Hop on board Brodinski’s The Purple Ride
If dance music is suffering from an epidemic of conformity then apparently no one told Brodinski about it. The man behind dance music's most daring imprint, Bromance Records, has been doing whatever the f*ck he has wanted to since he first released Bromance #1 and introduced the world to "Control Movement" and "Let the Beat Control Your Body." Since then he's persistently promoted whatever music and sounds he currently enjoys regardless of its commercial viability. The Purple Ride is the next step in the Bromance saga. A collection of tracks that Brodinski describes as; "A concentrate of everything I love. No compromise, no label, no nothing, just music.," The Purple Ride is a dreary collection of syrupy trap and liquid techno grooves punctuated by an indescribable French cool. As if to prove his point, Brodinski opens The Purple Ride with a chopped and screwed rendition of R. Kelly's "This Is What I Feel." From there the mix is so defiantly unique that it escapes definition; R&B crooning, industrial techno, codeine-laced trap - a seemingly incoherent collection of tracks with one distinct similarity, a greyscale haze of filters that hiss and drip down every layer of the mix with ghostly effect.
Good Morning Mix – Brodinski FabricLive 60 Radio Mix
It's no secret that here at Dancing Astronaut we love us some gritty techno. Ever adoring fans of Brodinski and his Bromance crew, we bring to you this morning the Frenchman's FabricLive Radio Mix from back in 2011. The UK album series (owned and operated by the nightclub Fabric in London) rotates monthly between Fabric and FabricLive mixes -- always delivering a wide range of genres and styles of electronic music and beyond. Brodi's mixes, however, reminds us he's not easily constrained to a genre. He mixes in deep house and more radio-friendly tune just as easily and he can push an audience deep into a rabbit hole. Enjoy this one, and if you're lucky enough maybe you can even pop by and see the Bromance Night at Le Bain in Manhattan tonight. Click through for a full tracklist.
Bromance #7 features debut solo EP from label boss Brodinski
From the moment that Brodinski and his manager Manu created their brainchild, Bromance Records, a new wave of French techno has been being forged by the likes of Gesaffelstein, Jacques Lu Cont, and a batch of other diverse acts. The label's seventh release has been delegated to the boss man himself, and features a two-track entitled "Dance Like Machines" and "Hypnotize."