M.A.N.D.Y: Subtle Butt Shaking on "Fabric 38"

While currently spending time on the frosty island of Iceland, German producers Patrick Bodem and Philipp Jung have released an album as part of the prestigious series of mix-CDs courtesy of London's Fabric Club. Hailing from Berlin, the duo (working under the „M.A.N.D.Y“ moniker) presents a 25-track mash-up of some of their favourite tunes and their own work. The track list of „Fabric 38“ includes pioneering classics such as Yello's „Banana to the Beat“, relaxed but insistent minimalism like Toni Rios' „Chorizo“and the ominous analog stabs and vocoder messages of the M.A.N.D.Y track „Don't stop“ (which, of course, stops this full-length at its end). Thanks to its many cross-references, the CD can be understood as a trip into the personal history of Patrick Bodem and Philipp Jung: On „City Tales“, they revisit the days in which they got in contact with Booka Shade (the most succesful project among many of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier) and the inclusion of DJ T's „The Dawn“ is a salute to the man who helped them to a resident spot at the Monza Club. Fabric Records openly voiced their enthusiasm about „Fabric 38“ in their extensive pre-release press release, stressing its eclectic and surprising character: „A thrilling portrayal of M.A.N.D.Y.'s sound, the effervescent mix moves in directions most unexpected, and grooves in ways previously unimagined.“