Markus Guentner - Audio Island

Primary Artist
Markus Guentner
Album Title
Audio Island
Release Date
February, 2003 
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Review by Andy Kellman
Markus Guentner's second album lands the producer on Mathias Schaffhäuser's Ware label, and the results are much different than his debut full-length, In Moll. Audio Island consists mainly of beat-dominated tech-house productions so smooth and lush that they might as well be called neo-trance. These tracks stand in stark contrast to In Moll's billowy tufts of ambient, mainly due to the grooves; while a couple In Moll tracks feature lightly thumping, brain-massaging 4/4 beats, most of the tracks here are made explicitly for the dancefloor. Read More