Dan Berkson “People”
SAW 0054
Release Date: February 19th
First and foremost a keyboard player, Dan Berkson was playing music six nights a week in his hometown of Chicago by the age of 16. He entered the New England Conservatory of Music in 1993 and quickly immersed himself in the worlds of jazz, funk and soul. While at NEC, he studied with such jazz greats as Danilo Perez, Cecil Mcbee and George Russell. Dan co-founded "The Daddys", a funk band which won numerous awards and gained a loyal fan base in the Boston area.
As his interests turned more towards House, Dub and electronic music, he went to London to study production and immersed himself in the UK's forward-thinking music scene. Since then, Berkson has released tracks on Moodmusic, Movim, Exun, Gourmet, Household, and also has upcoming releases on Poker Flat, Crosstown Rebels and many more. His deeply funky, techno-fied style finds its way into the boxes of countless DJs across the globe.
“People” is synthesized Electro funk at its best and takes us back to the experimental synth pop sound of Kraftwerk. “People” merges driving electronic percussion and basslines with a catchy synthesized melody and vox lyrics. Berkson’s brilliant production injects a nice dose of funk into the mix, similar to the Break-beat genius of Afrika Bambaatta, to create a well-rounded piece of electronic music. This is a great Electro track for all the IDM fans and DJs and will bring bop n’ bounce to any dance floor.
“Wow… That Orig mix just put me in the zone, haunting but happy.
–Guy Garrett Buzz Chart UK
SAW venture doe the electro-house road, with their latest effort from Dan Berkson solid if not stand out. The production is good with an infectious bassline, nice effects and melody… 3/5 i-DJ
Paolo Mojo – “Rolling melodies and shuffly percussion a la 16b. Tres bon.”
Jamie McHugh – “Another sure fire winner! Everything this guy does oozes class, this be in CD wallett for months to come.”
Ricky Stone – “Nice & Phat, full support.”
Sebastian Ingrosso – “Great one very deep great production !! Perfect for late hours.. Dub.”
Ricky Ryan – “Always supporting Dan Berkson :)) both mixes are wicked, will play them definitely.”
Jimpster – “New Berkson is double heavy! The dub is zehr gut ja.”
Jo Mills – “This is great, proper grooves! Both mixes are ace.”
Anu – (Freeform Five) – “I like the italo overtones to the melodies... nice!”
Demi – “Dub mix is killer - love the more subtle melodic approach taken on it.”
Neil Quigley – (Bedrock) – “Solid dub, good for early doors.”
Audiojack – “Really like the sound of both the original and the dub, definite plays…”
King Unique – “Retro as Marathons and Monster Munch :)
Raysoo – (Zouk Kuala Lumpa) – “Quality house traxx from London's rising star Dan Berkson. Minimal beats and dub influenced melodies make this an essential early hour play.”
David Jimenez – (Zurich) – “Nice, Booka Shade feeling.”
DJ Remo – “This is good. Original for me.”
Parham – (Parham & Plaza) – “I must have missed to download this this before!!! I'll definitely go for the dub. Very nice.”
Sandra Collins – “This is really good, going to play this in the Dominican this weekend..”
Andrew Archer – (Global Underground) – “Excellent, wicked track, very musical and different.”
Trent Cantrelle – “Loving both mixes.”
Tedd Patterson – “This is real nice….”
Dave Spoon – “Like it, presses spoons buttons.”
Nick Carelli – (MYNC Project) – “A Good track one For our deeper sets dub is strong too.”
Paul Thomas – (Godskitchen) – “Love the dub... warm up material for me.”
Harvey Dawson – (Trisco) – “Love this, proper electro, minimal but really effective. Will play both versions out, dub is sweet too.”
James Talk – “Really nice bubbly melodic tech…”
Dean Facer – (United Colours Of House) – “Great music as per normal from Dan Berkson, will support....”
Ben Watt – “Effervescent, deep, melodic empty techno. Will spin.”
Desyn Masiello – “Excellent, love both mixes been after for a while. Massive.”
Quinn Whalley – (Different Gear) – “This is GOOD! Quality stuff, loads of support from me. Excellent!”
Funk D’Void – “Great tune, really catchy. Dub for me.”
Alex Tepper – (Futureshock) – “Original for me, good.”
Sarah Main – (Pacha/Galaxy FM) – “So far so good...this is right up my alley!”
Laidback Luke – “Sounds like the Dub can work good for me in an opening set.”
Greg Vickers – “Wicked , really into the dub out of the 2, will be playing lots of!!”
Patrick Kunkel – (Cocoon) – “Very interesting! Nice melodies.”
DJ Paulette – (FG Underground France) – “This has a lovely funky bassline - good for getting them going.”
Marty Leama – (Leama & Moor) – “Love the original mix. Groovy baby.”
Spencer Parker – “Dope! This is blowing up huge over here for me in Aus. The dub that is.””
Matteo Esse – “Yet another quality electro House offering from the might SAW Recordings. You know what to expect. Excellent.”
Andy B – (Pacha Ibiza) – “Excellent!”
Mashtronic – “Excellent stuff! Will support!”
Rulers Of The Deep – “We like the dub!”
Onno Van Velzen – (FG Underground Radio France) – “Sweet melodic warm up tunes! Great atmosphere to it!, Dub.”
Andreas Dyer – (Gotica Peru) – “Excellent, will support both mixes.”
Justin McMullen – (Ministry Radio/Sky Sports) – “Beautiful melodic tech house. Love it.”
DJ Aleksij – (Ambasada Gavioli Slovenia) – “Nice deep action!”
Kamisshake – (DTPM/Fiction) – “Excellent, nice melody will play in fabric and cross..... 4 am material :-) the melody plays with your mind.”
Moussa Clarke – “Good track, shades of she not in on the original. Will play this one!”
Nico DeCeglia – “Another good one from Berkson.”
Timo Garcia – (Berwick St. Records) – “Some great melodic electro vibes here great for my warm up slots thanks.”
Look out for new SAW.Recording releases from Guy Gerber, Opus Ink, Nick Chacona and Tiny Stikz to follow!
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