May 15, 2014

"Always Go South EP" forthcoming on Portrait Digital Recordings


Here's the mindset for my upcoming Always Go South EP, which is also featured on Portrait Digital's Tumblr:



Always Go South EP 

This EP features 3 quite different tracks. While “Always Go South” and “One Winter Morning” can be described as progressive house tracks, “Nite Watch” tends a little more towards the deep house genre. Therefore, the EP describes my musical mindset quite well, as I’m mostly switching around between these two genres, depending on mood, feelings and time of the year. Mostly my goal is finding a rather complex, emotional, but at the same time catchy melody.

I was working on a completely different track when I had the idea for “Nite Watch”. I was actually trying to write a secondary melody for a very housy track, when I decided to use this melody in a completely new and slightly deeper tune. From then on, everything went fairly quick.

One Winter Morning” on the other hand, took almost two years to get finished. I had the idea for the lead melody in the early hours of a very cold day a couple of years ago. Then, it took several sessions, all of them interrupted by months of no work on the track, to simplify the initial idea and arrangement towards the final EP version.

Always Go South” in turn, which is giving the name to this EP, was made in more or less one very optimistic mood and ended up being one of my quicker productions. I’m very happy to release this EP with Portrait Digital, a label featuring a lot of promising and very talented artists.


Artist: Armas
Country: Germany
Catalogue Number: PDR045
Release Date: May 26th, 2014


Links:
portraitdigital.ca
facebook.com/PortraitDigital
soundcloud.com/portraitdigital
soundcloud.com/armasmusic

May 6, 2014

Armas "Feel the Day" posted by MrSuicideSheep on Youtube

Today I'm very happy to announce that my track "Armas - Feel the Day" has been shared on MrSuicideSheep's Youtube Channel, a high influential music channel on youtube. They also managed to put in a beautiful artwork, which fits the track just fine. Enjoy!

 


Also available now on iTunes:

May 2, 2014

Review for "Feel the Day"

Progressivehouseworldwide.com gave a nice review for my latest release "Feel the Day", here it is:

Francois Rengere aka Armas is back on NRG Dance Records with Feel the Day, a lovely slice of progressive house goodness. Armas does a very good job of paying attention to detail in this track. The dreamy atmosphere and crisp plucks are complemented nicely by the subtle vocal chop and lead line running throughout. This creates a lovely sense of space that takes the listener on a wonderful journey from start to finish. Excellent work overall by Armas that certainly leaves us wanting more.

Apr 29, 2014

François Rengère - Baltic Deep Nights 1h Mix

Somehow I realised that some of my favorite productions at the moment have been created by producers from Lithuania, among them Mario Basanov and Gardens of God. I therefore decided to mix their work into this special 1 hour "Baltic Deep Nights" - session. Enjoy!

Here's the latest Mix by @francoisrengere

01 Frankey & Sandrino - Save
02 Ten Walls - Walking With Elephants
03 Gardens of God - Ys
04 Mason - The Ridge (François Rengère vs. Dave Leon Remix)
05 François Rengère - Equilibre
06 Flight Facilities - Stand Still feat. Micky Green (Mario Basanov Remix)
07 Rachelrow - Follow The Step (Kink Beat Mix)
08 Melokind - Pharao (Daniel Agema Remix)
09 Gardens of God - Are We (feat. Egle Sirvydyte)
10 David August - Agatha
11 High Heels Breaker feat. Sarah Palin - Come Easy (David August Remix)
12 Mario Basanov feat Jazzu - Under Your Feet


Out now on beatport: Armas - "Feel The Day"!

My latest release is out now on beatport. It's been released with the dutch label NRG Dance Records, which describes it in the following way:

We at NRG Dance Records are very happy we can welcome the German producer Armas to the label. Armas has been releasing tracks on well-established labels such as Portrait Digital and No Border Recordings. There is no question about it, Armas is doing very well. His new track "Feel The Day" qualifies completely as a Progressive House gem. He's bringing more of that deep & progressive house sound as our label has been showcasing lately. "Feel The Day" is heavily but beautifully layered, featured excellent transitions and introductions of sounds. The break is really relaxed with some smooth vocals and deep Pluck chords in the background. Make sure you spare a couple bucks and grab your copy when it's out !
buy on beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/feel-the-day/1289604

Mar 20, 2014

Deep Is My Favorite Color (1h Mix by - François Rengère)

Here's a fine selection of some deep, tech and minimal sounds mixed together in a one hour set. Enjoy!

@francoisrengere - Deep Is My Favorite Color (2014)

1. Dactilar - Digital Cortex (Pablo Bolivar Recut)
2. Stimming - The Origin
3. Tinush - One Of These Nights
4. Jan Möhlenkamp & BeMajor - Out Then That (Patty Kay Remix)
5. O&A - All Night (Dub)
6. N'to - Every Wall Is A Door
7. Doctor Dru & Adana Twins - Anymore
8. Deep Future - Want U Need U
9. Pawas - Huis Huis (Mike Machine Remix)
10. Mikkel Metal - Lommer (Pablo Bolivar Remix)
11. Ian Pooley - Compurhythm (Baikal Remix)
12. Nils Frahm - Me (David Keller Remix)