Christmas was a while ago, and New Year burnt the last of the cash. It’s January, everyone’s broke and we need a little love in our lives. Thank God then that NIX006 is here; Frankfurt’s 19 year-old Nisse Nilson brings us just what’s needed to blow the failed resolution blues away and get us thinking about how much great music there is to be had in 2013. And what a title to start the release on! “All The Memories” is a seriously sexy number that combines twin snares with enough snap to leave you truly shocked with a murky Dankendirekt style vocal that creeps up incessantly until the first real drop. A wonderful Rhodes breakdown (everyone loves a Rhodes) allows a short respite before those drums work their magic on your head as well as your feet. “Tanz Akte B” takes a different route to the same crowd moving effect. Incorporating a natural shuffle in the shaker with an 808 kick style bassline, it doesn’t take long for the track’s serious bounce to infect the most leaden footed of revellers. A smattering of echoey chords and another gloopy vocal keeps the track evolving. The B-side opens with “I Need It” and the proof is in the title. This track will worm its way into your head and roll around for days. The drop is a jaw to the floor moment with a piercing hi-hat playing around the twin basslines to massive effect. If anything, the second drop is even bigger than the first, coming as it does when expectation is peaked. To round out the release, Nisse slows things down - the swirling chords and natural sounds acting as the sighs at the end of a particularly heavy evening, represented here in the driving drum track. A marimba rhythm slowly brings things back to the energetic high we’ve come to expect, and the hi hat it drags with it has hands in the air till the end. Nixwax prides itself on the stellar quality of its producers, and Nisse Nilson is no exception. Getting bodies moving is often thought of as the defining motivation for the production of electronic music, and NIX006 can boogie with the best of them. Don’t think, however, that this is to the detriment of cohesion and musicality. NIX006 works as a collection of banging tracks but also as a wonderful whole, one that demands and rewards repeated listens in equal measure. a1 Nisse Nilson - All The Memories a2 Nisse Nilson - Tanz Acte B b1 Nisse Nilson - I Need It b2 Nisse Nilson - Kleinstadtkinder