Tomas Malo At Juno Download

Review: When quizzed about his debut full-length before a Juno Plus party last year, John Talabot paused for a minute. "It's not really house, more electronica - like a proper album," he finally remarked. It's an apt description. Fin is clearly rooted in house - and the kind of melody-driven, atmospheric tackle that the Barcelona-based producer excels at - but it's certainly not a dancefloor-focused set. There are off-kilter downtempo moments, slo-mo compositions and twisted beatscapes that recall the impossible-to-pigeonhole antics of Hyetal (circa "Broadcast"), Sepalcure and Instra:Mental. Then there's closer "So Will Be Now" (one of two collaborations with Pional), a near-genius chunk of future garage/deep acid house fusion that's so beautiful it almost hurts. As transformations go, Fin is stunning.

Review: The ever so mysterious and hotly tipped disco troupe Dead Rose Music Company herald a new stage in their budding production careers with the launch of their own Taikomochi Records imprint. Their debut release proffers two cuts from the DRMC personal archives and offers further insight into the budding production career of Tomas Malo. Being the boss, naturally Dead Rose occupy the opening section of May Contain Samples with the housier bump of "Feels Good" impressing in particular. Complementing this is the sleekness of Malo's two productions with the subaqueous electro boogie of "We're Gonna Make It" matching his more feted companions.