{"id":6346,"date":"2021-12-16T18:07:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:18:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T13:18:04","slug":"producer-spotlight-who-is-gesloten-cirkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/producer-spotlight-who-is-gesloten-cirkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Producer Spotlight: Who is Gesloten Cirkel?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>One of my all-time favorite producers is Gesloten Cirkel (aka Ratsnake). I think he is insanely good, and no one else&#8217;s music sounds like his. He is underrated though and I suspect it\u2019s partly because he doesn\u2019t self-promote much. So here\u2019s to spreading his name and his music!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/new-discovered-music-rein\/\">Discovered Music: Rein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned, Gesloten Cirkel&#8217;s music has its own distinct sound. But if I was forced to categorize it though, I&#8217;d say his music is somewhere between techno, electro, or\/and acid. Although, when I&#8217;ve shown his music to people IRL they haven&#8217;t immediately categorized it as anything specific. Probably because it <em>is<\/em> special. Anyway, here&#8217;s some facts about him before we move on to his actual music!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Gesloten Cirkel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-18.05.03.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-18.05.03.png 711w, https:\/\/www.wendyzhou.se\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-16-at-18.05.03-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1529348-Gesloten-Cirkel\">Funny text about him on Discogs<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gesloten Cirkel means &#8220;closed circle&#8221; in Dutch.<\/li><li>He is supposedly from Russia (according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1529348-Gesloten-Cirkel\">Discogs<\/a>). Although, it seems that he is currently located in Germany (according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/geslotencirkel\">RA<\/a>). In one of his recent releases (2020), two of the tracks are titled in russian, so I guess it isn&#8217;t impossible.<\/li><li>He&#8217;s been active for more than 10+ years, releasing his first official music in 2009, and is still going strong.<\/li><li>Gesloten Cirkel has most frequently played in Amsterdam, Berlin, The Hague, Rotterdam and Helsinki. The clubs he&#8217;s played in the most are Berghain, PIP Den Haag and Perron (according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/geslotencirkel\">RA<\/a>).<\/li><li>He has an alias, &#8220;Ratsnake&#8221;.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Gesloten Cirkel on social media\/internet here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeslotenCirkel\">Facebook<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1529348-Gesloten-Cirkel\">Discogs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geslotencirkel\">Twitter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/geslotencirkel.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing with Gesloten Cirkel is that his internet presence isn&#8217;t the strongest. Although it&#8217;s probably going pretty well for him anyway since he&#8217;s playing all over Europe. But there isn&#8217;t a central place on the internet where you can find all of his music, live sets, and other stuff gathered. Instead, it&#8217;s a bit sprinkled all over the place. There are a few albums on Spotify, but most of his newer music is on<a href=\"https:\/\/geslotencirkel.bandcamp.com\/\"> his Bandcamp<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gesloten-cirkel\"> His Soundcloud<\/a> profile is <em>very<\/em> empty, but I tried to gather some of his music in <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wenzho\/sets\/words-repeating-again-and\">this Soundcloud playlist<\/a>. The only social media he seems to be half-active on are his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeslotenCirkel\">Facebook<\/a> page and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geslotencirkel\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My absolute favorite music of his is from his 2014 album <em>Submit X<\/em>. In it, my favorite ones are <em>Submit X <\/em>and <em>Feat Liette<\/em>. Here&#8217;s the album on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2lPkzKYIpAOaXkMliUNwRV?si=-bzDKs1QQLyQ3rdwbuQIFw\">Spotify<\/a>. Another one of his that I love is <em>Yamagic<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/moustache-records\/gesloten-cirkel-yamagic?si=1c23c06db10147eeac12654cc300b16c&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">Soundcloud<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Submit X\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2lPkzKYIpAOaXkMliUNwRV?si=-bzDKs1QQLyQ3rdwbuQIFw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, moving on, here is a short clip of him playing at Dekmantel in 2015, and <em>woooooow<\/em>! The sound, I love it! On Soundcloud, there are a few other recordings of him playing live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gesloten Cirkel @ Dekmantel By Night, Melkweg (Part 1)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xnSY8Xo_Elo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also managed to find his recent set on H\u00d6R Berlin in 2020. Here it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Killekill Showcase - Gesloten Cirkel (LIVE) \/ July 1 \/ 9pm-10pm\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZmCiXPrpACY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I kind of get the feeling that he&#8217;s someone who is very talented and passionate about the music first and foremost, and doesn&#8217;t feel the need to put on a show of looking flashy or cool. Not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with doing that, but perhaps that would also explain his anonymity on the internet and that he doesn&#8217;t seem to self-promote much at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why I love his music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I love Gesloten Cirkel&#8217;s music because it always sounds so clear in my head, even though there&#8217;s always <em>so much<\/em> going on. It&#8217;s like the sounds are just so perfectly timed and moving together in a very thought-out and controlled way. It&#8217;s just refined, but a sort of refined unrest (?). I experience that much of other similar music is often too messy, blurry, and lacks the refinement his music has. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I&#8217;d go into it deeper, I think I love how most of his music has this very strong, stable, and almost combative bassline. And close behind it, the other sounds seem to &#8220;chase&#8221; the bassline, but always lagging a bit behind. It&#8217;s like the feeling right before something really big and exciting is about to happen. And then it just goes on and on, and it doesn&#8217;t end. It&#8217;s hypnotizing, and it&#8217;s like my mind is stuck in the loop he keeps unfolding, at the same time as the music is dynamic and changes. So, so, so good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaand I&#8217;m ending this with my favorite <em>Submit X. <\/em>Like the comments on YouTube says, you have to listen to this on repeat 20x to get maximum effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gesloten Cirkel - Submit X\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xYPpprVMmOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite producers is Gesloten Cirkel, who makes techno, electro, and acid music. 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