Smallpeople At Juno Download

Review: Given their love of all things old skool, it's perhaps unsurprising that Smallpeople's latest EP doffs its cap to a number of classic dance releases. The moody and hypnotic "Black Ice" has a real old R&S feel to it, reminding us of Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams", Capricorn's "30 HZ" and, most bizarrely, "Age of Love" - admittedly with a Model 500 sheen. "Stellar", meanwhile, casually fuses veteran Detroit and New York influences with the modern pulse of 2011 deep house, while the lazy "Little River" sounds like Beatdown after a night out in Berlin.

Review: Fresh from the success of their Salty Days LP, Julis Steinhoff and Just Von Ahlefeld sneak over to Running Back to deliver another master class in delicately poised but righteously pumping deep house. "Nofretete" chugs along at a steady pace, but the interlocked locomotion of the drums and the arpeggios keeps a healthy amount of energy in what is ostensibly a deep cut. "Ninja Restaurant" slips into a more prominent groove, keeping the beat sparse and funky, and the smatterings of synth touches freaky. "In The Jungle" heads into a more jacking refrain, rich and warm in equal measure whilst still tapping into that tripped out mindset that comes with the Smallville set.