The Tortoise At Juno Download

Review: Melbourne is becoming quite the breeding ground for burgeoning disco-house talent these days isn't it? We've had Tornado Wallace and Fantastic Man, and now The Tortoise (aka Torquhil Anderson) steps up to the plate with a debut release on the excellent 3rd Strike imprint. The three original tracks on offer are filter-heavy jams that flit effortlessly between disco loops and deep house atmospherics. Meanwhile Berlin's resident South Korean disco head, Hunee, adds his inimitable touch to "Next Time Around", adding some raw house bump to the original. A hugely impressive debut - more please Mr Tortoise.

Review: A welcome return for Under The Shade's sister label Third Strike, following a brief hiatus/winter spent chasing the sun in far-flung resorts (delete as appropriate). For their 10th release, they've handed the reigns over to label regular The Tortoise. He turns in a hazy, bass-heavy deep house cut that slowly transforms from a druggy chugger into a disco-sampling anthem over the course of seven action-packed minutes. The Mole & Herno provide the first of two remixes, delivering a low-slung version that could provide the soundtrack to some kind of weird voodoo ritual. Rondenion provides the other rework (a spiraling disco/deep house mash-up), while "Keep On Keeping On" delivers 10 minutes of sparse, proto-house-meets-deep house oddness.