Following up on their rüts compilation and DVD manifesto, comes this new meakusma release, a collaborative effort of Massimiliano Pagliara (Balihu, Eskimo, Live at Robert Johnson) and Roger 23 (Playhouse, Swayzak Soundsystem, 240 Volt). Two exceptional tracks, aimed directly at a demanding and sweaty dancefloor. On the A-side, Berlin based band ‘Sic!’ (with Jules Etienne, Alessandro Tartari from gui.tar and Massimiliano Pagliara) have their track ‘H-EA-L’ remixed by Roger 23. A 10 minute, moody dub, this track pounds its way gracefully to the center of the dancefloor. Literally out of a thunderstorm, Alessandro Tartari’s breathy voice emerges, sprurring on the track. Roaring subbass and an ever increasing amount of little chords, rhythmic elements and effects give the track a profound and dislocating spatial deepness. Right in its middle, the track reconsiders and breaks open into a warm, string-laden soundscape, restarts again but sounds as if reinvented. This is an epic piece of music fusing a relentless robotic structure with a warm sound production. The track on the B-side sees Massimiliano Pagliara and Roger 23 offering an even more dislocating piece of dance music. Filled with contrast and contradiction, this is a disco house track for lovers of dub techno music, a slow motion house track for dj’s not afraid to slow things down and take the dancefloor to the next level, a functional track for everyone willing to take it on and twist it around. The dub chords, which sound as if coming out of some gigantic echo chamber, the pounding bass and the piercing and catchy synth line are all mixed completely to the foreground. A track without physical heart that is all about heart. A beautiful contradiction. Something special…