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Artist: Estroe
Title: Elemental Assets
Label: Connaisseur Recordings
Format: CD / Digital
Cat.No.: CNS 003-2
Style: Connaisseur Style
Releasedate: Beatport exclusive (Oct 30th, 2009) / CD (November 6th, 2009) / digital (Nov 13th, 2009)

 

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Some words from the artist:

 

I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT you my album Elemental Assets. I would like to give a bit of an explanation of how it came about. The CD consists of tracks produced by myself over the past few years, in which I spent a lot of time enhancing my production techniques and developing my creativity. Some tracks were made in rough times, while others were made under happy circumstances and perhaps you can tell. For me, music is an emotional vent allowing me to express my feelings and freeing me of my restlessness. This makes the album very personal and I am terribly excited to share it with the world and with you.

 

ELEMENTAL ASSETS refers to the essential things in life, to the things which I need to exist. Music is a big part of what’s essential to me, just like the air that I breathe and the love I receive from my loved ones.
The titles of the tracks are a reflection of my feelings and experiences of the past two years. For instance: ‘Flirtatious Concubine’ was produced right after my deeply inspiring booking in Tokyo, whereas ‘Late Night Thinking’ speaks for itself. ‘Inspirited Away’ came into life thinking about two producers who really inspired me: Steve Rachmad and John Beltran.

 

A NOVELTY to me was working with singers and I am so much obliged to Miss Kittin and Sam Leigh-Brown for their input in ‘Le Flaneur’ and ‘High Maintenance’. They lifted the tracks up in a way I could only have wished for.

 

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK the people who helped me to realise this album: The Connaisseur family: Alex, Martin, Hilary and Ralph. And the people who supported and encouraged me: Roy, my family, my friends, my Dutch producer colleagues, Earth and Extrema agency and of course my dog Billie.

 

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Driven by emotions

“I get restless when I can’t work on my own melodies. It’s such a good outlet for my emotions”. There you have it in a nutshell. Dutch Estroe lives for her music. It’s electronic, it’s beat driven and it’s full of emotions.

 

Together with women in techno like Anja Schneider, Mistress Barbara and Monika Kruse, Dutch Estroe belongs to an elite club of female DJ’s that made it to the top. Born in Zutphen as Esther Roozendaal in 1972, raised near Amsterdam and currently living in Rotterdam, she has been dj-ing for more than ten years.

 

Whether it’s behind the turntables in the famous Fuse in Brussels, the Watergate in Berlin or an underground club in Tokyo, Estroe knows how to tune in and drop the right beats. She likes to play versatile, techno infused sets with room for deep undercurrents as well as pure dancefloor work. Her style is warm, subtle but at the same time very energetic. As you’ll find out when you drop by at Klinch in the Amsterdam based club Melkweg, where Estroe has as residency.

 

Things really took off when Estroe started producing her own tracks back in 2003. In hindsight it was an unconscious response to the skull breaking beats of those days.
She learned everything there was to know about hard- and software. Her spacious Rotterdam apartment fills with laughter when Estroe thinks back of those days. “For months I tried every piece of music software I could get my hands on. Till I finally got it right. It was important for me that I could produce tracks myself, without the help of an established producer.”

 

In her first productions Estroe went back to the early days of Detroit techno. Back when people like Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin and the British group The Black Dog caressed their keyboards instead of beating them up.

 

With her sophisticated, warm and elegant style she soon appeared on the radar of dj’s like Laurent Garnier, Ripperton and John Digweed. The latter was blown away by Estroe’s minimalist masterpiece Driven and promply asked her for a remix on his Bedrock label. Techno don Dave Clarke has also been a long time fan of Estroe, booking her for his White Noise parties on more than one occassion.

 

It’s not about maximum compression, distorted hi-hats or full on bassdrums on Estroe’s delicate productions. No, it’s all about atmosphere. “I want to hit people’s emotional spot, being it comfort, peace or excitement”, she says about her music’s primary aim. But make no mistake, singles like Updraft (Mezzotinto), Beat Box Contest ( Dualblock) And Can’t Sleep (Connaisseur) are clearly aimed at adventurous dancefloors worldwide.

 

Things are also looking bright for EevoNext, the web based techno label she manages along with Stefan ‘Terrace’ Robbers and Klaas-Jan ‘The Moderator’ Jongsma. Recently the Dutch techno trio expanded it’s wings to Dance Tunes.com and IntergalacticFM.com, for which they produce a monthly radioshow.
EevoNext releases classics from the Dutch techno vaults but also breaks new talent. That’s where Estroe comes in. “I like to scout and coach new talent”, she admits. “I’ve been in this business long enough to know the pitfalls.”

 

With her debut album “Elemental Assets” on Connaisseur Recordings coming up (with Miss Kittin and Sam Leigh-Brown among the confirmed guest appearances) and an in-box full of remix requests, changes are high you’ll be dancing to an Estroe tune this weekend. Things are looking bright for Estroe, hence she has given up her job last year to concentrate fully on her tunes and deejaying. “This is what I always wanted.” Rest assured Estroe, it’s what all lovers of emotion driven electronic music want too.

 

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Official Release Party: Connaisseur Lounge pres. Estroe’s elemental Assets Tour @ Cocoon Lounge
At the 6th of November, Connaisseur Recordings presents the offical release party of Estroe’s “Elemental Assets” album at the Lounge of the prestigious Cocoon Club. Estroe and Connaisseur impresario Alex Flitsch will play all-night-long.

 

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Tour Dates

 

October 2009

 

09 Oct - NL – De Haag @ Het Paard (Stug)
10 Oct - RO – Sibiu @ Cotton Club
17 Oct - IT – Perugia @ Bazooka
23 Oct - NL – Amsterdam @ Melkweg
24 Oct - NL – Groningen @ Simplon
31 Oct - RU – Moscow @ Rooftop

 

November 2009

 

06 Nov - D – Frankfurt OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY @ Cocoon Club /w Alex Flitsch
07 Nov - D – Stuttgart – Romy S /w Estroe, Alex Flitsch
28 Nov - D – Munich – Chaca Chaca Club /w Alex Flitsch

 

to be continued…

 

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