Review: Giving birth to the Alps 2 alias in 2019, the Selby Soul label now presents its second release with the introduction of Harry No. Both No and Alps here combine to deliver two garage-inspired numbers offset by their acoustic and synthesized timbres. Touches of old school Pendulum drum and bass flavours mix with hip hop style vocal samples in "I Could Be Wrong" - with that mad percussion breakdown - to the more smooth jungle and breaks of the flip with the pitter-patterns of "Madness At Toni's Chip Shop In Wishaw". A UK speciality.
Review: Selby Soul is a fresh label from Manchester. If this debut release is anything to go by we can expect to be talking about the imprint a lot in the months and years ahead. The EP comes courtesy of Alps 2, a similarly fresh outfit that contains a mixture of DJs and multi-instrumentalists "from both ends of the UK". Their trademark sound is warm and woozy, offering a blissful and glassy-eyed take on the manipulated, post-bass music and experimental house sounds preferred by Sepalcure, Burial and Baba Stiltz. We're particularly enjoying the colourful and melodious dreaminess of lead track "Remember To Feel Something" and the ambient/new age/Balearic fusion of closing cut "I Wonder", though some will prefer the more dancefloor-focused broken deep house flex of "Thank Yous".
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