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2020, 2×12″ LP, AUS Music.
From her humble beginnings in the provincial city of Saarbrucken (at the French border) where she cut her teeth at Humpty Records, to a career transitioning move to Berlin where she has been a fixture at local institutions like the legendary Stattbad, Elevate Records (which she runs) and heading up imprints such as 803 Chrystal Grooves, Beste Modus, and Unison Wax – Cinthie Cristl now celebrates another milestone with her debut album on London’s Aus Music. ‘Skylines – City Lights’ features a fine selection of moods and grooves that showcase her love for straight-up and purist house music. Tracks like the aptly titled “Houze Muzik” pretty much say it all, while the swing-fuelled “Concentration” and it’s dusty lo-fi aesthetic, or the spiritual and life-affirming vibes of “Horizon” right through to the early ’90s style garage of vocal-led cut “Calling” (feat Gilli.jpg) all-in-all make for a poignant and respectful tribute to the genre. – Juno