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Review: The new Crossover Series from the Sound Pellegrino crew makes for a canny and eye opening endeavour, offering the chance for like-minded producers from different paths the chance to collaborate together with the aim of "crossing the invisible bridges of the great house music archipelago". The standard for the series is set truly high on the inaugural release that sees Alex Bok Bok Sushon team up with Tom Trago for the Night Voyage Tool Kit EP. The six tracks see Trago and Sushon deliver heavily, stripped down drum trax informed by a love of Dancemania era Chicago House. At times the results are playful; see the opening track "Pathfinder" - little more than the duo checking out how pliable the rubbery analogue tone at the core is, with drums stripped down to a hissing undercurrent. More structure is evident on the skeletal "White Type R", which slowly unfurls into compressed head jack material, though that playful sense of melody creeps through intermittently. As the EP progresses, the overarching feeling you get from this release is two producers becoming increasingly comfortable working together - see how the vocoder led "Time Master" unexpectedly bursts into a percolating 23rd century p-funk out. It's obviously just the start of much more from the duo, with Trago revealing the duo will continue their Night Voyage endeavours in some shape or form.

Review: A very strong release from Sound Pellegrino, as French producer Maelstrom follows up big tunes for Dirtybird and Boys Noize Records with this trio of electro-bass gold. "USSR" is a deliciously warped mix of huge industrial kicks matched with shifting acapella shots and some charging synth work, while "House Music" ups the bpms a little and rocks a minimal booty bass beat and hazy Detroit stabs. Staying on a Miami tip, "Pool Chicks" recalls recent tunes from Mele and Canblaster with a delirious set of arpeggiated leads married to a thick minimal bassline and kicks.

Review: Renaissance Man's electro-swung house music is simply inimitable. The duo have gathered plenty of attention in the last few years and "What Is Guru" promises to be their most epic work to date. Catchy, chopped-up vocals and fist-pumping beats grind away uncontrollably, but Riva Starr's remix injects a very welcomed electro bass line of the highest calibre. "Aloha" is probably the pair's best track, where harsh beats meet acidic bass lines and swirling, evaporating vocals. The dub version is even nuttier, as the drums are now hollow and spacious, leaving more room for that previously melting vocal to emanate and soar over the whole track. Large!

Review: The Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team - better known as label operators Orgasmic and Teki Latex - return with more of their uniquely French take on bass music with a double header of electro infused heaters. "Activate" combines motivational rap vocals with stripped back 808s, an infectiously wonky sense of melody and a tweaked out synth line, while "I Be" is more explicit in is homage to dirty south rap, as DX7 bass and chopped and screwed vocals combine with triumphant synth horns in a gloriously retro pastiche. As if that wasn't enough, instrumentals and accapella versions are provided for those who wish to get creative with their mixing.

Review: Teki Latex's Sound Pellegrino has been flirting with Bass music styles since they tapped up L-Vis 1990 for an EP a few years ago. On their newest release however, they've jumped into the murky bass pool with both feet, enlisting Finnish producer Teeth, responsible for last year's paranoia infused 140bpm terror "Shawty". "Percolator Meme" utilises his trademark sample chopping alongside wooden rhythms and intimidating bass, "Jusqu' tendresse" opts for an eski grime inspired riddim, while "Busy Crack" brings out the druggier side of the producer's oeuvre, with threadbare juke-inspired percussion and sampling barely holding it together. Inspired remixes come from Lazer Sword, who turn in a stop-start robomix of "Percolator Meme", and on-fire producer Kowton, whose raw, sparse interpretation of "Jusqu' tendresse" is our pick of an excellent EP.