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Yet another butterfly of an album (we’ve already had two this year, Azymuth’s Butterfly and Finn Peters’ pural Butterflies) but this one is the debut from the German Turk DJ and producer Bülent Gürler (aka Butch) is adding to the subject.

Great Stuff Recording’s boss Rainer Weichold is a big fan and you’ll remember that Butch had the Turkish “entry” on the compilation Great Summergames Stuff . In fact, it’s the tracks that he delves into the heritage of his roots that he takes this album far above the average, like ‘Soultan’, ‘Amelie’ and ‘Last Tango’. In fact, there’s a bit of a fuss but our man says, “These melodies are a big part of my families’ history. I don’t get all the tumult around these tracks. These aren’t the Satanic Verses on techno beats!”

The album is called Papillon after being inspired by the film of the same name (the 1973 film based on the autobiography of Henri Charrière with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman). Originally he got into electronic music via his older brother’s enthusiasm and then via being a graf artist and then club dancer (sort of the evolving caterpillar stage), he’s fully emerged as the fully fledged artist. These 24 tracks on 2 CDs cover a period of three years’ work of moving dancefloors with a mixture of techno, house, minimal and collaborations.

In fact, if you don’t know the work of Butch, be prepared for some surprises. Instant favourites are the bouncey ‘Wet’n’Tight’, ‘Ein-E’ and the retro ‘The Table’. There’s also the Gotan Project style ‘Amelie’ (with accordion tweaks) on a space house mix and ‘the music box in the rain forest’ of ‘Kaleidoscope Eyes’.

It’s like each trakc tells a little story; ‘Bad Weed’ is perhaps more obvious than others but you’ll love the sub-Balkan violin on ‘Soultan’ with “soulful moans” of Julie Marghilano; you’ll see why the ablum is already nominated for two Beatport Music Awards in 2008 in the “Best Techno” and “Best Remix Techno” categories.

Still not convinced? Check out ‘Something Called Acid’ or (currently on his myspace - see links below) ‘Mushroom Man’ and ‘Earth’; he’s also got tracks on the album ‘Wind’ and ‘Fire’ which made me laugh.

The second CD includes material previously released on other forward thinking label like Trapez, AFU and Craft Music; love the time machine/wind tunnel of co-production with Amir. ‘Set It Off’ and the Popof remix of the single ‘1000 Lords’.

I’ve no idea why he’s not coming to the UK to support the release of this album but if you’re after something a bit different, Butch is your man to set it off - great CD!

Reviewed: Butch - Papillon (Great Stuff Recordings) Cat. No. GSRCD009 Release date: 31st October 2008
Tracklisting (CD1):
1. The Table
2. About This Time
3. Wet ´N´ Tight
4. Amelie
5. Ein - E
6. Osiris
7. Jazzy Belle
8. Kleidoscope Eyes
9. Bad Weed
10. Soultan Feat. Julie Marghilno
11. Gg Ball Roll
12. Something Called Acid
Bonus Track: Sand

Tracklisting CD2
1. Slg - Rushhour (Bülent Gürler Remix)
2. Butch Feat. Julie Marghilno - Last Tango
3. Butch - On The Line (Oxia Remix)
4. Butch & Amir - Set It Off
5. Sebasian Herrhorst - Marathon (Butch Remix)
6. Butch - Turkey
7. Butch - Mushroom Man
8. Silent Breed - Sync In 2008 (Butch Remix)
9. Alex Cppelli - Bloody Notes (Butch Remix)
10. Bülent Gürler - Fire
11. Butch - 1000 Lords (Popof Remix)

Forthcoming Live dates:
14.11.2008 Juice Club, Bergamo (Italy)
15.11.2008 Katapult, Landau (Germany)
21.11.2008 Morgentau, Düsseldorf (Germany)
22.11.2008 Cafe Vesteraa, Aalborg (Denmark)
28.11.2008 Usine a Gaz, Beziers (France)
06.12.2008 Cocoon, Frankfurt (Germany)
07.12.2008 Afterhour @ S38, Koblenz (Germany)
13.12.2008 Bash Club, Amberg (Germany)
19.12.2008 Homework @ 50Grad, Mainz (Germany)
27.12.2008 A38, Budapest (Hungary)
01.01.2009 Ostfunk, Berlin (Germany)
03.01.2009 Muschi Beatz @ Klub Kobra, Moers (Germany)
10.01.2009 Zapata, Stuttgart (Germany)
16.01.2009 Brasil-Tour until 24th Sao Paulo (Brasil)
31.01.2009 Palazz, Bingen (Germany)
07.02.2009 tbc, Lyon (France)
10.02.2009 Flex, Vienna (Austria)
19.02.2009 S38, Koblenz (Germany)
20.02.2009 Afterhour @ E-Küche, Cologne (Germany)
06.03.2009 Australia-Tour until 15th, Sydney (Australia)
28.03.2009 InBox, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
14.04.2009 Rote Sonne, Munich (Germany)

Links
www.cometobutch.com
www.myspace.com/cometobutch
www.greatstuff.eu.com/greatstuff
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillon_(film)