Kastil At Juno Download

Review: When a release is titled Dusty Edits, you expect a bit of old fashioned scalpel work with pops and crackles aplenty, right? Not in the case of this loopy house/disco three-tracker from occasional Editorial and Deep Nota type Kastil. They are, though, delightfully hypnotic, fusing a deep house sensibility with carefully chosen loops from a trio of classic disco and Philly soul cuts (think Tiger & Woods and The Revenge). This perhaps works best on slow-burning lead cut "Still In Love", but check also the head-nodding, string-drenched vibes of "SMD" (a dubby, filter-heavy take on Skyy's disco-funk staple "High").

Review: Previously, Dutch producer Kastil has displayed a love for blending house and disco (most notably on EPs for Outernational and Diner City Sound). Here, he offers up an EP that basks in the glory days of mid 1990s US deep house, throwing in a few choice disco vocal samples (most notably a blast of Diana Ross on the nagging "Coming") to appease his discoid instincts. The real standouts are opener "That Jazz" - a warm and snuggly slice of deepness that evokes distant memories of waking up with the man or woman of your dreams - and "Black Velvet", a sumptuous concoction that sounds like classic Nu Groove given a 21st century makeover.