Hotel Motel At Juno Download

Review: It's been a while since we last heard from Hotel Motel, the studio partnership of producer Alex Tapper and veteran DJ/journalist Bill Brewster. Here they return to Under The Shade after a two-year break. Like many UTS releases, "Donna Nook" sits somewhere between deep house and nu-disco, with alien melodies, classic garage organs and a formidable synth bassline sitting atop crispy disco percussion. Name In Lights deliver the first of two remixes, a breezy dub-disco take that casually flutters its way between the speakers. A solid package is completed by a classic deep house version from John Daly, whose chugging, melodic grooves are near-Balearic in their airy blissfulness.

Review: Following a handful of remixes and a wickedly old skool single for Home Taping Is Killing Music, Hotel Motel aka DJ History's Bill Brewster and production partner Andrew Tepper turn up on the ever-excellent Under The Shade imprint. The original version of "Paying The Price", featuring disco chanteuse Kathy Diamond, is the real killer. Diamond's immaculate vocal, boosted with just the amount of reverb and delay, sits atop a sparse, sparkling groove that's judged to perfection. That cowbell-heavy beat work perfectly with the nagging electro bassline and simple synth and guitar melodies - all, of course, dubbed to within an inch of their lives. You can bask in the loveliness of the groove thanks to the inclusion of "Novak", basically a reworked instrumental dub of the vocal original. The package is completed by vocal and instrumental house takes which offer solid alternatives for DJs of a more house-friendly persuasion. The vocal version, in particular, is worth a look, if only for the addition of a backing male vocal that adds an extra dimension to the mix.