Cosmin TRG – Plaisir Interdit (Ain Aimee)
Taken from Various Artists – Inertia 4 (Ain Aimee)
The final hurrah for Ann Aimee’s Inertia compilation sees four modern techno heavyweights add their exclusive sounds to the fold.
Recent album stars Skudge are as economical yet efficient as you’d expect with their booming ‘Pollution,’ before Conforce designs yet more lush sounds with his deep technoid cut ‘When It Appeared.’ Restless Romanian Cosmin TRG confounds expectationst again with his rusty, rolling cut ‘Plaisir Interdit’ before Fachwerk co-founder Sascha Rydell gets a little spaced out on his kinetic and melancholic effort, ‘Rainy Days’.
Stand out on its own, but peerless when paired with the other three parts, Inertia 4 ends a special project indeed.
Amor Y Otros – album snippet
Here’s a little snippet of a track on my forthcoming album, Simulat, out August 26th on Modeselektor‘s 50 Weapons label.
A Universal Crush – out now on Rush Hour
Boomkat: Cosmin TRG continues his trajectory into deeper House and Techno grooves on his third release for Rush Hour’s Direct Current series. The title track begins with a cascade of strangely tuned strings before becoming consumed by driving 4/4s, while ‘Negligee’ views Detroit from a distance with zig-zagging bars oscillating between pitched strings and squirming bleeps propelled by thick, padded bottom end. Magnetic Bodies’ takes the vibe somewhere more romantic with fluttering synths and cannily uplifting chord progressions alloyed to firm but supple rhythm programming and ‘Sirop’ elevates the energy levels for a finely filtered construction fusing NYC Garage and Chicago House sensibilities. Ace.
DjBroadcast Podcast March 2011
My mix for DJBroadcast.nl can be found here.
Track listing
- Maurizio – M7 Edit – M7
- Joyce Muniz – Bedstories (Cosmin TRG remix) – Exploited
- Cosmin TRG – Sirop – Rush Hour
- Frozen Border – FB07 A – Frozen Border
- Skudge – Below – Skudge
- Mike Dehnert – Teilfolge – Delsin
- Jonas Kopp – Nibirus – Enemy
- Cosmin TRG – Separat – 50 Weapons
- Anthony Shake Shakir – The Floor Filler (Skudge remix) – Rush Hour
- Cosmin TRG – Izolat – 50 Weapons
- Mike Dehnert – Framework – Delsin
- The Oliverwho Factory – Galactic Transit (Instrumental) – Rush Hour
- Armando – We’re On the Move (Mike Dunn’s Snare mix) – Warehouse/ Muzique
- Marcel Fengler – Twisted Bleach – Ostgut Ton
- STL – Qrz – Something
- Future Past – Clinically Inclined – Planet E
- Cosmin TRG – Negligee – Rush Hour
Joyce Muniz – Bedstories (Cosmin TRG remix)
My remix for Joyce Muniz is out now on Exploited Records.
Early support and nice words from James Holden, Modeselektor, Hudson Mohawke, Catz’N'Dogs, Chris Carrier, Shadowdancer,Kiki, Rhadoo, Renaissance Man, Philip Sherburne…
You can find it at Boomkat, Zero”, Juno, Beatport, WhatPeoplePlay and more.
Zero Inch Podcast December 2010
Cosmin TRG’s exclusive zero” podcast has the inventive producer focus on the housier side of things. Starting out with Basic Channels classic ‘Q1.1 III‘, Nicolae mixes his way through a highly interesting selection of current productions, including highlights such as Nick Höppner’s remix of Airhead’s ‘Paper Street‘, and Schatrax 2010 edit of ‘Champagne Dancer‘.
