Let's Play House At Juno Download

Review: Expanding a transatlantic connection forged with releases from UK artists The M.E.B. and Dead Rose Music Company, the fourth release for Let's Play House comes from Glasgowegian techno heroes Naum Gabo (Jonnie Wilkes of Optimo and James Savage) who inject a bit of motoric stomp to LPH's generally housey identity. The release starts off with "Ah & Oh," a creepy, frantic boogie that quickly hypnotizes with its loopy synth progressions and chopped-up vocal samples. The song eventually disintegrates into a thinned-out smattering of glitches and blips, making for a seamless transition into the more bass-heavy second track. "It's On" boldly conveys a sense of lunacy and impending (dance floor) doom, as though the club might collapse unless you keep stomping along to the distorted bass warbles. The (digital) flip also features a remix of "It's On" by Chicago's drum machine man, the legendary Tevo Howard, who trims the fat, making for a more streamlined yet muscular rendering of the original. An acid version of the mix is offered here as a digital exclusive!

Review: The two men behind one of New York's finest parties - Jacques Renault and Nik Mercer - start up their own label with this auspicious EP. Appropriately, the first release comes from Runaway, the house-centric production duo of Renault and Marcos Cabral. "Indoor Pool" is probably their best deep chugger since "Brooklyn Club Jam", and it appears alongside an ace Slow Hands version that boasts some bewitching piano flourishes. Up next, Soft Rocks deliver a typically squelchy, drum and arpeggio-heavy revision, while Future Times darlings Beautiful Swimmers (a fine choice of remixer given the track's name - now that's serendipity) round off a faultless release with a sleazy analogue vocal version that will only enhance their growing rep.

Review: The meteoric rise of North Yorkshire's Dead Rose Music Company continues, this time with a much-hyped EP on Jacques Renault and co's Let's Play House imprint. It's the hypnotic, decidedly loved-up "Faith" that's been getting most plaudits - and rightly so, it's fantastic - but there are plenty other delights to be found amongst Four Songs. Principle among these is the swirling, string-laden disco-house epic "Nutkins" (a formidable house take on Dennis Parker's end-of-night fave "Like An Eagle"), which bobs and weaves like David Haye running away from an opponent. That said, both "Shake" and "Don't Stop" are almost as unmissable. His best yet by some distance.

Review: New York based party-cum-label Let's Play House return with their second release. Following a killer debut from Runaway (aka Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault, the latter of whom runs LPH with Nik Mercer) the sophomore cut comes from The M.E.B., a new project featuring Chicken Lips man Dean Meredith and fellow Londoners Ben Shenton and Tim Silver. Jacques and Nik have called in New York ace Brennan Green and Juno Plus Podcast alumnus Chicago Damn to remix the two original tracks, namely driving Italo anthem "Il Principal" and the slow burning "M5-M6". The pick of the bunch is Mr Green's piano-soaked remix of "M5 M6", which beefs up the original's key refrain for a slab of chunky disco-house primed for use at LPH's legendary NYC parties and beyond.