1. SHIMMER
2. MEMORGRAM

OUT NOW DIGITALLY AT BEATPORT

Having found a very fruitful collaborative friendship, Michael L Penman and Ambivalent (aka Kevin McHugh) have begun exploring the intersection of their approaches to music-making.

For their Ovum debut the duo have delivered a trio of tracks that have those three elements at their core. Title track Shimmer brings together raw jackin’ funk with a warm driving bassline and scything techy stabs whilst Chevalier matches its fun bouncy groove with an infectious and spritely melody. Final track Memogram comes heavy with the oldskool, delivering a bed of beats and samples across the very heaviest of acid-kicks.  Not for the feint of heart!

HUGE SUPPORT FROM Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Josh Wink, HUXLEY, Satoshie Tomie, Doc Martin, Luca Bacchetti, Anja Schneider, Nicole Moudaber, Marc Romboy, Carlo Lio, Uner, Andrew Grant, Stephan Bodzin, Gary Beck, Karotte, Gregor Tresher, Michel De Hey, Steve Parker, Kenny Larkin, Monika Cruise, Danny Howells and more!!!

Adam Beyer – “This is a nice Ovum release… Shimmer is well tight!! Supporting!”

Gregor Tresher – “Shimmer sounds like the perfect kick-off track for a set. Love how it´s arranged. Can’t wait to play this.”

Karotte – “Shimmer and Chevalier are great for the floor! I LOVE them!”

Luca Bacchetti – “What a super ep! Every single track is gonna be good for me but Shimmer is maybe my fav. Score!”

Huxley – “Shimmer is real quality!!! Will be playing this for sure!!”

Dan Curtin – “Killer intro on Shimmer, love the push and tempo, bassline is dope. Chevalier, is individualistic and alive, perfect for my sets, and Memogram will be a blast to play, organic and party, but still serious groove…great production on all of these too, one of my fav EPs of late, all tracks getting support!”

Stephan Bodzin – “Wow yeah, that’s a big one. Love that ep, will play out Shimmer for sure!!”

Doc Martin – “This is SERIOUS!!! Ambivalent always delivers the goods for me!!”

Uner – “OMG!!! Love this shit! Super EP 10/10!!! Can’t to destroy Ibiza with these. Chevalier!!”

Anja Schneider – “WOOOOOOWW this is great!! I LOVE Shimmer!!”

Upon hearing the first two and a half minutes of Lerchen und Eulen you could be forgiven for thinking you were in for a potentially punishing workout. A relentless bass line undulates below 808 claps and ride cymbals, which in turn sit alongside a singular chord sequence that serve to lure the listener in. Then out of nowhere, they’re caught off guard with a secondary hook, creating a call-and-response pattern that somehow recontextualizes the entire song as a soulful beach-party groover, reinforced further by effervescent arpeggios and latin percussion.

“In My Head” itself is a masterful lesson in stripped-back, minimalist aesthetics. Pulsing synths dance around a driving, hypnotic drum-groove, with carefully controlled hi-hat volleys and skittering percussion underpinned by throbbing sub-weight. Mysterious androgynous vocal snippets drift in and out of the mix, swelling and morphing over the chugging bassline stabs that push the song ever forward. This, quite simply, is unadulterated; ‘lose-yourself-at-four-in-the-morning’ dance floor bliss, engineered with the guttural precision of two techno producers comfortably sitting at the top of their game.

Lerchen und Eulen (Radio Slave Remix) is a weird and wonderful trip, with a crisp, solid drum pattern being about the only element of the song, which manages to retain some sense of normalcy. Elsewhere, distant, spaced-out pads orbit around an unintelligible vocal sample, which positively drips with audio effects, to the extent that it appears to be bending its way through time and space itself. The mix is fleshed out with further unidentifiable sonic artifacts and eerie filtered strings, and the reversed chords in the breakdown only add to the off-kilter weirdness. They bring a strange warmth to the proceedings, before the hefty kick-drum/sub-bass combo punches back into the mix and the journey begins once more. Masterful stuff.

Greg (Catz ‘N Dogz)  - “Really good EP from Pooley & Parker, especially In My Head. Gonna be spinning that!”

Daniel (Trickski) – “Great, great, GREAT! I’m feeling both of the originals here. Will play this for sure!”

Nick Curly – “The next great release from these two… The original of Lerchen und Eulen is my fave here but everything is good! Thanks for that.”

Reboot – “BOMB ep!! What more can I say? Really feeling these, especially the remix.”

Darko Esser – “The Radio Slave remix is an excellent hypno groover!”

Rocky (X-Press 2) – “Would’ve been nice to see Fela getting a mention. Great tracks though, naturally!”

Nic Fanciulli – “Great ep from two of my favourite producers. Lerchen is my pick, working well for me.”

Doc Martin – “All mixes have their place on the floor. Solid EP from Ian and Spencer!”

Marc Romboy – “Very solid, old skool EP! My full support of course! Especially on In My Head.”

Joel Alter – “Lerchen und Eulen is beautiful. What a lovely melody. Thanks for sending this guys!”

Karotte – “Lerchen und Eulen and the remix from Radio Slave are exciting, will play both!!”

Voitek (Catz ‘N Dogz) – “I like how it sounds nice, warm and oldschool. In My Head will get the love from me!

Paul Woolford – “Feeling it all and looking forward to playing all three at different moments, thank you Ovum!”

Anja Schneider – “Love this guys!!! Big uppppppp!! Can’t wait to give it a spin.”

Uner – “Yeah!!! Ian, Spencer, Radio Slave and Ovum again! Full support to the hoooouse music!! J”

Master-H – “Radio Slave remix instantly stands out for me, thanks for sharing guys, will play! Love it! J”

Gregor Tresher – “In My Head is the one for me, great groover! Supercool Radio Slave mix too, as always!”

Tayo – “Great having some new Ian Pooley in the pile. Loving the title track.”

Basement (NRJ Radio, Beirut) – “Great one! Will definitely feature in this week’s show. Love Radio Slave’s Remix as well.”

AMDJS – (Saint Petersburg, Russia) – “Radio Slave remix is a candy! “In My Head” is also a really nice tune. Will play for sure.”

Paris One Radio, France – “Radio Slave remix rocks! Full support from Paris One Radio.”

Makossa (FM4 Vienna, Austria) – “Great tracks!!”

Steve Parry – (Juice FM, UK) – “As cool as I’d expected this to be! In My Head steals the show though.”

Stephan Hinz – (Dasding Radio, Germany) – “Awesome release! Will play it in the radio show for sure.”

Klubbing – (WDR 1Live, Germany) – “Original of Lerchen und Eulen is my fave so far… great EP!”

Juan – (Defected Radio) – “Very, very nice. Ian Pooley has been on fire. This EP is great. Thanks.”

Scan Mode – (DJ Magazine, Spain) – “In My Head and Radio Slave’s Remix are ACE! Full support!”

Laurent N – (Nice Radio, France) – “Superb Ep! Original tracks & Radio Slave Remix are MASSIVE. Will play & support fully.”

Christillization Radio, Serbia – “Amazing start of the year for Mr. Pooley! New album and now this, wonderful collaboration with Spencer Parker. ‘Lerchen und Eulen’ is damn good, can’t wait to play!”

Soundwall, Italy– “Considering for review.”

Tsugi Magazine, France – “Cool remix from Radio Slave!!”

Groove Magazine, Germany – “Thanks for the music. Will consider!”

Mike – (The Ransom Note, Data Transmission) – “As good as I expected from these two. Lerchen und Eulen will go off at peak time I’m sure.”