Space Station Love Affair Blue Vinyl
Modeselektion Volume One Vinyl release number three:
A1 Marcel Dettmann – Lyrate
B1 Robag Wruhme – Bierholer
B2 Cosmin TRG – Space Station Love Affair
Out now on Monkeytown
Liebe Suende review on Resident Advisor
“Liebe Suende” builds a nest out of dusty drum-machine hits and multiple layers of processed samples, which sketch out the tonal outline; its loose, thumping groove signals its rejection of a purist four-to-the-floor stomp at the tail end of every four bars, when the kick drum stubbornly stumbles. As the tune builds, fluttering chords and a detuned acid line fill out the spaces in between dry beats, like a skeleton oozing something viscous.
A very kind and informative review of Liebe Suende/ Sores of Attraction (Rush Hour) by the illustrious Philip Sherburne for Resident Advisor.
Liebe Suende/ Sores of Attraction out now
Read full review of Liebe Suende / Sores Of Attraction – Cosmin TRG on Boomkat.com ©
Read full review of Liebe Suende / Sores Of Attraction – Cosmin TRG on Boomkat.com ©
Cosmin TRG does it again, serving two heavyweight House heaters for Rush Hour’s Direct Current Series. It’s been simply impossible to ignore this guy’s releases this year; witnessing his metamorphosis into a House music futurist has been an absolute pleasure to witness. This time out he gives the haughty thrust of ‘Liebe Suende’ on the A-side, where it’s all about the kinked kick drums and chopped R’n'B samples, kinda like a hornier version of Ramadanman and Midland’s exploits for Aus. On the flip, ‘Sores Of Attraction’ tucks into a ruder Techno/House burner, erecting majestic chords reminiscent of Theo Parrish’s ‘Overyohead’ around irresistibly moist jack ‘n shuffle rhythms.
Carhartt x UDG x Cosmin TRG
Carhartt and UDG joined forces on possibly the ultimate DJ/ Producer bag out there. They had me and a few other people beta-test it and come back with feedback (you might know the other guys: Carl Craig, Benji B). You can read about my experience with it on the Carhartt music blog.
Liebe Suende/ Sores Of Attraction (Rush Hour)
Liebe Suende/ Sores of Attraction out now on Rush Hour. Audio in the player on your right-hand side.
Here’s what some people had to say about it:
Dan Curtin: “can’t wait to see how these are going to work on the floor, at the right moment Liebe Suende could do some blissful damage!”
Steffi: “Spicy!”
Funk D’void: “Yeah, this rocks my world”
Ken Ishii: “Sores Of Attraction is for me. Tight.”
Norman Nodge: “Don´t know if it´s house, techno or whatever, but it rocks 
”
Ben Sims: “Top stuff, Liebe Suende is the one for me.”
Deetron: “Love Sores of Attraction, the chords are just exactly my cup of tea!”
M.A.N.D.Y.: ”Both tracks cool. like it. will play.”
Brett Johnson: “Sores Of Attraction” is the standout for me here. Will work well in those deeper moments in my sets.”
Crookers: “Both classy bangers! Big sound…tnx Phra aka Phrappuccino aka LuckyBeard”
Tower Block/ Béton Brut – Hemlock009
Read full review of Tower Block / Béton Brut – Cosmin TRG on Boomkat.com ©
See Other People/ Groove Control out now
My new record See Other People/ Groove Control is out now on the notorious Rush Hour label.
So far it has received support from the likes of Apparat, Mary Anne Hobbs, Benji B, Gilles Peterson, Martyn, Ikonika, Jackmaster, Marcel Dettmann, Untold, A Made Up Sound, the Arpiar collective, Sinden, Roska, MA1, Scratcha DVA, Brendon Moeller, Falty DL, DJ Pete aka Substance.
Many thanks to Christiaan at Rush Hour for making this record happen, and to everyone playing it around the world.
Available as 12″ vinyl and digital download from Rush Hour, Boomkat, Juno, Hardwax, Clone, Phonica and other good music stores worldwide.
Fresh Audio
Before my next EP drops on Tempa in December, I thought I should put some new stuff up for listening purposes. These are not on the EP and will probably come out next year, however I still got some tracks that nobody’s heard so here we go.
CosminTRG-Make Me Want You
Cosmin TRG – Stush