Alright, I started to listen to Zimmermann’s music because of Ricardo Villalobos’ praise. I mean, if you hear an artist whom you respect very much musing about another artist whom HE respects very much, it’s certainly worth listening. Especially if the recommending artist is a HE (= veeery well known), and the other a somebody you’ve never heard of before. And no, I haven’t even read the Groove magazin article about the guy yet, since - attention stereotype - his music speaks for itself.

Hypnotic, excessivley long tracks unwind in an ever repeating manner without the idea of boredom crossing one’s mind. And if it does incidentally, it’s a sweet boredom which touches us with a stripped down ennui which is far being blasé - if that’s possible… Plus there often is a reference to latin rhythms hidden somewhere. No wonder that Villalobos likes these tracks. The most astonishing thing though is, that his tracks rock the house - crackling and squeaking as they are. Maybe they awake some deeply caché animal instincts:-? To be serious again, I think it’s his excellent sense of drama that make his tracks stand out from the mass of Minimal bullshit that the club music scene has seen these last years. And the words of a HE of course.

Cheers, Zuckermann

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