, he returns to the label with yet another remarkable debut. His first album "Shades" takes you on an emotional journey to the deeper realms of House Music encompassed by elements of Detroit Techno, Dub and Electronica. All of the nine tracks fully display Quarion's unmistakable musicality and state-of-the-art production skills and are, undoubtedly, the artist's most accomplished work to date. Ever since starting to produce as Quarion back in 2006, Yanneck Salvo has enjoyed an exciting career with stellar releases on Retreat, Innervisions, Tamed Musiq and certainly Drumpoet. 2016 proved to be a turning point artistically as well as personally, which eventually triggered an outburst of inspiration consolidating in the core of "Shades". After two years spent on refining this music, Yanneck felt that the bond between the tracks was too strong to be split across various EPs and chose instead to elaborate his vision as a full-scale album. The nine pieces that make up “Shades“ are quintessential Quarion, yet their scope is both broader and more precise than on previous releases by the Swiss producer. The beautiful melancholy of “Indigo (Aries)”, the rich layers of “Periwinkle” or the panoramic journey of “Cobalt (Plains)” are testimonial to the new depth in the music of the Berlin-based artist. In addition, the album has highly benefitted from a more experimental writing process, showcased in the bass-heavy ambient piece “Teal” or the sliding pads of “Ultramarine”. This passion for unrestrictive creativity is clearly at the heart of “Azure (Émotion)”, a thrilling collaboration with Ripperton where both artists twist life out of a modular system. Finally there are tracks as intense as the Acid workout “Sapphire (Tessellate)“ and the techno-influenced “Cerulean“. Their electric tension easily creates a watershed moment on the dance floor that lingers long after the night is gone. An imperceptible thread lays within the album's tracks. It molds “Shades” into an outstanding album by an artist on top of his game, highlighting Quarion's ever-growing talent for producing music of the deeper kind. About Quarion: “For some reason,” says Yanneck Salvo, “after more than 10 years of producing under the name, I feel that I’m finally coming back to the impulse that created Quarion in the first place“. Salvo’s production alias Quarion first emerged in 2006 with the spellbinding „Karasu“, which became the secret card up the sleeve of house heavyweights Dixon and Âme. After a decade of stellar releases on Drumpoet, Retreat and Tamed Musiq, Quarion's ever-changing career came full circle in 2016 with an invitation to join the esteemed Innervisions roster for its acclaimed Secret Weapons series. This milestone proved to mark the beginning of an intense creative process which materialized three years later in the form of „Shades“, Quarion's long overdue debut album to be released on Drumpo