Review: 14years have now passed since Death on the Balcony made their debut. Since then, the duo of Mark Caramelli and Paul Hargreaves has released boundary-blurring deep house and tech-house gems on labels including All Day I Dream, Earthly Delights and Anjunadeep. Here they make their bow on Hoomidaas via a typically tidy three-tracker. The headline attraction is undoubtedly lead cut 'Request The Love in Me', a yearning and bittersweet chunk of dancefloor melancholia in which heart-aching synth-strings, sustained chords, eyes-closed vocalisations and fluid piano motifs rise above snare-heavy tech-house beats and a sturdy, sub-heavy bassline. Mihai Popoviciu provides an accompanying Romanian style tech-house revision - all wonky analogue bass, glitchy percussion and mind-altering electronics - while bonus cut 'On The Surface' is a drowsy, atmospheric chunk of ghostly deep house/tech-house fusion.
Review: Death On The Balcony and Moustache Mamas join forces to launch Hissy Fit, a brand new label dedicated to the continuing blurring of boundaries between deep house and disco. DOTB's opener "Everytime" is a great example of how to successfully marry the two genres. Cheekily ripping phrases from a classic synth-boogie vocal cut, it delivers the perfect balance between heady house hedonism and woozy late night disco. Moustache Mamas' "21 & Lewis" tiptoes further towards nu-disco territory, successfully including some neat old skool house touches to guarantee saucer-eyed dancefloor delight. DOTB closer "Gimme That Stuff" completes a killer package via warm chords and seriously rubbery synth bass.
Death On The Balcony - "Imagination Of Ourselves" - (9:11) 121 BPM
Rui-Z - "Random Noise Generator" - (6:51) 123 BPM
Review: 20/20 Vision offshoot 20/20 Editions inaugurated the New Editions series this time last year, primarily to champion producers the label thinks will be doing big things in the weeks and months to come. Think of this second volume, then, as a primer for 2018. Austin Ato kicks things off with the lo-fi drum machine bounce, acid bass and drifting late night chords of "Restless Snare", before Salvione doffs a cap to early noughties 20:20 Vision releases on the bustling tech-house/deep house fusion of "Champion Sound". Scene stalwarts Death on the Balcony impress via the layered percussion, rising organs and restless low-end chug of "Imagination of Ourselves", while Rui Z channels the spirit of David Morales' early '90s Red Zone remixes on EP standout "Random Noise Generator".
Review: More deep house to drift away to at sunny, open air rooftop parties' courtesy of Lee Burridge and Matthew Dekay's always reliable All Day I Dream. This time from hot British duo Death On The Balcony who present the dark and atmospheric mood lighting of "Rivers Of Sound" featuring some major string symphonies, rich synth tapestries and a razor sharp baseline; ticks all the right boxes! The ten minutes long epic gets one amazingly immersive groove happening over its duration, while "Memories Of The Future" is the most straight up offering; this is sexy and slinky tech house for proper night people.
Review: It's approaching summer and it's time to give the party people what they want; floating beats, warms synths, holiday vibes and good times. Here, Death On The Balcony delver it all and more across these four-tracks, which is best heard "Soul Searching". Daso adds a funky synth line to their remix, and across the board it's more hi-fi than the original. "Synthetic Senses" is an energetic production made for the peak time, while "Treat Me Right" provides a perfect balance between deep and moody theme, to outright sultriness.
Review: London-based Death From The Balcony (AKA producers Mark Caramelli and Paul Hargreaves) is a good signing for Daniel Solar's Dikso label. Their style - fluid, melodic, deep and optimistic, with gentle hints of disco and boogie amongst the deep house rhythms - perfectly matches Dikso's atmospheric approach. There's more than a hint of late night soul about the chunky "Speak On The Subject", whose vintage US house grooves are peppered with hazy samples and twinkling pianos. "Make A Move", with its dreamy chords and Balearic melodies, is an altogether more warming affair, while "Heart for Rent" is simultaneously melancholic and deliciously upbeat. Daniel Solar remixes the latter track, adding some bouncy nu-disco flavour whilst retaining the original's picturesque qualities.
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