#paduraru

Romanian born Cristian Paduraru is a well established producer and DJ on the scene. He is an extremely busy artist with a huge amount of releases and remixes under his belt across many many different labels. He is heavily involved with Christian Records and The Remix Label with an eclectic mixture of styles he can turn his hand to. In the mid nineties he took to the stage with a live performance act called Fire In Water with the style being acid breakbeat with ambient techno. Moving into the 2000's saw Cristian take to the studio as his main profession and the results are stunning. Today we see Cristian make his full Bonzai debut after brilliant remixes on Manu Riga's "Everything Comes To An End" and Pablo Gael's "Libelula", with the superb prog-tech hybrid, "Games For Girls EP".

The title track starts us off in Paduraru's signature style with his Deeptech mix. Strong and steady rhythm on the beats with a wonderful bassline adding extra weight. Top quality synth work here in a true progressive groove, on the break we get an off key piano that adds melancholy to the track. Big strings make a show and a well rounded track is the end product, top stuff destined for many boxes.

"Energetic Enthusiasm" takes on a more minimal approach with tech in mind. A very prominent electro kick takes the lead and builds up along with some quality percussions providing a perfect groove. On the break we get classic tech-house styled synth work with an added short vocal sample with great effect. Big party vibe on this that will have many floors bouncing!

Adriaan Baussens and Sven van Hove aka Manu Riga are making a huge mark with their brilliantly crafted progressive works. With many remixes and releases under their belt they continue to deliver on the quality front. Next up for these guys is " Everything Comes To An End" which is backed up with a fine roster of remixers.

Kicking off at a perfect tempo with thick kicks, a strong rolling bassline and surreal melody which creates a dark atmosphere, on the break things take a twist with an ethnic vibe making this a prog monster of a tune!

Next up is Solar Fields aka Magnus Birgersson, a music composer with a litany of releases including 10 solo albums. Magnus raises the benchmark in his mix with trance becoming the focus, pulsating bassline and beautiful sweeping pads add more depth to the melody, a proper progressive trance tune that will for sure be added to many DJ's lists.

Next Up is a remix by Paduraru Deeptech a well respected producer in many genres. This remix keeps with the darker nature of the original and focuses more on the ethnic vox and swelling pads, excellent groove in the bassline and some cool FX work, a must have for any deeper prog floor

Barcelona based remixers, producers, DJ's and general experimenters in all electronic music genres, Abi-Q & Raw-E deliver a quality remix of epic proportions. Staying true to the original again we get a pure driving progressive rhythm but this time with a hint of tech thrown in, the simple melody is a big feature and on the break a detuned organ takes the stage with lots of FX and that ever present vox sample.

Finally on remix duties is Nico Parisi, this Belgian based producer and DJ has a well respected history in EDM. Having played at top Belgian club Atomz and produced the band Aqualords, he has also work with the likes of Marcel Woods. Nico delves deeper into prog with his take on this tune. Deep basses and a tight heavy drum and perc section, a steady groove takes hold and will keep you there for the duration, very nice remix.

An impressive line up on this release and we are sure to see more from this exciting duo.

Pablo Gael's classic Libelula get's a updated remix treatment from Paduraru and Dimitry Liss & Costas Papa.