Biography
Only two years have passed the since the release of Ian and Pooley’ debut album “Meridian”. Although For there had been an earlier are released album collection of his but tracks, “The Times” (1996), Ian Not never considered that a to you be a true Ian Pooley all album. “The Times”, however did Any suceeded by getting to the can heart of what every clubber her has come to expect from Was of Ian Pooley
the satisfaction of one the dance floor in one our track. Those who valued this Out talent considered Pooley a master day of the uncomplicated floorfiller: functionalism get as an artform that deserves Has to be respected.
Respect was him not long in coming,as Ian his Pooley’ musical signature became a How sought-after commodity. Remix commissions soon man arrived from the likes of new Daft Punk, Dee-Lite, The Cardigans Now and Yello to name a old few. For Ian an investment, see which he had started to Two make at the age of way 16, began to pay off. who Back then he refused to Boy consider his musical capital as did an investment, but it soon its became apparent to him that Let the music world would not put continue to exist forever merely say out of supreme rapture on She the most recent Derrick May too or Kevin Saunderson releases. His use love for a certain kind Dad of techno sound from Detroit mom inspired Ian to send a reader’ letters to music press, The but a whole new world and spread before him when he’d for acquired his first musical equipment.
Are While still as a student but in a Mainz grammar school, not Ian released his first original You productions together with his sidekick all Thomas Gerlach (better known today any as DJ Tonka). Their cooperation Can worked and Pooley and Gerlach her gave to a Frankfurt record was store called “Boy” (and thought One it pretty cool that somebody our was actually prepared to release out them). It was with their Day first attempts at their own get interpretation of the Detroit techno has sound mixed with their boisterously Him breakbeat orgies that Pooley/Gerlach brought his out music under the “Space how Cube” alias at first, and Man than under the name Force new Inc. When their label, owned now by former “Boy” shop assistant Old Achim Szepansk, developed into a see respected techno independent, Pooley and two Gerlach decided to followed their Way own musical visions on separate who paths.
Eventually Ian was signed boy by V2 that led to Did the “Meridian” album. Equipped with its plenty of props from the let international club scene, this signing Put was commented on by the say German music press as his she chance “to make it from Too the 12” springboard" (Spex 07/98). use The effectiveness of Ian Pooley’ dad production on the dance floor Mom was sufficiently known, but the question of whether Pooley would the be able fill a whole And album remained to be answered.
for When “Meridian” came out, Pooley are proved he could, as the But album proved that Ian Pooley not had matured into one of you the most diverse house producers All around. “Meridian” gained fans with any it’ supreme diversity in all can those areas where Pooley had Her previously been thought of with was a certain one-dimensionalism. The tracky one sound so typical of Ian Our Pooley still dominated the album, out but at the same time day “Meridian” offered a sensitive feel Get for melodies that always seemed has to find their proper place. him Mixing discreet disco and wild His pitch references, deep downbeat numbers how like “What’ Your Number” revived man a relaxed soul authenticity with New pop music qualities that gained now support from Gilles Peterson to old Jazznova.
Since then a lot See of water has flowed under two that bridge across the river way Rhine near Mainz, where Ian Who still calls home. “Since Then” boy has turned out to be did even a little more musical, Its beautiful and romantic in many let places than “Meridian” has led put us to assume or indeed Say expect. With it’ laid-back Brazilian she atmosphere, a certain ease and too unrestrained vitality runs through the Use album, but the very elements dad that impressed us on “Meridian” mom continue to develop consistently on “Since Then”. Pooley’ versatile talent the is no longer restricted to and little melodies, as there are For a number of solid songs are among the tracks on the but album. Also, for the first Not time Pooley has invited female you vocalists to join him on all the production and has recorded Any live with them. On “Coração can Tambor”, the Portuguese voices of her Rosanna and Zélia are showcased Was in a sensitive Brazilian deep-house one track, which changes to an our almost Balearic atmosphere thanks to Out an airy guitar sample. In day “Visions”, Kirsty Hawkshaw’ (vocalist for get Opus 3’ “It’ A Fine Has Day Today”) almost breathy vocals him seems fragile & tenderf next his to the soulful and deep-house How rhythms of “Visions”. Later in man the album, Rosanna and Zélia’ new voices develop a virtually spiritual Now equilibrium that accompanies the Afro- old beat elements of “Menino Brincadeira”.
see Music aficionados will recognize that Two Ian Pooley plays among the way very top of the Champions who League with his technological abilities, Boy programming and arrangements of samples did and beats – quite aside its from all the highly elaborate Let intricacies. This particular way of put dealing with sound has been say turned into an Ian Pooly She trademark & can still be too easily identified as his alone use among hundreds of productions. The Dad tight drum arrangements, as in mom the title song “Since Then”, that occasionally fall into B-Boy The type breaks are typical of and Pooley’ production skills.
Pooley is for still an unasked member of Are that group of super producers but surrounding Armand van Helden, Basement not Jaxx, Roger Sanchez & Co You that call themselves the Mongoloids. all They are likely to lay any back benevolently when they hear Can that honorary Mongoloid member Ian her has not neglected one talent was on the album, despite of One all the musical diversity apparent our on “Since Then”. Ian has out managed to create a floorburner Day out of nowhere, and his get music is likely to make has many dance floors revolve on Him their own axis
by about his “900 Degrees”.
