William Kouam Djoko returns to Voyage Direct with Deflourished. After a year with a lot of high highs and some deep lows, William found himself on the dance floor listening to a set by Chicago Footwork specialists DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn.
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William experienced what religious people might call a divine moment. All the experiences, emotions and soul searching from the previous year came together in one emotional, energetic moment. William tried to capture all of this in his studio the next day, and within hours Deflourished was created.
B-side 'Behind Closed Doors' completes the package, more subtle and refined than it's A-side brother. A synth-heavy, down-pitched and outstretched song that builds heavily on space, both physically and mentally. On his Sophomore Voyage Direct release William Kouam Djoko truly sets out on a voyage to discover his inner-self. The result, whether it's the expressive energy of 'Deflourished', or the mesmerizing gloominess of 'Behind Closed Doors', is beautiful to say the least.
DJ / Press Quotes
"Two thumbs up, this is great... " (Recloose, Recloose)
"nice e.p" (Charles Webster)
"This is nice!!!" (Eric Duncan (Rub-n-Tug, Still Going))
"Damn my bro from another show does it again, such a strong release!! Deflourished will break any dancefloor in tiny little pieces while Behind closed doors will slowly but steady pick them up again, Shaaaaaaamona!! " (Boris Werner)
"looooove it!!!!!!!!!!" (Roland Appel, Roland Appel)
"very nice release" (Kabale Und Liebe, Kabale Und Liebe)
"Big tunes!" (Norman Nodge, MDR / Panorama Bar)
"Deflourished is a tribal killer! Also feeling WKD's slow jam here. Very strong release." (Kid Culture)
"strong percussive jam with Deflourished and the slo mo action of Behind Closed Doors brings the nod out" (Roual Galloway, Faith Magazine)
"Very cool stuff Willy!!" (Steve Rachmad)
"very creative release. big up!" (Heiko Laux, Kanzleramt)
"I remember when William played Deflourished as an encore during the final minutes of the Lowlands festival. The whole place went berzerk. Such a strong statement, such a slow burning monster. " (Rene Passet, DJ Broadcast)
"Deflourished: Great, cool tribal staff. Behind Closed Doors : Nice disco feeling! " (Norihiko Kawai (waxpoetics Japan, Posivision / Tokyo))
""behind closed doors" is the jammy mcjammin cut! ps - never heard "well hung groove" to describe a song but man is that a good one and feedback i aspire to some day garner." (Roy Dank)
"wkd on some different ishhhh. deep!" (Soul Clap)
"such an intresteing EP -- really into this " (Laurent Garnier)
"Love them both. Great release by WKD!!" (Nico De Ceglia)
"Outstanding release William!" (Nuno Dos Santos, Kollektiv)
"Behind the closed door! Let me seeeeee :) " (Ripperton, Perspectiv)
"Both tracks are so cool! Thanks!" (Yaya (desolat))
"Great tracks. Thanks!" (Bjørn (roof.fm))
"wicked ! like em both too def support on air and ground" (Mathieu Schreyer, Mr French)
"Enjoying both a lot, "Deflourished" is the standout track for me!" (Tim Caspar Boehme, Tageszeitung / Germany)
"Behind Close Doors really nice !!!" (Joachim, Sound Architecture)
"Massive, trippy, bodyrocking release!" (sven vt, Zender VT / DeBug)
"very well hung groove Behind Closed Doors.... Deflourished is nicely new agey! Cool release!!!" (Michael Leuffen, PRINZ RUHRGEBIET, WOM Magazin, Piranha)
"wow! total energy rush in Deflourished! i cant resist that juke/chicago/footwork/whateveritscalled-beat. and with Behind Closed Doors on the flipside it makes for a super interesting release.. cheers!! xL" (Axel Boman, Studio Barnhus)
"Underground molemen, toiling in the circuit board mines, soundtracked by 'Behind Closed Doors'" (Chris Duckenfield, PRIMITIVE PRODUCTIONS LTD)
"Behind Closed Doors is a real mind journey -- very cinematic and mysterious." (Tomas Palermo, XLR8R & more)
"Brilliant!" (Raul Saaremets)
"behind close doors ! yes (geoffroy mugwump)" (Geoffrey)
"2 killer tracks !!! FULL SUPPORT !!!" (Laurent N.)
"EPIC MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!" (Awanto3)
"Excellent! Love "Deflourished," and expect to get much playing pleasure out of "Behind Closed Doors." " (Philip Sherburne)
"Both are bombs, thank you very much" (Julio Bashmore)
"Diggin' this depth. Thanks." (Andrew Duke (cognition Audioworks/andrew Duke In The Mix))
"both trax are killer, great diversity and originality here. thanks " (Stuart Patterson, Faith Mag)
"This is great, especially the footwork vibes on Deflourished" (Tom Banham, DJ Mag and Juno Plus)
"sick " (Bok Bok, Night Slugs)
"Deflourished is right up my alley. .. " (Michael Rutten, SOULSEARCHING STUDIO FFM.)
"Always love a bit of the WKD." (Matt Tolfrey)
"Totally feelin' this !! Looking forward to play out, charting Deflourished too" (Dj Simbad)