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Al Zanders
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Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Sheffield selector Al Zanders stamped his authority all over 2016, delivering acclaimed EPs for Wolf Music and his own A-Z Records stable. Here his seemingly unstoppable rise continues via a fine two-tracker for Soho store Phonica's in-house label. First up is the magical "There is Rhythm", a warm, trippy and pleasingly bass-heavy deep house cut rich in saucer-eyed synthesizer arpeggio lines, layered hand percussion, sparkling pianos and astonishingly loved-up breakdowns. The glassy-eyed feel continues on the virtual flipside, where he underpins psychedelic-era dream-pop samples - drenched in copious amounts of reverb - with a crunchy drum machine beat. By rights, it shouldn't work, but it most definitely does (thanks, in no small part, to the righteousness of his mind-altering analogue bassline and sweaty percussion hits).
Played by: Titeknots, JP Source, Luca Fregonese, Nachtbraker, Olivier (La Freund Recordings), Leon Vynehall
Review: Al Zanders aka Lodger from Sheffield presents us with some dusty deep house on the mysterious Karakul Records. Starting off is "Slender" with its mesmerising piano solo that soon gives way to some sublime deepness for lovers and night people alike. On the flip is "I Dont Want You To Judge" which rolls deep with an infectious Rhodes and bongo workout, alongside some cheeky, cut up samples to nice effect. "Let Me Be Lonely" is deep and soulful funky house with an adequate amount of filtering to boot! This guy is definitely influenced by the likes of Andres and Rick Wilhite and we like his style!
