After spending most of 2020 putting music out on respected labels like Far Out Recordings, Sonar Kollektiv and Oye Black Label, Croatian producer Jan Kincl is kick starting 2021 with a 4-track EP featuring a remix from Atlanta-based house don Kai Alcé. The record's coming out in March for Save The Groove, a sublabel of a long-running Neapolitan label Frole Records, who's artist roster includes Gari Romalis, Norm Talley, Todd Teddy, Rick Wade, Orlando Voorn and many more.
The EP is titled "It's Been A While" and consists of three original pieces; Jan's solo produced "Love's So Far Away", two featuring a French keyboard player Regis Kattie - "Day By Day" and "Just Stay (Dub)", and "Just Stay (Kai Alcé Remix)".
A1 "Love's So Far Away" is a direct peak time club track drawing a lot of its influences from the raw and dirty side of Detroit house music. A2 "Day By Day" sits somewhere on the cross section between deep house, broken beat and jazz, with Regis Kattie's beautiful Rhodes melody woven throughout the track. B1 "Just Stay (Kai Alcé Remix)" is a masterful reinterpretation of "Just Stay", which transforms the otherwise more laidback original into a driving 3am house tune. B2 "Just Stay (Dub)" is best described as a connecting point between A1 and A2. Jan's raw house groove juxtaposed with a deep and subtle jazz feel coming from the hands of Regis Kattie.
Resident Advisor:
"The original dub version of "Just Stay" on Croatian artist Jan Kincl's new EP is a laid-back disco house fusion blessed with some cool-blue electric piano from French keyboardist Regis Kattie. In Kai Alcé's hands, it grows a firmer backbone but keeps its chill: there's a pep in its step with a deliciously syncopated drum pattern, while Kattie's keyboard trades off with breezy strings, mournful horns and leisurely synth leads. The retro touch connects the classic house proclivities of Naples' Frole Records—the parent label of Save The Groove—with the traditions of Chicago, Detroit and Alce's current home of Atlanta, traditions that the American has become a standard-bearer for. House doesn't get much smoother than this." Andrew Ryce, 2021
Supported by Claude Young, Orlando Voorn, Alex Attias, Mike Grant, Giovanni Damico, Alex Barck/Jazzanova, Jimpster, Rainer Trüby, DJ TLR, Lay-Far, Lefto, Len Faki, Moxie, Perseus Traxx, Reggie Dokes, Robert Owens, Santiago Salazar and more.
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After spending most of 2020 putting music out on respected labels like Far Out Recordings, Sonar Kollektiv and Oye Black Label, Croatian producer Jan Kincl is kick starting 2021 with a 4-track EP featuring a remix from Atlanta-based house don Kai Alcé. The record's coming out in March for Save The Groove, a sublabel of a long-running Neapolitan label Frole Records, who's artist roster includes Gari Romalis, Norm Talley, Todd Teddy, Rick Wade, Orlando Voorn and many more.
The EP is titled "It's Been A While" and consists of three original pieces; Jan's solo produced "Love's So Far Away", two featuring a French keyboard player Regis Kattie - "Day By Day" and "Just Stay (Dub)", and "Just Stay (Kai Alcé Remix)".
A1 "Love's So Far Away" is a direct peak time club track drawing a lot of its influences from the raw and dirty side of Detroit house music. A2 "Day By Day" sits somewhere on the cross section between deep house, broken beat and jazz, with Regis Kattie's beautiful Rhodes melody woven throughout the track. B1 "Just Stay (Kai Alcé Remix)" is a masterful reinterpretation of "Just Stay", which transforms the otherwise more laidback original into a driving 3am house tune. B2 "Just Stay (Dub)" is best described as a connecting point between A1 and A2. Jan's raw house groove juxtaposed with a deep and subtle jazz feel coming from the hands of Regis Kattie.
Resident Advisor:
"The original dub version of "Just Stay" on Croatian artist Jan Kincl's new EP is a laid-back disco house fusion blessed with some cool-blue electric piano from French keyboardist Regis Kattie. In Kai Alcé's hands, it grows a firmer backbone but keeps its chill: there's a pep in its step with a deliciously syncopated drum pattern, while Kattie's keyboard trades off with breezy strings, mournful horns and leisurely synth leads. The retro touch connects the classic house proclivities of Naples' Frole Records—the parent label of Save The Groove—with the traditions of Chicago, Detroit and Alce's current home of Atlanta, traditions that the American has become a standard-bearer for. House doesn't get much smoother than this." Andrew Ryce, 2021
Supported by Claude Young, Orlando Voorn, Alex Attias, Mike Grant, Giovanni Damico, Alex Barck/Jazzanova, Jimpster, Rainer Trüby, DJ TLR, Lay-Far, Lefto, Len Faki, Moxie, Perseus Traxx, Reggie Dokes, Robert Owens, Santiago Salazar and more.
credits
released September 6, 2021
All tracks produced by Jan Kincl at Cycle Studio Zagreb. A1 Edited and arranged by Jan Kincl at Cycle Studio Zagreb. Inspired by Donald Byrd and Larry Mizell. A2 Written by Jan Kincl & Regis Kattie. Keyboards by Regis Kattie. Arranged by Jan Kincl. B1 additional production and mix by Kai Alcé. Brass performed by Zvonimir Bajevic. B2 Written by Jan Kincl & Regis Kattie. Keyboards by Regis Kattie. Arranged by Jan Kincl. All tracks except B1 mixed by Igor Fabris at Fabris Audio Berlin. Mastered at Audio Lab Italy.
Music producer, engineer, DJ, live performer. Released on BBE Records, Far Out Recordings, Sonar Kollektiv. Head of Cycle Records / Cycle Studio Zagreb.