The deep jungle can be an intimidating place. Home to bird-eating spiders, deadly jaguars, and fierce natives, most ordinary folks wouldn’t last more than a day. Fortunately, the jungle also holds plenty of swingable vines, feastable roots & berries, and the great Scarlet Macaw. Label boss Claude VonStroke’s first record on mothership is an ode to this majestic bird. In the original version, ominous strings support a complicated percussive ecosystem of coconuts, bananas, and crocodile spines. The swinging jungle techno is also punctuated by a sparse series of analogue outbursts. Scarlet Macaw Unstrung takes the jumpy workout a step further, stripping the strings and emphasizing the raw energy of the bare drums. Both versions show an unexpected deeper side of VonStroke that has popped up lately on his remixes of “Warpaint” (Hussle) and “Pitch It” (Connaisseur). Edgar Dirksen’s star is on the rise. Well known from Neuton to Cocoon as everybody’s friend, he follows up his 2007 release on Weave Music with the retro-tinged Scarlet Macaw Remix, guiding the tune back to civilization through a maze of icy decompression chambers.

3 Channels / Catz n' Dogz: “scarlet macaw is a killer!”

Alland Byallo: “I love it! I'll be playing both the orginal mix and Dirksen's remix. Great work...”

Cass (Deadset): “Really into this deepness...Sort of like a minimal Switch. Genius. ”

Damian Lazarus: “yo! you excelled yourself AGAIN man!!! killer tune. ”

DJ Misk (AltroVerso / IT): “original + dirksen remix are two excellent works. minimal music's not dead.”

D\'julz (Pokerflat): “original mix in the box”

Gavin Herlihy: “I like the original of Macaw the best ”

ITALOBOYZ (Get Physical, Mothe: “maybe the most minimal thing you've ever done. good work, quality sounding!”

James Flavour (Dirt Crew): “oh yeah! keep them coming!”

Jamie Jones (Crosstown Rebels_: “Love this. the 2 remixes are the ones for me. will be played a lot. nice 1.”

john acquaviva: “original is sweet and best for me”

Karotte (CocoonGreat Stuff): “yes das original ist der hammer. full support.”

Laurent Garnier (F-Com): “realy like this will play everywhere”

Layo: “always good music with von stroke on production”

Mike Monday (Playtime): “I don't know where you dig em up, but they seem to keep on coming!”

P.toile : “Great great great..the orig. rocks big time.. ”

Patrick Bodmer: “M.A.N.D.Y.’s playing it to death!”

Sebo K (Mobilee): “i like the a side a lot. will play for sure.”

Stefan Goldmann (Macro): “Unstrung mix does it for me. Nice one.”