{"id":26545,"date":"2016-01-12T14:55:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T13:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/?p=26545"},"modified":"2016-10-11T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T10:54:10","slug":"premiere-roland-appel-handshake-original-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deephouseamsterdam.com\/london\/premiere-roland-appel-handshake-original-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere: Roland Appel &#8211; Handshake (Original Mix)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Roland Appel is a master of his class, enrolled in dance music for over 15 years, an expansive range of influence and experience has laid the foundation for him as both DJ and producer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1995, Roland Appel began his production career with <strong>Fuana Flash<\/strong> alongside fellow Munich musician <strong>Christian Prommer<\/strong>. The duo released <em>\u201cButterfly Catcher\u201d<\/em> with <strong>Compost Records<\/strong>, as well as a number of other projects, both as Fauna Flash and also as <strong>Tru\u0308by Trio<\/strong> with <strong>Rainer Tru\u0308by<\/strong>. The trio released a series of Ep\u2019s as well as the LP <em>\u201cElevator Music\u201d<\/em>. Appel and Prommer also partnered with <strong>Peter Kruder<\/strong> as <strong>VOOM:VOOM<\/strong>, and would go on to release Ep\u2019s on Compost, and a full length Lp <strong>\u201cpengpeng\u201d<\/strong> for <strong>Studio !K7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since this first endeavor, Roland Appel has done everything but slow down. He has continued to push his productions forward on labels like <strong>Poker Flat<\/strong> and <strong>Life and Death<\/strong>, continuing to elevate dancefloors, whether in his production, or with his DJing.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we see Roland Appel&#8217;s new single for the fledgling <strong>Faceless Recordings<\/strong> imprint, in the form of the title track <strong>\u2018Handshake\u2019<\/strong> of its eponymous EP. This one&#8217;s a typically smooth and jazz-infused composition, fusing organic rhythms and hooky bass grooves with blossoming synth melodies and expansive vocal lines.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Handshake&#8221; is available 25 January on Faceless Recordings<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"button small\" style=\"background:#E40045;\"><a style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/roland-appel\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"> Soundcloud <\/a><\/span> <span class=\"button small\" style=\"background:#E40045;\"><a style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Roland-Appel-123904200961246\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"> Artist Page <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdeep-house-london%2Fpremiere-roland-appel-handshake-original-mix&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roland Appel is a master of his class, enrolled in dance music for over 15 years, an expansive range of influence and experience has laid the foundation for him as both DJ and producer. 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