Throwback Thursday: Renaissance Man - Stalker Humanoid

For this installment of my Throwback Thursday series, it gives me great pleasure to reintroduce the world to one of the most subtle, spine-tingling, ethereal, finely crafted, percussion driven, pulsating and truly unique productions I've ever encountered, Renaissance Man's "Stalker Humanoid."

I first came across Stalker Humanoid while listening to My Name Is Tiga way back in 2011. In fact that very episode (which you can listen to here, Stalker Humanoid starts approx 22 minutes in) remains one of my most played mixes ever; it's chalk full of world exclusives and Tiga's trademark wit. I was immediately taken when I heard Tiga say Renaissance Man and "world exclusive, " but even more so when I heard the unearthly brilliance of Stalker Humanoid's atmosphere. So fastidiously designed, Stalker Humanoid truly radiates with production prowess, injecting the unease and jitter-ridden anxiety synonymous with a stalker. But of course it is the various percussion elements that Renaissance Man has so painstakingly produced that invoke such distressed heart palpitations.

This however wasn't my first Renaissance Man rodeo, my friends and I were already familiar with their tracks "Brainstorm" and "Mindmap" as well as their tremendously rapturous tracks "Babbadabba" and "Fruit Loop." I highly recommend checking those tracks out, as well as their Kama, Early Man and Call2Call EPs. Unfortunately there hasn't been much action from the duo lately, but we can always hope that Renaissance Man have their very own renaissance.

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DJ Galenic - Martin

Croatian producer DJ Galenic started the year off right dropping a superb slice of tech house, "Martin."

Add this to his continually growing catalog of releases ranging in genre from from trap and house to dubstep and melbourne bounce. Galenic is clearly passionate about music, learning and experimenting with sounds, styles and techniques; "Martin," marks a more cultured, finely seasoned and mature turn in his output. The percussion is reminiscent of a Pleasurekraft or Renaissance Man production. The rise and fall in his synths creates substantial atmosphere, moving the track and it's revelers, vigorously mixing up and down, left and right. Whereas his previous effort "Zagarich" is best suited for festival follies, and his official release, "ANA," could have big rooms bouncing around the world; "Martin" is perfectly suited for any DJ set, big or small. Roll into the new year and pick up this riser for free courtesy of Galenic's kind heart.

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