Marino Berardi At Juno Download

Review: Nothing short of epic, this 11 minute track from Marino Berardi is a must hear for fans of awesome dub techno and inventive deep house. Having previously had releases on Francois Kevorkian's Wave label and Josh Wink's Ovum, as well as steady collaborations with Phil Dairmount over 2009, this sees Marino go it alone with devastating effect.

"Best Intention" has already drawn high praise from Trevor Jackson and Deetron, and it's not hard to see why. Densely layered synth strings ebb and flow over the track's hypnotic groove, and give a new meaning to the term "deep" house. It's seems almost never ending, in a good way of course.

Seattle producer Pezzner also turns on the charm with a warm, percussive take on the original that adds some funk but doesn't lose any of the original's intensity and melancholy, while Derby-based newcomer Christo turns in a mix that introduces some tastefully wonky claps and a clutch of soaring filtered strings.

Review: While its releases have so far been sporadic, Hamburg's Room With A View has an impressive pedigree. Under the watchful eye of owner and A&R man Phil Dairmount, the label has proved a constant source of quality house and techno over the last three years - as this 15-track retrospective neatly shows. There's much to admire, not least Dairmount's overriding passion for machine soul. Everything here is touched by raw, electronic beauty, be it spine-tingling vocal techno (the wonderful Sebastien San/Aaron Carl collaboration "Faces"), Larry Heard-ish Chicagoan deepness (Motor City Drum Ensemble), melancholic futurism (Sasse, Basic Soul Unit) or smooth deep house (Art Of Tones).