Artento Divini - Who's Next
Posted by
Mark Burton at
14/04/2010 00:00:00
Utrecht DJ and producer Ard Schilderink’s first taste of the big time was as a professional cyclist, and then aged 19 young Ard discovered house music, re-branded himself as Artento Divini and hasn’t looked back with releases on Doorn and High Contrast as well as DJ gigs at major clubs and festivals including Trance Energy, where he recently smashed it on the hard stage.
The original mix starts off in minimal territory, with crisp percussion and some atmospheric touches, before the rumbling low bassline lurks into gear. Then he drops an intense, dirty hook that just sucks you in and spits you out, all chewed up. The breakdown offers respite using a classic strings melody, but not for long, as the raw riffs soon returns. The remix has a harder more tech-inspired sound, with a minimal bleep and filtered percussion the order of the day, while the dirty hook seems even more peeved. This is sleezy, bleepy tech-trance that’ll kick the shit out of you in a dark dancefloor at 3AM. Great stuff!