REVIEW: Fabric 46 - Claude VonStroke

San Francisco based, Detroit raised power house producer Barclay Crenshaw aka Claude VonStroke finally lands his spot on the famous London based Fabric Series. After his At The Controls complilation CVS released back in late 2007 on Resist Music, again he showcases his flawless track programming abilities with a 22 track bumper tech mix, he weaves his way through bleepy tech house whilst keeping an old school feel to the whole mix. Two of his tracks are featured including ''Aundy'', the lastest single of his Mothership label which helped launch the likes of Italoboyz, The Martin Brothers and Catz 'n' Dogz. Other artist included in the mix are Detroit Grand Pubahs, Donk Boys, Stimming and Peter Lauer just to name a few of my top tracks. His hip hop roots are present while he drops cheeky acapellas, DJ Deeon's ''Shake It'' actually gets you bouncing around the dance floor, if it doesn't, you shouldn't be reading this. To sum it up, it's a compilation with long shelf life, timeless house, slippery wet basslines, wobbly kick drums and clean percussion. It get's 4/5 Knights.

Tracklist:

01. Ekkohaus feat. R. Wurz – Cry Baby / Ekkohaus feat. Mensa – The Healer
02. Claude VonStroke & Bootsy Collins - Yabadabadooza
03. Rob Van Valen – Trampen
04. Holger Zilske – Mes Yeux
05. Detroit Grand Puhbas - Big Onion (Joakim Remix) / Roman Salanger - Galaxius
06. DJ Deeon – Shake It / Isomer Transitions - Downtime in the Hangar
07. Stimming - After Eight
08. Peter Lauer - Free Entry for Girls (Robag Whrume's Drikkibass Remix)
09. Voodeux - Just A Spoonful
10. Italoboyz – Bla Bla Bla
11. Varoslav feat DOP. - Inside Ways (Boris Werner. Remix)
12. Kiki – Immortal (Instrumental Dub)
13. Xpansul & Daweed - Pilsnerd / Marc Houle – Dirty Dirty
14. Dinamoe – Maceo / Clara Moto feat. Mimu – Silently
15. James Braun - Symphonia
16. Donk Boys – One Tooth Missing
17. Robag Whrume - Guppipepitsche
18. ICS – Espagnol
19. Markus Schatz - Running / Catz N' Dogz – SF
20. Marc Miroir - Kraft
21. Stimming - One Weekend
22. Claude VonStroke – Aundy

Available at all good music stores. For more information check out www.fabriclondon.com