Title: Green Oasis
Artist: Waterprotection

Release Date: September 2006
Format: 12″ + Digital

Dj Play & Feedback: Martin Schopf (Dandy Jack), Zip, Ricardo Villalobos, Ryan Elliot, Shelley Parker

Mineto Kanai, aka Waterprotection was born in Japan in 1973. He has been a fixture in the art circles of Japan since 2001, with the launch of Nordform. Nordform is a label/Plartform that aspires to marry music, design & film.

His debut for Süd Electronic further explores and reflects on this art & sound design background. “Green Oasis” is a hugely rich sojourn, into electronic music. With an off key, & speaker destroying density about it. Waterprotection was inspired by a programme he saw on Japanese Television, which envisaged a world without water. The sound of water becomes a recurring theme throughout the ep .

Wateprotection fascinates himself with technique and microscopic detail without falling victim to over-analysis or arid academic aspiration. The ep, opens with “No”, with dark and murky sounds that collide together and mingle with fierce drums, to produce a sinister, but equally provocative atmosphere. The darkness of the music is juxtaposed by an erotic female vox.

“22″, is a juggernaut of a track. Dense and yet grooving. One feels like they are swimming deep in a deep sea of mutant techno, occasionally coming up for air.

“Green Oasis” offers highly reduced grooves with an intricate attention to detail, but there is no let up or compromise, when it comes to the groove.

The ep closes with a remix by the producer of the moment. Seattle based, now living in Berlin ; Bruno Pronsato. Bruno reconstructs, “Green Oasis ” into a funked up beast, with some awesome jazzy, chicagoesque keys. Breaky bleeps hopping like mad all over a handclapping boogie beat and more of those vocal tatters playing tricks with your mind. Magnificent!

Green Oasis is a truly unique and fresh sounding ep. Do Not Miss!

Words By Nthabiseng Khathi

Tracklisting [play all]

a side
1. No
2. 22

b side
1. Green Oasis
2. Green Oasis (Bruno Pronsato’s Head In The Clouds Remix)

Vinyl Distribution By : MDM Mutualism Distribution and More GmbH + Partners
Digital Distribution By : Boomkat , Juno & Kompakt