Saytek to Record 2nd Zoo Project Album

As live underground house and techno goes, Saytek is boss. For a few years now, the man has acutely controlled dance floors, both at home and abroad...

Alex Jukes

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Date published: 29th Jul 2009

As live underground house and techno goes, Saytek is boss.For a few years now, the man has acutely controlled dance floors, both at home and abroad: his fresh use of technology, his skilled understanding of composition, his balance of energy and emotion, his ability to construct and deconstruct live soundscapes...all unrivalled.

Sayteks obsessive love of hardware sees him rocking up at clubs with groove boxes, synths, Kaos pads and various other noise mangling gadgets, weaving together a seamless mix of floor shaking electronics, then watching the floor go wild. He arranges, re-samples, tweaks filters, layers effects, triggers samples, mutes parts and mixes everything together on the fly, and has now incorporated the D16 Silverline 303, 909 and 808 emulation into the fold, as well as honing his laptop rocker credentials, through his use of Ableton 8.

He takes eager fans on a unique, off-the-cuff musical journey that not only defies genre but is emotive, spontaneous and intellectually pleasing. Armed with 1000s of his own loops and patterns, Saytek can weave a sonic tapestry of myriad forms, taking it in any direction he chooses from deep and minimal house grooves, to rattling techno funk work-outs. He is more than just a selector he is a composer.

With such excessive talents, its no wonder Saytek is headlining Ibizas freshest parties this summer (Channel Zoo/Zoo Project), is recording a second album for the Zoo Project, is set to release an EP on Timo Garcias fiercely independent house label Berwick Street, and a 12 on Tony Thomas tech house label Cubism, as well as starting two more of his own labels as an outlet for his improvised sounds.

All that on top of a schedule which in the past year has included running his own label Machine Func, peak time performances at underground carry ons like Liverpools mUmU, the London m_nus after party, Jaded at The End , Zombies Revenge and Circo Loco at Sankeys to name a few.And when captains of electronica like Laurent Garnier, Cluade Von Stroke, Carl Cox, John Digweed and Kevin Saunderson are supporting your productions, you know you cant be too bad at that, either.

When a unique boundary pusher and genre defier like this comes along, offering more than just a load of beat matched tunes, its impossible not to get drawn into the mans world of technophilia. Anyway, once youve seen him, you wouldnt have it any other way.

Saytek will be recording the 2nd album this week at The Zoo Project

Check out www.myspace.com/saytek for more details