Pure Substance Records

PSD013 : Nicholas Van Orton - 100% Proof E.P. (Triplets, Sick of My Life, Tremble, Elephunk)

PSD next release comes in the form of Ariel Gandolfo aka Nicholas Van Orton from Buenos Aires, Agentina. His solo projects have impressed those within the House circuit & gained support from the likes of Hernan Cattaneo, D-Nox, Dj Tarkan, to name but a few. Ariel also host two radio shows , ‘KSK Radio’ in Buenos & ‘KOZMIC’ at Frisky Radio apart from Djing & Productions. On this outing Ariel delivers an impressive EP with four solid progressive cut aimed straight at the dancefloor. Artwork designed by Ariel himself to give this EP the true underground touch.

Triplets kicks in easy on you weaving in and out using a dreamy soft synth like efx over some tight drum kit but thats only till a phat bassline kicks in after the first drop, moving it up a notch. The dreamy melodic reef leads it smoothy into the main break, switching effortlessly from a 4 to the floor formation into breaks territory before picking it up again.

Sick Of My Life takes you into 8mins of classic progressive territory along with all of the signature sounds you’d expect. Hypnotic Synth loop, dark vox, rolling basslines & the occasional breakz drops for good measure. Sick !

Tremble get straight into action gearing towards a more tribally edge. Huge kick drums, crispy percussions and a dirty low end bassline rides over a chunky groove. A smokey vox floats over shuffling hi-hats and dirty synth stabs. A warm pad soon leads it into an uplifting re-entry at the drop before kicking in back into those infectious groove.

Elephunk is a tech – driven funky mix which remains deep but uplifting at most parts with hints of evil liked synth stabs over a tight groove. A solo like percussion hits throughout the mix leaving only a breather during the main break before kickin’ it back into action again…

M & D Substance, Lithuania - This one is huge !! Like always NVO turns us on ! will support this.

Arjun, India - What a super EP... I love all the 4 tracks. Tough / Melodic proggy tunes.. Perfect for the late sessions !! Elephunk is on my chart for sure !

Jason Pinto, Dubai - sweet sweet sweet...i heard heaps about this from Hernan...Been playin Triplets.

Paul Kwitek, Poland - I love Triplets & have recently heard some of Vans recent tracks & they are all tight. Keep up the great work. I will play this on my monthly mix on Proton. Sick of My Life, Tremble & Elephunk will also get some plays from me ! 8/10

Anthony Pappa - I like the tracks 'Tremble' and 'Elephunk' and i will play these out occasionally.

Zur-face, Colombia - 'Elephunk' : This is the original sound from Argentina. 'Sick of My Life' : Nice bassline, BIG track on the dancefloor. 'Tremble' : really good track, Massive ! 'Triplets' : Melodic synths, we love this track. 8/10

Spesh, USA - 'Sick of My Life' : Driving & dark stuff that will add texture to sets without sacrificing dancefloor friendliness ! 8/10

Deepsky / Jason Blum - 'Sick of My Life' : Dig it. Like the slow progression into electro-ish lead. 8/10

Dj Jacco At Work, Netherlands - 'Triplets' : A nice build up. I didn't expect the track would slightly turn into a more rougher edge piece of prog. Best track of this PSD 013 release for me. 8/10

Steve Graham, USA - 'Tremble' : great thumping proggy track. Cool spacey vocals in the breakdown. Dig the stabby synth lines when the beat kicks back in. Definately will get some play from me. 8/10

Frederik (Pako & Frederik) Netherlands - Triplets is pretty good. Not sure yet if i will play it out...sooo much around now. Burnt it though, to give it some more listens.

Randall Jones, USA - 'Tremble' : This cut sounds hot. I'm looking forward to hearing this on a big system! The bassline is ill. 9/10

Eelke Kleijn, Netherlands - I really like Elephunk ! Great square melody, very catchy. Tremble is good as well !

Chloe Harris, USA - Triplets: a bit too busy for me but cool enough. Sick of My Life: I love the acid bits, the synths and the beats. Its very oldish sounding. 7/10

Danny Rodrigues (Resurgent Records) Australia - Loving the production and sound on this tracks, will be charting and playing out for sure the next few months. 10/10

Fernando Ortiz, Costa Rica - Tremble: It will work for a warm up set... 8/10

Dj Hano, Japan - Sick of My Life: Wow! Very good tune. I like this sound. 9/10

Simon Langham, UK - Tremble: Really like this. Perfect for me. Will play and chart. Great track !

Villo, Balance Record Pool, USA - I like this one. (Triplets/Sick of My Life) 8/10

Zuric Rude Bwoys, Switzerland - Sweet release mate. Espesh liked Triplets, lots of contrasting sounds, love the chugging bass and Elephunk sounds like some proper prog, really uplifting stuff, like it a lot and don't hear much of it these days. Can imagine Digweed playing that one.

DJ support includes: Andrew K (Greece), Edel (Singapore), Vachdane (Hungary), Chris Viets (USA), Dj Tekes (Costa Rica), Sultan (Canada), Ariel Cybana (USA), Eddy Good (Ukraine), Paco Hz (Mexico), Moti (Italia), The Mystic Force (Belgium), Boris Gluck (USA), Jonny 20 (Italia), Karlos M (Mexico), Thomas Nastos (Greece), Justin Carr (USA), Mike Kiraly (USA), Will Roland (USA), Tini Tun (Mexico), Graflin (USA), Dj Daniel (Russia), Alexi Morales (USA), Wes Straub (Canada),