Sebastien San At Juno Download

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).

Review: With We Play House now firmly established as one of our favourite labels here at Juno Download HQ, it's safe to say each new arrival on the imprint is met with an unrestrained squeal of delight. The 13th release from the WPH crew comes from label newcomer Sebastien San, with a sumptuous four track offering that comes with a remix from golden boy San Soda. "Great Cities" (Ad Lib) opens proceedings in a smoky, jazzed out manner, with twinkling keys working beneath a gently undulating synth line. This leads into the gentle understated glee of "Pulsation", before San Soda breathes some life into the title track with his downtempo version (which ironically is considerably more uptempo than the original). "Theories" by comparison is the most dancefloor driven of the four, a heads down roller with pumping chords making it perfect early night warehouse party tackle.