( GH 03 ) ONIRIK - GH01 Reworks (transparent blue vinyl 12") - Garage Hermetique

 Belgian minimal house hero Onirik heads up the esteemed Finest Hour imprint with partner in Crime Pablo Tarno. The two of them are fixtures on the Berlin scene with regular appearances at the capital's top haunts such as Club der Visionaere and Hoppetosse. He recently launched his own venture Garage Hermetique whose inaugural release tried to ambitiously bridge the gap between reduced/micro and deep house sounds with an industrial edge. Now come the remixes and they are fairly impressive: Thuringia's finest Kosta Athanassiadis aka XDB serves up some lean and subtle trance induction on his tool-focused remix of "Universal Repairs" while Views' remix of "Arvo's Flight" is undoubtedly the most upbeat moment here - with its thumping and skeletal groove that works those immaculately programmed share rolls to perfection, beneath chopped up SP1200 style sample mangling. Finally London power duo Nummer deliver a tripped out and psychedelic take on balearica on another impressive remix of "Universal Repairs".