Yeah I know, it’s pretty rude to go around telling your dreams to people you don’t know. But I an’t help it if the story behind this record fits so perfectly one of my recurring nightmares. I’m in a club when the DJ plays the most amazing bestest track ever. First time I hear it and it instantly becomes my favorite track of all time. I want to know who, what, when, so I go straight to the DJ jumping up and down in the cabin. He hugs me and screams, “Man... your new record... I... LOVE... IT”. I have a flash of realization, I go back to my friends, and I never hear the track again.

“Circuit”, I can’t remember where or when I heard it for the first time. Probably in a club. On the Internet maybe? It settled in my head, on high rotation, for days. That little electric riff, the edits and FX, that massive bassline. We looked for the producer, asked around. He didn’t belong to any of the usual cliques. This is what we found:

The name is David Rubato. He lives in Paris. He’s in his twenties. Former rave kid. Not a DJ. Among his favorite books: The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization by George Russell.

He studied composition and musicology, but dance music is something of a calling. Got into techno very young. At 15, Rubato writes to French techno legend Laurent Garnier to ask him how to use a TB 303. Garnier calls him up and invites him to come and meet him at Rex Club. Rubato wants to go but can’t, for reasons I want to disclose but can’t.
Circuit was recorded live in one take and edited down to 5 and 8 minutes versions. It’s House and Electro fighting for track domination, with Disco providing treacherous air support to both.
Alan Braxe is here somewhere, smiling. So yes, this is it.