Review: Local Talk's celebration of the '90s house-inspired corners of its now vast catalogue continues, with the much admired Swedish stable serving up 12 tidy tracks from a mixture of rising stars and scene stalwarts. It begins with the tactile, sunrise-ready wonder of Sean McCabe's '6AM Dub' of his own superb 'It's My Life', and ends with the densely layered, loop-powered disco-house rush of Circulation's 'The Return (1997 Mix)'; in between, you'll find an array of highlights including Dirtytwo's 'Moody' (an on-point Mood II Swing tribute), the deep, Italo-house style colour of Willie Graff and Tuccillo's 'Sunday Morning', the vintage Kerri Chandler-esque bump of Tom Noir's 'Feel Me' and the rolling warmth of Art of Tones' 'Dirty Stories'.
Review: Fresh from delivering a killer revision of Greymatter's 'Tesla' - a vintage, warehouse-ready house treat that the man or woman of mystery made even more muscular - Black Fan returns with a first full EP since 2015. There's much to admire across the four tracks on show, from the colourful, rave-era house retro-futurism of squelchy, riff-heavy opener 'Baby Needs a Fix', to the spacey, bleeping, pitched-down delights of intergalactic workout 'Tiger Fisted'. Sandwiched in between you'll find the stripped-back, late-night acid house pulse of 'Future RBVD' and the hazy, filter-heavy loop house hedonism of 'I'll Make You Hot'. A release well worthy of your attention.
Review: Here's something of a surprise: a first single in six years from former Local Talk artist and man/woman of mystery Black Fan. First up we get to check out the artist's remixing skills, as he (or she) offers up a brand-new interpretation of Greymatter's 2011 jam 'Tesla', a mighty slab of sweaty, warehouse-ready euphoria that first appeared on a compilation style Wolf Music EP. As the mix title suggests, Black Fan has drawn enormous influence from the muscular, dark room-ready Sound Factory-era sound of Junior Vasquez, peppering a tough, driving groove with echoing synth riffs and Greymatter's glassy-eyed female vocal samples. In contrast 'Cuttlefish', an original Black Fan track, is a sparkling and colourful slab of electronica that sits somewhere between electro, deep house and IDM.
Review: Black Fan has only put out one EP on Wolf Music Recordings prior to this latest outing on Sweden's excellent Local Talk stable. His music is characterized by deep, dubby and raw beats coated in a distinctive party flavor, qualities heard loud and clearly on the wonky bumps of "In The Water". "Dancin' Together" takes the more soulful approach, where choppy female vocals ride above jittery chords and starry pads, whereas "J2015" is an altogether dustier affair, a quick-firing mass of percussion shots and siren-like melodies.
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