Soulmates

foundsound23 – ronan portela – cheronca ep argentina’s ronan portela continues to enthrall us with his super-powerful tech-house bombs. throughout 2009-10, tracks from his first foundsound ep (piumino ep, found-21) as well as his remix of barem’s track “heyday” (found-22) have been consistently played/charted by richie hawtin, josh wink, barem, martinez, d'julz, mathias kaden, format b, tiefschwarz, someone else, and the list goes on and on. cheronca ep is his second ep on foundsound, and by far his strongest release to date – featuring three tracks on vinyl, plus two digital bonus tracks. ronan portela is hardly a newcomer. earlier in the decade, he kept busy dishing out remixes and edits (simply as ronan and with his group cutlab) for esteemed house labels like om records, defected, swank, harlem tracks, and the list goes on. more recently, his tech-house sound evolved ingeniously to fit these modern times. and he continues to release top-notch, dj-friendly tunes on labels like his own unlock recordings, foundsound, and others. on a1 – “soulmates” – you get a driving rhythm, groovy bassline, soulful vocal cuts and super-duper climactic breakdowns. it’s an instant classic, and barem has already been playing it for months and swears that this track blows off the roof at every party. on b1 – “amsterdamn” – you get groovy, bouncy, feel-good tech-house with quirky percussion, mesmerizing vocal cuts and blissful breakdowns that culminate into a funky orgasm. on b2 – “braitela” – it gets deeper and more soulful with pleasurable vocal cuts and an irresistible groove.